I just literally go to Spotify/Tidal app and look for new albums, disregarding the genre. Another one is listening to themed or artist radio. This way I have discovered many artists of which I would never have heard of otherwise.
Something I don't understand is how come can it cost so much to relace an old Amiga to control AC? What about a regular PC with some smart software? Is this the cost of other hardware that is so expensive?
It reads like the current system is probably using AX.25 wireless packet radio to communicate with the other schools. I suspect this type of use case with amateur radio is, at best, a grey area in terms of regulatory compliance. The replacement still shouldn't cost as much, but I'll bet it's more than just replacing the PC. It's also coming up with some kind of cross-school network, if one doesn't already exist. And compliance with the inevitable mountain of government requirements.
Another comment mentioned this already, but a single low end PLC for the central control unit (such as https://www.automationdirect.com/adc/overview/catalog/progra... ) plus RDCs at each building would cost under $5000 easily, all while being in compliance with any standards governing such equipment.
I like Amiga, but you could probably do whatever that machine is doing with some Arduino-class hardware these days. I don't think the challenges are technical in nature.
Edit: And as the comment thread in the article explains they're probably renovating the whole HVAC system, not just replacing that single Amiga.
It doesn't. The same type of solution could be provided today with a low cost PC/embedded system with a trivial amount of specialized hardware. The cost for a modern version of what they had (solving any major issues the old system had) would be a fraction of the cost and time the original took. But no business owner in their right mind wants to be stuck selling that: low margin, virtually no growth. What they replaced it with is something completely different than what they had.
There are only a few vendors and if you get it wrong the school can end up with a $3000 bill for power over the usual charges. The actual programming and hardware is incredibly simple.
Probably because it's a public school, so it has to go through a tender process with an absurd number of requirements and paperwork. That'll 10x the cost because of the extra paperwork.
Actually, the incubation period can also be the case if it comes to 'stomach bugs'. It could be something you ate couple of days ago that is giving you hard time. It alway perplexes me how people immediately associate their stomach or intestine discomfort (and I am talking about something a bit more serious like diarrhea or vomiting) with the last meal they ate. Which also normally leads people to ban the restaurant, take away they ate from immediately.
How many times it has happened that you at the same thing as other people and you were the only one sick? Plenty, I am sure.
I totally agree that coughing into your hands and then touching things that other people touch, especially in a restaurant is disgusting.
However the fact that you got sick doesn't prove anything at all. It could have been one of hundreds of coincidences that we come across every day that we don't really pay attention to until it matters.
I need a genuine advice. I own Google Pixel 2 because I needed a good mobile camera, I also have a Chromebook with Cruton as I needed a cheap Linux notebook. I use Google Maps, Gmail, WhatsUp, Google Photos, Google Drive, Messenger ( the only thing I don't have is a FB app).
Given all this information how I am supposed to disconnect from all of this? Cause surely simply having something blocking tracking of you in a desktop browser is not enough? Also, I really enjoy services provided by Google, why should I give it all up and replace everything with "safe" alternatives? I know I am a product and my personal info and preferences are all of over the place. But I always understood this to be the price I pay for using this services ( taking about Google mainly ).
I know next to nothing about ML but aren't the conclusions wrong? I mean if the chances of one team are 0.7 and the other team of 0.3 the prediction is no that the former wins but that the it wins with 0.7 probability.
Also, shouldn't the probabilities be carried over to next stages of the competition? So rather then getting one winner we would get probabilities for each team winning the World Cup?
It does confirm my long standing belief that you need to prepare the dough a day earlier though.