I have wondered why the same poll stays up for so long. Seems a week is more than long enough for the same poll to be shown on the front page.
Of the options offered in this poll - I suppose "serious" is the best choice.
I was watching that poll suggestion on the submissions page, asking what member's professions were. I thought that might be interesting. But, even the most interesting poll seems to run out of steam after only a week or so.
That's why the best polls are informative polls, because they're a place for people to say, "look how smart I am," (and a place for us to learn from them) in a more free manner than having to be coerced into a more specific topic.
My second choice is magnetic poles, because I'm now dealing with them working for Boston Dynamics. You would wonder why people would pay lots of money to use primitive ol' magnet-and-wire contraptions such as resolvers. Well, the answer as applies to a lot of other seemingly-outdated military-grade crap is because they are fucking rugged, super-accurate (often down to 1 arc-second or below) and operate in extreme environments (heat, cold, dust, smoke, etc) that would defeat lesser positional sensors.
EF: I never found anything near as reliable and durable as those old magnetic resolvers. I have a shoebox full of 'em somewhere... all sorts of them. Some of them can do some really neat rotation calculations.. all magnetically.
Have you used them with Goertzels to recover phase?
-- "Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]
(Score: 5, Interesting) by Runaway1956 on Monday July 23 2018, @07:45PM (4 children)
I have wondered why the same poll stays up for so long. Seems a week is more than long enough for the same poll to be shown on the front page.
Of the options offered in this poll - I suppose "serious" is the best choice.
I was watching that poll suggestion on the submissions page, asking what member's professions were. I thought that might be interesting. But, even the most interesting poll seems to run out of steam after only a week or so.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by DannyB on Monday July 23 2018, @09:49PM (2 children)
Maybe good polls require time and effort to construct. Thus they are in limited supply.
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Ethanol-fueled on Friday July 27 2018, @12:43AM (1 child)
That's why the best polls are informative polls, because they're a place for people to say, "look how smart I am," (and a place for us to learn from them) in a more free manner than having to be coerced into a more specific topic.
My second choice is magnetic poles, because I'm now dealing with them working for Boston Dynamics. You would wonder why people would pay lots of money to use primitive ol' magnet-and-wire contraptions such as resolvers. Well, the answer as applies to a lot of other seemingly-outdated military-grade crap is because they are fucking rugged, super-accurate (often down to 1 arc-second or below) and operate in extreme environments (heat, cold, dust, smoke, etc) that would defeat lesser positional sensors.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by anubi on Friday July 27 2018, @05:58AM
EF: I never found anything near as reliable and durable as those old magnetic resolvers. I have a shoebox full of 'em somewhere... all sorts of them. Some of them can do some really neat rotation calculations.. all magnetically.
Have you used them with Goertzels to recover phase?
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]
(Score: 5, Insightful) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday July 24 2018, @12:08AM
Congratulations, you've just volunteered to take care of the polls! Hit us up on IRC to get your staffiness squared away..
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