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Re: How to Round Numbers in Python

mrdoornbos — Mon, 03 Jul 2023 11:49:28 -0000

Good writeup

Re: Getting started with Native Commodore 64 Assembly

mrdoornbos — Thu, 08 Apr 2021 07:06:29 -0000

I'm definitely an Ultimate fan ;-)

Re: C64 OS — An OS with Modern Concepts

mrdoornbos — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 14:13:18 -0000

Any idea what the connector type is on the board? It looks an awful lot like a DB25.

Re: C64 OS — An OS with Modern Concepts

mrdoornbos — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 12:55:02 -0000

I'm finding that the more Commodore programming I do, the tighter it makes my day job work. The constraints are somehow freeing and I love having to look at a problem from a different angle. Sometimes modern tools allow you to just brute force something and that's not always a good thing.

I like the TK prefix, just pointing out that I had to sort it in my brain, although I've never used Tkinter for anything other than rapid prototypes.

Re: C64 OS — An OS with Modern Concepts

mrdoornbos — Mon, 22 Feb 2021 20:58:03 -0000

I always think of TKinter whenever I see these TK terms :)

Have you found the RAM limits to actually be a design advantage?

Re: C64 OS — An OS with Modern Concepts

mrdoornbos — Sun, 14 Feb 2021 11:37:27 -0000

Do you need help/testers?

Re: C64 OS — An OS with Modern Concepts

mrdoornbos — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 16:35:43 -0000

I like that you leave the discovery process in your writing. It helps humanize this sort of thing when sometimes you conclude that you don't quite understand something yet.

Re: C64 OS — An OS with Modern Concepts

mrdoornbos — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 15:56:18 -0000

This is fantastic.

Re: VIC-II for Beginners Part 3 - Beyond the Screen, Rasters and Cycles

mrdoornbos — Fri, 22 Jan 2021 11:47:48 -0000

Any chance you've shown a code run through of this?

Re: Made by Nerds, for Nerds | A&S Next | Air & Space Magazine

mrdoornbos — Fri, 20 Jan 2017 06:40:34 -0000

These two ladies are fantastic people.

Re: Transform a Quadcopter Into a Flying Millennium Falcon

mrdoornbos — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 14:18:18 -0000

This is the best quadcopter ever created.

Re: Trike Drifting

mrdoornbos — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 09:21:06 -0000

Stole it from you :-)

Re: You may look back at this as the beginning of the robots taking over the world

mrdoornbos — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:10:18 -0000

Looks like a lot of fun to me. Maybe I'll even try to put it together correctly :-)

Re: FIREFLY: Your DIY exploration platform

mrdoornbos — Fri, 04 May 2012 08:11:21 -0000

The hardware is licensed by Kentucky Space and will not be open. Initially anyway. All of the software, including the transceiver libraries are open and will be available for download. We'll also be taking user submitted software that people would like to share with others and hosting a place for that.

Re: The Launch Pad: About the MTA..

mrdoornbos — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 10:12:17 -0000

Good update. Thanks Alex.

Re: The Launch Pad: "X-Files" at the Google Lunar X PRIZE!

mrdoornbos — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 17:22:00 -0000

One more thing. I think the billionaires stepping in to do something they think needs to be done with their money is awesome. This is in no way a backhanded campaign against them. Casting a shadow on something just means you're really tall.

Re: The Launch Pad: "X-Files" at the Google Lunar X PRIZE!

mrdoornbos — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 16:45:13 -0000

Since I'm clearly "the commentator" in this article, I'll go first...

I'm glad we're talking about this in the open. What first needs to happen with the issues I outlined here: http://evadot.com/2011/08/0... is that everyone involved financially with each other needs to wear that on their sleeve.
The question isn't that you know most of the people in the space industry. I agree, that's a good thing. What people are wondering is why a number of you are doing business with each other while administering a 30 million dollar prize competition. Teams buying services from each other is one thing, teams buying services from the people in charge of the contest is a whole other thing.

I did make a mistake before hitting publish last week. I did not ask Alex for her perspective, comments, and reaction. For that I apologize and will work to rectify ASAP.

I did note that in other circles that this sort of thing would not be okay, and I question whether it is in the Google Lunar X PRIZE as well.

I write for several tech publications and it is common practice to disallow us to write about businesses where we have a vested interest in the outcome of their future, even if it's completely innocent and only smells like maybe we have a bias.

The problem that needs to be addressed is the appearance that Moon Express is getting special treatment in light of what I've talked about here. They have clearly violated the MTA in the blogging and video categories and it seems from many points of view that their being allowed to continue without recourse could be connected to a set of special circumstances that has afforded them special treatment.

In any case, I'm glad that we're finally talking about this in public. Hopefully public debate will help dispel any fears and then everyone can move on with confidence in the execution of this prize.

Re: PTS visits Silicon Valley

mrdoornbos — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 10:38:46 -0000

It wasn't so private for me last year. This year I wasn't even invited. :-(

Re: Moonbots 2.0 - Phase One with the RoboSpartans

mrdoornbos — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 11:01:47 -0000

Where can I get this tune?

Re: Moonbots 2.0 - Phase One with the RoboSpartans

mrdoornbos — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 11:01:19 -0000

LOVE this!

Re: Google Lunar X PRIZE Team Scorecard / Scoreboard

mrdoornbos — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 08:40:37 -0000

The trick is to do this in a way that actually adds to the visualization and is not just flashy eye candy.

Re: ISDC 2011: There’s a story in here somewhere

mrdoornbos — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:37:12 -0000

Thanks Steve, we've corrected these. This article was not rejected for 5 grammatical errors, their editor could have fixed those in seconds. It was rejected because they didn't like the content.

I heard from the ISDC chair who said he actually liked what I had to say here.

Re: ISDC 2011: There’s a story in here somewhere

mrdoornbos — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 18:34:26 -0000

I agree that there could be some examples, but that's not why it was rejected. They were looking for something that said the NSS is awesome, this was the best conference ever, and we should all come flocking back next year.

The editor feedback wasn't: "it needs some examples" or "it feels like it's not wrapped up", it was "... after all, this is a publication of the National Space Society and we want to promote the conference and future conferences, as well." <-- therein lies the problem with doing a magazine about your own organization.

I was surprised when I was asked by the conference leadership to attend and organize a GLXP panel, and surprised later when I was asked if I would write a piece about it in the magazine. I didn't mean to suggest that I was surprised that it was rejected. I'm fully aware that the tone of AdAstra is not along the lines of what I wrote.

Re: Evadot Podcast #76 – It’s Moonbots time!

mrdoornbos — Tue, 31 May 2011 15:11:42 -0000

Brand new i7 Desktop in the studio with 2 large monitors. I'm coding, podcasting, writing all at the same time and everything including rendering is fast. I'm thinking about doing video soon as well.

Re: RCSP Team Leader Reflects on International Space Development Conference

mrdoornbos — Fri, 27 May 2011 15:17:36 -0000

You didn't expect me to ask easy questions. You know me better than that!