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...temperature barely above zero and there still is snow. For those that live in the desert: That's water that falls from the sky as fine ice crystals.
Now I have the choice: Yet another debugging session of a huge piece of code that I ported to framework 4.2 and now has some problems. A shader (that's code for the graphics processor) which previously worked simply does nothing anymore. The .Net code in the graphics engine still does its job and feeds polygons and textures to the shader, there are no exceptions or any other signs of trouble, but nothing is rendered. Everything still worked until I had to recompile the shader as well. The problem probably is not on the .Net side, It looks like the compiler for the shader has some problems, even if it worked well for the other shaders.
Anyway, my other choice is to charge batteries and go out on a field and fly with the heli for the first time this year. Do we need a poll to make that decision?
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Turn some money into noise! 
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Did you know the sky can be blue?
veni bibi saltavi
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Yes - it's bipolar.
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Arctic more like!
veni bibi saltavi
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No, you're getting confused with where bipolar bears live.
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You must keep in mind: when the poles ice melts, we will all be up to our necks in water. The bigger question still is where the Poles got all that ice from and what they need it for.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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It's for Gin - Nagy is visiting.
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CDP1802 wrote: when the poles ice melts, we will all be up to our necks in water.
You've just failed middle-school physics.
When the North Polar ice cap melts, the sea level will not rise by even a millimeter. That is because the northern ice cap floats on the water below. According to Archimedes' Law, it already displaces the amount of water that it would displace were it to melt.
I grant you that the melting of the South Polar ice cap will raise the sea level by 50-60 meters, which will have a major effect on coastal cities. It will also turn my apartment into a valuable beach-front property (yay!  ). However, at present it appears that the South Polar ice cap is gaining ice.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: at present it appears that the South Polar ice cap is gaining ice.
Well, clearly it is stealing it from the North Pole.
Santa will have to put Antarctica on the Naughty List for next year.
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And I think you failed at humour. 
CDP1802 wrote: The bigger question still is where the Poles got all that ice from and what they need it for.
Who are the Poles?
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: And I think you failed at humour.
 Did you learn that at school?
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Sometimes you have to.
The Poles he's referring to comes from a neighboring country
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*Sigh*
I have failed indeed if I must explain.
The Poles (Polish: Polacy, pronounced [pɔˈlat͡sɨ]; singular masculine: Polak, singular feminine: Polka) are a nation and West Slavic ethnic group native to Poland. [^]
And the batteries performed well. I did not notice any sluggishness. I kept them in the car so that they did not get cold and during the flight they warm up from the inside. The motor can draw a current of up to 40 Ampere. Not many batteries can handle that without first getting really hot and then blowing up.
The real problem were my fingers. By the last flight I had almost no feeling left. I think I landed the heli by pure will alone.
There was only one little casualty: The cheap camera gave up. Perhaps I killed it when I pressed that tiny button with numb fingers, or it simply was too cold, or maybe it got wet when I dipped the landing skids into the snow. I'm going to take a look how much it recorded, if anything at all and maybe I can revive it.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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CDP1802 wrote: I have failed indeed if I must explain.
Does this mean that we are Poles apart?
(running, ducking and hiding)
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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I got that, my question was rhetorical.
CDP1802 wrote: The motor can draw a current of up to 40 Ampere
 How big are those batteries actually? I feel battery tech has indeed gone forward. Is that NiMH or Lithium?
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I use those.[^]
They are not cheap, but I have been using mine for two years now and they still show excellent balance (all cells within 0.01 V difference) and still no noticable loss of capacity. I must have reached the 100 charge cycles which are usually assumed to be the life span of a lithium polymere battery, but they seem to be as fit as ever.
At the beginning of my old video[^] you can see both the heli and the batteries when I make it ready for the flight.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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I know that happens. The people are far more interesting. They are not really used to the temperatures, don't have proper clothing and don't know at all what to do when they have to get into the car and drive.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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I believe we need some statistics on how cold it can be and still fly.
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The colder it gets, the more dense the air gets so should become easier to create lift (more than the extra friction with a good wing design.)
Eventually the gasses in the air would liquefy, at which point would be advantageous to move to a submarine.
And beyond that solidify, a tunnel borer would then be a logical choice.
Sin tax er
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The problems may not come from the air density. Instead, the lithium polymere batteries may catch a cold. I will keep them in the car until I need them and after that they will warm up as they are discharged. It still could be that the helicopter is a little slower than usual today.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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I was more thinking about batteries getting useless in the cold, or what kind of motor are you using?
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CDP1802 wrote: but nothing is rendered.
Well, lacking blue sky, everything looks gray. 
Marc
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CDP1802 wrote: temperature barely above zero and there still is snow
I'm not saying you should be debugging on a Sunday afternoon, but you should certainly not go out in the snow and cold. Especially since you'll be holding a remote controller preventing you from making your hands into fists and keeping them in your pockets where they have a chance of not freezing off.
Easiest choice ever.
Let me know when you need some more life advice
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