8xeh

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by 8xeh 22d ago
My Mac mini m1 is a fantastic home server. Years ago I realized running a 100W PC all the time was REALLY expensive, so I switched to an old linux laptop at 30W (about $4/month). That helped, but I moved to the m1 mac specifically for
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by 8xeh 7mo ago
Neat, now put the M5 Pro or Max in a 24-inch iMac, and sell it with a reasonable amount of RAM (more than 24GB).
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by 8xeh 7mo ago
They'll have to "partner" with some company that's in the business of building a database of IDs and biometrics to do AI things with. Other companies in this space (Jumio) have a bad habit of ignoring privacy laws and wi
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by 8xeh 2y ago
The article uses "robotic mobile probes," which also seems out of order. I (native english speaker) would order it as "mobile robotic probes". But if I were writing it, I'd say "robotic probe", "surfa
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by 8xeh 2y ago
Facial recognition is illegal where I live, both for gov't and commercial uses. Several major cities in the US have banned it (e.g., San Francisco, Boston, etc.).
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by 8xeh 2y ago
I was not aware of this! That's kinda fun. I did an entropy test on my Pi5 (according to https://rob-turner.net/post/raspberrypi-hwrng ), and it (7.999832 bits per byte) has about the same entropy as /dev&#x2F
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by 8xeh 2y ago
Oh how I wish I had a legion of junior engineers. Or even a squad. My company has an aversion to hiring. It's so expensive to hire people, you know! There are no young engineers to teach the ropes to. There are very few senior people d
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by 8xeh 2y ago
Or better yet, buy your phone from the used market. Get a phone in perfect shape that was $800 two or three years ago for $200. Put a new battery in it. Though I'm seriously considering going back to a $50 flip phone and enjoying the 2
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by 8xeh 2y ago
This approach works very well. I've had dozens of extremely remote systems hooked up this way for about 8 years. The only problem I've seen is that occasionally the server ssh process will get stuck, so you have to log in to the s
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by 8xeh 2y ago
That's funny. $10 billion just to move junk around. The Wheatridge solar/wind/battery facility in Oregon produces the same amount of power as a small nuclear reactor. $10 billion buys you a dozen of them.
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by 8xeh 2y ago
It's not necessarily the organization's fault. In several companies that I've worked for (including government contractors) we are required to implement "certifications" of one kind or another to handle certain kind
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by 8xeh 2y ago
Phoenix does this: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/to-beat-the-heat-... > Experts say road temperatures in the Phoenix area can rise to 180 degrees on a hot day I guess being only 160°F means the gray is
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by 8xeh 2y ago
Please make speed limit signs broadcast speeds by radio! That would be incredible. If the road noise outside my house gets too loud, I can transmit a lower speed limit instead of turning up my TV.
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by 8xeh 2y ago
Without significant whitespace, you'd need at least 5 more comments consisting solely of "}" for this reply chain to be syntactically correct.
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by 8xeh 2y ago
This is a way to show off someone's mathematical work to a non-mathematical audience and to promote the college. Would you prefer "Our scientists wrote a paper about some math they did called 'An Improved Calendar Ring Hole-C
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by 8xeh 2y ago
Cold batteries do struggle a bit to deliver power and charge when they're cold, but they're just fine being stored in low temperatures. LFPs are really good at maintaining their charge. Even below -5°C, they should be fine, partic
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by 8xeh 2y ago
LFPs are indestructible and last forever. For general advice, they like it cooler[1] than other kinds of lithium batteries. Try to keep them between 15-25°C. Other than that, charge LFP batteries to whatever percentage you want whenever you
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by 8xeh 2y ago
Another that I've used: https://github.com/posva/catimg
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by 8xeh 2y ago
Most of the leaf blower noise in my neighborhood is the one or two guys on the crew who's job it is to run the leaf blower while the other guys are doing the lawn mowing or edging. If it was that guy's job to use a rake and broom
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by 8xeh 2y ago
https://www.robotshop.com/products/respeaker-usb-microphone-...
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by 8xeh 2y ago
I've been looking at that particular rabbit hole since a professor of mine mentioned it in 2003 or something. Once or twice a year, I'll read about some theorem or something and think it can be applied to Collatz somehow and dive
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by 8xeh 2y ago
You _can_ do it, but EV charging is a big load for a few hours. That's not really what solar is good at. Solar likes smaller loads spread throughout the day. If you go super cheap (the "$1000" system in the article), you&#x27
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by 8xeh 2y ago
First they break lolwut ( https://github.com/redis/redis/issues/12074 ) and now this. See: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38841284
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by 8xeh 2y ago
The old Mac Plus had a screen resolution of 512x342. His screen is 512x384 (4:3), which is why there's that extra blank space at the bottom of 3D Checkers and Mac Paint. I think the Color Classic (1993) was the first compact Mac with a