bdonlan

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by bdonlan 9mo ago
Fusible traces aren’t uncommon - but they would effectively destroy the device if current limits are exceeded, and they certainly would be if the power supply is non-isolated, so it wouldn’t actually be a solution to the firmware update pro
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by bdonlan 1y ago
It was originally a switching/signalling waypoint, and later started seasonal passenger service for skiiers in 1932, before later switching to year-round service. Apparently it used to be a popular hiking destination as well, but with
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by bdonlan 2y ago
In this case, the problem was the seed was low entropy, so if you generated a bunch of random numbers with a single initialization of the RNG seed you would get unique values. It's a tricky scenario to test for if you don't know o
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by bdonlan 3y ago
This is called disgorgement and is indeed frequently used for certain types of crimes (particularly financial crimes).
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by bdonlan 3y ago
There’s also upcoming changes to paper bills too, vending machine operators might be waiting to do both at the same time.
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by bdonlan 3y ago
WinRAR supports explicitly selecting the character set to use to decompress a .zip file - super helpful when opening Japanese ZIP files.
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by bdonlan 3y ago
Unfortunately that means it's not possible to deploy this without violating the AGPL...
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by bdonlan 3y ago
Link appears to be broken.
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by bdonlan 4y ago
The issuing bank for loans isn't necessarily where the company keeps the majority of their assets.
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by bdonlan 4y ago
Any kind of turn costs lift, and that’s not what you want to spend when you’re trying not to hit something on the ground. As such turns are generally not performed below a certain altitude.
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by bdonlan 4y ago
Feels like a thermistor would be a good safety device to add to those connectors…
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by bdonlan 4y ago
The good news is that the new boosters do in practice seem to be effective at boosting omicron protection, overcoming this theorized original antigenic sin: https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/fall-bivalent..
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by bdonlan 4y ago
You sure you’re posting from the right account? You’ve been using this one for at least 9 months (as far as I bothered going back)
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by bdonlan 4y ago
They mentioned a feature where your location could be sent via satellite in "find my" even in a non-emergency.
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by bdonlan 4y ago
Replace, or simply augment with enough additional satellites to provide adequate bandwidth over the oceanic areas.
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by bdonlan 4y ago
Japan has a good solution for this - most of the larger train stations (and many of the medium-sized ones as well) have "coin lockers" (which, despite the name, these days often take transit IC cards instead of coins) you can rent
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by bdonlan 4y ago
TASBot was only controlling controller 1 for a short time, but it remained connected to controllers 2-4 for the entire run, giving it time to download additional content as the showcase was going on.
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by bdonlan 4y ago
Do you want to elaborate on which specific changes listed in the article are, in your opinion, beneficial to institutional investors at the expense of retail investors, and how?
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by bdonlan 4y ago
The state _could_ attempt to negotiate with bondholders to repurchase the bonds - probably at a significant premium, however. Of course, if one of the bondholders refuses to sell, there wouldn't be much they can do... (I wonder if Disn
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by bdonlan 5y ago
Much harder for a large company than a small one, actually. The coordination overhead to get a bunch of disparate teams in a large company to rearchitect the fundamental structure of the service should not be overlooked.
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by bdonlan 5y ago
If you are sending a message to a person in another country, you are consenting to that communication traveling to the location of that person. See article 6: 1. Processing shall be lawful only if and to the extent that at least one of th
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by bdonlan 5y ago
> The reality is you don't really have to transfer anything out of EU in order to keep your service running. Practically speaking, running FB in a way that doesn't transfer anything out of the EU would involve either: 1. Siloin
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by bdonlan 5y ago
They decided to rebrand as Meta, abandoning their strong oculus brand identity.
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by bdonlan 5y ago
The federal government is what makes USD legal tender, and this clause does not restrict the federal government. Standing would presumably be with the party which refused bitcoin payment in satisfaction of a debt.
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by bdonlan 5y ago
Fidelity also has a fully-paid securities lending offering, and I believe Ally Invest does as well. It's not just IBKR.
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by bdonlan 5y ago
The signal will often go green (or in the case of this line, ATC will show that the train is cleared to proceed) prior to the actual departure time. This is because the trains are not allowed to close their doors until they have a departure
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by bdonlan 5y ago
The semantics of "time X at point Y" are different from "time X in time zone Z". Sometimes the former may indeed be what you want, but it's uncommon for the user to be providing precise location information for a po
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by bdonlan 5y ago
Presumably once this is broadly deployed, flight checks can be performed to check for interference.
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by bdonlan 5y ago
x86-64 does not have an addressing mode that uses the 8-bit register alias; in particular, the base and index registers are always either 32-bit (in 32-bit mode) or 64-bit (in 64-bit mode). As such, you need to zero-extend AL to a 64-bit re
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by bdonlan 5y ago
There's a mechanical door handle on the interior. If you run out of batteries completely and need to get in the procedure is: 1. Open a small panel on the front and apply 12V to the emergency cables to unlock the frunk (this only works

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