daniel_reetz

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by daniel_reetz 2mo ago
Or develop thesense & skill of using it. It clearly has a fixed FOV that's being cropped based on what's on the display. Humans can learn this stuff, cameras with crude viewfinders have appeared in the past.
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by daniel_reetz 4mo ago
And this is the first technology that directly strokes their ego
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by daniel_reetz 4mo ago
Users generally do not believe Instagram is reading their chats. Source: I have had this conversation many, many times.
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by daniel_reetz 4mo ago
This is what I'm looking for. This would replace Corel Draw for me. There is a plugin for blender that allows CAD style sketching. It may be a way forward.
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by daniel_reetz 6mo ago
I worked there. Everything goes into a slide.
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by daniel_reetz 7mo ago
Precisely. Things become clear when we think of benefits for people instead of monetary terms.
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by daniel_reetz 11mo ago
A huge number of us labor behind the scenes with no public acknowledgment or credit. For each idea brought to life we might hope for -at most- an epitaph carved in expired patent claims. This story is touching.
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by daniel_reetz 1y ago
I've been running GrapheneOS for a few months now, keeping my old Samsung on WiFi as a backup. It is such a breath of fresh air. It is so quiet and functional. It feels like it prioritizes me, the user. I am so grateful to have this OS
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by daniel_reetz 1y ago
Respectfully, at this point, do we need Googlers to explain? Structurally: launch-dependent levels/career advancement. Design wise: massive over reliance on A/B testing. Philosophically: a company hell bent on observing, categoriz
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by daniel_reetz 1y ago
In a VR headset the virtual screen distance is set by the distance of the microdisplay from the lens in the headset. It's not crazy to think you could move the microdisplay position and get a virtual display at 6". There might be
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by daniel_reetz 1y ago
Here's some context for people who are curious about CA DMV data sales: https://www.thedrive.com/news/35457/why-is-the-california-dm...
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by daniel_reetz 1y ago
I spoke to a McMaster web team member at a bar. They told me that the real reason there's usually no brand information is that they buy the same bolt (for example) from many different suppliers to guarantee availability. They will only
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by daniel_reetz 1y ago
I've purchased equipment from scrapped solar factories in the Bay Area. Tons of people lost jobs and not just technologists.
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by daniel_reetz 1y ago
Meta made the decision to take control of what users see via the feed, and to show them mostly content which is NOT from friends. Content that "performs well". The testimony is disingenuous, but true. People see less of their frie
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by daniel_reetz 1y ago
This matches my experience. In addition I was advised/strongly encouraged to "go dark" on social media and refrain from ever discussing work at lunch, even with teammates. My badge only worked where I had explicitly been give
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by daniel_reetz 1y ago
Strange take. Pixelated camouflage is and was an attempt to make a scale invariant camouflage (works at near and far distances) by encoding patterns at multiple spatial frequencies. It's far from "computers are cool" or pixel
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by daniel_reetz 1y ago
The similarities to Google Books are interesting. Google created Books based on their own scans of books, which publishers considered piracy. The legal battle initiated by the Authors Guild was vicious and it damaged and hampered Books and
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by daniel_reetz 1y ago
McMaster Carr now sells ethanol in large quantities.
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by daniel_reetz 2y ago
My domain is mechanical engineering. In my discipline, the Parker O-Ring catalog or the Omega Sensors catalog are basically textbooks which teach you how to specify and select seals and sensors. They create experts, and in the process, crea
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by daniel_reetz 2y ago
It's also been tried in the mechanical world ("Generative Design" in Autodesk's language) and it's still mostly in the "cool demo, bro" phase. The parts end up being expensive and difficult to manufacture
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by daniel_reetz 2y ago
Since they already reference Technology Connections in the article, and since this is a great essay but not new ideas, let's also call out other important voices - in particular Shoshana Zuboff's "Surveillance Capitalism&quot
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by daniel_reetz 2y ago
Have you tried searching with Explorer? Or opening the start menu or a folder? I'm currently 100% a Windows shop, and it's embarrassingly slow on my silly fast computer.
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by daniel_reetz 2y ago
Even Apple doesn't do CAD on OSX. They run Siemens NX on Windows. But your statement isn't quite right. Fusion 360 runs fine in mac. I'm ex-Apple btw.
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by daniel_reetz 2y ago
There's a piece of commercial software called Celemony Capstan. Might not be right for your application but it was designed explicitly for tape restoration.
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by daniel_reetz 2y ago
Agree. Firefox is the only browser I "trust". It does the best job of respecting the user out of any available option. I am the user and I deserve respect. You are also users, and you deserve respect, too.
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by daniel_reetz 2y ago
Fusion is my daily driver and this is a huge thing for me. Missed it. Thanks.
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by daniel_reetz 2y ago
Some universities have a press or media outlet which generates press releases and handles media relations.
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by daniel_reetz 2y ago
E2E doesn't fix the government mandated backdoors, which were implicated in this attack. Check out the last line of this article: https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/04/politics/us-telecom-providers...
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by daniel_reetz 2y ago
Something useful I learned recently. It's a lot more satisfying to share your favorite things while you're alive. You're alive to experience the rewards. Someone close to me wants me to pick out my favorite things from their
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by daniel_reetz 2y ago
Losing Weird Stuff Warehouse was one of the bellwether signals for me to leave the Bay. As I remember,Excess picked up a big chunk of Halted stock, but I heard the Excess location in San Jose closed (eBay store still open). Anyone know curr

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