dcassett

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by dcassett 9mo ago
Thanks for troubleshooting my installation issue as well as fixing all of my other issues!
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How best to report website data breach?
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by dcassett 9mo ago
Perhaps because I'm still on Debian 12 (or more likely I did something wrong), I had trouble getting it working by compiling the icl/ocicl sources with sbcl. It complained "Failed to connect to Slynk after 10 seconds".
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by dcassett 10mo ago
> Espresso PLA minimizer You can still find the software for Espresso (I ran it a few years ago): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espresso_heuristic_logic_minim...
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by dcassett 10mo ago
> (Note 4) But to write a value into the latch, the switch is enabled and its output overpowers the weak inverter. This implementation is sometimes called a "jam latch" (the new value is "jammed" into the inverter loo
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by dcassett 10mo ago
> However, the 386 uses a different approach—CMOS switches—that avoids a large AND/OR gate. Standard cell libraries often implement multiplexers using transmission gates (CMOS switches) with inverters to buffer the input and restore
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by dcassett 10mo ago
The form gives the option to identify as an individual, an organization, or anonymous, and below the selections gives this note: "Note: If you choose to identify as Anonymous, the option to enter your email address for submission confi
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by dcassett 10mo ago
As of now the web page indicates "Comment Period Ends: 12 Days"
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by dcassett 10mo ago
https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/2025.09.23/supportedsi...
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by dcassett 10mo ago
Have used VLC for at least 20 years. Recently I upgraded an old Dell 9400 laptop that dates from around 2006 to Debian Bookworm (the end of the line for the 32-bit machines). It has a nice 1600x1200 display, but the Nvidia Graphics (Gefor
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by dcassett 11mo ago
Dillo was included in the historic Damn Small Linux [1], a 50MB distro. [1] https://damnsmalllinux.org/old-index.html
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by dcassett 11mo ago
Apologies, mistook for NATO. Maybe the alphabet is for fonts :)
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by dcassett 11mo ago
I find that I like working with the directory stack and having a shortened version of the directory stack in the title bar, e.g. by modifying the stock Debian .bashrc # If this is an xterm set the title to the directory stack case &qu
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by dcassett 11mo ago
I've found the NATO alphabet fairly common at call centers, with globalization being a factor.
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by dcassett 11mo ago
For me it's when I call customer service or support on the phone, and either give them an account #, or confirm a temporary password that I have been verbally given.
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by dcassett 1y ago
Have an old Victoreen Geiger counter and have seen some interesting things: - Munich: Chernobyl (obvious high background radiation) - Arizona: Fukushima (noticeably higher background radiation) Also, my wife had a test requiring an injectio
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by dcassett 1y ago
> Paulsbo You probably meant Poulsbo (US15W) chipset
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by dcassett 1y ago
That was at UT Austin, where Dr. Roth was a professor. Another thing about that course - the problems that were given by the TAs for the 90% proficiency checks seemed pretty challenging and weren't in the book. You really had to know
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by dcassett 1y ago
I had such a self-paced course in the '70s based on the book "Fundamentals of Logic Design" by Charles Roth, Jr. It should be noted that the book was specifically written for self-paced study, and as such acted as a sort of
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by dcassett 1y ago
True except for their GMA500 graphics [1] [1] https://community.intel.com/t5/Graphics/Very-poor-Linux-supp... Disclaimer: I own a netbook and spent a very long time researching getting it to work with Linux
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by dcassett 1y ago
Agreed, but prior to the change the "apparently random" as described in the documentation was similar to using random(fixed_seed), rather than the new behavior of random(system_time), which made the output of the script non-reprod
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by dcassett 1y ago
I remember a breaking change that was not esoteric: "keys %hash" started producing a different result each time the script was run. It required replacing the construct with "sort keys %hash" to get reproducible results.
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by dcassett 1y ago
It mentions ALE [1] as the logical successor to syntastic. I've been using ALE for many years. [1] https://github.com/dense-analysis/ale
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by dcassett 1y ago
I saw this question only once, as the first of 4 problems on the final exam for my very first EE introductory course. The course had covered an infinite ladder of resistors, but at the time it seemed like quite a leap to apply that knowled
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by dcassett 1y ago
San Francisco specifically: "I prompted ChatGPT to give me recommendations. Prompt: ... The final build will be located at my residence in San Francisco, CA, ..."
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by dcassett 1y ago
I've been using the links browser for HN and fall back to a full-fledged browser if I get blocked. Links (and Lynx) give me no problems with TFA.
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by dcassett 1y ago
The article didn't mention the Mark-8 "kit" featured in the July 1974 issue of Radio-Electronics [1]. My dad built the Mark-8 that year and showed me how he could play the Star-Spangled Banner on the AM radio by taking advan
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by dcassett 1y ago
> Does NetBSD natively support the 486DX CPUs which still have the FPU enabled? According to [1] they do "Any i486 or better CPU should work - genuine Intel or a compatible such as Cyrix, AMD, or NexGen." [1] https:/&#x2F
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by dcassett 1y ago
> It's not emulating a crippled chip "Initial reviews of the i486SX chip were generally poor among technology publications and the buying public, who deemed it an example of crippleware." [1] [1] https://en.wiki
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by dcassett 1y ago
> Your teeth aren’t in your digestive tract. However: Once ingested, the fluoride has a systemic affect on teeth before they erupt, incorporating into the matrix of developing teeth to increase the mineralization content and decrease the

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