deanfranks

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by deanfranks 7y ago
(HUMOR) Are you sure it was a mistake? They are politicians...
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by deanfranks 7y ago
For better or worse, most commercial embedded development is done in C/C++. If you are already familiar with these, start with Atmel Studio and an AVR 8 bit processor (easier to learn the hardware side, simpler processor) or mbed.org
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by deanfranks 8y ago
"SQL for Smarties", Joe Celko -- an excellent resource
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by deanfranks 8y ago
And even then, Kotlin, not Java.
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by deanfranks 8y ago
We have been using Asterisk (SIP/IAX) for about 7 years both on "cloud" servers and field communication devices with no issues on production devices (only minor problems during development/qualification). Our experience
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by deanfranks 9y ago
If you are looking for speeds on the order of 0.0024 Mbps (2400 baud) then maybe. You could use amateur radio packet radio gateways and radio modems and set something up. You could do it legally (in the US) by paying a token amount and get
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by deanfranks 9y ago
Take a look at Autodesk Fusion 360. It is free to makers / small startups. I use it extensively for product prototype development including for 3d printing and subtractive machining. Another good resource is McMaster Carr, they have
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by deanfranks 10y ago
Get a good lawyer, even if you only pay for a couple of hours. There are things you can do immediately (depending on whether you received a letter or they actually filed a suit) that may make them go away. I was party to one of these a cou
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by deanfranks 10y ago
As a developer it is worth it as long as you have separate teams responsible for development and production. Segmentation means that a prod server can't accidentally be configured to access a dev resource (db instance, etc). If you h
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by deanfranks 11y ago
I would start with Octave. You can use it to quickly learn the math behind music synthesis and experiment with the various methods. It is open source and available for Windows,Linux,Mac and Android (at least, there are probably other port
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Sit stand desk on Woot(home.woot.com)
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by deanfranks 11y ago
I think that would be a square peg in a round hole. If you want open, what's wrong with ODF?
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by deanfranks 12y ago
It is not a high-end notebook construction-wise, but I have had very good luck with a Toshiba S70 with a full-hd screen. $499 on woot and it has a 17.3" screen, i7, a second sata bay and 2 open DIMM sockets. Battery life is good and
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by deanfranks 12y ago
Stock certificates may also be subject to dilution at the whim of the majority shareholders.
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by deanfranks 12y ago
Easy, abolish the TSA
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by deanfranks 12y ago
Another non-answer for your question, but I'm not convinced that WiFi is the way to go for IOT. WiFi networks don't deal well with large numbers of clients, power is an issue and setup can be a pain. POE would be nice for new bui
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by deanfranks 12y ago
A couple of years ago IKEA NA sold a motorized sit/stand desk. No idea why they stopped carrying it, but I would assume slow sales was the reason.
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by deanfranks 12y ago
C++ or Delphi (pascal) via Embarcadero
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by deanfranks 12y ago
Yes, a significant number of our users still use Windows XP and building things to XP compatibility increases the chances of running under Wine for the 0.5% or so of our users who want to run linux.
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by deanfranks 13y ago
Delphi -> C# is a pretty short walk, and there are lots of C#/.NET jobs around. As for learning C#, there are lots of good books and you can download Visual Studio Express and just dive in.
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by deanfranks 13y ago
Not with a strong cypher. Any single bit change in the source will result in what looks like a new pseudo-random output. Determining the private key given the public key in RSA-2048 requires factorizing large blocks of very large numbers w
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by deanfranks 13y ago
If the cypher being used is secure, encrypting a block of 1s or 0s will generate an apparently random stream of 0s and 1s. There will be no way to determine the private key from the output of encrypting a block of known data with the publi
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by deanfranks 13y ago
Are you asking what languages fill that gap, or how C programs interface with assembler libraries and OS interfaces?
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by deanfranks 13y ago
Or get the best of both and get an Aeron lab stool and use with a sit/stand desk. You can stand when you want to, and just pull up the stool to sit. http://www.hermanmiller.com/content/hermanmiller/english&#x
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by deanfranks 14y ago
If you want to learn assembler to analyze malware, learning x86 assembler under linux or windows is where you should start. If you really want to start with a microcontroller, the AVR is a good place. You can use one of the Atmel XPlain b
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by deanfranks 14y ago
I am not an attorney, but my understanding is that you do not have to respond to the letter in any way unless they have filed a complaint. You might want to respond in a way to try to prevent them from filing a complaint (possibly provide
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by deanfranks 14y ago
It would be ugly. For many architectures, locals are referenced relative to a [stack] frame pointer. The local variables from the original context of the function containing the catch would need to accessible, and any additional local var
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by deanfranks 14y ago
I don't think this would work on the code or compiler end. For the compiler, when an exception is thrown, the stack is unwound back to the most recent try so the exception handler can be run in the scope of the try. In order to implement t
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by deanfranks 15y ago
I switch back and forth between metal working and wood working on a daily basis and have used metric for both for 15 years. With the wacky thicknesses of plywood/etc fractional units are just not convenient any more.