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   by givc 8d ago

   Actually nowadays it means exactly 2.54 cm as that’s how it is defined. Which also means all distance measured in US Customary units is ultimately metric too
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   by givc 2mo ago

   I don’t know a whole lot about RFID, but some of the most basic cards can be copied very easily. When scanned, the reader always reads the same bits. I believe there are some more secure cards, like Mifare DESFire EV3 that do provide some s
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   by givc 6mo ago

   In US highways the exit ramp off the road is usually on the right, but is some cases the exit is on the left, especially in areas where the highway is elevated or in crammed downtowns. The left lane is also usually the “passing lane” and ca
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   by givc 8mo ago

   I used OpenSCAD to create a map of Manhattan. It shows the live location of subway trains. It was surprisingly easy, I struggled a lot with OnShape and Fusion360 trying to do this because there were too many polygons. I found that starting
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   by givc 8mo ago

   This is awesome. I’ve also been playing with OnShape to make lamps and it’s been quite challenging. I also tried Blender but the learning curve is just too steep for me. I like this idea of using Python. I might try OpenSCAD too like someon
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   by givc 9mo ago

   I found that combining OpenSCAD with SVGs for extruding complex shapes is quite powerful. I made a map of Manhattan that could not be handled by any other CAD program I tried without crashing, but OpenSCAD handled it really well. I wrote mo