jdblair

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by jdblair 2mo ago
Last summer, I washed the single 220W module on the top of my campervan. It definitely improved the yield, but I suspect a vehicle can pick up a lot more dirt than a stationary install.
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by jdblair 2mo ago
I agree it's always fast and convenient! It doesn't have the buyer protection you get with a credit card (it debits from your account immediately), but for most purchases that is fine.
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by jdblair 2mo ago
I'm still considered at-risk to BSE b/c I spent 10 months in the UK during the 1991-92 school year.
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by jdblair 3mo ago
Lufthansa still flies a 747-8 between FRA and SFO. https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/DLH454 I booked it once when I couldn’t find a direct flight from AMS to SFO.
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by jdblair 3mo ago
The best mechanic I ever had kept my ‘98 Subaru going past 200k miles. Once during a repair I asked him to do an inspection and tell me if there was anything else I should replace. He told me not to do that, and that any mechanic would alwa
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by jdblair 3mo ago
When I was quite young I attended a lecture by Bill Watterson held at the Akron Art Museum. He spoke without notes, with an easel and a large pad of paper, describing his career. He illustrated his story with the pad, drawing his unsuccessf
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by jdblair 4mo ago
"Dehydration" in this article is the chemical process of separating magnesium atoms from water molecules. It is not about drinking enough water. Most of the comments here are based on the title alone. Like always.
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by jdblair 4mo ago
Yes, literally this. No verilog decode, just looking for signals in the image of a 1 vs. a 0. For example, a 1 may be the existence of a transistor at a particular intersection of wiring.
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Hacking Time: Spoofing Atomic Clocks with Audio Harmonics(josephhall.org)
4 points by jdblair 4mo ago|0 comments
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by jdblair 9mo ago
Done! Thanks for coming here to read the tough hacker new comments. I really like what you're doing with Framework, and I hope you are able to keep iterating and improving. ---- Update: Sorry, there is no mistake! The i7 order was my o
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by jdblair 9mo ago
Also, something weird: I looked up my purchase using my Framework account to confirm my purchase date, and it lists my mother board as System: Intel® Core™ i7-1260P. Sloppy record keeping like this doesn't inspire confidence. It is def
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by jdblair 9mo ago
I'm also a laptop weirdo and I've had a Framework 13 with the Ryzen 7 motherboard since May of 2022. I run Ubuntu (currently 25.10) on it. Its a good laptop, but not a great laptop. Its very light and compact (very important to me
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by jdblair 10mo ago
peace be with you
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by jdblair 10mo ago
a funny thing happened why i added and emacs eval mcp tool to claude code https://hachyderm.io/@jdblair/115605988820465712
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by jdblair 10mo ago
In the 90s my dad turned into an organic lawn grower. He was always suspicious of Chemlawn but he used the standard recommended treatment of granulated fertilizer and herbicides. Then he had a revelation about root and soil health, and phos
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by jdblair 10mo ago
Some research suggests it works, some research concludes it is no better than placebo. :shrug:
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by jdblair 10mo ago
When I read "A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" when I was about 18, there is a mention of how in the summer they would get nettles in their gruel at the prison camp. Midwestern American me had no idea of the nutritive value of
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by jdblair 1y ago
Offline credit card transactions are still supported, and Square even supports it in the US. Europe use of debit cards instead of credit cards is much higher than the US.
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The Confessions of a 'Premature Anti-Fascist'(latimes.com)
10 points by jdblair 1y ago|1 comments
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by jdblair 1y ago
the point of knowing the rough conversion is to be able to do head-math to get a close number. I use 30 a lot of the time, b/c most of the time a close estimate is all I need. if you're cutting off the borders of your map, by all
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by jdblair 1y ago
1 oz =~ 28 grams is a really useful conversion to remember (signed, an American living in Europe)
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by jdblair 1y ago
I had a SPARClassic at home in 1996! It was pretty underpowered, but it worked great as long as you didn't use X. I worked from my brand new PowerMac 7200 over ethernet to the SPARClassic, which gave me MacOS + Solaris as a development
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by jdblair 1y ago
I'm a US citizen living in The Netherlands. Am I a US Person or a Foreign Person?
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by jdblair 1y ago
but it was so much fun to write my own serial networking protocol! and my 2nd stage bootloader for arduino! ...and by the time I finished, the esp32c hardware was released and I didn't need it anymore.
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by jdblair 1y ago
In 2014, in a Starbucks in Los Gatos, CA, I saw someone bring in a (small) desktop PC and a monitor and set it up at a table.
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Lugano authorities recover Satoshi Nakamoto statue that was thrown in lake(theblock.co)
2 points by jdblair 1y ago|0 comments
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Vodafone aims to leverage quantum computer to streamline broadband routes(telecompaper.com)
1 points by jdblair 1y ago|0 comments
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by jdblair 1y ago
“your choice of energy input” is carrying a lot of weight in your statement. producing steel from iron ore is extremely energy intensive. it’s true that once produced, recycling steel is less expensive. but steel doesn’t store carbon (excep
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by jdblair 1y ago
We're spending a lot of effort discussing what we thought in 2012, when the acquisition on the surface seemed insane ($1B!! For a photo app!) What is more significant is what Meta did since then. I do think Meta didn't see simply
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by jdblair 2y ago
That's right, the Concorde had engines capable of supercruise - long distance supersonic flight without afterburners. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercruise#Aircraft_with_supe...

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