jmts

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by jmts 2y ago
AM reception is essentially the direct conversion of the strength (amplitude) of a given radio frequency into an audio signal. Any other noise present at the same frequency is added to the signal (superposition/interference) and theref
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by jmts 2y ago
FM works better because it is easier to detect the change in frequency independently of any change in the amplitude. I'm unsure of what the correct terminology would be, but (for my linear algebra brain) you could say something like, f
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by jmts 2y ago
Please see the section titled "Faster multiplication"
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by jmts 2y ago
My understanding of PC game development at the time was that most games would re-implement their own drivers for system hardware, hence why you would often need to select what kind of graphics card, sound card, and their settings during the
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by jmts 3y ago
Oi Oi Oi!!!
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by jmts 3y ago
Ramtha's School of Enlightenment used to come to a university I used to work at between sessions while the students were away. They would have a section of paddock fenced off and would wander around it blindfolded making "PSSHHTT&
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by jmts 3y ago
It's hard to tell what's actually happening in that clip. To me it looks like the chain is actually fully off the rear sprocket just before the rear locks up (it appears to have come off around 1:12). At that point in time the rea
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by jmts 4y ago
Programming is all about abstractions and the ways they interact. Specifically this article talks about what it means for two instances of an object to be "equal", which depends very much on what kind of equal you care about. Co
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by jmts 7y ago
MTBF: Mean time between failures MTTR: Mean time to repair
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by jmts 7y ago
Hell on Earth.
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by jmts 7y ago
As an embedded software engineer, my only response to this is that sometimes I'm surprised anything works at all. Bugs in silicon do exist. Often there's nothing a supplier can do about it. Either you find a different part or find
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by jmts 7y ago
Matthew Walker wrote that book [1]. He also has a few talks on YouTube worth checking out. From memory [2] was an informative one for me. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_We_Sleep [2] https://www.youtub
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by jmts 7y ago
You're not old. You're elite!
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by jmts 7y ago
As a guy with a brother, I can't help but read this as yet another ploy to get one-up on the brother, but this time in the name of science!
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by jmts 7y ago
His Morty was happier almost instantly though - he was a particularly traumatic Rick, which is saying something!
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by jmts 7y ago
On the Origin of Species, by Charles Darwin. It's pretty dense, dry, and can require a bit of a commitment, but there's some pretty interesting bits and pieces in there aside from just proposing evolution.
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The relationship between your age and your chance of success [YouTube](youtube.com)
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by jmts 7y ago
It is customary for the vintage of old articles to be added in the title to make it clear that they may not be current. GP is attempting to bring the vintage of this article to the attention of a moderator to make such a change.
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by jmts 7y ago
Slightly off topic, but I've followed this a little deeper and am wondering if anyone has any recommended Taoist reading? It appears this translation of Tao Te Ching is available in book form. Could anyone suggest a translation of Zhua
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by jmts 7y ago
Nope, that one is different. https://www.xkcd.com/327/
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by jmts 7y ago
This is addressed in the article. He wanted the domain, but didn't want to pay more than necessary for it. This includes avoiding an auction that could unnecessarily inflate the price.
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by jmts 7y ago
Is bauxite really new cargo? Or do they mean ship-operators need to be careful when switching to bauxite cargo? My read on it was that bauxite was new as a solid bulk cargo, not that bauxite itself was a new cargo in general. I know nothi
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by jmts 7y ago
Sure, there are absolutely varying degrees of screw up. You can make the same argument for anything. But for any position there is usually a general rule, and any number of exceptions. The point here is that the general rule for human error
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by jmts 7y ago
Admitting I'm wrong or that I screwed up ... You would not believe how much smoother everything at work is when you learn to recognize early the signs that you're holding on to a bad opinion, or that you're headed towards a
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by jmts 7y ago
While I generally agree with your sentiments here, and this is a somewhat pedantic response, with regard to the following: The goal of code, however, is simply to communicate a process to a computer. Or rather, when that process is subject
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by jmts 7y ago
Those are not good enough reasons for you , perhaps. They may however be good enough for others. Your experience is not the only experience.
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by jmts 7y ago
My understanding of 'set -e' is to ensure that errors are handled appropriately, not to brute force around them. If an error occurs that is not handled, this is treated as a problem and the script exits to ensure that one failur
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by jmts 7y ago
With regard to horses and donkeys a "mule" is the offspring of a male donkey and female horse [1], while a "hinny" is the offspring of a female donkey and a male horse [2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wi
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by jmts 7y ago
Somewhat surprised not to see ClickSpring [1] on your list. Though maybe not so much home-improvement (I'd argue Welding Tips and Tricks isn't so much either), Chris' series on making a skeleton clock shows some top notch cra
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by jmts 7y ago
I think culturally (western, not explicitly American, unsure about elsewhere) there is a bias toward people being incapable of change, that their actions in the past define who they are, and this probably results in people just continuing t

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