mjmdavis

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by mjmdavis 5mo ago
This is really awesome. Great work. I aspire to build cool stuff like this in WebGPU. Very excited for the future of the web.
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by mjmdavis 2y ago
The microscope is from Keyence. An entry level model I believe. I have access to one with 3 lenses on an automated turret. They’re excellent for inspection and make for a ton of fun when you have anything small and interesting to look at. T
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by mjmdavis 2y ago
Honestly this comes across as a smart solution, not a dumb one. You big smartie. Such a smart guy. Geez. You're so smart, you're very productive and are helping advance society. Thank you.
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by mjmdavis 2y ago
This is pretty sensible cybersecurity policy. Just don’t do what BT did on their HomeHubs and generate a brute forceable password based on a hash of the ssid and some serial numbers.
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by mjmdavis 5y ago
I wonder how much this has to do with do not track and the search engines optimising towards people who don’t enable do not track / limit cookies.
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Ask HN: An Issue Tracker for Hackers
2 points by mjmdavis 5y ago|0 comments
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by mjmdavis 7y ago
Why does the guidance linked from the article here: https://esd.ny.gov/guidance-executive-order-2026 mention a 75% reduction and the actual order linked from there: https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/no-2
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by mjmdavis 7y ago
This has genuinely given me hope. It would be great to see more ideas and work around this.
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by mjmdavis 7y ago
Doing this could deprive hundreds of people of a life saving device.
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Respected Mathematician to unveil new proof of the Riemann Hypothesis(twitter.com)
18 points by mjmdavis 8y ago|4 comments
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by mjmdavis 8y ago
Programming Languages are just like Human Languages. Every culture builds a common form of expressing ideas based around their shared values, needs and outlook. Restricting yourself to one Human language limits your thinking and perspective
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What's the cost of a reunion?(mjmdavis.com)
3 points by mjmdavis 9y ago|0 comments
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by mjmdavis 9y ago
I don't yet have a very good understanding of the whole EPSG code system yet either. :s
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by mjmdavis 9y ago
Thank you!
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by mjmdavis 9y ago
One of the main reasons it's so popular is that is preserves shape, angle and north is always up. This means you can create a tiling map server and use the same tiles at all scales.
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by mjmdavis 9y ago
I think Healpix is included in the tool at the bottom. Also check out the last few in the list which are similar to Dymaxion.
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Show HN: Interactively explore different map projections(mjmdavis.com)
109 points by mjmdavis 9y ago|12 comments