nickwarren

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by nickwarren 2y ago
As I understand it, reconductoring main benefit is it allows you to fit more aluminum in the area. NEC specifies conduit has acceptable % fill value that I could see this optimization having for retrofits, but long haul transmission lines a
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by nickwarren 2y ago
What's the use case of 20 nm chips? I understand value in 3D printers for electronics, but what is unlocked at that level? Replacements would require design files, so I'm thinking more of what is unlocked at 20 nm for open-source
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by nickwarren 2y ago
I have some friends that work in a variety of positions on older boats in the maritime industry, and are quite skeptical about upgrades to drive by wire systems. They also generally aren't technically advanced, so I'm wondering wh
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by nickwarren 2y ago
> "Snapchat opens directly to a camera — rather than a feed of content — and has no traditional public likes or comments. While we will always have more work to do, we feel good about the role Snapchat plays in helping close friends
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by nickwarren 2y ago
Swift is such a delightful language to use, well suited for general application development. It's awesome to see it gaining traction outside of the cocoa ecosystem. If you haven't given it a fair chance yet, I would highly recomme
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by nickwarren 5y ago
I get what the author is saying, but I write down ideas to delegate to myself for later exploration. I find search is often good enough to get to what I'm looking for within a couple of queries, and a general read through of the collec
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by nickwarren 7y ago
inspectAR | Software Engineer (C# (Unity)) | ONSITE (Newfoundland, Canada) We build Augmented Reality tools for circuit boards. It's fundamentally changing the way electrical engineers operate in the lab, it improves throughput at asse
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by nickwarren 7y ago
Working for some time in the valley as an east coast Canadian native, I absolutely agree about peanut pay. That being said, in my experience it feels like the quality of life is still higher in Canada. In the valley, it feels around every c
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Show HN: Inspectar – Augmented Reality PCB Tool for Electronics Work(inspectar.com)
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by nickwarren 7y ago
I’m playing with the idea of a trees4travel nonprofit. Eco-conscious individuals or business that requires employees to travel can quickly using some basic information make a donation to plant trees/take other climate change action in