quailfarmer

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by quailfarmer 1mo ago
+1 for Boyd
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by quailfarmer 1mo ago
If I sequence the DNA of my child’s embryo, and then synthesize a mirror embryo, will my child be immune to all infection?
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by quailfarmer 1mo ago
MEMS! You should get in touch with the folks at SiTime.
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by quailfarmer 2mo ago
On the first point specifically, everyone is going to need to wrap their heads around memory being more tightly integrated with compute in future generations. The modular form factor restricts DRAM speed, bus width, hurts reliability and co
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by quailfarmer 2mo ago
But if you arrest him, I’m going to set off fireworks in protest. The market of stubbornness can remain solvent for a long time.
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by quailfarmer 5mo ago
Given the importance of DRAM, I imagine they would get their own plane if required.
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by quailfarmer 6mo ago
The real “competitive” game is not players playing against other players, but hackers playing against anti-cheat. “Billiards is not as good a game as Physics” ( https://mag.uchicago.edu/billiards )
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by quailfarmer 6mo ago
On the other hand, Pandora’s box has been opened, and the double-edged sword of cryptography has been unleashed on the world. Having open source security/trust systems is valuable.
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by quailfarmer 7mo ago
I sent this to Apple in 2007. Never heard back :) https://i.postimg.cc/52G8rGZJ/File0004.jpg
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by quailfarmer 7mo ago
Damn, this will break Minecraft on my original machine, an Acer C720 Chromebook modded to run Linux. The Intel HD4400 iGPU doesn’t support Vulcan! I always appreciated that MC would run on virtually any hardware, especially as a kid without
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by quailfarmer 7mo ago
I’m very mixed about WASM. It’s clearly a very cool technology, and enables cool things by allowing native performance without needing multi-platform support. But at the same time, it provides a vector for foreign, non-free software to run
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by quailfarmer 8mo ago
Disagree. The most valuable feature of a fraction of people having guns is that the risk of someone having a gun discourages the most extreme harassment, even if no gun is ever fired.
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by quailfarmer 8mo ago
You don’t need niche hardware to do this, if you’re handy with a soldering iron! You can quite easily modify devices intended for use on AC lines, for any conductor! http://www.helicopting.de/ I used this to get an Ethernet
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by quailfarmer 9mo ago
You’re comparing to GEO communication sat orbits, which are highly coordinated and expensive real estate, reserved for small numbers of vehicles.
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by quailfarmer 9mo ago
For these large constellations, vehicles are generally raised slowly at the beginning of their lives, and debris spreads out as it decays downwards. A significant increase in debris at 550km would have an impact on all orbits below it, incl
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by quailfarmer 9mo ago
Yes, it’s absolutely a trade off against prop (argon) lifetime, energy spent thrusting, and atomic oxygen degradation of plastic components. The benefits of increased drag for these shells of thousands of vehicles must be worth it.
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by quailfarmer 9mo ago
+1, if only for the documentation. If you haven’t, skim through it: https://pip.raspberrypi.com/documents/RP-008373-DS-2-rp2350-... it’s truly unlike any reference manual I’ve ever read. I will happily pay a few extra
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by quailfarmer 9mo ago
Adafruit is pretty clearly the front-runner these days in the educational/hobbyist market, Arduino (and even SparkFun) have fallen by the wayside. My only gripe is the focus on micropython these days, it can introduce a barrier later i
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by quailfarmer 9mo ago
I’m not sure why the age of majority in the region of the server would be relevant. The user is not traveling to that region, the laws protecting them should be the laws in their own region.
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by quailfarmer 9mo ago
Since about 10 years ago, online platforms are a major part of how many people speak, publish, and associate.
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by quailfarmer 11mo ago
Kudos for making this exist, it was an inevitable place for the conversation to lead, and I’m actually glad it was “hacked” together as a project rather than forced into a consumer product. The camera specs don’t really matter here, this is
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by quailfarmer 1y ago
The fact that this is the most appealing option is an indication that our electrical system, both equipment and code, are failing to address people’s needs. If you get a quote for a hybrid (on and off grid) system, they’re absolutely unaffo
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by quailfarmer 1y ago
High voltage, low RDSON FETs are (slightly) more expensive, and these products are cheap. A better design would use a higher-voltage rated input switch with poor (slow) switching performance, like an IGBT. Don’t design critical infrastructu
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by quailfarmer 1y ago
> Liquefaction is a process where saturated, loose soil loses its strength and behaves like a liquid, often occurring during events like earthquakes. That would be quite an environmental impact!
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by quailfarmer 1y ago
Part of the issue is with the purpose as you describe it. Sure, at top 10 schools, a trial by fire would result in much needed “growing up” as the gifted but undisciplined (speaking for myself and many users of this site) students find thei
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by quailfarmer 1y ago
Milwaukee isn’t in Minnesota, Eh!
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by quailfarmer 1y ago
But how will they avoid the unfortunate end that Maker Faires faced last time around?
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by quailfarmer 1y ago
Not a controlled experiment, just a study of self-reported “values” and well-being survey data. It appears it was only tracking very short term effects, on the order of days, which seems like it would ignore the presupposed benefits of long
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by quailfarmer 1y ago
Paperbacks are _not_ a regressive tax. The book is equally readable in both forms, and often more portable in paperback. Hardcover books are (mild) luxury items that can command a higher profit margin and thus are easier for publishers to j
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by quailfarmer 1y ago
The resolution of the image (the ability to resolve two points) is greater than the size of the planet, thus it appears as a point spread function, no detail can be resolved.

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