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by robotguy 29d ago
I've always wanted to use parentheses in prose the way we do in math, to make grouping explicit: The (small business) owner. The small (business owner). or ((Buffalo buffalo) ((Buffalo buffalo) buffalo)) buffalo (Buffalo buffalo).
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by robotguy 1mo ago
https://boinc.berkeley.edu/
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by robotguy 4mo ago
>The Best Engineers Write Less Code That's because they are designing circuits. EE FTW!
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by robotguy 4mo ago
I love using analog meters in digital projects. Here's a few different places I've used them. Minecraft Server Meter: https://imgur.com/a/minecraft-server-meter-QHpVbY1 Mini Model of a Minicomputer: https:&#
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by robotguy 4mo ago
The Long Run by Daniel Keys Moran takes place in 2069 but was written in 1989 and the tech still holds up decently (to me at least). Sort of a Snow Crash vibe but less satire. AI's exist on the network (called the Crystal Wind) but hav
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by robotguy 4mo ago
This is pretty much the plot of the Daemon book series by Daniel Suarez. I always thought this series was a decent example of starting with somewhat realistic tech (well, maybe realistic to a non-expert like me) and extrapolating it exponen
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by robotguy 5mo ago
I grew up in the boonies back in the 80's. The only real contact I had with juggling was probably cartoons like described above. I really wanted to learn though and would walk around the woods for hours trying to juggle oak galls in th
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by robotguy 7mo ago
That's the philosophy behind Safety Third.
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by robotguy 7mo ago
> it can say that it’s a controller and it will give the bus address to talk to and a polling rate. Many moons ago (over 25 years) I was an EE hobbyist working with an inventor, working adjacent to a major game controller manufacturer. T
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by robotguy 8mo ago
I was under the impression that Core War was pretty much a solved problem with multiple optimal warrior types in a rock-paper-scissors circular dominance. I have been somewhat interested in Core War for decades now, but I admit I haven&#x2
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by robotguy 9mo ago
I’m learning git and it’s on a private GitHub, but since I’m not a “real” programmer, I’m a bit reticent to make it public.
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by robotguy 9mo ago
I'm working on Mutacortechs, an ALife simulation where "organisms" each have their own emulated 16-bit processor with 64K RAM. Like Core Wars for the 21st century. It's a small project compared to what some others here a
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by robotguy 9mo ago
I mean, this is the ultimate domain for Quantum Computers: "Is it odd or Even?" "YES"
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by robotguy 9mo ago
They're called "processing tomatoes" and it's a very interesting crop and industry. Bred for a narrow ripening window, to be machine harvestable, and shippable in massive bulk. https://ctga.org/tomato-fac
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by robotguy 10mo ago
If you're reading this far down this comment chain, you might find this interesting: The paperclip maximizer is a thought experiment described by Swedish philosopher Nick Bostrom in 2003. It illustrates the existential risk that an
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by robotguy 10mo ago
>What's with the entire dev board crammed in there? Is that... normal? Yep. I designed boards for cameras like this (and the vehicles they are mounted on) for 20 years. When you're only going to sell ~30 a year, and it's g
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by robotguy 10mo ago
Here's the chance for the Basic Stamp to make a comeback!
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by robotguy 10mo ago
Not affiliated, just thought it was a neat idea when I stumbled upon it during some hobby weather research last year: ForecastAdvisor will show you the accuracy of the major weather forecasters, including AerisWeather, Foreca, Microsoft, th
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by robotguy 11mo ago
For anyone (like me) who likes their sci-fi fun and a bit cheesy I have a few recs: Dream Park - Larry Niven & Steven Barnes: A group of pretend adventurers suit up for a campaign called "The South Seas Treasure Game." As in t
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by robotguy 11mo ago
There's some really neat stuff that can be done with automation and Custom Super Generators. I call this one "Frequency Drift": https://mynoise.net/superGenerator.php?g1=custom.php%3Fc%3D1...
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by robotguy 11mo ago
As someone who was on the product team for a 6000msw video camera, it's probably not filled with mineral oil. I doubt anyone makes subsea camera bodies/optics completely from scratch, and off-the-shelf units are not designed for p
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by robotguy 1y ago
You should get Twisted Sister for your marketing campaign.
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by robotguy 1y ago
A junior EE can build the circuits from the examples in the datasheet. A mid-level EE can build configurations NOT shown in the datasheet. A Senior EE can tell you where the datasheet is wrong.
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by robotguy 1y ago
Quick search. Yup, it exists. "The Hammer Source: 100's of Hammers" Reminds me of Hank Hill "I sell hammers and hammer accessories."
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by robotguy 1y ago
Someone who finds that interesting might also like: https://typesetinthefuture.com/ Typography and Design in Science Fiction Movies
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by robotguy 1y ago
You remember that super popular kid (+5 CHA) in middle or high school who wouldn't acknowledge your existence in a group, but would suddenly somehow make you feel like the center of the world when there was no one else available and th
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by robotguy 1y ago
I'm from Sac also. In ~2012 (just a bit before Hacker Lab) I remember some of the people from Parallax Inc in Rocklin getting together to start a hacker space (Dweeb Den[1]). I went to 4 or 5 meetings with attendance of around 20-40 pe
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by robotguy 1y ago
I definitely witnessed this firsthand with dry-mate subsea connectors back in the 2010's. I called them "contagious hardware faults."
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by robotguy 1y ago
Can I put letters and numbers on the faces? https://imgur.com/qlLl434
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by robotguy 1y ago
I am very sad that my local hackerspace seems to eschew any of the social aspects and focuses (at least outwardly from what I can see) solely on entrepreneurship.

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