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by sq_ 16d ago
Merlin got me into birding, and I've found this to be true, at least in some regions, especially if there's lots of background noise. Unless a species has a really, really unique call or song, I've made it my personal rule to
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by sq_ 2mo ago
The article mentions, but doesn't explicitly state, that they're going to be using electron beam lithography. Makes sense for their low volume and/or prototype fab goal, but I'm curious how well that would work for proto
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Blue Origin has set a aggressive return-to-flight timeline(arstechnica.com)
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by sq_ 4mo ago
I think people have a heightened reaction to threats based on the CFAA for "the door was open" circumstances because that law is so widely known for being used in threats against folks who were trying to ethically report things an
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by sq_ 4mo ago
Yeah, fair enough. "Compliance" is probably the phrasing I should've used, rather than "security". I've been curious for a while about the overall taxonomy of security, especially for embedded platforms. It see
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by sq_ 4mo ago
I think at this point the brand reputation and software quality are a big selling point. If you're trying to build a couple of units of some embedded thing where you need to toggle some GPIOs or serial devices in response to requests o
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by sq_ 4mo ago
A physical TPM with their overall high-quality software support would be awesome. I've spent far too much time messing around trying to get TPMs working over SPI or I2C to meet security requirements with 4Bs and 5s over the years.
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by sq_ 5mo ago
I can't get myself to do the battery-built-in-to-charger thing. I've always treated portable power banks as semi-disposable since they do eventually get worse and fail, and it feels icky to me to tie ~immortal charging gear to som
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by sq_ 5mo ago
I wouldn't be against better labeling, but I've found that I don't have to worry about it too much, day to day. USB-C has allowed me to grab one decent two-port charging brick, two solid 6ft cables, and charge just about ever
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by sq_ 5mo ago
Where I live these days, it's 50/50 heat included in rent versus not, and I have to remind my friends that literally all of the buildings they rent in are 50+ years old. And if your landlord is balking at including heat in rent, t
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by sq_ 7mo ago
Interesting, I would've guessed that they would've forcibly been on Windows since time immemorial. Entirely unsurprised that someone would refuse to give up their workflow, though! I've rarely found a user with specific needs
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by sq_ 7mo ago
I was curious to see the "Innovative DICOM Medical Imaging" section. I wouldn't have thought that Apple would be interested in niche applications like viewing radiology imaging, but I guess they're probably interested in
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by sq_ 7mo ago
Seems to be the expected relatively small refresh, mostly just adding the M5? The language towards the end of the press release implies to me that they're targeting last-gen Intel MacBook Air users thinking about upgrades more than any
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by sq_ 7mo ago
Echoing a sibling comment, lots of landlords require it now, and the basic packages that insurers offer you as a bundle with auto or other forms of insurance are pretty decent, depending on state. Typically seems like $100-200 per year for
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by sq_ 8mo ago
> But iNaturalist data is often not considered high quality enough to be publishable by itself (wide brush statement) in my field of plant conservation. As someone who recently started using iNaturalist, I've been curious about this
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by sq_ 9mo ago
I find this stuff really interesting, so if anyone's curious, here's a few more tidbits: GPS system time is currently 18s ahead of UTC since it doesn't take UTC's leap seconds into account [0] This (old) paper from USNO
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by sq_ 9mo ago
I think GP might’ve been referring to the part of Jeff’s post that references GPS, which I think may be a slight misunderstanding of the NIST email (saying “people using NIST + GPS for time transfer failed over to other sites” rather than “
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by sq_ 10mo ago
Raspberry Pi seems to have been on a tear of good stuff this year. Lots of activity on both the hardware accessory and software side. I've been following their secure boot provisioning work in particular. Conveniently for me, they keep
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by sq_ 10mo ago
Networking on Linux in general seems to be very susceptible to "wrong tutorial" in recent years, what with distros switching between different network control suites. So far, I've been a big fan of netplan (which I guess is t
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by sq_ 10mo ago
Yeah, if they had had more altitude, I would guess that this would have looked even more like the AA 191 crash from 1979, with the left wing stalling and causing a roll and pitch down. That in turn reminds me of the DHL flight out of Baghda
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by sq_ 10mo ago
The picture towards the end of the antenna in the window is funny, since I personally would be afraid someone would panic seeing it set up. Don’t like the thought of explaining a radio experiment to a flight attendant at 30,000 feet!
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by sq_ 10mo ago
I feel for the families with their reactions to people diving to the wreck, especially the fear that it could become a tourist attraction, but people being so upset at the various submersible and diving teams is curious to me. Of course, yo
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by sq_ 1y ago
Right now, yes. You can pretty easily have a scenario where you’re talking to the agency you’re working with and they’re saying “we want to renew this, but we don’t know if they’ll give us the money in the end”. So you’ll get a bunch of “ho
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by sq_ 2y ago
It’ll be interesting to see if Ariane 6 can ever reach competitiveness with SpaceX on price for commercial launches, but I’m sure Europe will be happy to have their own workhorse rocket for the next decade or two, whatever the cost may be.
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by sq_ 2y ago
I’ve been happy to see more and more of the banking-related services that I use stop requiring that and give each other actual API access. I absolutely refuse to hand over my credentials and cannot wait for the practice to die.
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by sq_ 2y ago
Given that Starship and Super Heavy are both methalox fueled, wouldn’t the combustion products in the exhaust be carbon dioxide and water?
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by sq_ 2y ago
I would imagine that plenty of users these days wouldn't bother to save their order details on the grounds that "oh, I'll get a notification with those". Personally, I appreciate getting an email with details and a link
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by sq_ 2y ago
The car that I'm most interested in fixing something on at the moment is a Toyota, so that's great to hear about their manuals. If one finds a manual from the manufacturer itself is it safe to say that that's the true FSM ver
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by sq_ 2y ago
I’ve always been curious about how many different manuals there seem to be for every car. I know that the manufacturers create one for dealers and that there are/were companies that tear cars down to make their own, but it feels like w
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by sq_ 2y ago
I hadn't thought of that as part of why finding good dark roasts has been hard for me. I've been annoyed at light roasts for a long time because I tend to find them acidic to the point that they're not enjoyable. I appreciate

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