squilliam

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by squilliam 2y ago
Teflon is biologically inert. It's the stuff they use to make it stick to the knife/pan that you need to worry about.
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by squilliam 2y ago
Great fanfic material
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by squilliam 2y ago
> Blue areas aren’t states. They are cities. Democratic voting counties account for over 70% of the nations gdp. Conservative counties quite literally cannot support themselves. But they can feed themselves.
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by squilliam 2y ago
OBS has had the ability to do this for quite some time
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by squilliam 2y ago
No there isn't. This is just unsubstantiated democratic fan fiction. Please stop spamming this link.
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by squilliam 2y ago
I was able to completely disable it in a new Ford vehicle with an OBD2 cable and since software on my laptop that can modify PCM values
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by squilliam 6y ago
In that case, I'm not sure I want to be evacuated.
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by squilliam 7y ago
USB-C is overkill for just being a dumb power connector. I can buy average barrel-jacked PSUs for cheaper than a single USB-C PD cable! and then you have you pay for all the expensive USB PD components on the product as well just to support
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by squilliam 7y ago
"appropriate cause" sounds ripe for abuse. Cops will be able to disable this "feature" in their personal cars, naturally. without consequence.
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by squilliam 7y ago
German engineers during WWII seems to refute this claim. History shows that talented engineers drafted machines of mass murder with smile, as long as it would fund their departments and I'm sure there were other considerations in their
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by squilliam 7y ago
A modern jet engine is just a shrouded propeller that happens to be powered by a jet turbine. An electric ducted fan would be the battery-powered equivalent.
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by squilliam 7y ago
Less than a year according to the US Army and Microsoft. >The IVAS Prototype Project seeks to provide a HUD 3.0 and integrated STE Squad capability within the Squad Architecture in support of Army, Marines, and Special Operations Forces
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by squilliam 7y ago
Ruggedized keyboards for self-service kiosks don't typically have a windows key or ctrl, alt, and ESC (and if they do there is usually a hardware switch that disables them)
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by squilliam 7y ago
Optical sensors will drift over short timescales so you will never have a repeatable "zero" point. it would probably work for small organic shapes but anything more geometric would not turn out well.
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by squilliam 7y ago
>We also have a bunch of reasons (protected classes) that a company cannot refuse to do business. Colorado specifically includes sexual orientation in their definition of protected classes. I don't think this is relevant to this spe
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by squilliam 7y ago
I'm pretty sure that it's referring to the requirements to state that a product is "Made in the USA". Typically it means that atleast 51% of the components are USA-sourced. I think that Apple just got a waiver from the G
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by squilliam 7y ago
>So, from my perspective, everyone except a few high level corporate people would be better off if we never got people addicted to smoking tobacco. The tobacco trade was hugely influential to the development of the early US colonies. If
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by squilliam 10y ago
LinusTechTips on YouTube just uploaded a review of this machine and was extremely negative towards the keyboard.
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Vaping rules expose FDA bias(examiner.com)
1 points by squilliam 10y ago|0 comments
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by squilliam 11y ago
It works great for lighter unmanned missions, but becomes less useful as you increase in mass. NASA has had to come up with some interesting solutions in order to land their rovers. Mars Pathfinder used a giant inflatable airbag to scrub
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by squilliam 11y ago
'feature phone' is already an industry term for (mainly) bottom-tier Android phones that lack the hardware to be considered among 'smart phones' but have the basic abilities to access the internet, and play basic media f
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by squilliam 11y ago
I design and manufacture an electronic cigarette device that uses a 555 to PWM a MOSFET for variable power output. Super simple and robust but will be switching to MCUs soon for more features.
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by squilliam 11y ago
Current generation e-cigs can supply up 200 watts just for vaporizing the E-liquid. That's almost 1/3 of a horsepower and can be used to create obnoxiously large clouds. Many 'Vape Shops' now even sanction tournament-sty