tomstokes

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by tomstokes 5mo ago
> Reverse-engineering the Pi 5's MIPI to push 5.6 Gbps from custom MASH sigma-delta ADCs to a Lattice ECP5 FPGA to the Raspberry Pi is serious engineering Using video interfaces to transfer arbitrary data at high speeds is becoming
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by tomstokes 8mo ago
Cool project. Thanks for doing a write-up that includes so much detail. I do a lot of PCB review for students and makers, so if you're interested I wrote up some notes. Consider this an incomplete review because I only had so much free
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by tomstokes 2y ago
> Reverting to factory state seems riskier than last known good state. Reverting to factory state is the last resort. You don't have users do it unless there is no other good state to return to on the device. > Just because that
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by tomstokes 2y ago
> will be booted automatically if all else fails I prefer to keep the factory firmware reset to a manual process that requires user intervention. For example, holding down the reset button for 10 seconds after plugging the device in. In
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by tomstokes 2y ago
You need to have the firmware equivalent of a platform team. It's common now for medium and large companies to have some variant of a cloud platform team: People responsible for shared practices, infrastructure, and processes in the cl
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by tomstokes 2y ago
Two important features I insist on for products I develop: 1. Staged rollout of firmware updates. It’s common practice for apps and software but for some reason it’s less common with firmware. Rolling out to 1% (or less, depending on scale)
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by tomstokes 4y ago
> because some undeserving person (who is not in their group) might get it. Surely someone, somewhere feels like this, but it’s more often a strawman argument used to make opposing arguments more easily dismissible. The discussions I hav
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by tomstokes 4y ago
> perhaps arguing that the cost of the something has to come from somewhere. This is exactly what’s going on. People know that these expenditures ultimately come out of the company’s operating budget, which diminishes the funds available
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by tomstokes 4y ago
> Exercise and raising testosterone will have a meaningful effect. To be completely clear: Taking testosterone will actually worsen fertility. TRT will severely reduce fertility. Lifestyle changes that improve testosterone (diet, exerc
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Genomic Epidemiology of HCoV-19(gisaid.org)
11 points by tomstokes 6y ago|0 comments
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Creating ad hoc microphone arrays from personal devices (2019)(microsoft.com)
186 points by tomstokes 6y ago|53 comments
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We Made One Gram Of Remdesivir(acsh.org)
709 points by tomstokes 6y ago|229 comments
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by tomstokes 7y ago
> That makes a lot of sense to me. One of the reasons I stick mostly with software is that it allows for much quicker iteration. 4-5 day turnaround from OSH park is quite fast. Keep in mind that you usually need to order parts from Digi-
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by tomstokes 7y ago
I love seeing DIY PCB manufacturing projects like this. Using the 3D printer as a plotter is a creative take on the traditional DIY process. For any aspiring EE hobbyists: Manufacturing your own PCBs is almost never worth the effort. You&#x
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by tomstokes 7y ago
Good to hear. I led the UniFi Protect effort at Ubiquiti. Responsiveness and fast time-to-video were our top UX priorities for the system. The WebRTC direct-connect and bypassing cloud servers were big factors in delivering that responsiven
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Creating ad hoc microphone arrays from personal devices(microsoft.com)
4 points by tomstokes 7y ago|2 comments
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Intel Core I9-9990XE: Up to 5.0 GHz, Auction Only(anandtech.com)
100 points by tomstokes 8y ago|86 comments
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by tomstokes 8y ago
This 75% number is not from a formal study. The number supposedly comes from quotes from 3 different psychiatrists who quoted the same 75% number. The author verified the 75% number by asking her Facebook followers. Do most med studen
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Kaitai Struct: A new way to develop parsers for binary structures(kaitai.io)
1 points by tomstokes 8y ago|0 comments
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How to acquire your first small(er) company(adventur.es)
2 points by tomstokes 8y ago|0 comments
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Ed-Tech Unicorn Pluralsight Just Filed Confidentially for an IPO(fastcompany.com)
2 points by tomstokes 8y ago|0 comments
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Former Docker CEO Ben Golub Joins Storj as Executive Chairman and Interim CEO(beta.techcrunch.com)
22 points by tomstokes 9y ago|3 comments
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by tomstokes 9y ago
Ubiquiti Networks | Draper, UT or Portland, OR | ONSITE FULLTIME | ubnt.com Ubiquiti is a high-performance networking hardware company. Our UniFi Video IP Security Camera team is hiring for several positions in our Draper, UT and Portland,
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I haven't experienced imposter syndrome, and maybe you haven't either(rachsmith.com)
33 points by tomstokes 9y ago|7 comments
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A tool for passive data capture and reconnaissance of serial flash chips(github.com)
2 points by tomstokes 9y ago|0 comments
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Adversarial Optical Channel Exploits Against Lidars for Automotive Applications(eprint.iacr.org)
2 points by tomstokes 9y ago|0 comments
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Crackle – Crack Bluetooth Smart Encryption (BLE)(darknet.org.uk)
3 points by tomstokes 10y ago|0 comments
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Secure ROM extraction on iPhone 6S(ramtin-amin.fr)
264 points by tomstokes 10y ago|46 comments
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Reversing the string encryption in the Pangu 9.3 jailbreak(contextis.com)
2 points by tomstokes 10y ago|0 comments
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Reverse engineering and removing Pokémon GO’s certificate pinning(eaton-works.com)
2 points by tomstokes 10y ago|0 comments

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