xythobuz

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by xythobuz 1y ago
That was a very fun read. Thank you.
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by xythobuz 1y ago
Then these people _obviously_ are not fit to drive a multi-ton killing machine at all and should have their license permanently revoked, when they had multiple chances for introspection.
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by xythobuz 2y ago
Location: Germany (South) Remote: Preferred Willing to relocate: Yes Website / Portfolio: https://www.xythobuz.de Technologies: Embedded development with a strong Linux/Unix background. C, Python, Shell, ARM
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by xythobuz 2y ago
Sure. The prints fade quickly, especially in the sun. And they are susceptible to heat, rubbing your fingernail along is enough friction heating to cause a black line. So they are not all that usable for something more permanent than a burg
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by xythobuz 2y ago
Huh. Never heard of it. But after quickly reading up on it, I'm kinda happy that my meter does not have that. Seems a bit overengineered. But that's to be expected from our DE/EU standards organizations, I guess. My meter has
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by xythobuz 2y ago
Author here. If you have any questions, I'm happy to answer them :)
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by xythobuz 3y ago
I just want to mention Oscilloscope Music [1]. You can find other artists on YouTube. It can be played on analog oscilloscopes with an XY mode. I also recently made a little player with a Raspberry Pi [2]. [1]: https://oscillosco
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by xythobuz 3y ago
https://www.xythobuz.de/
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by xythobuz 4y ago
Awesome project! Yes, I've also thought about mounting the switches vertically. And more surface should also provide more grip on the table.
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by xythobuz 4y ago
Interesting, I did not think about the possibility of moving the sensor to another position. But it makes sense. The Logitech Trackballs I've seen also have a slight offset that could be in the ballpark of 20 degrees. I will have to do
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Show HN: I built a custom USB Trackball(xythobuz.de)
126 points by xythobuz 4y ago|19 comments
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by xythobuz 4y ago
https://www.xythobuz.de I don't have anything fancy to show, so here's a link to my personal website with all my projects.
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by xythobuz 4y ago
Do you use Vector Network Analyzers (VNA) on the job or for fun? If so, we would like to invite you to participate in our survey. We are a team of young engineers and want to further develop an open VNA. By participating in our survey you h
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Survey: Help us design a VNA for hobbyists and professional users(survey.feldlabor.eu)
4 points by xythobuz 4y ago|1 comments
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by xythobuz 4y ago
In Germany eating raw minced pork is a specialty called "Mett". There are high safety standards and it is only allowed to be sold on the day of production, with care taken not to interrupt cooling, for example. It is generally con
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by xythobuz 5y ago
that's really just physics. warm air gets in through the opened door, after closing it rapidly cools down, because air does not hold that much heat energy. Because it cools it contracts, which reduces the pressure inside the freezer, c
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by xythobuz 6y ago
The Xbox 360 for example used these fuses in the CPU to prevent downgrades [1]. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_eFUSE
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by xythobuz 6y ago
I think you can, it has a native Mac port on Steam.
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by xythobuz 6y ago
This blog post [1] has at least two anecdotal examples. Also see the corresponding HN discussion [2]. [1]: http://stop.zona-m.net/2018/01/indeed-it-seems-that-google-i... [2]: https://news.ycombinator.c
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by xythobuz 9y ago
They would need to MITM you somewhere, but that could probably happen in their audio driver that's already installed and running on the target machine.
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by xythobuz 9y ago
Just to add to that: I'm studying in Germany and pay 140 Euros per Semester, so 280 Euros or a bit more than 300$ per year. So another order of magnitude less than your estimate :)
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by xythobuz 9y ago
I really don't understand it, to be honest I think it's unbelievable. I'd say we, as in the IT community, shouldn't touch anything coming out of the NSA with a 10 feet pole, even if we're absolutely sure it's n
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by xythobuz 9y ago
Just a little nit-pick: checking for kernel extensions that don't have Apple in their name is definitely not the same as checking for 3rd-party extensions... :P
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by xythobuz 9y ago
Cool, but a couple of days ago I used [another Android app]( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.floriandra... ) that does the same thing, even with a cross-plattform Java server, too. Is there anythin
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by xythobuz 10y ago
For anyone interested in the history of Arduino, definitely read The Untold History of Arduino: https://arduinohistory.github.io I think it's really appaling how the original inventor is (not) credited.
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by xythobuz 10y ago
This has definitely changed. I'm using the current mainline kernel and it includes proper configs for the BBB. Works pretty much hassle-free.
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by xythobuz 10y ago
I've heard of this for the first time and just talked to a family member that worked at Airbus and was part of the team using Catia V5. They had heard of this story, which is told often, but it's just not that simple. Problems lik
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by xythobuz 10y ago
Woah. I've recently tried to do something similar in userspace, but came to the conclusion that it's not possible without a kernel driver. I'm impressed, and tempted to use this soon :)
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by xythobuz 11y ago
Well now you've got me to investigate. There seems to be a video in the article. However, it is only displayed as a white box in my browser (Safari), without any controls. I can't stop it, I don't even know it's there, e
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by xythobuz 11y ago
Very funny... I currently have other audio playing on my computer that I don't want to stop.

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