3chelon

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   by 3chelon 10y ago

   Can anyone explain why they would (a) crash, rather than attempt to land the probe on the comet's surface, and (b) turn the power off at the moment of touchdown? Everything I've read (admittedly, not much) says they will get more
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   by 3chelon 10y ago

   I have a couple of DIP packages lying around, probably new. Unsure what you mean by support equipment though?
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   by 3chelon 10y ago

   I first learned Zilog Z80, and when I started programming 68k it felt like a high-level language in comparison! I too have written 100's of thousands of lines of 680x0 assembler and still get a warm nostalgic glow when I see move.l, ad
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   by 3chelon 10y ago

   I don't think the argument is a technical one. Most folks on HN probably have some appreciation of the immense vertical engineering investments that have made printer technology so good. I for one am always quite astounded by the engin
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   by 3chelon 10y ago

   I can't recall - do you have to agree to the Windows EULA before or after the automatic update?
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   by 3chelon 10y ago

   I once got a full refund on a laptop outside of its warranty period because a software update (Windows 8.1) effectively bricked the machine. I demanded it under the UK Sale of Goods Act, which states that a product must be fit for purpose,
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   by 3chelon 10y ago

   Your point about consumer spending is spot on. The five day week is only 100 years old, and it was none other than Henry Ford who was partly responsible, so that his own staff (who happened to be some of his best customers) could take time
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   by 3chelon 10y ago

   Tsssh. Toilets too. :-)
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   by 3chelon 10y ago

   I can't understand the confusion here - which bit is hard to follow, the graphic or the sexism?
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    by 3chelon 10y ago

    Excellent. I kind of thought it must be true. Suddenly everyone's a script kiddie running aircrack-ng and no-one's home wifi is safe anymore!
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    by 3chelon 10y ago

    Exactly. Which is how I read it. And how anyone would read it, I would think.
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    by 3chelon 10y ago

    IIRC, Elliot at one point acknowledges that the viewer already knew what was coming. But the twist is Season 2 is much, much harder to spot. Reminded me of Life of Pi.
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    by 3chelon 10y ago

    To quote Terminator 2: "Erm... all of them, I think."
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    by 3chelon 10y ago

    10 picoseconds is "one millionth of one millionth of a second"? Damn it, I must have been misunderstanding engineering units all my life.
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    by 3chelon 10y ago

    I would be interested to see if the downloads of Kali Linux have shown any significant spike since Season 2.0 was released.
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    Malware-infected USB sticks posted to Australian homes(bbc.co.uk)

    1 points by 3chelon 10y ago|0 comments
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    by 3chelon 10y ago

    I did something very similar, way back in '92, on a 68000 SBC. I pretty much copied the important bits of the Unix kernel, but all in assembler!
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    by 3chelon 10y ago

    I think you sum it up pretty well. As a techie who has never understood music, and who is fascinated by watching my own kids learn and understand music theory (something I was never exposed to as a child), I found this an interesting articl
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    by 3chelon 10y ago

    I'm 48 and been a programmer since I was at school. I do contracting/consulting work so regularly change jobs, and I personally feel I have encountered surprisingly little ageism. I suppose a lot of it comes down to your attitude
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    by 3chelon 10y ago

    Here in the UK they spent the last 25 years dumbing down the education system so that A grades are now average and fully half the population get a university degree. Surely that can only serve to reinforce the impression of young people tha
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    by 3chelon 10y ago

    It was unusually hot and I actually did that myself just the other day - embarrassing!
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    by 3chelon 10y ago

    Neat ideas. It never even occurred to me that the power rail would be voltage-programmable, but of course it probably would. Your second idea is even more scary and realistic.
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    by 3chelon 10y ago

    Yeah. I have to turn my propaganda shades the other way round when I read that site - if you mix it up with Fox News you get a nice balanced world view!
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    by 3chelon 10y ago

    To be fair, very early on he says, "I was charged with, and a jury convicted me of, leaking classified information to a New York Times reporter." He doesn't try to protest his innocence.
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    by 3chelon 10y ago

    No, I saw it on desktop.
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    by 3chelon 10y ago

    I think it's just for their digest or "feed" type view, so that overly-long articles don't hog the entire page. I can live with it.
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    Amazon Echo finally finds its British voice and heads to the UK(techradar.com)

    1 points by 3chelon 10y ago|0 comments
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    I Was a CIA Whistleblower, Now I'm a Black Inmate(theintercept.com)

    153 points by 3chelon 10y ago|59 comments
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    by 3chelon 10y ago

    Fully agree with the comment about the quality of Chinese firmware. I spent the best part of a decade working for a UK company producing reference designs for mobile chipsets, which we sold to many Asian clients, and I lost count of the tim
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    by 3chelon 10y ago

    Like biological evolution before it.