AstroJetson

8 ms·

61.
by AstroJetson 2y ago
So the real magic is the clock mechanism, these guys bolted a 60:90 gear pair and called it a day. How about some kudos to the engineers that made the clock and the company that made them. They can then say to their friends / family,
62.
Before Computers: Notched Card Databases(hackaday.com)
2 points by AstroJetson 2y ago|1 comments
63.
by AstroJetson 2y ago
I used these in an early job to track vacuum tube information and stock. This is also a good article on them by Kevin Kelly https://kk.org/thetechnium/one-dead-media/ This is the culmination of a rat hole run tha
64.
by AstroJetson 2y ago
I cheat with my site. I write the site in markdown in an html file. I then include the link for Markdeep ( https://casual-effects.com/markdeep/ ) Page goes to user, markdeep does all the processing and I'm good to g
65.
by AstroJetson 2y ago
Lego Loco was cool in there was a network version that let you send your train to other people.
66.
by AstroJetson 2y ago
Is the custom circuit board something that mortals can get made? That seems to be the sticky point to me.
67.
by AstroJetson 2y ago
So I went and checked my suggestion on colors. You pulled it, but then never actually implemented it (unless I don't know how to toggle it). Are you going to add colors to the current version or should I go back and retro merge the c
68.
by AstroJetson 2y ago
I have this and like it alot. I've used it since a 2020 post on hacker news. It takes some effort, but once you get past the learning curve. I'm very color oriented, so my forked version does colors to help me organized. (Yes I
69.
by AstroJetson 2y ago
I was at UofD in the 70's as a student and then in the 80's as an employee of the Computing Center. It was pretty cool when Delaware got their own Plato system to run. As mentioned elsewhere recommend "The Friendly Orange G
70.
by AstroJetson 2y ago
If I install all my private-passkeys onto my phone, then I have a new problem of Lost, Stolen, Broken to deal with. I’m device agnostic, I want to get to my account from my phone, tablet, laptop, desktop, all I’m doing is spreading the exp
71.
by AstroJetson 2y ago
I was at the UDel at the early part of Plato. He came a few times to visit. He was a great presenter and interesting to talk to after his talks.
72.
by AstroJetson 2y ago
It's the holiday's so maybe Blitzen?
73.
by AstroJetson 2y ago
I'm a huge fan of the Falcone system. It's a lot more that things that have been posted so far. It's allows you to grow in lots of different ways. The F16V5 costs about $250 and needs a power supply. This is a simplistic v
74.
by AstroJetson 2y ago
Like joshstrange I want to love this but it's hard. I echo the comments about the front page. It's a lot of marketing speak, but I could really use a 25 word version on what this is going to do for me and how I'm going to u
75.
by AstroJetson 2y ago
I worked in the Buffalo area, and went with friends once or twice a week to lunch. It was the same place. First few times I went, I got a menu, the two of them did not. I thought it was strange, but figured that since they went a lot the
76.
by AstroJetson 2y ago
Can you point me to that HVLP gun for under $20. I have purchased two different ones for ~$100 each and they make this list of "things I regret" I also subscribe to the buy cheap, if you use it alot and it's not working out
77.
by AstroJetson 2y ago
Maybe if a) Oracle did upgrades to SQL-D and b) Didn't charge for SQL-D like it was made of spun Unicorn horn you would have better luck.
78.
by AstroJetson 2y ago
Wouldn't that give you a prod mix of Kubernetes, Docker, Fargate, Rancher, etc?
79.
by AstroJetson 2y ago
This was fun, I liked playing with it. I'd like to ask for a feature that I can pass a query string wwww.silentpoems.net?poem=How+do+I+love+thee%3F+Let+me+count+the+ways.+I+love+thee+to+the+depth+and+breadth+and+height+My+soul+can+reac
80.
by AstroJetson 2y ago
> Mchannon writes: "I can already type on a QWERTY keyboard way faster than I can think." There are some days with a combo of slow thoughts and a tough problem that my brain can easily be out paced by paper and a crayon or even
81.
by AstroJetson 2y ago
I went from company F to company V, used Toad at F all the time. I was told at V that Toad was not approved nor money for it. So I bought my own copy. Within 6 months all of the DBA team owned copies of Toad, a few months later V bought
82.
by AstroJetson 2y ago
You can get a really cool multiple core chips now for just a few dollars. https://milkv.io/duo-s This has a RISC/V, Cortex, a TPU and of course the much beloved 8051.
83.
by AstroJetson 2y ago
TiddlyWiki is something that I've used before to be a single topic wiki to collect information about what I was researching. It's cool that I can now imbed Basic programs with my notes. Jupyter Notebooks for those of us stuck with
84.
by AstroJetson 2y ago
Ugg. I'd like to hope that Matt had hired better legal advice. But that didn't happen. Matt this isn't going to end well for anyone. The first rule of holes is "STOP DIGGING" Can you put down the shovel for awhil
85.
Ask HN: What is your RP 2040 development environment?
16 points by AstroJetson 2y ago|5 comments
86.
by AstroJetson 2y ago
'Looks over at stack of T61 15" display refurbished laptops' Yup, the are awesome, I'm on my second decade of driving them, should be able to get another decade out of the supply.
87.
by AstroJetson 2y ago
Yes, Sunny's I went there more than a few times. I worked in the Computer Center in Maytum. The primary terminal room was in the bottom of the Library. I also taught some of the CS classes. I ate at the Topiary tree more often that
88.
by AstroJetson 2y ago
There is an awesome one in Wilmington DE, its the goto for startups. Very sketchy warehouse off of 12th street (if you pass the prison, you’ve gone too far). But lots of clean stuff, like the last of office stuff from DuPont clearing out
89.
by AstroJetson 2y ago
Completely off topic, I lived in Fredonia around that time. I worked at the school, so I pretty much hung out in the townie bars (Coughlan's and an family run bar/italian restaurant I'm blanking on) . What was the big part
90.
by AstroJetson 2y ago
I also had a huge library of decompiled Websphere libraries. IBM was always sending patches and we would go "ok, what does this do?" "Fixes your problem?""How""Really well." So it got decompiled to

More ›