Gracana

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by Gracana 9y ago
I don't think 50Hz was ever used in the US. What are you curious about? They probably had some old 60Hz three phase supply, maybe something weird like a "wild leg" configuration, but when everything was modernized they likely
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by Gracana 9y ago
> You seem to think that I'm arguing that collisions might be a problem. To be fair, your short original post left readers free to guess at which unnecessarily pedantic point you were trying to make.
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by Gracana 9y ago
Yep, there's a stored seed (/etc/random.seed) that gets added to the mix at boot.
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by Gracana 9y ago
Very close? There's no way you're losing anywhere near 2kW (7% loss in a 30kW charger) to cables and connectors.
635.
by Gracana 9y ago
Is that the same technology as what's used in the Surface? I was really disappointed by the Surface touchpad. Sticky texture, small, too close to the edge, scrolling is discrete and clicky... It felt like a synaptics touchpad from ten
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by Gracana 9y ago
> Considering all that is really only software complexity Strongly disagree. That's a sensor package and radio and antenna and control console, which consume power and space and payload and pilot attention. A lot of stuff beyond bit
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by Gracana 9y ago
"Creating value" is a vague concept, but from the context we can be pretty sure it entails aggressive self-promotion, which is a nuisance for your audience and does not benefit them. That's why it's a red flag.
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by Gracana 9y ago
I don't believe that you really think that's a practical alterative.
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by Gracana 9y ago
Should you have more? Be careful, don't sacrificing the quality of your information/message in the pursuit of gaining subscribers.
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by Gracana 9y ago
True. But vinyl album art is bigger, which is nice if you are interested in having a cool collection of art/objects.
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by Gracana 9y ago
> I'm more than happy to allow Apple $220 of profit on my iPhone. You may not, but let's debate that rather than a ridiculous claim that they're only $20 to produce. Huh? Your extensive nit-picking doesn't refute the
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by Gracana 9y ago
What is your interpretation of the "fail fast" mindset? This sounds like the perfect example of a big project failing catastrophically that "fail fast" intends to avoid.
643.
by Gracana 9y ago
Military service is a good potential make-work program that can provide a sense of purpose.
644.
by Gracana 9y ago
Usually it's the other way around. That is, FPGAs with onboard hard CPU cores. Great for making custom SoCs.
645.
by Gracana 9y ago
I hear this complaint about all manner of modified cars, but nobody wants to put their money where their mouth is. Those cars get built for the same reason you haven't bought one... It's expensive to own a classic car in good st
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by Gracana 9y ago
I don't think that copying an entire email thread to someone is an effective way of communicating. It's just a way to cover your ass. If you try to choose your words carefully and explain the situation to your recipient, then you
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by Gracana 9y ago
> If you try this, it fails If it fails, then you have not understood and you are not using your tools correctly. If your alignment depends on tab width, then you are not using tabs for indentation and spaces for alignment, you are using
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by Gracana 9y ago
In addition to what others have linked, look up "moving forth," which is a series on porting forth... It covers the low-level bits that you'd need to port to run Forth on a new platform.
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by Gracana 9y ago
Those people are trying to sell you something, too.
650.
by Gracana 9y ago
Modules for these machines come up on eBay for lowish prices. I have enough different retro systems already, but it'd be neat to have just one of those neat looking wire-wrapped cards.
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by Gracana 9y ago
Just a heads-up, standardnotes.org is very broken (big area of overlapping text) in IE11.
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by Gracana 9y ago
Well, I really like the idea of a standard open source industrial control system. If we ran into vendor/supply issues, that would give us options. But this industry (or at least the pocket of it that I work in) is very conservative
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by Gracana 9y ago
If you're looking for a nice CISC architecture to replace m68k, I recommend the Renesas RX family. There's a lot of options, availability is good, and the ISA is assembly-pogrammer-friendly. https://www.renesas.com&#x2F
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by Gracana 9y ago
They seem pretty solid in terms of their specs and certifications, but for industrial equipment I'm always worried about availability and vendor support. Can I get them shipped to a customer anywhere in the world on short notice? Will
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by Gracana 9y ago
Then you're stuck at your desk anyway, so you might as well use a desktop machine and take advantage of the additional performance and cost savings.
656.
by Gracana 9y ago
> SSHing into a server implies a basic level of technical competence. They probably learned how to do that in a Stack Overflow thread as well. No competence necessary.
657.
by Gracana 9y ago
You don't have to hit escape, ctrl-c puts you in normal mode.
658.
by Gracana 9y ago
But even if Microsoft put 64GB of RAM in the surface pro, it still wouldn't be the right machine for the job you're describing.
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by Gracana 9y ago
I suspect you'd still need a lot of safety/reliability/redundancy/failsafe type features, because if it crashes it could still kill people.
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by Gracana 9y ago
Where / in what way is it implied that pixels don't have size? What is "redefined"? I think the article explained the concepts very well.

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