IrishJourno

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   by IrishJourno 4y ago

   Hey, I'm the author. Nice catch! Somehow the descriptions of the first five languages got permuted somewhere towards the end of our process, likely because they lived in a separate doc from the data and then merged in the presentation
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   by IrishJourno 5y ago

   thanks!
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   by IrishJourno 5y ago

   Author of the OC here: yes, the TV consumes 850 mA at 12 V DC, plus the extra dollop needed for the Pi, so it's drawing about 11 Watts — less than a typical CFC, let alone an incandescent :).
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   by IrishJourno 5y ago

   Author of the original article here: I thought about that, but I really wanted to try pulling in live content in the spirit of an original receiver, and it was a little bit of an exercise to figure out the different ways I needed to scrape.
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   by IrishJourno 6y ago

   When we made the switch, I was initially concerned about this as well, but as is often the case, well-chosen limits can promote creativity, just as say, choosing to work only in black and white might be done by a photographer or comic book
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   by IrishJourno 6y ago

   It's the nature of abstraction: just like a map versus a satellite photo, it allows us to more easily highlight particular features. It also allows for options like cutaways and x-ray style images, and allows us to compose scenes how w
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   by IrishJourno 6y ago

   I'm the author of the article and the editor of the section: a while back we decided to use illustrations rather than photography for this section of IEEE Spectrum—it was a style choice, but it gives us more options in terms of showing
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   by IrishJourno 6y ago

   This was mainly stuff like the pan/tilt head, the power supply, and some headers and 40-pin sockets
9. 39.▲
   by IrishJourno 6y ago

   I'm the author: The board was indeed first released last year, but earlier in 2020 they re-released it with a significant carrier board upgrade, and the amount of supporting documentation and tutorials has also increased, which can be
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    Taking Tesla Bionic: Making a Prosthetic Leg with Internal Lightning(spectrum.ieee.org)

    1 points by IrishJourno 7y ago|0 comments
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    How TV-B-Gone’s Mitch Altman Created the ArduTouch Music Synthesizer(spectrum.ieee.org)

    14 points by IrishJourno 8y ago|3 comments
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    Building a Global Radio Time Machine with SDRs(spectrum.ieee.org)

    1 points by IrishJourno 8y ago|0 comments
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    This Artist Used the Rusty Bolt Effect to Make a Radio Out of a Kitchen Sink(spectrum.ieee.org)

    1 points by IrishJourno 8y ago|0 comments
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    IEEE Spectrum just published its 2018 rankings of the Top Programming Languages(spectrum.ieee.org)

    3 points by IrishJourno 8y ago|0 comments
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    by IrishJourno 8y ago

    Thanks! :)
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    by IrishJourno 8y ago

    Yes: I've a physics degree as well, but I'm a sci/tech journalist now. I'm sometimes asked to talk to physics students as an example of someone using their degree as the basis of a career outside academic research.
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    by IrishJourno 8y ago

    Agreed. I'm not a Musk fanboy, but most rockets are initially tested with inert dummy payloads. The choice wasn't between a Tesla and a science satellite, but between a Tesla and sand.
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    by IrishJourno 8y ago

    I don't get any commission or perks, but I would honestly still encourage you to join the IEEE: It takes its mission of "foster[ing] technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity" quite seriously, plus y
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    by IrishJourno 8y ago

    Then I consider that a job very well done :) We can do some pretty neat stuff as a species when we want to...
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    by IrishJourno 8y ago

    Thanks!
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    by IrishJourno 8y ago

    I'm the author of the Spectrum article: this is the exact reason why I get paid for my job :)
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    by IrishJourno 8y ago

    Thanks!
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    by IrishJourno 8y ago

    I'm the editor of the Chip Hall of Fame: if you follow the link in the citation where Pixar/Toy Story is mentioned, it takes you to a whole Spectrum feature about the development of Renderman :) But this article was intended to b
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    by IrishJourno 8y ago

    The big "wow, things have changed" moment for me was back when I saw Nividia put up a giant booth/pavilion at CES, not by the computer or gaming folks, but in the automative hall (which had previously been something of a side
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    by IrishJourno 8y ago

    I'm the Chip Hall of Fame's editor: the citations are intended to be brief and really tightly focused introductions to the development and legacy of a particular integrated circuit, so I'm afraid we just didn't have the
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    IEEE Spectrum Announces New Chip Hall of Famers, Inc Nvidia's A.I. Boosting NV20(spectrum.ieee.org)

    1 points by IrishJourno 8y ago|0 comments
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    Today in 1970 was the Apollo 13 crisis–here's how mission control saved the day(spectrum.ieee.org)

    3 points by IrishJourno 9y ago|0 comments
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    by IrishJourno 9y ago

    The Arduino Due version runs Altair code at the speed of the original Altair, i.e. 2 MHz. (The Mega 2560 version runs at about 25% the speed of the original Altair) If you want Altair code to run significantly faster, you should probably us
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    by IrishJourno 9y ago

    Or you could hide an Arduino Due and a couple of batteries between two of the system boards and say you restored it, would save a lot of work... :) More seriously, how about using wood for the enclosure top (if RFI is a problem, a layer o
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    by IrishJourno 9y ago

    There should be a X in the upper right corner for any splash ad, let me know if there isn't, you should only get one per session anyway IIRC.