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by Kirby64 2mo ago
USB-A has many variants and we don’t call it a different connector. Heck, USB-B and micro USB both have 3.0 variants that are physically different and we don’t call them something different either. I don’t see the problem here. This is just
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by Kirby64 2mo ago
It’ll never happen. Measuring to the proper Thunderbolt spec is only possible on literally the most cutting edge measurement equipment. Physics just won’t permit that being a gadget you can buy for $20 of whatever.
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by Kirby64 2mo ago
Unless you want all cables to be thick, $60, and cap out at 1 meter long, this is not a reasonable standard. 480mbps USB-C is perfectly adequate for many applications. Likewise for 60W cables.
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by Kirby64 2mo ago
480i? Nobody owns CRTs anymore, so interlaced content is inferior in many ways. 720p is already garbage for 2026. We shouldn’t be reducing resolution, if anything it should be going up.
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by Kirby64 2mo ago
The physical proximity of the TVS diode is relevant for protection purposes. By placing the TVS diode physically close to the USB port, it does a better job at protecting than if you placed it further away. That's because there's
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by Kirby64 2mo ago
> You're missing the whole point of IRAs. I think you're missing the point of IRAs too. The primary point of IRAs is that you can defer taxes from a time when you have high taxes (your working years), to a period of when you ca
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by Kirby64 2mo ago
> My returns over the last 30 years obliterate their returns, because turns out investing in high flying companies will have much better returns than an index fund. You do you. Only if you gamble correctly. And the '50-100x returns&
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by Kirby64 2mo ago
That would be what an emergency fund is for, in traditional financial literature. If you mean something more tragic, that's what insurance and other products are for. Even then, 401ks have exceptions for something like total disability
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by Kirby64 2mo ago
No, this isn't how a backdoor Roth IRA works. Backdoor Roth IRAs involve making a traditional IRA contribution and not taking the deduction at tax filing time (because you can't), but then rolling over (not recharacterizing, that&
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by Kirby64 2mo ago
Total market is total market. Investing in a “total market minus X” fund means you lose exposure to X (whatever that is) for good or bad. That’s your judgment call, but not really an edict. Same problem with “you can’t just invest with US s
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by Kirby64 2mo ago
No, they don’t. Anti-islanding protections are mandatory on these systems. They’re safe if they’re UL 3700 certified.
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by Kirby64 2mo ago
> whereas my friend's 20-year-old house has screws or nails starting to pop out of the drywall everywhere. This is a drywall installation issue, though, like you said. Lath and plaster can have the same exact issue with popping. And
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by Kirby64 2mo ago
The same reason many inferior materials are used in higher end goods: there’s some mystic that its superior for one reason or another, potentially aesthetically, and the higher cost is sometimes a draw by itself. There’s nothing you can’t a
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by Kirby64 2mo ago
> New homes use PVC or PEX pipes, drywall, OSB (basically glued-up wood chips) instead of plywood, laminate floors, and plastic or styrene trim. PEX is better than copper. Drywall is better than lathe and plaster. Modern OSB like Advante
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by Kirby64 2mo ago
They absolutely would, UV mostly since it’s higher energy. It’s not stated but it’s possible they’ve coated the chip with a UV opaque coating that is transparent to infrared though.
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by Kirby64 2mo ago
> You start with basic logic gates like AND, OR, and NOT, then gradually combine them into adders, multiplexers, memory, an ALU, and eventually a complete CPU. Once you've built the hardware, you can write assembly programs that run
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by Kirby64 2mo ago
I removed one of the cross coupled outputs (only one NOR was connected to the other, not both outputs cross coupled) and magically it worked. Didn’t make any sense from a logic perspective though.
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by Kirby64 2mo ago
The SR latch logic is also incorrect. Cross-coupled NORs had to be configured illogically to actually pass the tests and output correctly. Also, the later puzzles (starting with memory) don't have any real tests. Seems like it just doe
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by Kirby64 2mo ago
> If you are rich you have single-use rooms. Yes, you might, but you can also have normal multi-use rooms. It's not like being rich somehow makes a 'standard' living room configuration with TV and couch gauche. The likel
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by Kirby64 2mo ago
Why? Standard server grade PSUs are 80 Plus Platinum, exceeding 95% efficiency. The whole server is designed around 12V, especially for older gear, and replacing it with components that are 48V would be wildly expensive relative to the effi
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by Kirby64 2mo ago
Others have done it even further, and done titanium with the hex-clad style pattern, and it just doesn't work well. Look at the reviews for this thing online, they're not good: https://fromourplace.com/products&#x2
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by Kirby64 2mo ago
It's worse. Non-stick PTFE is basically always the best. All these alternative "non-stick" coatings want you to use a little bit of oil. PTFE needs 0 oil to work.
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by Kirby64 2mo ago
Not really useful. Others have made titanium coated stuff, and it's not really significantly better for non-stick than just a nitrated steel pan.
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by Kirby64 2mo ago
48kW across all circuits. The 200 amp rating is at 240V for US electrics. You’re limited to 24kW per leg if you ran everything only on 120V, but any really large server is going to be running off 240V anyways.
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by Kirby64 2mo ago
> I also don't have any need for realtime transcoding as my home internet upstream speed is sufficient that I can watch 'full resolution' stuff remotely from my laptop or phone via VPN back to home office, and smbfs or ssh
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by Kirby64 2mo ago
> It is likely to be 1.1 speeds, and considering that USB-B connectors are chunky and dying out it is likely going to be cheaper to go for USB-C. USB 2.0 is a superset of 1.1 spec and considered inclusive of 1.1 speeds. I said 2.0 speeds
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by Kirby64 2mo ago
Sure, but your power input should be a USB-C. No reason to use the clunky USB-B for that. Labeling as Power In and leaving a regular USB A for the output seems fine to me. Given that most older keyboards use USB-B for their input, A is a pe
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by Kirby64 2mo ago
Assuming this is just standard 2.0 speeds, it should be nothing. It adds a slightly more expensive connector and 2 resistors… and that’s it.
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by Kirby64 2mo ago
I’m glad that worked for you. That doesn’t work for everyone, and there’s plenty of people with completely healthy weights who eat healthy as well who just have outrageous cholesterol. Any medical interventions that fix genetic conditions s
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by Kirby64 2mo ago
> As I started this thread Nothing doesn't include a jack on their phones because they want to sell you a 300$ pair of Bluetooth headphones that I can guarantee are inferior to my 70$ Fiio headphones. Nobody is forcing you to buy th

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