OrdaGarb

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by OrdaGarb 10y ago
Nice in theory, but just when I think I have it figured out something changes and the script quits working. Specifically with 3rd-party hosting like NearlyFreeSpeech, not my own, but still a PITA.
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by OrdaGarb 10y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_detector
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by OrdaGarb 10y ago
I enjoyed this interview by NPR: Airbnb: Joe Gebbia A chance encounter with a stranger gave Joe Gebbia an idea to help pay his rent. That idea turned into Airbnb — a company that now has more rooms than the biggest hotel chain in the world.
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by OrdaGarb 10y ago
Of my 140 orders over the last two years on Aliexpress, only one has been originated in the US (California, to be exact). All but a few of the remainder were from China. I reside in Colorado. Mostly I buy hobby electronic components, chemic
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by OrdaGarb 10y ago
I'm rural and have a lot of things sending data to a central node for collection. I found LoRa interesting, but sadly none of the modules offered native encryption capabilities. Ended up using RFM69HW modules with AES128 in the same ba
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by OrdaGarb 10y ago
I see and appreciate your point, and yeah, you might get a little dead, but they can turn a Walmart roast into a tender and delicious cut of meat with the right cooking strategy. Like anything, it's a trade-off, and a good test of your
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by OrdaGarb 10y ago
Related: If you tenderize with a Jaccard-like tool, examine the teeth very closely before you cook your meat. I have had the blades break in half longitudinally where it still looked like a full blade, but had actually "delaminated&quo
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by OrdaGarb 11y ago
I've had breadboards like his react to air flow. Those cheap ones especially have such horrible connections that the slightest motion of flimsy part like a resistor or LED wagging in the breeze will cause a significant change in impeda
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by OrdaGarb 11y ago
It's a little troubling to see only one mention of PGP in the comments. Thunderbird+Enigmail+GPG makes a highly functional way to send and receive PGP-encrypted mail.
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by OrdaGarb 11y ago
As far as I know it has run fiber through most of the electrical conduit in town. The fiber is mainly for business, but there may be some kind of option for residential, don't know - it's too expensive for me to live here. On the
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by OrdaGarb 11y ago
I'm a tech worker in Glenwood Springs, CO. This is their muni option (50Mb/100Mb/250Mb symmetrical for $70/$105/$175 respectively): http://gscbn.com/services/internet/business-internet&#x2F
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by OrdaGarb 11y ago
Nice work. For reference, here's the original library which has TinyGPS and TinyGPS++: http://arduiniana.org/libraries/TinyGPS/ It doesn't appear to have any compatibility with the newer TinyGPS++ librar
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by OrdaGarb 11y ago
The whole thing seems fragile, both in terms of the physical properties and legalities. Some thoughts: Cost: $1400 for $12 worth of parts obviously hacked together in a project box seems a bit much. While not for this specific application,
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by OrdaGarb 11y ago
I have a slight fascination with sweeteners. About five years ago I imported a kilo of "Neotame" sweetener from a chem factory in Shanghai. It was claimed to be 10,000-12,000 times sweeter than sugar. It's a white powder and