Steltek

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by Steltek 4y ago
That title is straight out of a cyberpunk novel.
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by Steltek 4y ago
In my town, population went down but children-per-family decreased even more, effectively raising the number of households/family-units that needed separate homes. A raw population count is not always what it seems.
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by Steltek 4y ago
How feasible is transmitting power from a central point to everywhere on the continent? Wouldn't the losses make this a nonstarter? A single power plant is a single source of failure. Handing over the nation's power needs to a pro
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by Steltek 4y ago
This perspective has a huge following on Hacker News and it's baffling. This site celebrates clever reuse of technology, creative thinking, and open source. But when Apple comes up, some people close down completely and the sharply def
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by Steltek 4y ago
I've seen at least one hacker do this. It's not so much the voltage but you need to provide a valid temperature sensor as well (the 3rd pin on most phone batteries).
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by Steltek 4y ago
It's too bad that Apple hardware is arguably impossible for this use case. You can't flash a custom ROM so you're limited to what the OS allows (which isn't much). And that's only if you have a developer account tha
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by Steltek 4y ago
I feel Boston is similarly handicapped in ratings by West Roxbury (limited transit and bike hostile residents).
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by Steltek 4y ago
It is. I am uncreative and it seemed suitably obscure to be available on most sites.
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by Steltek 4y ago
I bought a set of analog ("actual vernier") calipers for daily use. I don't really need more than 0.1mm accuracy anyway. At the same time, I soldered a tiny power switch into my cheap calipers to stop the battery drain issue.
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by Steltek 4y ago
I want a cheap home smart camera that offer good local control. It seems like the premium jump from Wyze is like $100 per camera.
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by Steltek 4y ago
Smart switches+dumb lights are far superior to dumb switches+smart lights. Why go to all that effort and money for a poor outcome? A smart switch: - Allows for anyone to interact with the light without apps/voice/whatever. You jus
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by Steltek 4y ago
Is Cambridge a suburb of Boston? You've also called out Watertown, Arlington, etc as modern American suburbs before but their density ranks well above major cities. But that's because they're not modern American suburbs. They
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by Steltek 4y ago
The suburbs around Boston are effectively dense cities because they predate railroads, nevermind cars. You don't need skyscrapers to claim "density".
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by Steltek 4y ago
There are ineffective managers but there are also ineffective ICs. With WFH, there are definitely people trying to do as little as possible. Objectively measuring people's effectiveness at work is hardly a solved problem.
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by Steltek 4y ago
This is some weird rural populist hogwash with no basis in reality. The economy is a highly interdependent system. Cities need farms and farms need cities.
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by Steltek 4y ago
Arlington and Watertown are higher density than Lowellor Quincy. Newton and Waltham are not far behind. You're relying on intuition rather than data and it's showing. I would really only categorize Lincoln and Wellesley "low
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by Steltek 4y ago
Speaking as an Arlington resident, I would not describe it as "car centric", although cars are accommodated far more than I would like. It's still a classical streetcar suburb. The majority of Arlington's housing stock i
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by Steltek 4y ago
Actually, that frightens me. I know of another powerful, tested, and DIY friendly compact computer: the Raspberry Pi. The Pi got integrated into so many full fledged commercial products that it's lost its availability for hackers. If t
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by Steltek 4y ago
Radio time has never worked for me in Boston on any of the devices I've owned. I'm sure I'm not alone. It's simply too far away or there's too much interference or both.
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by Steltek 4y ago
If you watch enough tool teardowns (AvE, etc), most gears are sintered metal or plastic. I'm sure large industrial applications use machined gears but it looks like consumer-prosumer space goes for much cheaper fare.
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by Steltek 4y ago
> Induction is great though, just replace the old stuff. Not all "old stuff" has an induction compatible replacement. Induction does not work for everyone, even if you're willing to replace all of your pans.
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by Steltek 4y ago
The age old story of the EU lagging behind the US in regulation. (snort) What is the EU marketshare on stoves? As an importer, could EU natgas already have a premium attached that reduces any impact from regulation?
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by Steltek 4y ago
I believe there is a misunderstanding of the problem. The cast iron griddles of concern are "reversible" and can sit higher above the surface, certainly higher than the effect of a silicone mat[1]. Anecdotes from others who have t
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by Steltek 4y ago
Can you recommend a large cast iron griddle that 100% works on induction? That's no joke the biggest sticking point for us right now. The closest we can find is "square frying pan" style. The 2 Lodge griddles are double sided
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by Steltek 4y ago
Android app that integrates with OpenKeychain and a Yubikey. The Yubikey works with both NFC and USB. The same Yubikey works for SSH to sync passwords with the git server.
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by Steltek 4y ago
1991 article about Iraqi's surrendering to a drone during the Gulf War: https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1991-03-02-19910611... Of course, that was a world first so not an organized or expected occurrence
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by Steltek 4y ago
By now, any Google social product is DOA. After Wave/Plus/etc, a new site won't gain significant early adopter attention. They're better off buying an existing thing or spinning up their own improved AP/Masto servic
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by Steltek 4y ago
I dunno. I find presumed SF area residents soapboxing on how to build metro areas to be extremely amusing. It's like a gambling addict giving financial advice. The warning signs were there years and years ago when gainfully employed pe
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by Steltek 4y ago
Oh man, I can feel the summer time 3rd degree burns just by looking at those photos. My town used to have a huge slide built into a hillside. It was "controversial" in that it was considered dangerous. After general playground ren
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by Steltek 4y ago
So... how does this fail and what would be effective these days?

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