Tarragon

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Mars Ingenuity helicopter mission extended by NASA(bbc.com)
187 points by Tarragon 5y ago|58 comments
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by Tarragon 5y ago
Agreed. I’ve seen plenty of I2C devices with problems. I’ve seen very few SPI devices with problems.
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by Tarragon 5y ago
SPI requires 3 wires plus a Chip Select for each device on the bus. That 30 device network under discussion suddenly needs 33 pins. That's more pins than any processor I've used in the last couple of years. I mean I guess we could
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by Tarragon 6y ago
Considering that this exact thing also happened ten years ago. How exceptional is this kind of storm? https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/02/18/state-...
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by Tarragon 6y ago
As an embedded programmer mostly working with C who considers themselves skilled, knowledgeable, and experienced... I agree.
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by Tarragon 6y ago
And results: Weisskopf Announces Hiatus for Baen’s Bar [ http://file770.com/weisskopf-announces-hiatus-for-baens-bar/ ]
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Baen Books Forum Being Used to Advocate for Political Violence(patreon.com)
1 points by Tarragon 6y ago|1 comments
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by Tarragon 6y ago
> You can call someone on the phone for 15 minutes who can monitor you for side effects. Or, walk back in after 15 minutes, tell the pharmacist you are OK, and then leave. There is a reason vaccine sites don't do this. When someone
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by Tarragon 6y ago
Sure can but available time and relation to paying tasks keeps it on the wishlist and not do list.
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by Tarragon 6y ago
I totally want to study this and see if it's just me and then publish. Oh well, if I ever jump to academia.
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by Tarragon 6y ago
I prefer Lane Keeping Assist to Lane Centering. The Ford system is the only LKA I have experience with. It has me drive but warns and intervenes when I get close to the line without signalling. Before it nudges the steering it shakes the wh
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by Tarragon 6y ago
A lot of embedded programmers don’t come to it in any formal way. They’ll make it to shipping a product without ever having heard about the idea of blowing the security fuses. For those that do know to do it it’s different. Before you blow
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by Tarragon 6y ago
From Jalopnik, Munro is quoted as saying: “The metal bad routes through the Plastic housing for the Thermal system and the band cracked a portion of it.” https://jalopnik.com/tesla-model-y-owners-have-found-home-de...
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by Tarragon 6y ago
> How does Amazon know for sure? Since that experience I have looked at Amazon in a different light, and I've realized how difficult it is to source name brand products with confidence. You buy them wholesale from the manufacturer?
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by Tarragon 7y ago
On the map shades of red indicate above average immigration. White is unspecified so some meaning of avaerage; not none, but average. That said I have basically the same question. Why are cities not getting above average immigration? You
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by Tarragon 7y ago
I'm amused that chrome on Win10 does not pass their simple red logo test.
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by Tarragon 8y ago
"Groundbreaking Flight Time" for a quadrotor. In 2005 AC-Propulsion flew a fixed wing drone for 48 hours and could have gone indefinitely. https://www.machinedesign.com/news/solar-powered-uav-flies-t...
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by Tarragon 8y ago
The problem with 2048 is that it’s not a very good game. You can solve it algorithmicly. Repeat swipe left then down down. If the board gets stuck swipe right then down and repeat.