W-Stool

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   by W-Stool 7y ago

   With that much gear and those kind of loads do you still have a traditional UPS / transfer switch / genset arrangement for everything in the room? If not, how do you manage short duration power outages?
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   by W-Stool 8y ago

   I spent a few days in NYC recently and I could not believe how clean the city was compared to SF. The difference, at least where I explored, was amazing.
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   by W-Stool 8y ago

   Very useful, thank you!
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   by W-Stool 8y ago

   I had the pleasure of buying technical books at the original Borders in Ann Arbor before the store became a chain. It was an amazing place. RIP Borders.
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   by W-Stool 8y ago

   My definition of a "Distinguised Engineer" is Dave Cutler.
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   by W-Stool 8y ago

   I think you are right. Rented a new vehicle recently on a trip and it had blind spot detectors - it would tell you when a vehicle was in one of the traditional blind spots. I thought this was great, easy to understand and thus trust.
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   by W-Stool 8y ago

   I wonder if truly autonomous vehicles turn out to be another "so near but so far" experiences like nuclear fusion - when I was a kid, electricity courtesy of nuclear fusion reactors would be "too cheap to meter". Seems
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   by W-Stool 8y ago

   Did you look at Gitea before you stood up Gogs? I'm looking at both and will choose one shortly, any insight is most appreciated.
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   by W-Stool 8y ago

   Thank you for the archive.org link. Those episodes on NPR were fantastic. I encourage everyone who hasn't heard them to try a couple. Ken was incredible, RIP Mr. Nordine.
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    by W-Stool 8y ago

    Here in Reno, not far from the Mustang VOR, I've seen the Air France A380 flight to Paris from SFO coming over around 4pm local time on a nice warm sunny day, and even at pretty much full cruising altitude when they get out this far th
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    by W-Stool 8y ago

    Let us also not forget the Forbin Project.
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    by W-Stool 8y ago

    I rarely see cars parked in the middle of the sidewalk obstructing walkers or prank-parked in the middle of a grassy park. Lime bikes on the other hand ... every day.
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    by W-Stool 8y ago

    Here in Reno we have Lime bikes (the scooters were withdrawn after being deployed without city permission) and they are almost like litter - they are laying around all over the city but I almost never see anyone riding one. I'm all fo
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    by W-Stool 8y ago

    This guy helped invent the FPS genre and all the technology it took to make it, back in the MSDOS days - which is pretty incredible if you knew what he had to work with in terms of CPU and memory back in those days. Like Dave Cutler, never
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    by W-Stool 8y ago

    "Rosebud".
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    by W-Stool 8y ago

    Space Station Soma for the win.
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    by W-Stool 8y ago

    Anyone remember the Sony 2010? Fantastic portable SWL radio back in the day.
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    by W-Stool 8y ago

    Odroid H2 - dual gb nics, SBC (but a bigger one), x86_64, SATA and USB3. $111.