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by _pmf_ 9y ago
It's almost as if hard USB A and USB B ends where there for a reason. I've heard good things about the Cypress EZ-PD[0] to handle power delivery issues (you'll need it in addition to the USB core). [0] http://www.c
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by _pmf_ 9y ago
> I know an organization that switched to Office365 some time ago— from Google Entreprise / G suite Smart move. Microsoft has a proven track record of long term commitment to products. Google has a proven track record of not being
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by _pmf_ 9y ago
How about detecting fraudulent blockchain ads?
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by _pmf_ 9y ago
Some workers of the business in the Netherlands argue that the end of prohibition worsened conditions.
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by _pmf_ 9y ago
I agree; the video alone has exactly zero value in judging what the human driver would have seen under these conditions.
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by _pmf_ 9y ago
Volvo's pedestrian detection works exactly for these cases, and it's exactly these cases that have been hailed as cases where AI will be better.
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by _pmf_ 9y ago
> I really think false testimony should carry the punishment the accused is facing. This conflicts with the feminine imperative.
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by _pmf_ 9y ago
That's horrible and irresponsible; I love it.
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by _pmf_ 9y ago
I don't know, but suggesting that Marissa Mayer or Elizabeth Holmes are not among the most intelligent people ever roaming this planet quickly labels you as an insufferable misogynist here.
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by _pmf_ 9y ago
She is too intelligent to have believed even half of these things, so I'm going with wilful deception.
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by _pmf_ 9y ago
PSoCs are nice, too. They're not full blown FPGAs, but you can experiment with Verilog pretty easily.
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by _pmf_ 9y ago
Here's my wishlist for embedded: first class hierarchical state machines, saturated arithmetic, fixed point types. In bare metal scenarios, these are much larger areas of potential errors than any ownership issues, since often, any dyn
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by _pmf_ 9y ago
I'm more interested in "C++ Templates in Less Than 3 Years".
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by _pmf_ 9y ago
Well, not meaningless ... it can mean whatever you want, and it will not be strictly wrong.
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by _pmf_ 9y ago
> The last thing we need are swarms of vehicles filling our skies. But they'll work as great as Google's automatic translation, so there's nothing to worry about!
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by _pmf_ 9y ago
Eclipse's abstract/generic VCS interface is pretty nice to use and there's a nice virtual file system layer that makes reifying the history of a file as distinct entries pretty straight forward, but Eclipse is a taboo in the
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by _pmf_ 9y ago
> Bluetooth remote kill switch Wouldn't a Bluetooth keep-alive signal be better suited.
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by _pmf_ 9y ago
Obligatory motivational video of Martin Shkreli using Excel: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12448545
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by _pmf_ 9y ago
If you have only done greenfield development and source-based extension (instead of having to either provide 3rd party extension points or use them), your opinion on modularity is invalid.
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by _pmf_ 9y ago
I cannot find anything under "O-Meta"; can you provide a few references?
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by _pmf_ 9y ago
Here's a little secret: in Java, try + generic catch is my error handling monad.
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by _pmf_ 9y ago
A baby monitor having accessible UART ports on the board has the same security implications as a PC having a CD-ROM drive. Actually, considerably less.
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by _pmf_ 9y ago
> Are Monads a Waste of Time? No, they are not supposed to have side effects.
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by _pmf_ 9y ago
> Work is for working; it's not a debating society Why does Google shove "diversity panels" down their employees throats, then?
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by _pmf_ 9y ago
> Nobody is going to try to clone a tractor because they have the source code for it. In the automotive industry, people and companies will do this (at the component level). Enabling features via that the OEM has disabled due to its mark
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by _pmf_ 9y ago
> How many more instances of this happening do we need before people believe there's actually a problem in society surrounding sexism? I believe there is rampant sexism; what I don't believe is that the approach of treating all
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by _pmf_ 9y ago
If had a similar issue (in C) that took me at least an hour to find: switch (whatever) { E_START: // code break; E_PAUSE: // code break; E_END: // code b
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by _pmf_ 9y ago
It's commonly called "inheritance anomaly".
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by _pmf_ 9y ago
> Who Killed the Junior Developer? Those who thought it a good idea to promote people to senior level after 6 months or a year.
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by _pmf_ 9y ago
The IAA is also on the decline (with some major OEMs missing), so I think it's a general trend of huge trade show becoming obsolete (mainly because they impose a timeline on the product roadmap that the OEMs don't want to follow).

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