andyidsinga

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by andyidsinga 8y ago
okay.. still looking at this - you know you've got internet awesome when its : a) totally "relevant" after being around 4 years b) has 1000s of github stars and 100+ of forks :)
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by andyidsinga 8y ago
this is brilliant, needs some local robot code to argue..achem "converse" with the commenter. bonus points for multiple robot personalities, misspellings and foul language.
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by andyidsinga 8y ago
Oh that's harsh...
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by andyidsinga 8y ago
Dang - this is a really cool viz.
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by andyidsinga 8y ago
Speaking about sailors and invincibility - there's a funny story that's circulated around (false according to snopes [1]) about a particular US and Canadian Navy interaction :) :) Text snipped from snopes article: Americans: “Plea
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by andyidsinga 8y ago
Ha - nice Moby Dick reference! I would add Jack London's The Sea Wolf to that -- both for the collision aspect early in the book then life aboard the ship. Hell - add Dan Simmon's "The Terror" to that list too :)
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by andyidsinga 8y ago
its conceivable (even likely?) that they've developed some exotic peripherals that go along with the arm core in order to complete their asic ...which sort of gets them into the same ballpark of defining their own ISA.
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by andyidsinga 8y ago
I've found those people in tech, motorcycles, beer brewing ..geeze they're everywhere. that said .. I've found just as many if not more of the opposite - welcoming people who are genuinely happy others are joining "the c
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by andyidsinga 8y ago
> However, all of these unlicensed bands have strict limits. This is absolutely key here - even in unlicensed bands one cannot just start using the spectrum without careful consideration of regulations for that spectrum. When I was worki
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by andyidsinga 8y ago
(I'm a bit critical in my comment below; Caveat being that I do appreciate David Edwards' exploration of the subject. Also, his talk is only 28 minutes. The additional material in the his book may well address what I've broug
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by andyidsinga 8y ago
You should - many regulators around the world are modeled after FCC. When I was doing regulatory test work for RFID readers (which were transmitting at 1W ) IIRC Canada, Korea and Japan were very similar to FCC. Additionally - if you are in
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by andyidsinga 8y ago
You might well be right on that. "damage" would be good to define in general for these kinds of things. I'm guessing the FCC regs talk about this to some degree. So, reality is, this is likely very low-power and likely low-im
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by andyidsinga 8y ago
Yep - I totally understand that. I wasn't commenting on wires ability to act as antennas in general - I was commenting on the addition of this wire to the UART for the purpose of wireless comms. That addition is what makes your ori
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by andyidsinga 8y ago
THIS! -- I was hoping a ham would chime in here :) For anyone looking to do experiments like this - which are really cool to do - getting the ham technician licenses is pretty easy and very educational!
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by andyidsinga 8y ago
there is an antenna - just a wire - but that changes the equation a lot relative to what a normal UART does has part of a system that already meets FCC (or other) regulatory standards. I'm curious about the gain of the antenna and what
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by andyidsinga 8y ago
as battery prices drop - it will be interesting to observe Jevon's paradox in action as demand increases for the batteries and surrounding technology.
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by andyidsinga 8y ago
yep - I think this is the original article -and a good primer / explainer for these patterns: https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-...
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by andyidsinga 8y ago
This reminded me of language / library attributes that I've been delighted by over the years ...here's a few: C : - function pointers combined with structs. - Ability to use pointers to go anywhere on the machines address spa
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by andyidsinga 8y ago
Thanks for chiming in here. I've been reading some of your others articles. I like the very practical style and results focus.
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by andyidsinga 8y ago
I think the section on customer acquisition cost really resonates with me. The corollary, I suppose, is that once you have some customer traction, looking at where those costs are is where you want to spend time with optimization. However,
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by andyidsinga 8y ago
Anyone else read the Dear Polly part ...and just couldn't bring themselves to the Dear Haunted / advice part? I felt like just trying to sit in that situation; sort of ponder the whole thing without coming to any conclusions. How
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by andyidsinga 8y ago
looking at population increase - if unicorns exist at all - big if :) - then there should be more in absolute terms.
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by andyidsinga 8y ago
good points - completely different fields is sort of key to the article's points edit: btw - when I read your first sentence - I was like "ah shit...duh" :)
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by andyidsinga 8y ago
I hear you on the tooling complexity side...
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by andyidsinga 8y ago
I like to think of myself as somewhat of a polymath in tech - enjoying and doing decent work in a variety of types of software at all different layers. I also enjoy other things that I would put myself squarely in the hobbyist side: small e
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by andyidsinga 8y ago
just curious - why would web assembly make it easier for those tools to reappear? I used to use hose 90s GUI tools - VB's, VC's, Symantec's and Borland's java gui tools. Although they did work well for fixed UIs (absolu
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by andyidsinga 8y ago
its a great concept & prototype - really reminds me of the palm pilot graffiti writing system and alphabet [0]. after just watching the video - seems like adding a plugin system for targeting various UI library (ex bootstrap) would be r
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by andyidsinga 8y ago
well trade offs ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ EDIT : now that you mention it - micropython is pretty cool -- and I haven't used it - need to try that on the ESP :)
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by andyidsinga 8y ago
I use the ESP8266 and ESP32 for projects too - but the PI is sooo much easier to work with with a full linux distro and programming languages and libs to go with. the ESPs are most definitely better for higher volume solutions
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by andyidsinga 8y ago
in his first sentence : s/need/dont want to There seems to be anecdotal evidence. I've read about and talked to founders who have said things like "They just could't get hired" or "couldn't handle wor

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