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by b1c837696ba28b 1y ago
I also had problems with MathML verbosity, and the culprit is the markup for the individual character classes (mi, mn, mo, ms.) I wrote a little filter that pulls apart character sequences and applies the respective character markup tags us
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by b1c837696ba28b 1y ago
40-some years ago in L.A. some guys discovered that a Burger King drive-up kiosk was tied to the restaurant with an RF link. It was a simple matter to determine the frequency and modulation mode and program a hand-held transceiver to use th
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by b1c837696ba28b 3y ago
I'm surprised to see no references to space applications. Back when I was using Kermit on CP/M I had an acquaintance who hacked Kermit for satellite coms at TRW in El Segundo. Long live W6TRW!
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by b1c837696ba28b 3y ago
Really? Was Perl 5 deprecated with prejudice across ecosystems, forcing projects to work with a janky, still-evolving replacement well ahead of production-grade stability? Because the boot marks in my ass from the forced march to Py3 are st
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by b1c837696ba28b 3y ago
is < this | the > way
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by b1c837696ba28b 3y ago
Null Island is where you will find Bias Beach, the "/dev/null" of magnetic tape recording. As in, "where is the guide vocal?" "I sent it to Bias Beach to make room for the cowbell."
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by b1c837696ba28b 4y ago
FM radio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FM_broadcasting > left and right, but with opposite phase The classic mid-side mic technique uses two capsules. The first (middle) is a cardioid or omnidirectionsl facing the
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by b1c837696ba28b 4y ago
> (Is it new?) Nope: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_of_the_children
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by b1c837696ba28b 4y ago
"When you turn 12 you will have to get your belly button re-tied."
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by b1c837696ba28b 5y ago
Gated reverb on snare drum. Looking at you, Hugh Padgham.
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by b1c837696ba28b 5y ago
See also DED: Darkness Emitting Diode.
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by b1c837696ba28b 6y ago
The Evolution and Special Features of Bell System Telephone Equipment Buildings: https://archive.org/details/bstj58-2-427
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by b1c837696ba28b 6y ago
Please re-read the historical record, key-words: "Stove pipe." The institutional read (NEI) was no WMD. International inspectors said no WMD. Cheney wanted another answer and got what he wanted by subverting the institutions.
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by b1c837696ba28b 6y ago
Sure, a whole record: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Judges_Ruth C.f. any other record with good dynamic range and interesting stuff below 80Hz.
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by b1c837696ba28b 6y ago
I love a good used book store. Two years ago I found this: Storm, Herbert F, Magnetic Amplifiers, Wiley, 1955. LOC# 55-6432 Covers applications and theory, contains All The Math.
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by b1c837696ba28b 6y ago
We had colleagues, photocopiers and telephones. A good lab had a large library and many shelf-feet of schematics. Search was difficult, sure, but copy pasta was just as fundamental to a young engineer then as it is now. The consequences for
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by b1c837696ba28b 7y ago
<blockquote> It was actually an effort to retrain people to put the tab into the can so it eventually got thrown away...</blockquote> Which was then a choking hazard. C.f., https://www.passenpowell.com/poten
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by b1c837696ba28b 8y ago
There is a book, "Challenger: A Major Malfunction: A True Story of Politics, Greed, and the Wrong Stuff". There is also Feynman's report. Recommended reading!
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by b1c837696ba28b 10y ago
Yes, for decades I have practiced and preached this. Even more motivating: take a job that requires a deliverable in your language of choice. Swim or be eaten by sharks!
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by b1c837696ba28b 10y ago
DCP developer here. DCP track files are MXF. SMPTE ST 377:2004 (MXF) predates SMPTE ST 429-3:2007 (DCP Sound and Picture.) ST 377 is a normative reference of ST 429-3. There is no zip file. There is no central registration for encryption. E