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by bacon_waffle 8y ago
I guess the details will depend on whether it happens before or after the discovery of the giant poo-bergs nearby :).
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by bacon_waffle 8y ago
Great article, thanks! OT: I keep meaning to join IEEE - do you get any commission or perks for referrals?
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by bacon_waffle 8y ago
Jack Daniels?
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by bacon_waffle 8y ago
The heat capacity of dry air is lower though, which I suspect is more important than the conductivity. Lower pressure also lowers heat capacity; you'll see a lot of electronics equipment with a specified maximum operating altitude of
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by bacon_waffle 8y ago
What amazing timing! I'm expecting to receive a shiny new Dell XPS today, and switch back to Linux after ~8 years on a MacBook Pro running MacOS...
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by bacon_waffle 8y ago
Former IceCube winterover here. Things at Pole often don't go smoothly, and detector uptime is very valuable considering the cost of building and operating it. Video chat isn't a realistic option - not the greatest connectivity d
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by bacon_waffle 8y ago
Maybe it's not unique, but it is a nice combination of low cost, fast turnaround, high accuracy, and with a nice interface. Most of my 3D print experience before had been with the filament type machines, and the DirtyPCBs SLA service i
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by bacon_waffle 8y ago
Same here, DirtyPCBs is great! I particularly like that you can update orders right up until they have started in production. The SLA printing service is a real game changer too.
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by bacon_waffle 8y ago
Clever! I'm thinking a similar design with a range of hole sizes and wider borders could be a handy generic tool - might have to design and order one next time I'm making boards with QFNs. Does anyone here know what the smallest
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by bacon_waffle 8y ago
Not to justify the price, but attiny85 is a much smaller micro - it's a little 8-bit AVR, where the yubikey is using a 32-bit ARM M0+.
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by bacon_waffle 9y ago
Wow, such a surprisingly severe consequence for (mis)using an innocuous tool as a wire brush! Incidentally, our household switched away from brushes a few years ago; we stumbled on a very quick and effective solution after dad got in to rel
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by bacon_waffle 9y ago
Richard Hamming did a neat lecture on N-Dimensional Space, in the context of engineering: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU_Q2a0S0zI
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by bacon_waffle 9y ago
The study is ongoing, so it's not clear what the largest takeaways will be yet.
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by bacon_waffle 9y ago
This isn't what you saw (which would've been too early), but check out this satellite from NZ's first orbital launch: http://www.thehumanitystar.com/
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by bacon_waffle 9y ago
Beyond not having nuclear weapons to put on a rocket - we're quite disinterested in having anything to do with them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_nuclear-free_zone
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by bacon_waffle 9y ago
I have a pair of old-style hand made shoes from McKinlays https://mckinlays.co.nz/ - they are super comfortable (following a couple weeks of break in) and quite sturdy. McKinalys seems to mainly sell off-the-shelf shoes (a
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by bacon_waffle 9y ago
Thanks for the link! FreeCAD ( https://freecadweb.org ) has had some discussions about various funding methods, but hasn't really got a good answer to the "how do I contribute money?" question yet. Open collective
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by bacon_waffle 9y ago
Or with lighting from different angles - different time of day.