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by burnerthrow008 2y ago
> Given that GPS/GNSS comes from satellites, ignoring signals from not-from-the-sky seems like a quick win. You're right, but GPS antennas already have some rejection from the "bottom" hemisphere. So they're alr
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by burnerthrow008 2y ago
I’m convinced subscription software actively makes this problem worse: with the old model, the developer had to include enough new features and improvements to convince you to open your wallet for a large purchase. With subscription the dev
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by burnerthrow008 2y ago
Yea, that’s what I thought. So let’s take this one step further. If google can’t pay Chrome, how does Chrome hire developers to continue the product?
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by burnerthrow008 2y ago
Ok, but if Google is not allowed to pay Apple for search referrals, how exactly will it be legal for Google to pay not-Google-Chrome for search referrals? Chrome's non-iOS market share is probably larger than Safari's market share
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by burnerthrow008 2y ago
> with a vanishingly small fraction of flops and a small fraction of memory bandwidth Is it though? Wikipedia says [1] an M3 Max can do 14 TFLOPS of FP32, so an M3 Ultra ought to do 28 TFLOPS. nVidia claims [2] a Blackwell GPU does 80 T
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by burnerthrow008 2y ago
I wonder if that’s something new, or just the same virtual network interface that’s been around since the TB1 days (a new network interface appears when you connect two Macs with a TB cable)
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by burnerthrow008 2y ago
Could this be a translation issue, I wonder? The original source appears to be Chinese. Perhaps "high signal" means not "conditions where the phone reports high RSS" but "conditions where the phone is transmitting
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by burnerthrow008 2y ago
Huh? Those aren’t in-browser ads. Those are ads delivered through installed native apps. Do you have a source showing that Safari makes money from ads?
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by burnerthrow008 2y ago
To be even more pedantic, it is 60-80% of the speed of light through vacuum . Because the speed of light in those media is 60-80% of the speed of light in vacuum.
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by burnerthrow008 2y ago
1. Those universities subsidize housing because the salaries that they offer would otherwise attract zero candidates due to the local cost of living. 2. It is usually the case that the university then owns a share of the equity in your hous
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by burnerthrow008 2y ago
Maybe because graduate students directly contribute to the university’s mission by teaching undergrads and “producing” research (both of which bring in $$$), while administrators seem to be purely a cost center, many of whom serve no useful
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by burnerthrow008 2y ago
Yes, otherwise, how would the web interface (iCloud.com) work?
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by burnerthrow008 2y ago
> Doesn't the US have access to all the data of non US citizens whose data is stored in the US without any oversight? Er, no...? I'm not sure where you get that idea. Access requires a warrant, and companies are not compelled
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by burnerthrow008 2y ago
Upsetting... but surely not surprising? Europe and the previous administration were making existential threats, and the new guy offered to either pile on or make it all go away... for a price. * Facebook was offered the option of eithe
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by burnerthrow008 2y ago
I suppose that really depends on how hard they’re trying to prevent you from doing that… * They could measure the forward voltage of the LED when driven by a known current. Bonus points for measuring at multiple currents. Remember that the
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by burnerthrow008 2y ago
> The article mentions "saves weight and installation space" - it seems this savings come at the expense of massive complexity; how big can the savings be? Take a step back and look at how complex brake systems have evolved at
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by burnerthrow008 2y ago
Don’t forget garages, too.
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by burnerthrow008 2y ago
Hopefully the war in Ukraine will be finished by the time they decide to impose a fine. Otherwise it could be awkward
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by burnerthrow008 2y ago
For that order of magnitude to work, in practice, the most challenging aspect will be getting enough surface area between the water and heater. Otherwise, you will very quickly vaporize the water near the heater and the resulting lack of co
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by burnerthrow008 2y ago
> If we could magically pick a frequency and voltage for electrical systems to use (without sunk costs), what would it be? > What's the most efficient for modern grids and electronics? I do not think it is possible to answer the
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by burnerthrow008 2y ago
This seems to ignore the entire supply/demand context of both metals. Demand for Al is basically flat, and the supply/demand relationship has reached an equilibrium. Electric cars (by far the biggest consumer of lithium) have bee
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by burnerthrow008 2y ago
> The second citation you offered merely notes that the AT-SAT battery is a better predictor than the older OPM battery, not that is the best. How is that a criticism? It is always possible that someone could invent a better test. In an
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by burnerthrow008 2y ago
(unassisted) GPS cold-start time is about 15 minutes to download the complete almanac and ephemeris data over the satellite link. That assumes everything is received correctly the first time. A watch's small antenna could increase th
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by burnerthrow008 2y ago
Half the cost is not "some huge margin"?!? So, like, if you found a 50%-off sale on a car, you're telling me you wouldn't test drive it because it's not a very good deal? What color is the sky in your world?
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by burnerthrow008 2y ago
> Apple could've changed the path by opening this as a standard but choose not to. Sure, and Apple could have shipped a free pony to every child on earth. But expecting them to do so is childish.
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by burnerthrow008 2y ago
Not the same thing. Thunderbolt cables have amplifiers in the plugs (that’s why they get hot…)
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by burnerthrow008 2y ago
I would wager that at least 50% of the population owns a heat gun. They just call it something different.
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by burnerthrow008 2y ago
Candidates aren’t going to apply until you can actually guarantee that their application will be reviewed and given due consideration. And that will never happen because the fakers will invest an unlimited amount of time, so your review
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by burnerthrow008 2y ago
Why would that be embarrassing? No aircraft is invulnerable, especially not conventional (non-stealth) aircraft. I don’t think there is any general expectation among the American public or military that American aircraft will never be shot
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by burnerthrow008 2y ago
I agree for RAM, but not for flash storage. The competition usually has as-good or even better flash throughput and IOs/second. The reason people are aggrieved by Apple’s storage upgrade prices is that you can usually buy a high-end,

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