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by camtarn 3y ago
I had a wasp fly into my motorbike helmet one time. The visor was down but cracked open slightly to stop it fogging up, and it was just big enough for one unlucky bug. Luckily it didn't sting me and I was able to come to a controlled s
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by camtarn 3y ago
We've managed to crack one - no idea how, since they're never treated particularly roughly - but even then, it didn't fully break. I'm definitely a fan.
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by camtarn 3y ago
The Octapad can be improved immensely by adding an external mesh headed snare trigger, plus a cymbal pad for the hi hat so you can play with the hat in the traditional position. That's the setup I use at home - it's super compact
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by camtarn 3y ago
I run community drumming workshops where each participant gets a single kit drum (snare, tom or bass) strapped to them. We strip the resonant heads and mounting hardware off the drums so they nest inside each other. My Jazz (Fit) will hold
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by camtarn 3y ago
You could introduce a back to back HVDC link [1] on one of the two incoming legs, allowing you to alter frequency and phase freely. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-voltage_direct_current#Ba...
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by camtarn 3y ago
Heh, that's actually a pretty cool idea. But to answer your question, yep, long fingers: I can keep my forefinger on the F key while hitting Backspace with my pinky, and it's not that much of a stretch.
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by camtarn 3y ago
Written in Microsoft FrontPage 4.0, back when that was a thing, and still useful many years later.
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Online Pitch Pipe(harmonize.com)
2 points by camtarn 3y ago|1 comments
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by camtarn 3y ago
USB 3 type A has extra pins. It is backwards compatible with pre-3, but you don't get the USB 3 features.
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by camtarn 3y ago
> there are a bunch of british right-hand drive cars all around europe driven by british drivers, that have bliding headlights for everyone else (becase the shape of the beam is different), and EU has no issues with that. I'm not su
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Removing higher grade metals from a car chassis using a hydraulic claw [video](youtube.com)
1 points by camtarn 3y ago|0 comments
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by camtarn 3y ago
Not to mention the various graphical programming languages used in industrial control - ladder logic, continuous function chart, and sequential function chart. Ladder in particular is incredibly widespread, as it was a direct descendant of
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by camtarn 4y ago
> heated solder vacuum pump Huh, I had no idea those were even a thing! Thanks for the recommendation.
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Making an Alphorn from Scratch (2020)(argobuilder.com)
31 points by camtarn 4y ago|5 comments
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by camtarn 4y ago
It's more of a tragedy of the commons. The article's comment about wood really took me aback, because I'm part of a community that is currently having said tragedy. We live in the UK, where forests are a lot rarer. We like ca
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by camtarn 4y ago
Ah I see, thank you!
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by camtarn 4y ago
Yeah, it's weird. There was already a scare about ultrasonics being used for ad tracking in 2016 [1] so it's not like this is an unknown attack vector, and I thought the subsequent patch efforts had already added filters that stop
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Geoid(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by camtarn 4y ago|0 comments
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by camtarn 4y ago
Ha, wow. That is incredibly odd, but makes sense given the constraints they were under. Thanks for the link!
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by camtarn 4y ago
Ha! OP here; I hadn't even noticed that, and I read the article about peppercorn rent earlier. I got to here from a long wikitrail that began at a steam enthusiast friend's Facebook post. But perhaps the link caught my attention d
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LNER Peppercorn Class A1 60163 Tornado(en.wikipedia.org)
102 points by camtarn 4y ago|68 comments
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by camtarn 4y ago
Here's another study for you, which shows a decrease in capacitance and increase in ESR (equivalent series resistance) of electrolytics operated in a DC-DC converter circuit at room temperature over extended periods of time. This shows
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by camtarn 4y ago
From an actual research paper, not just Wikipedia: "The variation of electrolytic capacitor electrical properties due to ageing can be attributed to two key degradation mechanisms: 1. The evaporation of electrolyte [3, 4, 5] 2. The
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by camtarn 4y ago
Let me Google that for you: "All electrolytic capacitors with non-solid electrolyte age over time, due to evaporation of the electrolyte. The capacitance usually decreases and the ESR usually increases. The normal lifespan of a non-sol
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by camtarn 4y ago
This conflicts with the HN guideline of not editorialising titles, which leads to titles often having little or zero context.
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by camtarn 4y ago
One of the videos shows other examples of similar designs, dating back to ancient China. I don't think they're claiming to have invented anything; just promoting an old but still useful technology.
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by camtarn 4y ago
The game-port perhaps? It had analog inputs for potentiometer-based joysticks/paddles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_port
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by camtarn 4y ago
Yep, this. We used DaVinci Resolve to cut together a music video for a little between-friends contest, and for some tutorial videos. It's way more than I could even dream of needing, and it's pretty heavyweight, but I found the ot
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Fireless Steam Locomotive(en.wikipedia.org)
3 points by camtarn 4y ago|0 comments
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by camtarn 4y ago
Yeah - the DLC really helps, where for instance a University changes from being a tiny building just a bit larger than a high school, to an entire campus with student accommodation, lecture halls, gyms, etc.

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