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by fest 12y ago
Nitpick- the other standard filament size is 1.75mm not 1.2mm.
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by fest 12y ago
I have been using one for the last 2+ years. I first built Mendel i2, and got upset with it rather quickly. Then I rebuilt it into Mendel90 which is my daily printer up until this point. Many others have already pointed that out but I will
423.
by fest 12y ago
Having ordered lot's of cheap prototype/evaluation boards through dx.com/ebay/aliexpress.com, I can say for sure, that quality does differ. Seed and co have higher standards for soldering/reflow quality, wheras rand
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by fest 13y ago
In my experience great PHP developers tend to find a way out from developing anything in PHP.
425.
by fest 13y ago
Once I got to the part about material memory and molecular level, my bullshit detector tripped.
426.
by fest 13y ago
Exactly like this (sad smile).
427.
by fest 13y ago
Ordering prototype (3d printing, CNC machining, lasercutting) parts, reimagined. It's a major pain just to get a few parts made- first you find a company that does that, e-mail them their design, they get back to you with a quote and
428.
by fest 13y ago
Yeah, they have. That's the other reason I am referring to rentacoder.com in past tense- or at least I think I am ;>
429.
by fest 13y ago
/non-related rant ahead From a perspective of person who is (pro)actively looking for more work, freelancer.com is full of projects along the veins of "write me some software". It does not make sense to even bother applying t
430.
by fest 13y ago
I like this idea. Especially when combined with something like Thingiverse- you could view the available 3D models, pick one, rotate it, view it, and then throw it either in bin, or against your 3D printer to print it :)
431.
by fest 13y ago
I feel obligated to add that you really want a dark room for projector, and either opaque curtain or blinds. Viewing movies on projector is not that nice when the living room walls are bright and/or a lot of light comes into room from
432.
by fest 13y ago
And while you're at it- definitely disable every possible autorun option.
433.
by fest 13y ago
What I love about this company- I don't have to upload my gerbers and fill out a few forms just to find price (seed, looking at you). I'm not quite sure if they can make a sustainable business at this price level but if they can-
434.
by fest 13y ago
I hope this is not a first step towards transforming python syntax into perl.
435.
by fest 13y ago
Somebody please make a device which is more accessible (pricewise), and can be used to prototype/interface with common digital protocols (i2c, uart's, spi, CAN, ethernet, USB). I'd imagine it could be a mashup of SBC (Beagle,
436.
by fest 13y ago
I doubt it will fail in such environments (at least, for most of the time). The problem with meeting CAT ratings is transient voltage spikes- I don't recall exact numbers, but some for some of the higher CAT ratings multimeters are req
437.
by fest 13y ago
Thanks for your answer, it did not occur to me initially, but it makes a lot of sense!
438.
by fest 13y ago
Isn't this crippling a compile-time thing? Is there something in binary that executes best-performing instructions (as opposed to execute just the instructions compiled in) when it's being executed on a specific CPU? If so, how ex
439.
by fest 13y ago
I haven't worked with DPT before, but I have used original Carambola in one product. The engineers of 8devices were helpful in the forums, and generally, I liked working with them. They are located close to me (well, not in the same co
440.
by fest 13y ago
A very similar product by Lithuanian company: http://shop.8devices.com/carambola2 It does not come with built-in antenna though, so an external antenna is required.
441.
by fest 13y ago
Unless someone invests time into creating a safe, open-source USB passthrough device. I imagine it wouldn't be that hard to do for specific USB classes. It could even spot a "charge-mode" switch which cuts data lines as an op
442.
by fest 13y ago
Another way to make use of 3D graphics in Windows, from Linux seems to be booting Windows VM in xen, and passing through a spare GPU to Windows. I'm aching to try this out as I am frustrated working with SolidWorks in VirtualBox VM and
443.
by fest 13y ago
Wow, I had no idea tech like that went into test gear at that time.
444.
by fest 13y ago
Exactly the reason why I switched from Chrome to Firefox. Chrome just does not allow extensions do certain things (like running in browser's special pages).
445.
by fest 13y ago
Not being an expert on servers, I can see a possible use-case for low-power servers like this: strongly disk-bound tasks (e.g. infrequently accessible storage area). Although, a cost analysis might be required- I suspect that a more powerfu
446.
by fest 13y ago
I even checked the calendar- for a second I thought it's the first of April.
447.
by fest 13y ago
I'm wondering, how hard could it be to write a tool which converts (at least a basic subset of) SVG to CSS.
448.
by fest 13y ago
Hardware is fun (when you get it working), and intelectually challenging. I'm even younger than the "FPGA guy" - I guess I fall in the mentioned Arduino camp (although I have long moved on to bare microcontrollers). I'd
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by fest 13y ago
I have a similiar thought I always return to when I read news about big IPOs- what (if any) value is added by stock exchanges? The only thing I see is the ability to use stocks as long-term storage for excess money. * After the IPO, money m
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by fest 13y ago
Full-OT: pandoc requires ghc, which takes about 1GiB of disk space, which I found very odd, given that gcc is about 75 MiB.

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