francis_t_catte

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by francis_t_catte 2y ago
the resdesigned USB-C magic mouse has the charge port in the same spot.
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by francis_t_catte 2y ago
it's almost like western society, particularly in the united states, has spent the last 70 years intentionally stripping away community and easy access to a third place.
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by francis_t_catte 2y ago
I have a Symmetricom ExacTime ET6000 that had a Motorola Oncore M12+ mounted to an ACE-III interposer made by Synergy systems that hadn't suffered from a rollover yet, but instead had a 3 month leap second induced offset. I went the (m
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by francis_t_catte 2y ago
it's likely not the dimmer's fault; phase angle triac dimmers were designed when resistive loads (incandescent light bulbs) were king. except for the super-low-wattage-per-lumen type, most LED light bulbs I run across these days a
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by francis_t_catte 2y ago
Use something like an Aube RC840T-240; it generates an isolated 24vac supply and has an isolated normally-open 24vac input for closing the contactor. Using anything else is liable to cause life-threatening spiciness if something goes wrong.
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by francis_t_catte 3y ago
I had a similar experience with a common, cheap medication, where my insurance started denying the prescription out of the blue. it took several weeks of back and forth with my doctor, and then a lengthy amount of time on hold with the insu
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by francis_t_catte 3y ago
wait until you learn about 'engineered beams' I shudder thinking about all the structures built with those things that're one undetected bathtub drain leak away from serious structural failure.
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by francis_t_catte 3y ago
the Sheevaplug, Guruplug, and Dreamplug are what really got me into embedded computing and linux. I still have my Sheevaplug in storage, and a Dreamplug in service as my internal DNS server. the Marvell Kirkwood SoCs they were based on were
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by francis_t_catte 3y ago
That would, unfortunately, require actual infrastructure investment into trackage and electrification, and the nationalization of all the Class I freight companies. I'm not going to hold my breath.
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by francis_t_catte 3y ago
the Tipo Quattro platform deal with Fiat, Lancia, and Alfa Romeo had no GM involvement and it was finalized over five years before GM ever bought controlling interest in SAAB-Scania.
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by francis_t_catte 6y ago
if you like Carpenter Brut, I recommend Perturbator, especially the album The Uncanny Valley.
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by francis_t_catte 6y ago
Hm, rack mounted fiberchannel drive enclosures exist (~$100 used on fleabay, usually sans disk trays), but that'd require a fiberchannel card in your server, direct attach copper (or fiber) cabling, and driver finagling.
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by francis_t_catte 6y ago
yeah, this reads as more of an attempt against the torrent tracker site, rather than the tracker software itself.
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by francis_t_catte 6y ago
I used a USB AC-wifi dongle on my Odroid-Go Advance, and the performance/latency was about the same as my genuine SteamLink on a gigabit wired connection. The main problem with the Odroid-Go Advance was the screen resolution and size m
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by francis_t_catte 6y ago
Steamlink, however, does work on ARM. :)
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by francis_t_catte 6y ago
Wegmans is a no-go where I live, thanks to an old 'handshake agreement' between the Wegman and Golub families, in that there would be no overlap between Wegmans and Price Chopper territory. :( I'll have to check Hannaford and
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by francis_t_catte 6y ago
The key to the salvage effort not involving refloating is probably related to the loose tangled masses of vehicles it's carrying; the ones that already caused the ship to fall over.
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by francis_t_catte 6y ago
Every Guitar Center I've visited in the last year or two had that 'going out of business' feel. Not surprised to find out Bain Capital was involved.
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by francis_t_catte 6y ago
yes, actually: https://gamejolt.com/games/luigi-floating-on-an-egg-over-the...
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by francis_t_catte 6y ago
So what if we eliminate some of the hard problems, like steering, traffic, pedestrians, and setup guided routes specifically for automated vehicles? All you would need to control is signaling and the throttle/brakes. You could even cou
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by francis_t_catte 6y ago
have you ever heard of... trains?
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by francis_t_catte 6y ago
The Fits sold in North America were assembled in Suzuka, Mie, Japan, up until 2014. Parent commenter is probably referring to the Tōhoku earthquake and subsequent tsunami in 2011.
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by francis_t_catte 6y ago
Ah yes, like anthrax bombing an island?
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by francis_t_catte 6y ago
Relevant blast from the past: https://aaroncake.net/projects/mp3player.htm
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by francis_t_catte 6y ago
For a while I was scrapping dead laptop batteries to build an 18650 pack for my esk8 build. I ended up building a battery validation rig with a Turnigy battery charger that charges the battery to 4.2V, drains it to 3.8V, and charges it back
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by francis_t_catte 6y ago
There's the Multi-Account Containers addon for this: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account... And also the Temporary Containers addon if you want cookies, local storage, and histor
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by francis_t_catte 6y ago
Considering borders are meant to control access to wealth and opportunity, you could argue the answer to all of your questions is very much "yes".
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by francis_t_catte 6y ago
Soon we'll just have Microsoft, Epic, and a conglomeration of EA, Activision, and Ubisoft after Bobby Kotick forces them all to merge. Facebook will bungle up any chance they have of capturing the gaming market after writing a cryptic
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by francis_t_catte 6y ago
all the HiSilicon stuff I've RE'd had hardcoded root passwords less than 8 characters in length, and a telnet server running with root login permitted. many of the passwords I've run across are actually the SDK defaults. all
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by francis_t_catte 6y ago
Anecdote, but I rescued a 1947 Kelvinator C-7-R (essentially a 1930's pre-war design) last year from the National Grid fridge scrapping scheme. It'd sat in an unheated garage since 1993, after being continually in use by the same

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