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by hex4def6 11mo ago
You don't need a universal tool. You just need one that resets the drives you're selling. I've worked with a vendor who were a bit fast and loose with what NAND / controller / firmware they considered "ACME SC9
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by hex4def6 11mo ago
> Intel didn't. Solidigm did. If the author was buying the Intel drive, it was at least 4 years old since they spun SSDs out in 2021. Firstly, the time between the SK Hynix acquisition (Dec 30 21) and the date of this article is 3 y
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by hex4def6 11mo ago
First of all, neither of those WILD facts seem that wild to me. Intel did last orders for that drive Dec 30 2022. The article was written in April, so the author was conceivably purchasing drives that had sat on a shelf for a year and a hal
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by hex4def6 11mo ago
This seems like a job for a truecrypt style system. Either you do it at a file-level, or you have it split into (say) 10MB file chunks, and if you want to access a certain file you have an encrypted local db that acts as a magic decoder rin
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by hex4def6 11mo ago
Because it's a strategic issue. The internet is critical infrastructure. While TP-Link might not have contracts with ISPs and datacenters, it doesn't take a lot of imagination to think what damage you could have with 30% of the ho
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by hex4def6 11mo ago
For the vast majority, they're not "open source" they're "open weights". They don't release the training data or training code / configs. It's kind of like releasing a 3d scene rendered to a JPG
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by hex4def6 11mo ago
It seems like the sensible thing to do would be to fry / erase any IFF and encryption related stuff, but otherwise continue as before. E.g, if it's already been programmed to fly straight and level, continue to do that. If it&#x27
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by hex4def6 11mo ago
Yeah. I mean, why pay the money? Why not just skip the payment and email a contact "1,000"? Or perhaps "Interesting article about in the Times about the USA, wink wink"? This method is deliberately communicating informat
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by hex4def6 11mo ago
Many years ago, I managed to stab my face with a screwdriver (not my proudest moment), and had to go to the ER. After the stitches, I was asked whether I wanted to pay with insurance. If I did, it was something like $2,000. If I didn't
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by hex4def6 11mo ago
You had better luck than me. The San Jose PD only begrudgingly gave me a police report weeks after reporting it (needed it for insurance purposes), and told me a could get a copy of it a month later. I'd have to go to the records dept
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by hex4def6 1y ago
Tangentially involved in that project. One of the big issues with that phone was that in order to do dynamic perspective, you're having to run a 3D render at 60fps constantly. That's a huge power hog, and prevents you from doing m
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by hex4def6 1y ago
For ungrounded / 2-prong outlet devices, yeah. It's often noticeable if you have a point contact of metal against your skin; sharp edge / screw / speaker grill, etc. Once you have decent coupling between your body and th
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by hex4def6 1y ago
I'm assuming the thought process behind the pedal->generator->traction motor is that you can keep the cadence in the ideal / most efficient range. Problem with mid drives is that (at least for me), I prefer lower cadence whi
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by hex4def6 1y ago
Yeah, agree. My concern would be a chicken sticking it's head through the gap to take a peek as its closing, and getting stuck. I think the OP may have mitigation (or at least the possibility to mitigate). This looks like an open-loop
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by hex4def6 1y ago
I worry about the demo boards being radically different in terms of layout etc. Even if you're using the same interface and power supply, the PCB may be affecting performance. Getting full spec performance out of an ADC requires having
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by hex4def6 1y ago
Counter: Netscape vs Internet Explorer. Netscape had a year lead, but it's hard to compete when Microsoft decided to bundle IE for 'free'. If profit margins are razor thin, the Apples and Amazons and Microsofts of the world c
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by hex4def6 1y ago
Yeah, utterly laughable. I'm not even sure who he's railing against with that. Is it violation of my human rights that I'm "forced" to use IPv4 or TCP/IP by my ISP, or HTTPS by my bank? As far as being "fo
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by hex4def6 1y ago
It takes a refined form of cynical misanthropy and tanky statism to believe that on balance, people are undeserving of even having the option of their private affairs being unexamined by the authorities, and that to even attempt to hide som
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by hex4def6 1y ago
FYI: You can force "Plan mode" by pressing shift-tab. That will prevent it from eagerly implementing stuff.
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by hex4def6 1y ago
This has been my argument as well. We've been climbing the abstraction ladder for years. Assembly -> C -> OOP ->... this just seems like another layer of abstraction. "Programmers" are going to become "architect
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by hex4def6 1y ago
Of course it's here to stay. There are models that are --right-now-- great at text-to-speech, speech-to-text, categorization, image recognition, etc etc. Even if progress stopped now, these models would be useful in their current state
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by hex4def6 1y ago
I assume you're on a pretty attractive net metering agreement? That's a huge system. Unless you're consuming a significant portion of that, the payback rate is going to be pretty badly impacted by having such a large system f
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by hex4def6 1y ago
Sure, but as a licensed engineer, you're signing off on the design as being safe and fit for purpose. What if their manager had insisted they use cheaper concrete or less rebar? At a certain point, you have to refuse to put your signat
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by hex4def6 1y ago
If exempting "commercial purposes" from a law results in no harm being done to anyone, then you are arguing the law is shouldn't exist in the first place. CCPA appears to limitations based on the size of the enterprise, so th
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by hex4def6 1y ago
That feels unnecessarily restrictive. Does Jiro and his sushi constitute an artist and his art? Let's say yes, and let's say most people today agree with this. They're cosmopolitan enough to recognize the sophistication and c
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by hex4def6 1y ago
Hmm, interesting counterpoint. I think both things can be simultaneously true. There are a million sub-cultures that can now exist, that are no longer tied to a geographic location. This is both good and bad. Good, insofar as if you'r
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by hex4def6 1y ago
I think the "homogenization" is the keyword here. It's not that trends are bad, it's just that, in the 'old days' a trend might start as a community-wide phenomena that over time might spread into neighboring c
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by hex4def6 1y ago
Some of my most stressful times at work have been when I had the least stuff to do. It's nice for a few days, but when it stretches into weeks I start feeling queasy. Obviously, being buried under an avalanche of thankless work is just
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by hex4def6 1y ago
They can make their own ingots and ultra pure chemicals, and turbopumps and ion implantation machines and spin coaters CVD machines and and the HEPA filters for the cleanroom, and the remote servers that control the licensing dongle for the
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by hex4def6 1y ago
Sure, but that means the Roman cost would be even cheaper. If silver was cheaper in Roman times, and iron was 1/300th the cost, then the Roman nail becomes even cheaper (which doesn't make sense) I'm not sure what the hourly

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