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Latest Ghostscript vulnerability haunts experts as the next big breach enabler(theregister.com)
2 points by jdblair 2y ago|2 comments
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by jdblair 2y ago
If you're trying to find Figure 2, click on Figure 1 (the photo) and use the right-arrow nav to advance to the 2nd photo.
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by jdblair 2y ago
The early 90s defence industry recession was rough for southern California. When I moved to the bay area in 2000 (during the dot-com boom), I met folks who were still recovering from the loss of their jobs and the simultaneous real-estate v
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Atkinson Dithering (2021)(beyondloom.com)
236 points by jdblair 2y ago|104 comments
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by jdblair 2y ago
Found this in that same thread, an IWM implementation in MAME: https://github.com/mamedev/mame/blob/master/src/devices/mach...
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FPGA-Based Disk Controller for the Apple II (2017)(bigmessowires.com)
105 points by jdblair 2y ago|14 comments
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by jdblair 2y ago
I wondered if anyone had written an IWM simulator, and I didn't find one, but I did find this FPGA project: https://www.bigmessowires.com/2017/12/07/fpga-based-disk-con...
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by jdblair 2y ago
I think for a "weird nerd" to be successful, they need the support of someone (a manager, a mentor, a project leader, department head, etc.), who does have political and social savvy.
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Cara: A social media platform for artists that filters generative AI images(blog.cara.app)
4 points by jdblair 2y ago|0 comments
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The Canon Cat, the forgotten 1987 alternate-reality Mac (2019)(fastcompany.com)
139 points by jdblair 2y ago|32 comments
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by jdblair 2y ago
GitHub repo: https://github.com/Ildaron/ardEEG Available for purchase: https://pieeg.com/ardeeg/
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Synthesis of Hyperbranched Polymers(frontiersin.org)
1 points by jdblair 2y ago|0 comments
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by jdblair 2y ago
for sure! I was curious if I could find anything else about it, and there's a patent! Sept. 3, 1940. H. THIRRING BRAKING DEVICE FUR SKIING Filed m. 4, 1957 INVENTOR ATTOR NEYS Patented Sept. 3, 1940 oFr cE BRAKING DEVICE FOR lKHNG Hans
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by jdblair 2y ago
this headline should be posted at the top of hacker news.
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by jdblair 2y ago
From my limited experience, python version management is crazy! I've written medium sized personal python projects. I wasn't so concerned with reproducibility (and I didn't want to bog down my progress) but I still had to wri
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Investigation of a Cross-Regional Network Performance Issue(netflixtechblog.medium.com)
1 points by jdblair 2y ago|0 comments
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Fast Reconnaissance Missions to the Outer Solar System (The Grand Tour) (1966) [pdf](gravityassist.com)
2 points by jdblair 2y ago|0 comments
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by jdblair 3y ago
...in a video game simulation.
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by jdblair 3y ago
You are correct that this would be much simpler if the only goal was to replace the floppy disk part of the system. The floppy disk angle is there to make a good headline. The article makes it clear this is a much bigger project than just r
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Tesla Engineer Testifies in Wrongful Death Lawsuit(businessinsider.com)
2 points by jdblair 3y ago|1 comments
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by jdblair 3y ago
Thank you!
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by jdblair 3y ago
A question about how nonstop worked: If both processors are running the same process in the same state, why won't both processors hit the same error condition at the same time? I understand there are random hardware faults that can hap
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by jdblair 3y ago
Lighter and mechanically simpler were the selling points. Poor fuel efficiency and trouble with the seals were the downsides. My uncle had an RX-7 back in the 80s when I was a kid. I remember when it was idling I could see the exhaust puffi
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by jdblair 3y ago
Ha! I worked on that hardware, or at least, on the software in the service processor (aka, ILOM) in that hardware. I transferred out of the Linux group at Sun (which was being disbanded) and joined the group formally known as Kealia, still
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by jdblair 3y ago
+1 I recently watched the whole series again after I subscribed to HBOMax. I hadn't watched it since 2008, when I watched in SD using DVDs from my original Netflix subscription. Aside from the new story details I caught and the general
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by jdblair 3y ago
I couldn't resist searching myself. It looks like there is a physical copy of the conference proceedings in a library in Japan! https://topics.libra.titech.ac.jp/recordID/catalog.bib/BA902...
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by jdblair 3y ago
Ok, I misunderstood what you meant. I thought you meant license access to the foundry, like TSMC does. What you're proposing is that the US stand up a semiconductor fab that can compete with Intel. That's going to be hard! I think
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by jdblair 3y ago
Ah yes, its right there in the 2nd post! Thanks for the correction.
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by jdblair 3y ago
Nobody needs to force Intel to do this, Intel is already doing it. They manufacture other company's designs for hire. Opening up their foundries for use by other companies is part of Intel's current business strategy. There are on
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by jdblair 3y ago
Its unlikely that it was special-built for the Space Shuttle. Obviously this is speculation, but it most likely was already special-designed for a military application and just re-used in the shuttle. All of those strategic nuclear bombers

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