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by jeroen94704 13y ago
I don't think there is anything fundamentally different between _any_ of the *duino boards, apart from the form-factors. That is one of the interesting aspects about the Arduino ecosystem though: its diversity. IMHO, the Microduino sys
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by jeroen94704 13y ago
That's pretty much what I was thinking. The product page for this phone on the Nokia website says it can be used as a 3.5G modem, but it doesn't say whether this is as a wifi access point or over bluetooth. I'm guessing the l
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by jeroen94704 13y ago
d'oh!
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by jeroen94704 13y ago
I'm assuming us = United States and CA = California. If so, why the distinction? nl -> uk -> nl -> us -> nl myself. I guess nl is a pretty good place then :)
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by jeroen94704 13y ago
That line actually makes me doubt the authenticity of the article.
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by jeroen94704 13y ago
That's just an optical effect caused by the fact that the veins are (normally at least) underneath the skin. Even oxygen poor blood is not blue.
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by jeroen94704 13y ago
Indeed. I didn't back them, but I pre-ordered a black Pebble many moons ago. My account page still insists they estimate shipping will start in late may (for those not keeping track, it is now early july).
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by jeroen94704 13y ago
There's this big discussion about what constitutes "e-paper". Apparently, in some circles, e-paper is any display technology that is low-power and readable in daylight. The display in a pebble is a low-power transflective LCD
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by jeroen94704 13y ago
So the real question is: Is it complete? Not "is it global". But I'm sure OpenStreetMap is incomplete as well, although maybe less incomplete than others.
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Dutch secret service 'also has access to information from PRISM'(translate.google.nl)
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by jeroen94704 14y ago
Yep, that's exactly it. When this link popped up on HN, I read the article and though "wow, that's horrible. Something should be done here!". But tomorrow my mind will be full of other concerns, and a Yemenite I don't know who has been deta
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by jeroen94704 14y ago
These people are currently (19:40 CET) having dinner: http://cryptogasm.com/webcams/webcam.php?id=22813
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by jeroen94704 14y ago
It says ANLEMC-Titan. Googling for ANLEMC reveals it has to do with telepresence microscopy. That leads me to believe that machine may be a FEI Company Titan electron microscope: http://www.fei.com/products/transmission-electron-microscope
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by jeroen94704 14y ago
Yes, analogies can work very well. Actually, come to think of it, TFA provides some good ones. If a customer has contradictory requirements, just tell them they're asking for a line that is red and green at the same time.
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by jeroen94704 14y ago
No, because they are not technical specialists, and they rely on the technical people to tell them what is and is not feasible, and why, and how much effort something requires.
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by jeroen94704 14y ago
Definitely got a chuckle out of this one. However, I think the message should be not be (as many engineers may think) that non-engineers are unable to grasp basic technical facts, but rather that engineers are lousy communicators. Success i
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by jeroen94704 14y ago
I was flying transatlantic with a friend who has a medical degree when they called for a doctor. There was an older fellow who had a heart condition for which he was taking medication. His reasoning had gone something like "I need to take o
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by jeroen94704 14y ago
It's pretty recent :).
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by jeroen94704 14y ago
Too many titles to list, but I essentially paid for two categories: Mobile apps (bought through the Play Store) and free software that I use regularly and that allowed/asked me to donate. I started setting aside a small amount every month f
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by jeroen94704 14y ago
That sounds highly company specific. I am Dutch, and I have never encountered this before, despite working at many different companies. While working overtime is not the norm, it is certainly not unheard of, or even particularly rare, when
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by jeroen94704 14y ago
Yeah, that grabbed my attention too. If they pull it off well ... the possibilities are astounding.
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by jeroen94704 14y ago
Hah, that's pretty much what I said: http://weblog.jeroen.ws/blog/2012/11/19/how-relevant-is-c-pl...
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by jeroen94704 14y ago
Depends what you call "lower-end embedded". Even on a mildly modern ARM SoC like the Freescale iMX series, QML works very well, and the OpenGL acceleration makes for an incredibly smooth UI. Also, the backend is still C++, and any computati
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by jeroen94704 14y ago
The question is really: Why an RPi, specifically, instead of, e.g., your macbook or any other desktop-class hardware you have at home? When thinking of a development machine, the first thing that comes to mind is pretty much NOT an RPi. In
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by jeroen94704 14y ago
Cool! So you could find a spot somewhere up north where you can take a stroll and experience an eternal sunrise/sunset. Very romantic :)