jimmyswimmy

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by jimmyswimmy 4y ago
Actually need something like this, but I need to be able to program the microcontroller for my own uses (to use it to convert and transfer sensor data). Is the firmware source code available?
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by jimmyswimmy 4y ago
Interesting idea. Pilots require 40 hours minimum to take the certification test, but most need maybe 60 or so. Pretty sure I had a lot more than that for driving. In addition to the state-mandated driving instruction which was probably aro
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by jimmyswimmy 4y ago
As an undergrad I was heavily involved in the student-led academic integrity organization. This story reads so true to my experiences (from the last millenium, mind you - there was no whatsapp, etc.). My largest cases came from the computer
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by jimmyswimmy 4y ago
I've wondered about this phenomenon in general, that safety equipment could cause people to take more risks because it makes them feel safer. Many years ago on Monday night football John Madden remarked that some of the hits during gam
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by jimmyswimmy 4y ago
Man, I wish they still had the compact line. I had an XZ1 compact and it was amazing. I still use it for playing music (via the headphone jack) and it is just wonderful every time I pick it up - so small and light compared to this humongous
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by jimmyswimmy 4y ago
Shouldn't a proper analysis of "how many melodies" be interval based rather than on individual notes? In that case there would be many fewer potential melodies. In an interval based analysis, a B to an A would be the same as
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by jimmyswimmy 5y ago
Interestingly, always: a Catholic church contains an altar, the literal definition of which requires that it either contain or support the relics of saints. In other words, there are either bones in the altar or something which touched the
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by jimmyswimmy 5y ago
Most of the comments here are focused on the question of why you would prefer an app to calling. The author's point is a great one though, and something I've wondered a lot. Why should I create an account to order a pizza? The app
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by jimmyswimmy 5y ago
An interesting article. I was recently unimpressed by the new Virginia governor's first action to reaching the mandate on masks in schools. My county has elected to retain its own mask mandate. At first blush a mask mandate is generall
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by jimmyswimmy 5y ago
At some point the economics involves construction of a new facility, which is a pretty significant cost and, perhaps, only makes sense to a company if they expect there to be a persistent need for what they can produce in that facility. So,
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by jimmyswimmy 5y ago
I've always called this the refrigerator problem. Reviews of major goods are allowed by the fact that people don't review them when they work as expected, only when they have issues. It's hard to imagine taking the time to re
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by jimmyswimmy 5y ago
I'm very excited to heqr the plan for locating 5G towers in the ocean, in remote wilderness sites, in underground facilities, the Antarctic, etc. People visit these sites and expect their tech to work fine as long as it doesnt obviousl
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by jimmyswimmy 5y ago
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/02/16/when-... Certainly it's not in the billions unless you spend an impressionable amount of time traveling. Realistically your personal
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by jimmyswimmy 5y ago
Pretty neat, a python tool that converts Verilog to an IC layout so that you can make your own custom SOC (assuming you have a substantial budget to pay for fab). Since it's not clearly stated on the front page, I had to go digging to
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by jimmyswimmy 5y ago
That's really interesting, that you take advantage of symbiosis between the YC and HN functions. Have you ever published or written about the relationships and benefits to each? I'd be fascinated to read more. I'm sure some o
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by jimmyswimmy 5y ago
Also, a quick way to estimate local prevailing winds near an airport is to look at the runway direction. Planes like to land into head winds so if there's only a single runway, those winds are mostly in one direction down the runway.
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by jimmyswimmy 5y ago
You're not entirely wrong. Aviation is a hobby that is difficult to engage in if you don't have money. But flying those same planes is exactly where your commercial pilots are trained. It takes 1500 flight hours (certainly this nu
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by jimmyswimmy 5y ago
There used to be bookstores and magazine shops. I don't quite mean to say these no longer exist outside of airport waiting areas but they were ubiquitous. Libraries were a source of knowledge rather than a place to get free wifi. Wikip
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by jimmyswimmy 5y ago
I strongly support minimizing the use of disposable plastics. I often think of schemes such as this as establishing a price on the alternative. It makes me ask how many uses I should expect out of an alternative solution. So if I think the
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by jimmyswimmy 5y ago
Not thrilled with that source. But given that Israel has such a high rate of vaccination, it seems reasonable to expect that most of those admitted to hospital at this point will have had the vaccine.
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by jimmyswimmy 5y ago
I had to burn 1500 usd cards a few years ago for a project. Bought a 10 port USB splitter and 10 USB-uSD card converters. Wrote a simple script that mounted, dd'd, verified, and umounted whatever was in there. This thing is bound to be
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by jimmyswimmy 5y ago
My company has moved from gitlab to bit bucket. It feels like a huge step backwards. It's good to hear that I'm not alone in such impressions. I was afraid it was just me disliking change.
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by jimmyswimmy 5y ago
I can't agree strongly enough with you, though I'm not sure about the term you recommend. On the one hand, imagine if your car were end of lifed after a couple years. On the other hand, imagine if it took 20 years. The first would
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by jimmyswimmy 5y ago
We'd need more numbers to figure this out, but the article discloses that within the same month "the company sold a slice of itself to investors for $500,000." That should clearly establish the value of the company at the tim
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by jimmyswimmy 5y ago
Acting in the sense of as a devil's advocate here, but this guy went and rooted around a data repository for stuff that wasn't his... there was a case a few years ago of a guy who scripted the AT&T site to download similarly a
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by jimmyswimmy 5y ago
I've done exactly this and the process remains available for e.g. Green tape /LTCC material. The accuracy of the components tends to be quite poor and capacitors are historically crap compared to discretes. But trimming is an opti
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by jimmyswimmy 5y ago
At first glance that plot made me curious, but if you look at the raw data in the pdf, you can clearly see that whoever made the plot was trying to scare people. They correctly plotted the total lipid concentration for a lot of things, incl
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by jimmyswimmy 5y ago
Your question isn't really well-posed. It's more about scientific communications than about government communications, and scientists are notoriously poor at communicating nuanced technical information to the general public. And t
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by jimmyswimmy 5y ago
Yeah, nobody likes an HOA. We all want to be allowed to do whatever we want. That's why I live in a neighborhood without one. Leave the kids toys and trash cans out for a day? A week? Forever? No problem! But I can't complain abou
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by jimmyswimmy 5y ago
Well, I used it for a class, and it was fine for class purposes. I did notice significant differences in modeled circuit performance between versions of Qucs Studio, for even very simple models. Instead of trying to get to the bottom of tha

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