jotux

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   by jotux 10y ago

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss_leader
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   by jotux 10y ago

   For small run electronic prototyping it's hardly worth stuffing your own boards any more. Macrofab or circuithub can get you fully assembled boards in a few weeks in the $20-$50/unit range.
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   by jotux 10y ago

   Making a mold and casting a custom case seems incredibly cumbersome compared to just buying a USB key case and fitting the board into it: http://www.mouser.com/New-Age-Enclosures/Enclosures/Enclosur...
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   by jotux 10y ago

   Rust for bare metal firmware, specifically on ARM, as a replacement for C/C++ with static analyzers.
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   by jotux 10y ago

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be_Right_Back_(Black_Mirror)
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   by jotux 10y ago

   Sounds pretty ridiculous to ask someone to clean your car, in your driveway, then get angry when the dirt/grime that comes off your car gets your driveway dirty.
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   by jotux 10y ago

   https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/geolocation...
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   by jotux 10y ago

   So now google has Voice, Messenger, Hangouts, Allo, and Duo all with overlapping functionality? I wish they would just focus on making Hangouts work really well.
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   by jotux 10y ago

   I worked on a project about a year ago on a TI TMS470M using CCS and thought it was pretty nice. It had live RAM view which was really useful for the project I was working on at the time and it was stable.
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    by jotux 10y ago

    >there's no chance of any third party winning this year. There's really never a chance for third parties to rise in the US because we use a crappy voting system (first past the post). We should change our voting system to Range
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    by jotux 10y ago

    Reminds me of this robot from a researcher at McGill: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.61.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW5FR3rmI4w
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    by jotux 10y ago

    0.3 kbps to 50 kbps is what they advertise.
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    by jotux 10y ago

    I use my smartphone almost entirely for texting and browsing. I think my monthly talk time averages 30-60 minutes. Observing my peers (20-40 something tech-savvy people) this seems to be the norm.
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    by jotux 10y ago

    I've never understood this as an adult. It's fine to make someone else suffer because they did it to you? What reasonable person feels better because they see someone else suffer? What kind of logic is that?
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    by jotux 10y ago

    This would make for an interesting scifi plot. A global virus spreads that has multiple parts and people must limit their contact with specific people or risk acquiring components that activate the parts of the virus they carry.
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    by jotux 10y ago

    IAR and Keil compilers are reasonably popular proprietary embedded compilers.
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    by jotux 10y ago

    His comment was specifically talking about treatment of PTSD and anxiety disorders. But I guess since he's white his conclusion, based on studies, is invalid?
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    by jotux 10y ago

    >Furthermore, some ideas are clearly off limits. The University is not going to allow and promote legitimate arguments about whether the Holocaust was justified, or whether we should return to slavery and colonialism. Why are certain top
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    by jotux 10y ago

    I read the wikipedia you linked, specifically about trigger warnings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trauma_trigger#Trigger_warning... But your statement: > They're to prevent panic attacks. Seems to counter the
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    by jotux 10y ago

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lattice-based_cryptography is one possible solution
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    by jotux 10y ago

    >I wonder what kinds of devices this is intended for? I worked on POS terminals that were 400MHz ARM11 with no GPU. We were using Qt in a proprietary OS to do little touchscreen UIs.
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    by jotux 10y ago

    Are you asking everyone to sign an NDA upfront?
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    by jotux 10y ago

    The practical difference is the ability to collect unemployment benefits. If you're fired you may not be able to collect benefits depending on the situation and state where you live.
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    A Magnetic Wormhole (2015)(nature.com)

    106 points by jotux 10y ago|72 comments
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    by jotux 10y ago

    If you're looking for a book, this is what I used in my college Japanese class: https://www.amazon.com/GENKI-Integrated-Elementary-Japanese-... With the associated workbook: https://www.amazon.com/Genki
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    by jotux 10y ago

    I had a college friend that was a helicopter pilot in the reserves and shared this little tidbit with me: Rotor-craft maintenance per flight hour is typically around 4 hours. Really crazy to consider.
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    by jotux 10y ago

    I've never thought of Meditations as religious or non-religious. It's all about really appreciating what you have and understanding the way you feel is derived from your perception of the world. I think that's pretty univer
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    by jotux 10y ago

    Meditations is a book I come back to over and over: http://classics.mit.edu/Antoninus/meditations.mb.txt
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    by jotux 10y ago

    >The article cites $40k average pay per driver. That's fast-food wages Not really. That's basically $20/hour full-time.
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    by jotux 10y ago

    ARM processors have been paired with FPGAs for years now (since ~2010): http://www.xilinx.com/products/silicon-devices/soc/zynq-7000... https://www.altera.com/products/soc/portfolio.