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by jpindar 5y ago
I've used a cell phone as an audio signal generator for testing transmitters. There are apps for sending a continuous signal, and I assume it would be easy enough to write one for sending a modulated signal. BTW, this is one reason why
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by jpindar 5y ago
But it only does that if you have "display current activity as a status message" selected.
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by jpindar 5y ago
If you name too low of a price, they'll think you're clueless or have self esteem issues or something, and won't hire you.
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by jpindar 5y ago
How do you know they want more money if you don't interview them?
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by jpindar 5y ago
Which is in itself a kind of prejudice, assuming I'm going to demand more money.
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by jpindar 5y ago
Damn, it's only one job. I was hoping it was a job board.
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by jpindar 5y ago
>if automation was cheap and easy then our factories would all be automated Please describe the last factory you were in.
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by jpindar 5y ago
Huh. Top loaders are more common than front loaders in the US.
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by jpindar 5y ago
They were mostly small TVs and not the highest quality. And separate VHS or DVD players had more features.
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by jpindar 5y ago
My mom used to make homemade doughnuts. That was a long time ago, but I don't think the process (heh) was much different from making other sweet baked goods and other fried food. I've never tried making them because I think muffin
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by jpindar 5y ago
I believe the four legged Spot robots are for sale, but I haven't heard of anyone actually buying them. They do have support pages and user manuals online. https://support.bostondynamics.com/s/
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Automated Trucking Hits the Road(cbsnews.com)
3 points by jpindar 5y ago|1 comments
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by jpindar 5y ago
Same in parts of New England. It's not too unusual to lose power during storms (especially ice storms), but it's typically restored within a few hours.
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by jpindar 5y ago
Be careful what you wish for, once wireless charging is universal, they'll start removing the USB ports.
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by jpindar 5y ago
HPIB and GPIB are the same thing (IEEE-488 standard), and USB-GPIB interfaces are indeed available. The catch is getting software to talk to the GPIB interface drivers. There are many programs that will send arbitrary data to a virtual seri
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by jpindar 5y ago
Well, there's the display technology described in the article....
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ST Sees AR Glasses Replacing Smartphones(eetimes.eu)
27 points by jpindar 5y ago|57 comments
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How Robots and Drones Helped Out After the Surfside Condo Collapse(spectrum.ieee.org)
1 points by jpindar 5y ago|0 comments
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by jpindar 5y ago
There are plenty of other videos that demonstrate computer vision detecting chess pieces.
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by jpindar 5y ago
Seriously? There's lots of them on YouTube. Here's one with two different robots. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65YDAXfSAWw
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Google pushed a one-character typo to production, bricking Chrome OS devices(arstechnica.com)
1 points by jpindar 5y ago|0 comments
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by jpindar 5y ago
No paywall link: https://archive.vn/N4ent#selection-2193.0-2193.29
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The Return of Upward Mobility(businessinsider.com)
2 points by jpindar 5y ago|1 comments
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by jpindar 5y ago
>Also, it is time consuming to read every single label on food that one buys. BTW, one advantage of the 'shop online for curbside pick up' trend is that it makes it so much easier to read labels and compare products.
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by jpindar 5y ago
Something like the Minneapolis Skyway? It has it's good points and bad points. Like a mall, it's sort of a public space - but not really. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minneapolis_Skyway_System
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by jpindar 5y ago
"Papers, Please" but for programming.
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by jpindar 5y ago
There's an app and site called Toggl that makes this easier.
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by jpindar 5y ago
Are you picturing something like a firearm magazine? Because those are LIFO.
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by jpindar 5y ago
If you ignore the message that says you're fired, you lose the cost of going to work and going home once they fire you in person, plus you might waste a day or two that you could have spent job-hunting.
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by jpindar 5y ago
Look at the kinds of examples people are using to demo Copilot.

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