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by lytfyre 6mo ago
that STMicroelectronics is 8.31cm by 9.92cm. That's _massive_ by digital sensor terms, but still pretty far off the 42cm by 29cm OP's effectively using.
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by lytfyre 7mo ago
Thanks! The IR Chrome does not need a channel swap, just setting the white balance in-camera is enough to get a usable image. The deep yellow looks mostly like a purple and yellow mess straight out of camera. Intent is for the yellow filter
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by lytfyre 7mo ago
there are lenses out there designed for apochromatic performance across the UV-Vis-IR band, but they tend to be really pricey. The Coastal Optical 60mm is a frequently cited one. UV in particular is challenging, because glass that works wel
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by lytfyre 7mo ago
>Whenever shooting a subject with a mixture of visible and infrared light, it becomes readily apparent that infrared light focuses differently from visible light. For many subjects, this can mean having to choose between crisp visible co
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by lytfyre 7mo ago
The report linked in the article has BC support _massively_ in favour of "more light in the evenings" instead of "wake up when there is light", citing health and wellness concerns. "Better" seems a matter of op
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by lytfyre 10mo ago
Little bit more specialized, but Lee Valley Tools [ https://www.leevalley.com/en-ca ] stores seem to still operate this way. Showroom (and a few computer kiosks) and order forms up front, then line up for them to pull the ite
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by lytfyre 11mo ago
The Canadian Mint in Ottawa has a rather impressive large gold bar on display in the gift shop for people to lift and take photos with. It's not in a case or anything. It's chained down with a Protec padlock - and there's a
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by lytfyre 1y ago
Never tried the Expert Mouse in particular. Two of mine were slimblades, one orbit with scroll wheel. Different failures each time - Orbit - broken plastic around one of the bearings. ball no longer turned smoothly or straight in every dire
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by lytfyre 1y ago
They do, but I've had severe quality/lifetime issues with them. Three Kensington trackballs, two different models, all three lasted under a year for me.
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by lytfyre 1y ago
Vancouver has a plant that harvests heat from sewage to provide district heating and hot water ( https://vancouver.ca/home-property-development/how-the-utili... ) - you don't need super high temperatures for it to b
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by lytfyre 1y ago
I grabbed an alphagrip from the ewaste bin at my local hackspace a few years ago. Gave it a solid week - which was enough for me to get at least marginally competent with the layout. I found it extremely awkward. I think the compact control
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by lytfyre 1y ago
I've usually seen "thumb clusters" used for those style of key layouts, rather than thumb pads. I've been using some variant of the Kinesis Advantage line for over 10 years - currently the Advantage360, their split board
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by lytfyre 2y ago
On an old team that did this, we joked that the cleaning staff had as much control of the roadmap as the product managers. The cheap offbrand sticky notes didn't stick very well, so after one or two status changes, or just being on th
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by lytfyre 2y ago
>There isn't some industry saying "yes we could cut and cover here, but we prefer the slower more expensive option of a TBM"! At least for Vancouver, there was absolutely an industry arguing for the slower-more-expensive T
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by lytfyre 2y ago
> I see that [...] Canada line under Vancouver chose tunnels over cut and cover because it was cheaper. Canada Line was mostly Cut-and-Cover - only the bits below downtown and crossing below the water were bored, the bulk of the undergro
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by lytfyre 2y ago
unfortunately discontinued. The 6000$USD price tag unfortunately made it hard to justify at the time.
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by lytfyre 2y ago
I believe Rogers are running DOCSIS-over-Sewage, the competing cable standard.
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by lytfyre 2y ago
Went about an hour north of Vancouver BC Canada to get away from bit city lights and watch. It was probably not the brightest small strands I've ever seen - if my memories of Northern Saskatchewan as a kid are still accurate - but I do
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by lytfyre 2y ago
Wouldn't knock it till you try it! The drink kinda had it's moment a couple years ago - "Aerocanos" or "Steamed Iced Americanos" are the names I've heard for the drink. Often made with the kind of post-bre
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by lytfyre 2y ago
Coffee nerd, I like to play with this stuff. Steaming cold brew (flash or regular) will give a very smooth frothy texture - almost nitro like foam. You can serve them over ice to get them back to cold, or serve warm. Tasty if you use good
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by lytfyre 2y ago
If any HNers are looking for a cheap entry point into the style without spending $250+ on a beautiful bunch of laboratory glass ware, there's the puckpuck[1], which sits on top of an aeropress and turns it into functionally the same de
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by lytfyre 2y ago
Look, my coffee routine is _perfectly reasonable_. Fractional gram dosing, multiple pours at different temperatures, timed switch from immersion to percolation, and benchmarking different filter papers has a _measurable impact_ on my coffee
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by lytfyre 3y ago
BC Hydro (British Columbia electric power utility, government owned) was 98% renewable sources in 2022, ~91% of that hydro[1] - for the entire province. that last 2% is going to take a lot of work to replace, but I'd be surprised to se
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by lytfyre 3y ago
I think another notable difference is that Vancouver Specials are nominally single family detached homes, but the design does lend itself to turning the main floor into a decently sized, above ground rental suite. All without requiring the
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by lytfyre 3y ago
depending on your definition of cheap, sounds a lot like the Portaspresso Rossa Air ( https://portaspresso.com/shop/ols/products/rossa-tr-air-espr... ). You may also like the Espresso Forge, which manages to go
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by lytfyre 3y ago
I recall at launch just about the only implementation detail that _was_ publicly given was that it did not involve tape. That's going to be difficult to dig up a cite on years later. No idea how it's evolved over the years, so for
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by lytfyre 3y ago
I've had a copy of his coffee table books for a few years. It's fun for people flipping through a looking at the paintings for places they know - the familiar backdrops, but without the run makers or other clutter.
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by lytfyre 4y ago
close, but not quite - Niche is using the burrs out of the Mazzer Kony, the Robur's slightly smaller sibling. 63mm for the Niche/Kony vs either 71mm or 83mm depending on which Robur model.
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by lytfyre 4y ago
> There are no regional banks whatsoever That's inaccurate. They don't the market share small US banks do collectively, and none of them are particularly focussed on tech startup, but they do exist, alongside credit unions - h
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by lytfyre 4y ago
The NOAA page on the wreck ( https://thunderbay.noaa.gov/shipwrecks/ironton.html ) just has depth listed as "TBA", but the Ohio that it collided with is in >100m. assuming it's in similar range, that&#x

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