mNovak

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by mNovak 2y ago
Given that most (all?) of the US already collects property tax, this information is usually public, and (in my experience at least) includes land and property valuations, I'm curious if anyone has attempted a basic estimate of the need
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by mNovak 2y ago
Is there a human-play benchmark (even informally) for this style of interface? Not saying it's necessary or even relevant, I'm just curious to know what programmatic Factorio feels like -- I imagine spatial reasoning around text p
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by mNovak 2y ago
A lot of fun! I enjoy the subtle coloring and changing background texture. It's a bit confusing at first to grasp that one upgrade is applied randomly at the start of the game (I think?). The first few times I played it felt like the r
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by mNovak 2y ago
I think there's a lot of interest in this topic generally, so I hope this continues to develop. I for one pay for ExpanDrive, and am also aware of Mountain Duck in this space. In my experience, those options are functional for infreque
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by mNovak 2y ago
Now this is an interesting idea.. a wall clock display showing the closest time-relevant meme..
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by mNovak 2y ago
>> Your signal returns are from the beam or side lobes You're skipping a step -- where does that beam come from? For simplicity lets think about a scene illuminated uniformly (i.e. from a single element) so that we don't get
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by mNovak 2y ago
Yes, if you can coordinate and hold their position to ~1/10th of the wavelength (gets challenging above a few GHz), and synchronize their transmitters/receivers with ps accuracy (feasible if there's no GPS interference). And
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by mNovak 2y ago
This site [1] has pretty approachable content generally, though it looks like the SAR page is pretty short. I find it easiest to understand in the context of a conventional phased array, but that might not help if you don't already kno
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by mNovak 2y ago
I find there's a two step process, first overlapping the images (but which makes the images blurry), then letting my eyes refocus so the middle image is crisp. Only then does 3D or shimmer effect happen. Takes some practice to merge th
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by mNovak 2y ago
I recall someone using one of the image generation models for pretty impressive (lossy) compression as well -- I wonder if AI data compression/inflation will be a viable concept in the future; the cost of inference right now is high, b
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by mNovak 2y ago
Would love to see the files or precut sheets released as the ultimate scale model kit. It'd be really awesome to take these files to a laser cutter and make the model out of thin aluminum sheets.
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by mNovak 2y ago
FYI: discussion [1] of this attack from late 2022, notably including lengthy discussion from the developer (hexahedron / lightvector) of KataGo, probably the most widely used super-human Go AI. Link is mid-thread, because the earlier v
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by mNovak 2y ago
I paying < $0.50 a month, and that's primarily driven by S3. For the scraping itself I'm using lambda, with maybe minutes of runtime per day.
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by mNovak 2y ago
"The data collection process involved a daily ritual of manually visiting the Tagesschau website to capture links" I don't know what to say... I'm amazed they kept this up so long, but this really should never have been
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by mNovak 2y ago
"an inapt comparison of the prices paid for parts that meet military specifications and designs versus basic commercial items that would not be qualified or approved for use on the C-17" This is the problem--the government heavily
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by mNovak 2y ago
Besk has existed for a long time in Chicago, which I've heard referred to as "good Malort." It has a brighter, anise-forward flavor which puts it more in line with Italian amari.
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by mNovak 2y ago
The variants are what worry me; it seems to defeat the purpose of a drink that built a reputation on being "unenjoyable" to make it more palatable while using the brand name for cachet. All that to say, I tried barrel aged Malort
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by mNovak 2y ago
These are great for vintage lab gear too. In college I got an old flammable chemicals cabinet, which we refinished into a liquor cabinet.
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by mNovak 2y ago
This looks really fun, and I'm hopeful for low cost prototyping to come to IC development. But I think 3D printing is the wrong comparison -- the much closer example is PCBs, and while we can DIY PCBs (I did this in college) it's
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by mNovak 2y ago
I wouldn't overinvest your confidence in these licenses and certifications. A "Professional Engineer" is just a Bachelors level engineer who took one extra test. It's extremely common for MechE and CivE. As far as certif
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by mNovak 2y ago
I went ahead and made a post over at the PG proofreaders site (pgdp.net) to make them aware.
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by mNovak 2y ago
Some more technical content (literature review, but includes the university work this spun out of) if the sales page isn't doing it for you: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=919...
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by mNovak 2y ago
Diamonds are already certified by GIA, so that you prove their clarity and quality and such (which no untrained observer would be able to differentiate)
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by mNovak 2y ago
My main brokerage (Schwab, and I assume most others) have account aggregation built in, so that's become my de facto 'wealth manager' dashboard. Now, those external accounts are second-class citizens and don't get portfo
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by mNovak 2y ago
I used to really like Splitwise for group expenses, but they at some point throttled the free accounts to 4 transactions/day, which is painful. Paying a monthly subscription isn't worthwhile if I only use it in bursts a couple tim
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by mNovak 2y ago
As an antenna engineer myself, I'm always very glad to see tools and open source that make RF/microwave more accessible as a hobby! That said, it'd be really great if this could simply be hosted/accessed online. The inte
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by mNovak 2y ago
Am I supposed to be able to side-scroll those categories in /explore? Can't find any way to, and the last card is half cut off. I'm intrigued to explore strategies I'd never thought about, but can only see about 3 cards
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by mNovak 2y ago
Now for extra bonus points, wire in a ESP32 to flip the switch remotely, so you don't have to open the service panel every time (and perhaps help out the neighbors).
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by mNovak 2y ago
One filing type they didn't mention, is SES-STA (Satellite Earth Station Special Temporal Authority) -- aka a temporary experimental license for user or gateway equipment. This is where the juice is, i.e. if they're testing out ne
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by mNovak 2y ago
While this is also true, the article is more about the direct scam that is fundraising companies. These are in principle separate of the charity, basically running a call center and collecting the funds, and that company pockets 90% of the

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