markrages

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by markrages 3y ago
She's a solid entrepreneur and a competent engineer. Calling her "greatest" seems odd, for implementing breakout boards with datasheet circuits.
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by markrages 3y ago
By "industry" you mean "electronics hobbyists"?
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by markrages 3y ago
> one of the industries greatest hardware designers Is this meant sarcastically?
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by markrages 3y ago
Is this related to skidl https://github.com/devbisme/skidl ?
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by markrages 3y ago
I did this a while back: https://hackaday.com/2005/10/25/audio-output-from-a-serial-p... (Looks like somebody mirrored it to github at https://github.com/koniu/ttyplay )
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by markrages 3y ago
"Creativity is the residue of time wasted" -- dubiously attributed to Einstein
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by markrages 3y ago
You can load Black Magic Probe firmware on a bluepill and have JTAG for about $2. I also ported it to nRF52840 if you have an extra dongle laying around. Or esp8266 for debugging over wifi (wireless JTAG is super useful sometimes.) Segger
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by markrages 3y ago
Scott Devine, YouTube bass teacher, wears a glove while playing. It's a hack to get around focal dystonia. He discusses it at https://youtu.be/a4KFCDIYEQM
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by markrages 3y ago
Modern Python is sure ugly.
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by markrages 3y ago
, and
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by markrages 3y ago
> disallows the ascii slash
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by markrages 3y ago
Netcraft confirms!
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Can ChatGPT Diagnose this Car? [video](youtube.com)
5 points by markrages 3y ago|0 comments
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by markrages 3y ago
The centralized alternative is called 'github' and while it has not entirely taken over, it has certainly made some inroads.
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by markrages 3y ago
I remember when Python was simple.
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by markrages 3y ago
The traditional approach to proprietary printer drivers is to found a software movement that reimplements the entire operating system from scratch, and invent licenses that prevent distributors from keeping their changes to the system secre
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by markrages 3y ago
This is how layers of process accrete around an organization, each to address a previous screwup. Until nothing gets done at all, except fulfilling the requirements of the process. There is a tradeoff between frequency and severity of scre
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by markrages 3y ago
I second this advice, and would add another reason: Buy an analog scope while you can still find them for cheap! They don't make good ones anymore. The analog scope is a lifetime purchase. But the calibration point still applies. On
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by markrages 3y ago
A DMM is a precision tool. Especially a good 6.5 digit desktop one. An oscilloscope is fantastically useful, but it is not a precision tool. Calibration is just OK, and most use 8-bit converters.
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by markrages 3y ago
Maybe I was thinking of Arrow.
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by markrages 3y ago
As of my order last week, Mouser no longer offers economy shipping. Most of my orders from Mouser are things that are out-of-stock at Digi-Key. Maybe this is how they lose and join the also-ran, only-for-big-companies distributors like All
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by markrages 3y ago
I seem to remember depletion-node FETs were available in the late 90s, which could have solved this problem in a more elegant way than a "lifetime" battery.
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by markrages 3y ago
In my last 20 years of using emacs, I have spent about 45 minutes total fiddling with the config. (Before that I spent a little more time getting it set up.) Am I missing out on something?
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by markrages 4y ago
Remember -Wall isn't all. -Wall -Wextra is the new -Wall. I recommend asan too, where possible.
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by markrages 4y ago
I tried it up to last month in Ubuntu 22.04. I changed back because I got tired of the broken focus-follows-mouse and Ubuntu tracks the bug but doesn't fix it.
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by markrages 4y ago
sloppy-focus-follows-mouse is the feature that keeps me on X. A basic Unix feature forever, completely broken in Ubuntu's Wayland.
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by markrages 4y ago
Scrum works best if you can find a true Scotsman to be the Scrum Master.
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by markrages 4y ago
The examples given are more "what" changed than "why" it was changed. These are low-value commit messages because they are redundant with the content of the commit itself. It is almost like signing all your commits with
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by markrages 4y ago
By definition, since it won't run on a supported runtime.
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by markrages 4y ago
If I don't take notes I instantly tune out of the meeting. I just type into org-mode. The notes are rarely useful later, but I keep them in a folder that I can grep through.

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