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by martyvis 5y ago
I was a participant at a mathematics summer school at the local atomic research centre in Sydney in 1980. The focus was on mathematical modelling and using computers to realise those models. (The theme was looking at predicting fuel demand
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by martyvis 5y ago
I've just started getting interested in FM and DX7. Power DX7 has some good insight. Here he is talking about algorithm choice and how it can affect sound. https://youtu.be/s4oMnCCUb8w
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by martyvis 5y ago
I listened to this "shootout" video only two days ago. The different ones tested here all have their quirks. (I've been playing with Dexed as it has all the original features and is free). https://youtu.be/vMv
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by martyvis 5y ago
>no idea why, are single people not allowed mortgages? The bank needs to know the status of the relationship because in the terrible event of it breaking up, your partner would have equity in the asset.
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by martyvis 5y ago
I purchased my property in 1989. Any contact detail for me in the land registry in NSW Australia would be the house where I lived and the phone number there. Neither would be valid and lead them to me specifically. I certainly have never ha
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by martyvis 5y ago
The Aussie national public broadcaster, the ABC, has the fantastic Gardening Australia show that has been going for 32 years (in its current format). It's not too pretentious and is full of great technical pragmatic tips from knowledg
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by martyvis 5y ago
I wonder how many building projects use and engage acoustic engineers (unless sound is specific to the use like for theatres or conference facilities)? I had the "opportunity" as a patient in a very new hospital wing some 7 years
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TerraVision (1994)(joachimsauter.com)
41 points by martyvis 5y ago|12 comments
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by martyvis 5y ago
Actually, OP says here his intent was to deceive - and Jobs picked up on it. https://twitter.com/apartovi/status/1447324896904638467?t=ou...
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by martyvis 5y ago
These are submarine cables (that is, cables installed under the sea) not cables installed or used by submarine boats.
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by martyvis 5y ago
When I started doing telecom related projects in Australia I needed to learn about the protocols and terms. It took ages to figure out that when the US referred to the "central office" what they meant was what we would call an &qu
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by martyvis 5y ago
A nice answer from Harry Bawcom, the Layout Designer: "Q: What do you recall about the lawsuit Motorola filed against MOS Technology? A: I remember part of the Motorola lawsuit was about the speed of creation of the 6502, particularly
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The team behind the chip that launched a revolution – the 6502(team6502.org)
3 points by martyvis 5y ago|1 comments
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by martyvis 5y ago
Back in the early 2000s we were consulting to a lot of universities and other organisations seeking solutions for this. We were helping them deploy middle boxes such as those from Packetshaper, F5 and the like. And because universities had
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by martyvis 5y ago
I'm amazed when people mention getting interstitial ads on YouTube (or I even get confused sometimes when following a link from a website that launched YouTube, but doesn't register my ID). Happy 4+ year YT premium (formerly Googl
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by martyvis 5y ago
The whole paper is discussing bottlenecks, path optimisation between resources, and impacts of those on overall throughout. It's not a simple loadbalancing question being answered
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by martyvis 5y ago
The problem is that every one reuses the same RFC1918 space and this becomes a problem when you join them all together. For instance I discovered this year there is a electronic payments processor here in Australia that uses the 29/8 s
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by martyvis 5y ago
>we had a metal chair get stucked in You mean like this? https://youtu.be/6BBx8BwLhqg
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by martyvis 5y ago
We were using SCR (silicon controlled rectifier) based motor drives in industrial settings at least 35 years ago. (I graduated as an Electrical Engineer in 1985 and were commonly using them then)
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by martyvis 5y ago
The new songs are definitely "ABBA" - Agnetha and Anni-frid are sounding great, and Benny and Bjorn providing that wonderful bouncing accompaniment as always. But I do wonder whether the ABBAtars are crossing that "uncanny va
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by martyvis 5y ago
>The risk of getting that wrong and accidentally destroying billions of dollars of shareholder value Definitely happened for HP when they took on Leo
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by martyvis 5y ago
No, but it can make them visible and willing to be treated. If people cant afford private health care or are unwilling to travel long distances or wait for a long time on a public health waiting list, they might just put up with being untre
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by martyvis 5y ago
A "donkey vote" isn't a vandalised ballot. It's one where you vote by not considering the candidate, but voting by a simple order, usually numbering from top to bottom of the ballot. Usually it is highlighted when an unl
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by martyvis 5y ago
It's great (have it on my Subaru). It is particularly useful at that wet road or drizzle stage when more water comes from other vehicles than the sky. At that level it might wipe only 3 to 6 times a minute. It certainly removes that ov
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by martyvis 5y ago
I'm pretty sure Elon thinks Jeff's Blue Origin is impotent in delivering the technology needed to progress the return to the Moon https://twitter.com/kchangnyt/status/1386787651412451329?s=1...
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Tabcorp's disks damaged by fire suppression system noise in November(itnews.com.au)
3 points by martyvis 5y ago|0 comments
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by martyvis 5y ago
Noise generators tend to be pretty important as they allow you to add complexity to sound synthesis that you can't extract from very determinative wave forms
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by martyvis 5y ago
In Western Sydney (as we were heading to the worst Summer ever with devastating bush fires), this study was saying that just having the right street trees could make a 10 deg. C (18F) difference. https://www.abc.net.au/news&
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by martyvis 5y ago
If I recollect correctly,some of Ingenuity's navigation partly relies on a down looking camera. I hope that all those "sandy ripples" they cross aren't too alike or at a frequency that matches the camera frame rate. This
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by martyvis 5y ago
It looks awful. If they wanted a yoke, why didn't they also just give it a ±90 degree movement have it steer via wire, controlling a solenoid rather that through the shaft? How did the regulators let it pass as it is?

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