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by metaphor 5y ago
I offer 3 different reasons why FPGAs might make sense to consider: 1. (general) application reconfigurability where the benefits of SRAM performance, integrated hard IP, fabric real estate, and/or cycle-accurate RTL control cannot b
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by metaphor 5y ago
This talk struck me as conflicting in a sort of have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too kind of way. The wrinkles part[1] summarizes a lot of what this individual is advocating. Paraphrasing (with equivalent liberal handwaving of details as the talk
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by metaphor 5y ago
I admittedly fail to see how that Twitter remark survives a naive sanity check[1]. What am I missing here? [1] https://github.com/hzoo
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by metaphor 6y ago
It's difficult to imagine how the underlying fault here is anything other than a latch-up[1] event, likely manifesting on a upstream controller/supervisory chip in the power distribution chain. The description of this "flea p
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Bruce Springsteen and Barack Obama Launch New Podcast on Spotify: Listen(pitchfork.com)
2 points by metaphor 6y ago|0 comments
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by metaphor 6y ago
> Just because E.E. or C.E. degree courses mention a topic, doesn't mean that topic all of a sudden becomes exclusive to them. What country did/do you study in? In the US, a research university intro course offering that&#x27
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by metaphor 6y ago
National labs are indeed above the DoD average, but NAWCAD isn't a state-run university either. High probability this clown was compensated in a pay band[1] that spans the equivalent of GS-12/13 for the locality[2]. [1] https:&#x
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by metaphor 6y ago
> It calls them "alimentary paste." Citation? The article doesn't mention "alimentary paste" anywhere, so your remark comes off as assertive, yet I couldn't find traceability to this term in what I believe
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by metaphor 6y ago
> Now the question: how often do these increase? With respect to .io renewal on Gandi.net based on personal records: US$35.00/yr through 2018 US$38.00/yr (+8.6%) into 2019 US$42.18/yr (+11%) into 2021 If I rec
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Synology 2021 and Beyond(event.synology.com)
16 points by metaphor 6y ago|10 comments
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by metaphor 6y ago
I apparently didn't catch the part of your previous remark where you alluded to the value of your car, but to be fair, the car insurance industry isn't both heavily regulated and immensely profitable because most people truly unde
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by metaphor 6y ago
I'm not familiar with how EU/UK differentiates "personal liability" from "3rd party liability" and what all that entails. The parent said: > $50 a month for liability ...so I presumed a resident of the US.
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by metaphor 6y ago
> Pleasantly tolerable fee for a day where my car hits black ice and physics takes the wheel Hope that day doesn't come because, ironically, liability won't cover your losses. It may, in full or part, cover the incidental los
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by metaphor 6y ago
The parent assumes that word wrap, a feature we take for granted today, is even a thing in the editors/terminals of legacy systems that this 80-character rule likely targets.
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by metaphor 6y ago
You've summarily conflated a signal's fundamental frequency with the significant harmonic contributions of its edges. Take a moment to review ISA v2.01 spec[1] § 10.4: > To minimize crosstalk between signals and bus reflection
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by metaphor 6y ago
Err...the only thing "modern" about this is you can purchase/fabricate one using new material and components in active production. If a modern cell phone integrated those SMT packages, it'd be the size of a brick, and th
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by metaphor 6y ago
Video of the talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KClAPipnKqw
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by metaphor 6y ago
Why was this marked dupe? It's a lot more interesting and informative than the OG announcement.
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by metaphor 6y ago
Throwing KVM switching and spreadsheet review into the bag of real world considerations.
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by metaphor 6y ago
> Not really that important. +/-50% is no big deal. By your anecdotal judgement, sure. But for the rest of industry proper that actually cares about quantitative objectivity, there's ASTA Method 21.3 which supplants "tra
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by metaphor 6y ago
If you don't already have the sort of corporate hookup that the author has (R&S test gear on an ESD mat smells pretty telltale), then plan on throwing down at least another US$3K for a Quartus Prime Standard[1][2] license to PNR th
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by metaphor 6y ago
Agreed, and brings back fond memories. Elephant Butte and Ruidoso were some of my most memorable camping trips as a young adult. The first time I drove solo for more than an hour was out of Alamogordo to visit a friend in Albuquerque; I nev
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by metaphor 6y ago
Worth noting that processed meat here[1]: > ...refers to meat that has been transformed through salting, curing, fermentation, smoking, or other processes to enhance flavour or improve preservation. So this isn't just hot dogs,
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by metaphor 6y ago
Voltaire's perspective[1] struck me as more compelling: > To-day people complain of a surfeit: but it is not for readers to complain; the remedy is easy; nothing forces them to read. It is not any the more for authors to complain.
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by metaphor 6y ago
DARPA Spectrum Collaboration Challenge[1] spent 3 years exploring this space with SDR + AI in a gamified way[2] and announced its winner last year[3]. [1] https://www.darpa.mil/program/spectrum-collaboration-challen...
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by metaphor 6y ago
I personally don't even like Amazon and have almost completely severed personal market ties to them, but GTFO with "investing right back". How's that $200MM O365 performing for your enterprise, Navy? Oh, you mean you can
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by metaphor 6y ago
With respect to HPD, one contributing factor per DP 1.1a § 5.1.4: > There is no mandatory time constraint on the Source Device’s response to a plug / re-plug event, but a Source Device vendor may want to impose a voluntary constrai
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by metaphor 6y ago
> Where is "trickle power" supposed to come from? DisplayPort also mandates that DP_PWR not be connected by cables (only intended for adapters / dongles, see § 4.2.1.1 and Figure 4-23). The answer seems to me unambiguous
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by metaphor 6y ago
...and I now see your response[1] to an equivalent question. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24359220 Looking at the normative language of the early DP v1.1a § 3.3 Hot Plug/Unplug Detect Circuitry : > The
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by metaphor 6y ago
> The DisplayPort spec mandates that operating systems have to throw a huge temper tantrum and garble your desktop and windows when you disconnect or turn off a display. Sounds colorful. Can you cite the requirement and revision of the

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