pixelfarmer

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by pixelfarmer 2y ago
It always comes down to how well you can ventilate. If you can open windows / doors to different sides of a house / building there is usually some natural air flow, and the stronger it is, the faster it will bring CO2 levels down.
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by pixelfarmer 2y ago
It is a tragedy for many things, economical, societal, psychological / sociological; so much human potential being wasted on "busywork".
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by pixelfarmer 2y ago
I wouldn't even be surprised if that systemic issue was known already via smaller incidents and at least one person who pointed that out but got shoved to the wayside because "too expensive" or similar nonsense that is being
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by pixelfarmer 2y ago
I used a primitive setup: Flashlight mounted on camera and "guided" to the back of the negative, so not even remote flashlight because I didn't have that for the camera. I used Darktable for the conversion process and there w
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by pixelfarmer 2y ago
They also have lens sets which have the same external form factor regardless of focal length (i.e. makes it easy to swap, use same filters, etc.) and the lenses are made so the color reproduction of each one in a set is the same as well. An
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by pixelfarmer 2y ago
East Germany ceased to exist in 1990. One of the glasses also shows the Mitropa label: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitropa but it was used on a broader scale. I wouldn't assume that all these "assets"
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by pixelfarmer 2y ago
It is all about metrics and how you bend them to whatever you prefer. However, the more this deviates from actual reality, the more likely reality will eventually show up and bust the show in the most horrible way possible.
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by pixelfarmer 2y ago
The problem at hand is not one of monopoly, but of awareness of what is actual infrastructure and what is not. More and more systems enter the gray area towards becoming full blown infrastructure, but at the same time nothing is done to inc
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by pixelfarmer 2y ago
This whole system was aimed at minimizing the infection rates between students which you won't solve by just opening the windows. Imagine you have some smoker indoors: How do you transport off that cancer inducing poisonous cloud witho
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by pixelfarmer 2y ago
(Close to) No regulation. And because humans have issues restricting themselves and in consequence also don't do that as part of organizations, things are bound to iterate towards the most exploitative money generating business. It hap
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by pixelfarmer 2y ago
> Spoofing a CAN or ARINC429 bus requires physical access. I worked for ages in the automotive industry. Here is the thing: They don't have just one CAN bus, but multiple, connected via gateways that function both as message router
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by pixelfarmer 2y ago
What is NVidia worth beyond the current hype? Are we talking about real value or perceived value?
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by pixelfarmer 2y ago
It is not only that. I remember reading some article where someone did actual measurements. Some of the delays are attributed to just how for example keyboards as such work like amount of movement needed before an electrical keypress signal
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by pixelfarmer 2y ago
The point is not about the basic principles, but how these decisions were made. This is like being a higher up in a company making a call about something, which goes from placing the bet on the wrong horse, political infighting between diff
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by pixelfarmer 2y ago
No, it still applies. You have to think on a higher abstraction level, like components with interfaces between them of sorts. If one of them creates a resource (because this goes far beyond memory allocations which are also only resources),
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by pixelfarmer 2y ago
Yes, that was not intended as such. Thanks!
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by pixelfarmer 2y ago
But that is the fundamental problem behind all of web nowadays: It was initially designed for documents ; there are precursors for this entire HTML stuff (hypercards and similar things). Funnily enough, there existed tech even back then th
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by pixelfarmer 2y ago
These offerings have a very obvious catch: They give you all these nice perks and take care of your family so you have more time for the company. They effectively buy you and your time.
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by pixelfarmer 3y ago
Companies through their usual hierarchical structuring are authoritarian by nature. However, many leaders are no actual leaders, they are just bureaucrats, and that is the reason why things get stuck.
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by pixelfarmer 3y ago
Since the SSD days (I started like 15 years ago with that) I keep a bit of space empty for two reasons: Emergency situations where you may need some extra space and to give SSDs a bit more room to relocate blocks to (they have a certain amo
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by pixelfarmer 3y ago
Just needs a fine grained enough set of parameters that are observed on a system, aka "monitoring", and flag anything that sticks out. No need for "AI" unless the parameters that are monitored have more of a (complex) pa
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by pixelfarmer 3y ago
More specifically: https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2024-april-8
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by pixelfarmer 3y ago
The basic idea behind that is also used in all sorts of networks where you have multiple stations sharing the same medium with everyone being able to freely send stuff. To solve this, if a "collision" is detected, stations then us
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by pixelfarmer 3y ago
Wasn't there an article here on HN more recently? Anyway, check out https://semiengineering.com/the-rising-price-of-power-in-chi... which also describes a few issues with actual chip aging. That may explain why Intel f
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by pixelfarmer 3y ago
I have a couple books here that carry terms like DO-178C, ISO 26262, IEC 62304 and so on on their covers. All that paperwork, all these processes, all that has a single reason: To make doubly^N sure that humans, who love to do all sorts of
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by pixelfarmer 3y ago
> If I had trillions like google does, I'd invest in hiring a whole bunch of humans to curate a search index that is actually useful. Curated and sorted link lists were a big thing back in the early days of the WWW. So ... back to t
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by pixelfarmer 3y ago
The problem is always communication because it is the means to cooperate. The root of many issues in software development is the simple fact that instead of letting the required communication pathways define the organization, it is the orga
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by pixelfarmer 3y ago
It was pressure from airlines to not have to retrain pilots, because that costs them money and whatnot. And in almost all cases when it comes to Boeing, the 737, and further issues, these airlines are also involved.
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by pixelfarmer 3y ago
We will run into all sorts of issues. For example, there are already subscription models for cars. Want a seat heating? Nice! US$9.99 per month, only! Chips can be printed on flexible plastics for years, but we are approaching sizes now tha
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by pixelfarmer 3y ago
Most people don't care for a simple reason: As long as these things are not in their way, they certainly don't care. That changes as soon as such stuff presents obstacles, which can start simply by such tech causing issues for the

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