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by pro_zac 8y ago
I'll have to check that out. Along the same lines are Lore and Criminal.
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by pro_zac 8y ago
"The Idea Factory" while focused on Bell Labs, gives a pretty broad history of the birth of digital electronics and the start of everything from digital encoding of data to cellular networks and satellite communication.
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by pro_zac 8y ago
After using the Comfort Keyboard system [1] for about 10 years, I made the switch to the Koolertron split keyboard [2]. I'm a huge fan of having the left spacebar programmed to backspace. It comes with extra key caps so you can make th
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by pro_zac 8y ago
That makes sense. So it is better to have freezers running in a store you are trying to heat up than one you are trying to cool. I had it completely backward.
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by pro_zac 8y ago
Not totally on topic, but the thing that shocks me as ridiculously inefficient is huge freezer aisles in grocery stores in cold climates. They heat the store and then cool the freezers. Can't they just pump in outside air? Granted this
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by pro_zac 8y ago
I stumbled across a great Spotify feature the other day. If you right click on a playlist, there is an option called "Create similar playlist". I did this with a playlist I had created from a bunch of random tracks. It basically w
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by pro_zac 8y ago
What resources are you using to learn?
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by pro_zac 8y ago
I can't recycle pizza boxes? Our recycling bins are mixed anyway (glass, paper, plastics, aluminium). Why "discard the batch"? Aren't they already sorting them?
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by pro_zac 8y ago
Exactly. Sometimes I realize my plan is no good. It takes a lot of clicking to start over.
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by pro_zac 8y ago
This is great! I've been reading up on low level logic during long builds at work. Any chance you could add a clear all button?
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by pro_zac 8y ago
Agreed. I've tried several times to use google maps with bluetooth headphones on my bike in London. Unlike in the states, the roads are never straight for very long and there are lots of roundabouts. If you take a wrong exit, it will r
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by pro_zac 8y ago
I recently watched a video of Kevin Horton discussing creation of the Super NT, SNES on an FPGA. He mentions doing the same for the N64 would be extremely difficult. It's not gonna change the world, but it would be a fun challenge to t
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by pro_zac 8y ago
That's great! You could secretly give some teams the same idea and compare approaches and results afterward.
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by pro_zac 8y ago
I'm a huge fan of the series of Ultimate talks from C3 conferences. The Ultimate Game Boy Talk https://media.ccc.de/v/33c3-8029-the_ultimate_game_boy_talk The Ultimate Apollo Guidance Computer Talk https:/&#
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by pro_zac 8y ago
Someone didn't check their work before pushing to production.
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by pro_zac 8y ago
"The video below demonstrates an attacker remotely launching the Windows calculator app on a fully patched version of Windows 10." So devious!
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by pro_zac 8y ago
Summoning Salt - I'm hooked on his video game speed-run world record progressions. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtUbO6rBht0daVIOGML3c8w Retro Game Mechanics Explained https://www.youtube.com/ch
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Ask HN: Tips and resources for learning video DSP
1 points by pro_zac 8y ago|0 comments
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by pro_zac 8y ago
"This is Water", a commencement speech by David Foster Wallace. Whenever I'm overwhelmed with life, stressed about work or relationships or whatever, I read this. I keep it in the kindle app on my phone specifically for that
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by pro_zac 8y ago
‘We have no idea whatsoever what we are doing,’ seems like a poor choice of words to ease concerns about the delay.
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RED’s $1,200 holographic display Hydrogen One smartphone delayed until August(theverge.com)
1 points by pro_zac 8y ago|1 comments
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by pro_zac 9y ago
I played it on a NEC 286! Learned a lot about engines playing it.
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by pro_zac 9y ago
I've found the key to being an effective tech lead is to look at the team as an extension of yourself. As a senior engineer there is only so much you can do. Given the right team, you can do much more. This requires you do the planning
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by pro_zac 9y ago
There should be a write protect for the EDID on displays. A display I was working with didn't have the write protect enabled and my Nvidia graphics card decided to overwrite the EDID for me. Had to reprogram it before my PC would recog
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by pro_zac 9y ago
The news video in the original post also says bicyclist. Speed limit goes up to 45 mph just before the bridge.
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by pro_zac 9y ago
Still paywalled. Forwards to same url.
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by pro_zac 9y ago
It has a ton of listings! Maybe they were updating it earlier. https://www.magicleap.com/careers
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by pro_zac 9y ago
This approach makes a lot of sense. Where people really need help is bike sizing and fitting. What size bike do I order? How do I adjust it to fit me? Bike manufacturers will list a height range for each frame size on their website. You wil
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by pro_zac 9y ago
It is an American bank thing. When I use my American Visa card in the UK, I still get asked to sign. They end up not having a pen because locals never need to sign. I started using apple pay to avoid this. Contactless payment is much more p