samtho

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by samtho 6y ago
Not sure about parent’s case, but I’ve used it for small blog-type applications where the only writes are from me (the admin) creating new entries. The rest is read only and behind caches, cdns, etc. The blog is effectively a singleton. Ana
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by samtho 6y ago
> 2. You are working on more than 1 thing This is so true it’s almost a cliché. Too often have I been in organizations that try to do a little of everything I hoped to eventually find something that sticks and it has almost never worked
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Particle raises $40M Series C to connect the unconnected(medium.com)
3 points by samtho 7y ago|0 comments
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by samtho 7y ago
Those are peodominately used in situations where someone could reach in (via a broken window or space between bars) and simply unlock it. A solid door should not have this type of lock in the US.
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by samtho 8y ago
Cables are subject to breaking (specifically the connectors) and given how hard it is for many phones to listen to music via headphones and charge at the same time, I can see the appeal. Also, jacks are only rated for a limited number of cy
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by samtho 8y ago
Really? Bullshit titles (which are already not taken seriously in tech circles) are the reason? This seems to be a bit of an asinine assumption given their success and track-record.
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by samtho 8y ago
> we have smart people go study things like how much titanium you have in your body rather than solving the actual problem of carb intake Why can't we have both? We have a lot of smart people and the more ideas we have go through th
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by samtho 8y ago
> What is disappointing to me and others in the open source community is that we have zero say over something that we helped build. Github was never a community project; it was never "ours" in that sense. Why should anyone exce
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by samtho 9y ago
There is a lot of "noise" in the datasheet that you wont have to pay much mind to. There are usually examples of circuits buried in there along with pinouts. You can ignore a lot of it if you are doing hobby-level work.
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by samtho 9y ago
I'm from Sacramento. The land that developers built on was formerly designated floodplain (still is a floodplain) but did some trickery to get it cheaply and build houses on it. I believe some rezoning was at play, but regardless, the
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by samtho 9y ago
I wrote one that decodes Wiegand[0] off of GPIO. I ended up not using it because epoll-ing the pins is easier to use from a userspace perspective and fast enough to capture the transmission. I loosely based the kernel module off of one that
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Airplane Mode(nbcnews.com)
1 points by samtho 9y ago|0 comments
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by samtho 9y ago
It is when you need to be somewhere at a specific time or not be sweaty when you get there. There are also areas which lack proper pedestrian infrastructure making it very dangerous to walk.
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by samtho 9y ago
EV is an option for companies that worry about branding - specifically ones that are well-known to do business offline. This extra layer of trust, relayed to the user from the web browser, reinforces the fact that they are on the correct we
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by samtho 9y ago
Assuming your fellow engineers are college educated, you've just invalidated your own point. The required writing has obviously not helped them.
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by samtho 9y ago
Just a guess, but I would be willing to bet that some of these manufactures ensure that the tracking appears outside of normal printable boundaries.
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by samtho 9y ago
> This seems like a critical hack. Is this normal of all (non-ford) cars as well? There is naked access to CAN all over the vehicle, it only firewalls the OBDII port because it's function is primarily to observe the vehicle (error c
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by samtho 9y ago
IMO, ESPN, and related networks, should be its own streaming sports service. Where you can stream live ESPN exclusive stuff, watch teams from out of your viewing area that local channels provide, and watch highlights of past games. I don&#x
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by samtho 9y ago
Link: https://github.com/mholt/caddy
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by samtho 9y ago
That's vote fuzzing you're seeing. It's to prevent people (read: bots) from being able to tell if they are shadowbanned.
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by samtho 9y ago
Yes, this is a huge selling point to the usefulness of npm-shrinkwrap.
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by samtho 9y ago
During 2010-2012, I was part of a startup called Clownfish Media. We basically created something very similar to this and got scary accurate results then. Given how accessible computer vision has become, the image in the tweet comes at no s
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by samtho 9y ago
I would argue they are not. The cost of getting a game to steam is significantly higher than getting an app to a marketplace (Apple, Android, etc) and are meant to last for a much shorter span of time. As others have stated, the cost for ma
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by samtho 10y ago
I am not a layer, but: Innocent until proven guilty, and once the images get out, they are automatically guilty in the eyes of the public. Should any minor get their record sealed when they turn 18, they would still be known to have committ
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by samtho 10y ago
IMO, this really shows the maturity of React as a project and gives me a lot of confidence that working on React apps wont be in vein after another few years. They are able to see pain points and provide solutions to solve them without sacr
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by samtho 10y ago
> Create React App is a thin layer on top of Webpack and Babel. It doesn’t generate the project code for you, but it configures those tools in the recommended way. TIL. I've been manually setting up my own configs for years now, and
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by samtho 10y ago
IBM Bluemix[0] has some good trial offerings, you can always contact them and say you're a hobbyist and they may be able to give you a longer trial. Their IoT platform is pretty cool and you have access to Watson. There is also a surpr
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by samtho 10y ago
From my understanding, this is what XMPP was suppose to be. Problem is the going to be the same evolving IRC: widespread adoption.
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by samtho 10y ago
> is this a way of letting people list their products on fedex.com, or is this a way for sellers to hold their products in a fedex warehouse, sell the items on their own website, then tell fedex where to ship it? This is the way I under
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by samtho 10y ago
Glad it was of help :) Good luck to you. Because I am impatient, I found this page to further fuel my silent rage against the time it take for the state to process anything: http://www.sos.ca.gov/business-programs/busin

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