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by swamp40 12y ago
And your story reminds me of a story my dad used to tell about one deer season when they spotted a huge buck. Someone shot and it shot both of the deer's front legs right off, but it amazingly it hopped into the woods using only it
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by swamp40 12y ago
Um, what about Solyndra? I think a billion dollars went down the drain there.
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by swamp40 12y ago
Yes, but if you were tasked with designing the epoxy that was going to be used in every IC everywhere, I would hope that you would go through the extra effort of adding dyes that were specifically opaque to UV and IR.
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by swamp40 12y ago
My money is still on an electromagnetically coupled pulse onto either the 3.3V or ground rail. I have seen that happen plenty of times, but I have never seen a light flash disrupt a power rail like that. I'm not saying it couldn&#x2
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by swamp40 12y ago
A xenon tube is a spark gap. If there's anything in this world noisier than a spark gap, I don't know what it is. I think the first radio transmitters were spark gaps. The energy flies thru the air, and is coupled onto the power l
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by swamp40 12y ago
I think you might be better off a) finding and contacting an original mfg who still has the tooling, or b) making some kind of adapter board by pulling the pins from a DB25 and soldering them onto a pcb. I wouldn't be shocked if you pa
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Here's the new trailer for season two of HBO's 'Silicon Valley'(businessinsider.com)
7 points by swamp40 12y ago|0 comments
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by swamp40 12y ago
No dongle jokes, please...
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by swamp40 12y ago
TempoDB changed their name to TempoIQ, and is on the list. Opternative is on the list.
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by swamp40 12y ago
* >> The Arduino “IDE” barely beats notepad.exe in functionality and project management.* You say that like it's a bad thing.
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by swamp40 12y ago
>> I wonder if the data takes into account the companies that incorporate in DE. Yes, in fact they use it as a data point. So if you have a short techie name, an office in Menlo Park, and incorporate in DE, you are practically assu
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by swamp40 12y ago
I cannot decide if that Soundcloud laugh was completely distracting, or whether it improved the storytelling.
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by swamp40 12y ago
Let me play devil's advocate here and suggest a few reasons why bypassing this "minor hydraulic sensor" might not be the smartest move. 1) Someone might get hurt. 2) Some really expensive part of the machine might get damag
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by swamp40 12y ago
>> I make robots in Chicago and sell them on Tindie. So, let's say now you need 10,000 of them. For 1/4 the price. Delivered next month. That's where Shenzhen starts looking really nice. Especially if you've al
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by swamp40 12y ago
Are there any new advantages or opportunities for Bolt portfolio companies?
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Even cockroaches have different personalities, scientists find(theguardian.com)
1 points by swamp40 12y ago|0 comments
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There's a mysterious Apple van driving around San Francisco(sfgate.com)
1 points by swamp40 12y ago|0 comments
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by swamp40 12y ago
Because if someone had asked "What if it lands in the shade?" before it actually landed in the shade, maybe this could have been prevented.
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by swamp40 12y ago
It sounds to me like her editor thought the flashbacks to Scout's childhood were the best part of the unfinished book - so as you said, she pivoted to the good stuff.
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by swamp40 12y ago
I wonder why "Apple" is whited out? The "Staff" page pretty much gives it away.
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by swamp40 12y ago
L21 just released. I wonder if the Arduino Zero was waiting for this chip before they started production, instead of the G21 that is shown on the Arduino Zero pictures? Here is a cool video from CES showing one powered by a cup of hot coffe
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Setting a New Low Power Standard for ARM Cortex-M0+ Based Microcontrollers(atmel.com)
1 points by swamp40 12y ago|1 comments
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by swamp40 12y ago
Perhaps people don't take it seriously because it sounds a lot like "double secret probation"?
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by swamp40 12y ago
Unfortunately, it looks like Philae is destined to become the poster child for the continued use of radioisotope thermal generators (RTG's) in spacecraft (especially landers).
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This Forgotten Day in S.F.: San Francisco's Former Name?(sfgate.com)
2 points by swamp40 12y ago|0 comments
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by swamp40 12y ago
The thing that has been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. ~ Ecclesiastes 1:9 George Glass: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2egRZia504
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by swamp40 12y ago
Well, it's about monetization . Nobody's going to give them $40M if there is no conceivable way to get their money back.
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Sunnyvale tech firm co-founder charged with killing ex-wife's new husband(mercurynews.com)
1 points by swamp40 12y ago|0 comments
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by swamp40 12y ago
The widely varying current needs of microcontrollers as they transition from wake to sleep and back again can be difficult to estimate accurately. Here is a simple trick we use to measure average current consumption on our battery powered
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Case study: measuring power consumption of wireless systems (iCub robot)(community.arm.com)
1 points by swamp40 12y ago|1 comments

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