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by tomstokes 10y ago
> I don't understand the real value in this. They take a bunch of BGA parts + passives and put the dies in a bigger BGA that approaches the same PCB area? It's like DRY (don't repeat yourself) for embedded systems. This pa
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by tomstokes 11y ago
Luxul | Draper, UT | JavaScript front-end engineer | ONSITE We build top quality network hardware: high-throughput routers, high-power wireless access points, and managed switches. I'm looking for an ambitious JavaScript front-end engi
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Speed reading promises are too good to be true, scientists find(sciencedaily.com)
1 points by tomstokes 11y ago|0 comments
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by tomstokes 11y ago
The US National Archives Flickr account has the whole photo set (356 photos) available here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/usnationalarchives/sets/721576...
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by tomstokes 11y ago
This is a good study, but it's important to understand that the study results [1] don't really contradict much of our current understanding of serotonin-related antidepressant activity. If you read through the actual study, you&#x
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Double-Dip: Using the latest IE 0-day to get RCE and an ASLR Bypass(h30499.www3.hp.com)
1 points by tomstokes 12y ago|0 comments
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by tomstokes 13y ago
Before anyone considers experimenting with Donepezil or other acetylcholinesterase inhibitors in hopes of enhancing their learning, it should be noted that there are plenty of unknowns and a few serious concerns around altering the choline
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by tomstokes 13y ago
The takeaway from this article is that hoarding cash is not a good store of wealth, and that the key to long-term wealth is to acquire net income generating assets. Great points for sure, but I strongly disagree with his assertions that sav
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by tomstokes 13y ago
Perhaps the most fascinating part of this letter is observing people's reactions to it. In the letter, the author goes so far as to admit that s/he is and always will be a psychopath without a sense of guilt or remorse toward othe
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by tomstokes 13y ago
A fun endeavor for sure and I like that he measured before & after results for comparison, but I'm not convinced that he made a real improvement. He notes that he saw "a 1db increase in downstream levels occurred along with a
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by tomstokes 14y ago
This is a very misleading Kickstarter. They open with a graphic containing logos for 10+ different wireless protocols (including WiFi!), but the board itself only supports a fraction of those. It has pads for two RFM12B module, a Z-Wave mod
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by tomstokes 14y ago
Very interesting perspective into the shortcomings of our military system. The article is worth reading through, but in summary: The author suggests that our drawn-out, meandering wars are the result of a perverse incentive system among the
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by tomstokes 14y ago
Summary: TCP throughput drops dramatically when packet loss is present. This technique uses forward error correction to compensate for packet loss, resulting in higher effective throughput over lossy links. Many WiFi and cellular connection
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by tomstokes 14y ago
From what I can gather, the White House didn't explicitly ask for the clip to be removed. Rather, they suggested the clip might violate YouTube's own terms of service. From the article: > White House officials had asked Google earlier o
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by tomstokes 14y ago
This move is sure to upset the Hacker News and tech enthusiast crowds. After all, who wants to pay full price for a product that continues to deliver ads to you? The tacit contract across the web is that free == ad supported , while paid
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by tomstokes 14y ago
The mounting holes alone make this new revision worth waiting for. It's also nice to see the additional GPIO output which can be used either as an additional I2C bus or used for I2S (digital audio) output. The latter should be very useful f
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by tomstokes 14y ago
Look at it this way: A good "business guy" is going to be a shrewd negotiator, using every trick in the book to maximize the value of your company in every deal. S/he will go to great lengths to make your company look bigger, more capable,
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by tomstokes 14y ago
Flock uses new battery-friendly location technology and sophisticated algorithms to magically know which of your Facebook friends you are with when photos are taken. My bet is that they're using the background significant
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by tomstokes 14y ago
This is a very poor (and misleading) comparison. First, the author admits that the Gigabit ethernet link was the bottleneck for the Xeon system, capping it at a mere 15% CPU utilization. However, he goes on to use published TDP numbers as t
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by tomstokes 14y ago
Very exciting to see the price of full frame cameras coming down toward more affordable levels. Of course, the camera body is only one half of the equation. DSLR Lenses that can properly cover a full-frame sensor are still going to be expen
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by tomstokes 14y ago
From my experience, this notion of martyrdom is only common among startup CEOs at companies that haven't yet gain traction or found their own success. Self-validation is easy to come by when your company is a success. When things aren't goi
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by tomstokes 14y ago
This design is explicitly not open source. From the linked page: NO SCHEMATIC: Because YoYoDyne is taking considerable financial risk to produce an unproven DAC in relatively high volume, it’s not reasonable to have it be open source (see
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by tomstokes 15y ago
Good question. The Space Monkey software mitigates these issues in two ways: First, all data is carefully encrypted before it ever leaves the user's Space Monkey device for replication across the network. This is obviously a key concern for