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by wcfields 3y ago
From my use cases: NDI Video
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by wcfields 3y ago
If we lived in a just, and virtuous world we'd all be using cheap coaxial cables with BNC connectors via whatever version of SDI is the highest bit rate.
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by wcfields 3y ago
Have to imagine that the niche market for making 40F/4C "cold" water from luke-warm tap water (if you live in an area that is so hot the tap water is warm) is fairly small.
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by wcfields 3y ago
How could you figure it out if you’re using Boeing surplus carbon fiber that’s past its shelf life. [1] Your data will be all over the place from surplus to surplus sale. [1] https://www.insider.com/oceangate-ceo-said-titan-
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by wcfields 3y ago
> the 'titanic tourism carnival ride' business model. That was more marketing; the main biz model was to create enough buzz with the oil/gas industry to get bootstrapped and produce a product fleet of cheap subs for indepe
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by wcfields 3y ago
I built one of these for a client a few years ago. Bought 10 refurb T2i kits and this software to stitch it together: https://www.breezesys.com/ Here's it in action from: https://insidethemagic.net/2017
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by wcfields 3y ago
New addictions post bariatric surgery is fairly common. Gambling for instance [1] replaces food. [1] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332884264_Gambling_...
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by wcfields 3y ago
There is a brand that has no added sugar that I believe the poster up thread is mentioning based upon the ingredients. It's ok, but honestly tastes a little like just thick tomato sauce, could be a little more fermented/more vineg
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by wcfields 3y ago
What's crazy is that they sell waaaay more configurations of the Fit for the Japanese market [1], even a "Crosstar" trim level with 4wd + hybrid! [2]. A real shame they discontinued the Fit in the North American market, I wou
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by wcfields 3y ago
Kinda a trickle down: A handful of us were laid off in Feb from a global advertising agency's SF office. They had a lot of notable SF clients including a well known bank in the area that made some headlines, so ya know... A few other t
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by wcfields 4y ago
Similarly, their reporting sucks and is years behind Meta and Google. No APIs, and can't give really any geo delivery data.
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by wcfields 4y ago
It's a straight up nightmare to move email providers. Especially if you have an office environment built around GDocs, Gmail and trying to get people to move to Office365.
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by wcfields 4y ago
> Android and everything it stands for. Bloat. Virtually every android everything is so bloated that the underlying chip speed gains are rendered useless.
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by wcfields 4y ago
I'm here for the games, possible to have a fully loaded one with ti-calc.org conenction?
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by wcfields 4y ago
> Viewship is an easy metric to collect but it ignores perceived value At a previous analytics job we were working for our client, one of the larger streaming platforms as were trying to quantify value, and more importantly attribution.
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by wcfields 4y ago
Hey, have you ever thought of why even the $149 Black Friday loss-leader no-name-brand TVs all have Amazon Fire, Roku, or are now "Smart" in some way? Certainly isn't because they need to incentivise you to connect it to the
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by wcfields 4y ago
I installed 400a service on my 1100sqft home. I was getting solar installed, and my panel had to be updated anyway from an old fire-trap Zinsco. I asked the company how much more to do a 400a service and they said $500 more so I went for it
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by wcfields 4y ago
> more SRO-style housing Which has been evaporating more and more. There used to be tons of them in SF and LA and now it's been severely reduced. This style of housing at least housed the "upper" level of destitute/po
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by wcfields 4y ago
So, then the main purpose of stablecoins is crime.
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by wcfields 4y ago
Timing is right before their largest conference in Las Vegas next week on the 17th, Cloud World[1] [1] https://www.oracle.com/cloudworld/
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by wcfields 4y ago
Love the foreshadowing of it being a total flop from the launch exhibition: https://twitter.com/AllGamesDelta_/status/119683308108220416... "Remember when Google compared Stadia with the Powerglove, Atari ET
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by wcfields 4y ago
I had a buddy [1] that worked in the kitchen at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station for a few seasons in 2012-2014. From what he told me: The internet works at certain times of the day at different bandwidths depending on the satellite. I thi
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by wcfields 4y ago
> ban cash Well, it's not banned, but over $10k USD in cash you need to fill out an IRS form 8300 [1] precisely to curb criminal use of cash. (Although I'd argue it should be upped and pegged to inflation as 10k isn't what
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by wcfields 4y ago
Sharepoint is similarly entrenched at DOE when I worked with them in 2009. Any project that gets a bid contract can't say specifically that it must use Sharepoint, but the requirements will be written in such a way that Sharepoint is
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by wcfields 4y ago
My prediction is that there'll be a growing business of vulchers putting in pay-per-use chargers in large apartment buildings that the landlord gets a kickback on, much like overpriced washer/dryers.
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by wcfields 4y ago
In SoCal I pay, at most, 28¢/kWh, but usually ~20¢/kWh with Time of Use [1]. You configure the car and/or EVSE to only charge at night when electricity is cheapest. [1] https://www.ladwp.com/ladwp/faces&#
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by wcfields 4y ago
They'll end of failing Smog checks and eventually be sold to Arizona and/or driven over into Mexico. In Baja cars with California plates and long expired registration tags aren't too uncommon.
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by wcfields 4y ago
I noticed that abroad too that no one batted an eye at using a credit card for tiny transactions worth ~$2, but in the US an independent merchant would either have a $10 minimum or charge a ¢50 fee or both.
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by wcfields 4y ago
In California the coin-op air/water are a scam. They'll take your money, but if you ask the attendant they can turn it on from the booth. Some may even have a secret button on the side to turn them on [1]. Unfortunately for EVs, t
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by wcfields 4y ago
When one does that, America usually is punitive against your nation in retaliation.

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