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by westbywest 9y ago
Indeed, and I'd expect ATM's fixed packet size to make for more manageable flow control over variable (and simultaneous) pipes.
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by westbywest 9y ago
Nothing is going to measure pencil marks perfectly, but scantron technology is decades old. Sloppy pencil usage wouldn't inhibit manual inspection of paper ballots, e.g. during a recount, but one does have to define some expected thre
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by westbywest 9y ago
The article mentions optical-scan machines, i.e. machines that tally paper ballots.
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by westbywest 9y ago
Indeed touchscreen voting machines have well documented security flaws, but the article mentions optical-scan machines by ES&S. That is, machines that scan paper ballots. Paper ballots would be reviewed by humans during recounts, or i
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by westbywest 9y ago
This installation gives a better intuitive sense of field strength, e.g. emissions still strong enough to cause fluorescence dozens of meters away. I'm curious how Sturgeon's visualizations would appear around household appliance
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by westbywest 9y ago
Mark Kurlansky's rather fascinating book "Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World" asserts Basque fisherman were working the banks off North America possibly even before Vikings began their exploration. https:&#
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by westbywest 9y ago
Today sure was an odd time for that NBC news story to turn into 404. (Cached version still on Google, as of this writing.)
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by westbywest 9y ago
Indeed the 24GHz and 60GHz gear has its unique rain fade issues not shared by 5.8GHz. Increased atmospheric attenuation of higher bands is the general trade-off for higher throughput and more compact physical isolation requirements. UBNT
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by westbywest 9y ago
The decreased propagation time through air vs glass likely wouldn't yield latency improvement in relevant orders of magnitude. The primary benefit is cost reduction. Erecting a few towers with optical relays over high points in terrai
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by westbywest 9y ago
Fallback to other unlicensed bands like 24GHz or 60GHz would probably work better. The higher frequencies at least retain a compact dish size, smaller fresnel zone, and sharper directionality. That is, imagine hanging several of these opt
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by westbywest 9y ago
AG published a form for reporting fake comments: https://ag.ny.gov/fakecomments-form
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by westbywest 9y ago
Hi Mr. Schneiderman: If the FCC publishes rules intended to repeal NN and Title-II regulations, as is expected, will your office petition Congress to invoke is powers via the Congressional Review Act, to consider overturning said rules? Th
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by westbywest 9y ago
Here is the form the NY AG published. Once the FCC search results finally load (may take a couple mins, or more), you'd need to click on your name under the "Top Filers" box to the left. The first batch of search results do
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by westbywest 9y ago
You can get a good idea of the signal path to the antenna mounts with the photo provided, especially the photo visible via the underlying link to dx.com. Trace width would be set to match desired impedance (e.g. 50Ohm), generous spacing fr
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by westbywest 9y ago
Indeed, my understanding is that neither iOS or Android provide reasonable access to adhoc or 802.11s modes on their wifi chipset. I gather MeshKit is deploying its mesh topology through tunnels, somewhat abstracted from whichever phy.
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by westbywest 9y ago
Yikes, their case study showing a map with pinpoints for DNC protestors in Philadelphia is an alarming illustration of the capacity for these peer-to-peer comms apps to be abused. I wonder if the FireChat participants at the time were awar
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by westbywest 9y ago
VPN tunnels that go over port 443 SSL are difficult to throttle w/o affecting other services. They'd have to throttle by destination address, which can be more complex when available VPN endpoints are geographically distributed.
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by westbywest 9y ago
The reasoning I understand is that it enables the sort of monopolistic practices that historically have been restricted. Offering $20/mo "Facebook only" or $10/mo "Just email for Grandma" plans has providers c
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by westbywest 9y ago
The licenses tradesmen carry also tend to be paired with some sort of insurance or bond to back up the fitness of their work. Were it my plumber's license and liability coverage, for example, I'd be hesitate to approve a sweated
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by westbywest 9y ago
A substantial factor in licensed tradespersons' ability to collect the wages they get is that many situations require the work be done by a license holder. For example electrical or plumbing repairs done to satisfy a building code vio
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by westbywest 9y ago
Thank you very much for this perspective from a smaller ISP. Regulation specifically written to address the worst practices of the largest actors in a market can indeed place disproportionate burden on the smaller players. I.e. regulation
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by westbywest 9y ago
I had the fortune to see Wes Jackson from the Land Institute give a presentation about his research breeding prairie grass attributes back into cereals. He explained the goal of developing perennial hybrids that could make agriculture somew
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by westbywest 9y ago
I read that particles in the radiation belts have been observed with large concentrations in the in keV range, peaking into MeV range. Impacting particles from the sun can be orders of magnitude higher. https://www-spof.gsfc.na
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by westbywest 9y ago
The transmission facilities that broadcast VLF to submarines do so in the 100-1000 KW range, with the facilities' actual power consumption likely being at least 150% that value. On the assumption most of this power is derived from fos
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by westbywest 9y ago
Besides the reasons already explained why (moisture-resistant) paper still works better for the location than electronic pads, I'm guessing refinement would still be welcome in more cheaply/quickly printing new paper diagrams on d
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by westbywest 9y ago
They'd definitely cause more damage, however.
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by westbywest 9y ago
Likewise for non-state actors. If they have access to your physical person, most security provisions become pointless. https://xkcd.com/538/
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by westbywest 9y ago
Still do. The ICE derailment at Eschede, for example, started with a tyre peeling off a wheel at speed.
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by westbywest 9y ago
This article focuses on inventive ways to replace mechanical plants typical to large multi-story structures. It overlooks the mechanized power that would still be needed to grow and deliver food necessary to sustain that population density
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by westbywest 9y ago
As mentioned in the below comment, the author buried the probable lede: most of the time transmission is a placeholder to discourage others from using the band. During exceptional circumstances (as defined by the station's operator), i

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