wombat_trouble

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by wombat_trouble 4y ago
I'm not sure what you're saying... there is a clear benefit to perfboard and protoboards: they let you prototype instantly, without waiting for PCBs to be manufactured. An earlier critique of that approach was that some parts are
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by wombat_trouble 4y ago
Arduino never made sense as far as technical specs go. You could always buy more capable and compatible AVR microcontrollers for one tenth the price. In the past decade, the disparity has gotten more dramatic as 8-bit chips have gotten even
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by wombat_trouble 4y ago
I'd wager that 99% of Arduino enthusiasts (and a good percentage of industrial hw engineers...) do not have a habit of using power save modes on bare metal.
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by wombat_trouble 4y ago
You can use surface-mount-to-DIP breakout boards. They add a buck or two per part, but that's generally OK for prototyping.
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by wombat_trouble 4y ago
Best in what sense? This is automating outrage. While it's framed as a helpful tool for tweet authors, it's clearly a ruse. Come on, it even comes with an "expose tweet" button, so that you can cancel others without the
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by wombat_trouble 4y ago
Every other home in the US isn't up to code. The code changes over time and governs all kinds of mundane things that you as a homeowner don't pay attention to (and shouldn't be forced to). Not being compliant doesn't mak
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by wombat_trouble 4y ago
I mean, it's a reasonable career choice. Practical downsides: considerably lower pay right now compared to a job at FAANG, although certainly nothing to sneeze at. A profession regulated far more than necessary, similarly to many other
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by wombat_trouble 4y ago
We're already harvesting less than we can or should, essentially for political reasons. faster-growing varieties on the loose seem like a way to make the PNW even more flammable.
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by wombat_trouble 4y ago
> “I am not a bot/intelligence services construct/foreign troll masquerading as an citizen etc.”. Is a pretty valuable service for the network. It is valuable to Facebook to maintain a healthy pltform. But is it really worth $1
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by wombat_trouble 4y ago
If Getty wins this one, you win as a photographer. If they lose, you lose. They might be a shitty company, but in this instance, your interests align...
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Anomalous Tokens in ChatGPT(lesswrong.com)
3 points by wombat_trouble 4y ago|0 comments
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by wombat_trouble 4y ago
Oh come on. I'm excited about new technologies and I think that image generation can be a net positive for the society, but can we not do that? First, we had people confidently asserting that stuff of this sort absolutely can't ha
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by wombat_trouble 4y ago
I see invented texture and layering here: https://yager.io/comp/mi.jpeg
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by wombat_trouble 4y ago
"Real" cameras do a lot of postprocessing too, but it's generally oriented at producing faithful results. They might remove unambiguous and correctable issues such as vignetting or lens distortion, but they don't cross t
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by wombat_trouble 4y ago
For all the hate Microsoft regularly gets, they are pretty amazing about that: I have ancient software that still runs fine on Windows 11 through layers upon layers of compatibility libraries baked into the OS. I'm sure it's costi
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by wombat_trouble 4y ago
> It makes me wonder why Aliexpress doesn't have more warehouses in the US My guess would be liability. A lot of what's sold on Aliexpress is... questionable. Fakes, products that are patently unsafe or don't meet US regul
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Data operand dependent timing on Intel and Arm CPUs(openwall.com)
7 points by wombat_trouble 4y ago|1 comments
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by wombat_trouble 4y ago
This is a popular take, but I found relatively little difference in how my bank handles CC and debit card fraud. In both cases, they credited the disputed amount to me right away. Not that it buys you much; there's plenty of small &#x2
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by wombat_trouble 4y ago
It doesn't work that way. An LLC is governed by an operating agreement, and that agreement can specify what actions needs approval from whom. You can have an LLC that is owned by one person and managed by another, and yet another party
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by wombat_trouble 4y ago
What would that accomplish? Most LLCs are created (incorporated) by a lawyer who then cedes control to the intended owners. Even if you had a requirement for a US person, you'd just have figureheads collecting some nominal salary. Plen
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by wombat_trouble 4y ago
There definitely is a tendency for hobby photographers to amass gear to the point where it gets in the way of taking photos (and then ditch most of it when they get older and wiser). That said, yeah - the article is half good advice, half s
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by wombat_trouble 4y ago
There is this rather cute "intent laundering" ecosystem surrounding this work. Starting with Common Crawl, which uses the "we're not collecting anything, we're just a list of URLs" excuse to reject removal requ
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by wombat_trouble 4y ago
Anecdotally, I know a good number of people "in the trades" and in tech, and the incidence of serious health issues around the age of 40-50 appears much higher in the tech group. I think it's different for "unskilled&quo