xilinx_guy

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by xilinx_guy 4y ago
Permalink archive: https://archive.ph/AxQn9
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by xilinx_guy 4y ago
Montreal (white) engineer here: I've been working as an FPGA guy here in Canada for 30 years, and black programmers and engineers are as rare as hens teeth up here. I have met only 2 or 3 over the span of 3 decades and there are zero
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by xilinx_guy 5y ago
Sort of bubble... if we look at other countries like Zimbabwe that had hyperinflation, their stock market inflated along with the currency, more or less keeping the same values. At least until the government in Zimbabwe shut down the marke
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by xilinx_guy 5y ago
It's hard to credit "mass hysterical brain damage" as being real. Nor are these ultrasound attacks. Ultrasound doesn't penetrate walls and windows. Microwaves, on the other hand, directed by large panels of phased arra
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by xilinx_guy 5y ago
I'm giving notice today, in order to join a startup. for much the same reasons as you.
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by xilinx_guy 10y ago
This is not as useful as one would think... It's all binaries, no source. :(
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by xilinx_guy 10y ago
I'd really like to have something like this running on hardware I controlled, using open source, because I'd want to load it up with all my personal information with the goal of creating a smart assistant that eventually can be
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by xilinx_guy 11y ago
Bad link. This one works better: http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-and-canonical-partner...
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by xilinx_guy 11y ago
Of course, the obvious method to start a fire by moonlight is to build a nice big array of silicon mooncells, and then plug my barbecue lighter into the power converter outlet.
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by xilinx_guy 11y ago
This is a pretty serious scam, and not the first that revolves around video compression. Barry Burd ( is that his real name?) is just a clueless tech journalist without the background or skepticism to realize how many times this scam has b
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by xilinx_guy 11y ago
Unlikely. The U.S. voters best chance is to elect a candidate in 2016 who will pardon Snowden in 2020 on his last day in office. Then we can draft Snowden's ass and make him president for 4 or 8 years. That's a suitable punis