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- Comment on I still don’t think companies serve you ads based on spying through your microphone 1 week ago:
That article covers a pitch deck by an ad agency with absolutely zero detail of how it works.
If this is happening, it should be easy to test.
- Comment on I still don’t think companies serve you ads based on spying through your microphone 1 week ago:
Do you connect to company WiFi?
- Comment on I still don’t think companies serve you ads based on spying through your microphone 1 week ago:
You are in the same geolocation as other people and they are searching for the stuff you’re talking about. Try whispering to your phone alone in a closet.
- Comment on I still don’t think companies serve you ads based on spying through your microphone 1 week ago:
- Comment on Behold, world class engineering from Tesla 1 week ago:
The car had fireworks in the back that caught fire. It being an EV or Tesla had nothing to do with it (except maybe it being hard to put out after the fireworks lit it on fire).
electrek.co/…/tesla-cybertruck-exploded-in-front-…
Still fucking weird.
- Comment on I saw Free Willy in theaters: AMA 1 week ago:
The only audio cassette I ever owned was the Free Willy soundtrack.
Also props to Keiko, the most dedicated method actor of all time. To prepare for his role as a captive orca in harsh living conditions, he actually became a captive orca in terrible living conditions.
- Comment on Why Is Printer Ink So Expensive? 5 weeks ago:
Two printers. One costs 3x+ more than the other.
Ink for the cheap printer: $54 for 440 pages of black and since the cartridge combines color and black, you have to throw the extra ink out.
Ink for the cheap printer: $14 for 6000 pages. I couldn’t even find the official Epson ink since there are so many third party options. Because Epson doesn’t have to lock down their ink because you paid full price for their printer.
- Comment on I don't think so!! 1 month ago:
Rock > Dock
- Comment on cheap low-profile way to generate six precise clocks 1 month ago:
Sorry, by precise I mean “specific timing requirements with respect to each other” not “parts per million”
I think ever my clock has a few dozen nanoseconds of slop, but the whole clock pattern is difficult to create without a bunch of discrete logic.
- Comment on Dyk, Bobby? 1 month ago:
There are other powders for that
- Comment on cheap low-profile way to generate six precise clocks 1 month ago:
It’s far too fast to do it in software. Thus the FPGA.
But yes, it needs a very specific set of six clock signals. Not something easy to achieve with discrete logic if that’s what you’re suggesting. data sheet
- Comment on cheap low-profile way to generate six precise clocks 1 month ago:
Yeah the reference design uses a display driver from Epson that’s eol.
Haven’t looked at integrated display controllers. That’s certainly interesting. It’s a pretty unconventional display. Sharp memory LCD with 64 colors data sheet. I’ll have to see how configurable the integrated controllers are.
Looked at the max10. Still too pricey. Hoping for something in the <$1 range.
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- Comment on rollin' deep 1 month ago:
Didn’t even have to scroll all the way down this meme to clench my foot muscles. Mirror neurons have a direct line to my shitty ankles.
- Comment on D-Link refuses to patch yet another security flaw, suggests users just buy new routers — D-Link told users to replace NAS last week 1 month ago:
Is DDWRT still a thing?
- Comment on Haha SO TRUE! 1 month ago:
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- Comment on Back in the saddle. 1 month ago:
Ah. My only suggestion then would be to reduce the likelihood of errors by just combining each pair of black wires with its yellow wire, so it’s one continuous wire. It could still follow the same route and keep your main section less crowded, but there’d be fewer connections to worry about. And you could hold them there with little jumpers like you did in the top right section.
- Comment on Back in the saddle. 1 month ago:
Looks great! It looks like you might have watched my video :)
- Comment on idk french but this escalated quick 1 month ago:
But it takes more energy to split than you get out of it.
- Comment on idk french but this escalated quick 1 month ago:
Doesn’t splitting helium into hydrogen absorb energy?
Fusion bombs fuse hydrogen into helium.
- Comment on Terrified friends burn to death trapped in Tesla as doors won't open after crash 1 month ago:
I’m talking about the back doors. But yes. I incorrectly compared the front doors in the 3/Y with the back doors of the X.
- Comment on Terrified friends burn to death trapped in Tesla as doors won't open after crash 1 month ago:
Yeah the releases in the 3 and Y aren’t too bad. Most people use them by mistake once or twice (and get the warning about window trim).
The X however is unforgivable. You have to pop off the speaker grills to get to them and then the door also weighs a lot and has to be manually lifted upwards.
- Comment on Tips and tricks for beginners 1 month ago:
If you’ve got 25 minutes, I made this a while back youtu.be/Yzfk0t0HfZc?si=YQRNtg5hHbp-CFcO
- Comment on As a word of caution for those buying physical used games on Bluray, check the disc for holes. 1 month ago:
One of my parks a rec discs had a scratch on the data layer (“hole”).
Sent a pic and info the Universal and they mailed us a replacement set.
Most studios have an email address for this kind of stuff. Hunt around.
- Comment on Jewel Beetles 1 month ago:
I mean there’s an entire category of animated porn involving impossibly large women.
- Comment on Jewel Beetles 1 month ago:
See also: Skittles
- Comment on The doctor regrets his creation. 1 month ago:
I enjoy the joke that most mad scientists are really just mad engineers.
- Comment on Has "Self-Driving" devolved? 2 months ago:
Heh, I guess I should have phrased that differently.
But yeah, it’s actually really courteous. Sometimes a little too much. It’ll move over to the left side of the lane if it sees a cyclist or pedestrian on the shoulder to the right. Unfortunately, it doesn’t understand when there’s a 3 ft concrete barrier between me and the pedestrian and will do it anyway. Makes some narrow bridge crossings a little scarier than necessary.
- Comment on Has "Self-Driving" devolved? 2 months ago:
The first Model X has Autopilot 1 which was a system designed by Mobileye. Tesla’s relationship with Mobileye fell apart and they replaced it with an Nvidia based system in 2017(?). It was really really bad at the start as they were essentially starting from scratch. This system also used 8 cameras instead of the original 1.
Then Tesla released AP hardware 3 which was a custom-built silicon chip designed specifically for self-driving which also enabled proper navigation of surface streets in addition to the just highway lanekeeping offered in AP1. This broadened scope of actually dealing with turns and traffic from multiple angles is probably where the reputation of it being dangerous has come from.
My HW3 enabled Model 3 does make mistakes, though it’s rarely anything like hitting a pedestrian or running off the road. Most of my issues are with navigational errors. If the GPS gets messed up in the tunnel, it’ll suddenly decide to take an exit that it isn’t supposed to, or it’ll get in the left lane to pass someone 1/4 mile from a right-exit.