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FPGAhacker··on Xilinx-Samsung SmartSSD Computational Storage Drive Launched
What synthesis errors have you run into?
FPGAhacker··on Raspberry Pi 400 Desktop PC
Seems like it might be fun to pair with a smallish eink display.
FPGAhacker··on I No Longer Tell My Friends about Anki/SuperMemo
I use it to lubricate my ability. Basically every time I have to google something to do my job I toss it in anki.

Not having to look up syntax and what not is a far better productivity improvement than editor hacks for example.

FPGAhacker··on Apple’s A14 Packs 134M Transistors/mm²
Wait, when node sizes where based off of a gate that meant logic gate? I always thought it was the transistor gate width.
FPGAhacker··on AMD to Acquire Xilinx
Could be interesting. I prefer an independent Xilinx, but maybe competition with intel will stimulate the whole reconfigurable computing revolution that fizzled out.
FPGAhacker··on AMD to Acquire Xilinx
You would use precompiled modules or compositions of these modules (pipeline or parallel).

This can be a relatively fast operation. Seconds or less depending on complexity.

FPGAhacker··on Stable 1.2 Gigabit/s Internet achieved in moving train in Switzerland
I think it’s a pretty reasonable metric for a business whose stated goal is to be profitable. I don’t know what that has to do with your kid, but I’m glad you love her.
FPGAhacker··on Stable 1.2 Gigabit/s Internet achieved in moving train in Switzerland
Amtrak has never turned a profit. Ever. They have never even broken even.
FPGAhacker··on Army Dissects Black Hawk Helicopter, Scans Parts for 3D Printing
Seems amazing to me that this method would be more cost effective or even just plain effective vs scanning and interpreting paper drafts/blueprints.
FPGAhacker··on Wim Hof’s teachings about breath work and the health benefits of cold plunges
If you don't mind sharing, what do you eat?
FPGAhacker··on From an Airtable to $9.2k in Side Income
> The primary idea -- that a product will make the consumer's life better -- is what is being repackaged and resold over and over again.

I wish.

What’s being resold and repackaged is telling other people how to make money by telling other people how to tell other people how to make money by telling other people how to make money.

FPGAhacker··on Timekeeping in Financial Exchanges
This is the way of the world. How much cpu and gpu advancement is directly attributable to the simulation of shooting each other in the face?
FPGAhacker··on DM41x: a modern take on the HP-41CX
That brings back memories. I cracked mine open and soldered the extra memory as well. I nicked a couple board traces drilling out the plastic rivets, but I found a couple vias I could solder at to patch it.

I still use that calculator today at work. It has nice base conversion with arbitrary bit depth.

FPGAhacker··on Emacs Prelude 1.0
You should definitely give it a try. The point of magit is to improve the git experience, not make it more complicated.
FPGAhacker··on Home Studio Setup Costs Compared – 1980s And Now
It was probably autocorrect, but the term is anechoic.
FPGAhacker··on D3 6.0
I love sankey diagrams.
FPGAhacker··on Facebook account now required to login to Oculus devices
Six years in this case. Not too shabby really.
FPGAhacker··on XCSSET Mac Malware infects Xcode projects, performs UXSS attack on browsers
Isn't that the point of sandboxing?
FPGAhacker··on Mac keyboard shortcuts
I do this all the time every day. It’s my primary mode of work, going from full-screen maximized apps to windowed “desktop” apps, and back, with cmd-tab. I don’t remember ever not being able to do this, but I’ve only started using full screen often within the last few versions.

Maybe I misunderstand you.

FPGAhacker··on Apple surpasses Saudi Aramco to become the most valuable company
They started doing buybacks in 2012. They've bought back $338 billion so far.

https://ycharts.com/companies/AAPL/stock_buyback

FPGAhacker··on How Best Buy saved itself (2019)
You will when your house burns down.
FPGAhacker··on Remington Arms Declares Bankruptcy
You can get a Harley for $8k?
FPGAhacker··on Noprocrast (2010)
I had to do the same with a number of my favorite news sites, including hacker news, while I’m working.

It was shocking how many times I would open the browser to Google something and find myself reading stupid political news instead of working.

I also installed a cli google searcher. That was helpful too.

FPGAhacker··on Go command support for embedded static assets (files)
Just curious, but what are your productive languages? Mine is probably clojure.
FPGAhacker··on Oura Ring 2 Teardown
> I fall asleep, I wake up, what is there to track?

Oh man, I remember those days. Enjoy them while you have them.

FPGAhacker··on U.S. Supreme Court deems half of Oklahoma a Native American reservation
I don’t have kids so I have no idea what is thought/taught anymore, but this is the sort of thing I was exposed to repeatedly starting in late grade school through early high school. I found government boring back then so I didn’t elect to take classes beyond the basic curriculum in that area.
FPGAhacker··on Show HN: Runnaroo – A new search engine
Typo too.
FPGAhacker··on Professor solves 240 computer science exam problems in 4 hours [video]
What's amazing to me is how uncommon state machines are in software, comparatively. In ASIC and FPGA design, it's so fundamental and ubiquitous. At least with synchronous designs.
FPGAhacker··on Exciting Days for ARM Processors
> Apple just needs to thank whoever was in charge of acquiring PA Semi’s know how in 2008

Jim Keller as much as anyone I would think.

FPGAhacker··on A Nvidia Engineer Wrote a Vulkan Driver That Works on Older Raspberry Pi
or 'an uber' instead of 'a uber.'
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