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maxioatic··on How to make (almost) anything (2020)
I own one and can confirm they are quite nice. Still though, you aren’t getting machining level tolerances (0.001”) on a FDM machine no matter how hard you try.
maxioatic··on How to make (almost) anything (2020)
Yeah this is just a thing you have to design around while using FDM printers, as others have mentioned. I really like melting in threaded inserts if you need threads, otherwise use a drill bit or reamer. If you need super tight tolerances (like CNC level tight) then a consumer grade 3D printer likely won't get you there though.
maxioatic··on Neovim v0.6.0 Released
Nice! I bet this feels good for the team after the almost year between 0.4 to 0.5. Hopefully they take some time off this winter!
maxioatic··on Web-based editor
For example, the Rust or Go extension.
maxioatic··on Web-based editor
You can open any GitHub repository in the web-based editor in the following ways:

- Pressing the dot ( . ) key while browsing any repository on GitHub.

- Change the URL from "github.com" to "github.dev".

rad

maxioatic··on Modern software development is cancer
"Despite 50 years of progress, the software industry remains years — perhaps decades — short of the mature engineering discipline needed to meet the demands of an information-age society"
maxioatic··on It doesn't take much public creativity to stand out as a job candidate
A coding session usually implies something unrelated to algorithms. Whiteboarding is usually much more than "jotting down an algorithm".
maxioatic··on An app for M1 Macs that plays the sound of a fan as CPU usage goes up
You can do this with xbar [0] (which is also just a super cool app). Looks like someone even made one specifically for checking the CPU throttling speed [1]

[0] - https://xbarapp.com/docs/plugins/System.html

[1] - https://xbarapp.com/docs/plugins/System/cpu-thermal-throttle...

maxioatic··on DIY IoT Fan
I have this same exact fan! And the remote recently stopped working so I was thinking of doing something really similar to this. Glad to see it worked out.
maxioatic··on Open Source Farming Robot
It's open source and designed to be modular/expandable. What's stopping you from building one to fit your needs?

Here's some pictures[0] of people building larger scale ones:

- 10x20' inside a greenhouse

- 1.5x18m outdoor

[0] - https://forum.farmbot.org/t/photo-contest-post-your-best-far...

maxioatic··on Open Source Farming Robot
Happy to see this get some attention! I've been following it for the last 6ish years, and it's been cool to see their progress.

I think a few commenters are missing the point of this project. It's not a commercial robot and it's not meant to mass produce food. It seems maybe the use the word "farm" is being taken too literally. Their four stated applications are:

1. Education

2. Home use

3. Research

4. Accessibility

This is the description from their white paper [0]:

> The vision of this project is to create an open and accessible technology aiding everyone to grow food and to grow food for everyone. The mission is to grow a community that produces free and open-source hardware plans, software, data, and documentation enabling everyone to build and operate a farming machine.

[0] - https://farm.bot/blogs/news/the-farmbot-whitepaper

maxioatic··on Developing MLB’s Automated Ball/Strike System
Agreed.

It seems to me, without knowing anything about their union, that it would be in their best interest to let umps to get fired for performance reasons, as opposed to getting replaced by robo umps.

Maybe this is a bargaining chip ploy by MLB? Personally, I'd be kind of sad for umps to get replaced, although I see the argument for it.

maxioatic··on Developing MLB’s Automated Ball/Strike System
Angel Hernandez.. smh.

It's wild he still umps MLB games.

maxioatic··on The Plan for the Rust 2021 Edition
Thanks for the detailed response! I checked out the RFC repo posted by nindalf, and I was wondering if you could explain (very briefly) the issue tagging scheme? Do the "A-" tagged issues mean they're active?

Edit: For more context, the README says:

> If you are interested in working on the implementation for an "active" RFC, but cannot determine if someone else is already working on it, feel free to ask (e.g. by leaving a comment on the associated issue).

I went and checked out the issues and couldn't tell which ones were active. (I also don't plan on implementing an RFC, so no worries if this is something that should be apparent to someone more involved.)

maxioatic··on The Plan for the Rust 2021 Edition
Thanks for the info, appreciate it!
maxioatic··on The Plan for the Rust 2021 Edition
If you don't mind me asking - what goes into implementing a feature like this in Rust? Asking as a complete noob in language design/implementation.
maxioatic··on The Plan for the Rust 2021 Edition
This little bit, which is not coming in this version but is enabled by it:

> f"" as a short-hand for a format string. For example, f"hello {name}" as a short-hand for the equivalent format_args!() invocation.

I'm excited by. I like the f-string formatting in Python quite a bit.

maxioatic··on Two Years of Squash Merge (2019)
Huh, never knew about this. Seems quite useful. Thanks!
maxioatic··on Beginner’s guide to mechanical keyboards
I had the exact same issue with my laptop - and my wrist pain wouldn't go away even after switching to a normal keyboard and watching my posture.

I also bought the Moonlander and have had very minimal pain since (~4 months now). Was thinking about this as I went to bed last night; such a relief. Sometimes I'd have to wear wrist braces at night due to pain.

Regarding the wrist rests, I find that the base of my palms, and not my wrists, touch the wrist rest. Maybe it's the size of my hands and how I have it tented, but overall I like the wrist rests quite a lot. I do try to lift my wrists a little when I'm really typing though.

maxioatic··on Robot-woven sneaker with 3D-printed soles
It's not as unique as it used to be. Neither is their DLS printing technique. They also have an insane valuation [0], so I'm not sure if they are really that under appreciated.

For example Origin [1], which was just bought by Stratasys, is very similar in a lot of ways.

0. https://venturebeat.com/2019/06/25/3d-printing-platform-carb... 1. https://www.origin.io

maxioatic··on Robot-woven sneaker with 3D-printed soles
Also, not as cool as either strung or mylo, but Futurenatural was dropped recently too: https://www.adidas.com/us/blog/606245
maxioatic··on Robot-woven sneaker with 3D-printed soles
Yeah, they are printed using Carbon's printers but designed by adidas.
maxioatic··on M1 dev setup with a virtual Linux box
Ha! I could never do that, but kudos to you
maxioatic··on M1 dev setup with a virtual Linux box
Not OP but I use an iPad occasionally to remote in to a linux box and work on projects.

I use blink for the terminal app and connect using mosh instead of ssh. I found that mosh handles the connection (reconnection) way better since iPadOS is pretty aggressive in killing the terminal app if I switch to a different app. I use also tmux on the server and just detach it when I'm done in case I want to work on it on my laptop or desktop. Overall works great, my only issue is that the 10.9" iPad screen is a _little_ bit too small for my liking so I don't do work like this that much. If I had the 12.9" iPad it would probably be something I use daily.

maxioatic··on FreeBSD/arm64 becoming Tier 1 in FreeBSD 13
Hmm, bummer. Curious as to why it's not that desirable, and is there something else you would rather use?
maxioatic··on FreeBSD/arm64 becoming Tier 1 in FreeBSD 13
> We will also be suggesting one or more low-cost reference platforms for FreeBSD/arm64.

A boy can dream this would be the Pi.

maxioatic··on The architecture behind a one-person tech startup
I setup Tailscale for my home server the other day, can vouch for how disgusting it is. I thought it would take at least an hour, but no, took about 5 minutes. Was, literally, physically taken aback (in a good way). Highly recommend it.
maxioatic··on Get Started with Tmux
I tried this once or twice but didn't understand what it was really accomplishing compared to just starting tmux normally. Mind me asking you to explain how you use it a little bit?
maxioatic··on A Vim Guide for Advanced Users
This book is so good I actually bought it twice. The second time was the ebook edition just so I can pull it up next to Vim. Highly recommend it.
maxioatic··on Ask HN: How did Apple manage to create such a better chip than Intel?
I don't fully grasp assembly, instruction sets, and how CPUs work so pardon the silly questions.

I think I understand 1) as since they know the width they can more accurately divide the instructions to more parallel executers (whatever they are - the execution ports?)

2) I believe this allows more "pre-work" to get done before it's actually needed, but then the "pre-work" just chills until

3) these things do the work, and there an abnormally high amount of them?

p.s. Any noob friendly reading is also appreciated!

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