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UK based innovator/hacker/maker/roboticist London, United Kingdom mentar.co.uk @mentarus
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mentar··on Embassy: Modern embedded framework, using Rust and async
Been using this to build a LoRa relay for the Bitchat app running on nrf52, it's actually very smooth for the most part. The only panics I seem to get are from the Nordic's SoftDevice, not for the ebasssy-rust code itself.
mentar··on How Hyper built a 1M-accurate indoor GPS
How does your system handle the massive variance in sensor quality (accelerometer, gyro, WiFi radio) between a high-end iPhone and a budget Android device? Does the 1m accuracy hold up across the board, or does it degrade gracefully? Getting this right seems critical for scaling to a 'billion people'
mentar··on I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA
Thank you, super helpful
mentar··on I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA
Hi Peter. I have an O-1 for my current startup that expires in 11 months, I'd like to start a new company with a new founder. Looking at the EB-1a vs EB-2 NIW wait times the wait times are in years for the two parts! Do you think it's worth applying for another O-1 instead with the new company? Is it generally easier to get the O-1 second time around? Thanks!
mentar··on List of Hacker Spaces
Interesting experience, as a "software person" coming to LHS while being based at TechHub my experience couldn't be any more different. It's important to note that the experience you've had was with that specific member, and not the hackspace as a whole. My guess is whoever you talked to had a gripe about the influx of members at the time, who came to the hackspace purely for cheap desk space, without engaging with the community or helping around.