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minitoar··on Building a freedom-friendly WiFi pocket-router (2020)
The mikrotik ones have worked well for me.
minitoar··on The next power plant is on the roof and in the basement
It reduces peak amperage requirements which has a big impact since cable heating is proportional to the square of the current.
minitoar··on The next power plant is on the roof and in the basement
Turns out probably not, because the grid infrastructure is quite expensive.
minitoar··on Let me tell you about me Gear Fabrication Syndrome
Haha yes, like so many behaviors, collecting yogurt containers to re-use is adaptive until it isn’t.
minitoar··on Server-side sandboxing: Containers and seccomp
Nice, love seccomp though as with all things security it can be very fiddly.
minitoar··on Matter 1.2 – New device types and improvements
Yeah it’s like a collection of defined interfaces that share a common paradigm.
minitoar··on What every developer should know about GPU computing
The scenario is that you’re calculating Qd given a static average latency. Absent that, this formula doesn’t give you a way to compute Qd. What is the average amount of time to service a request in a system where the queue depth is growing without bound?
minitoar··on Jesus nut
I guess it depends on what you mean by "major". Pumps, injectors, spark plugs, etc tend to be redundant. You have airspeed & altitude. None of this is really specific to rotorcraft, though.
minitoar··on I applied to 250 jobs and timed how long each one took
I just never do this and it’s never been a problem.
minitoar··on Parasitic plant with shrunken genome convinces hosts to grow into its own flesh
Interesting. I would like an onion potato.
minitoar··on Some Pixel owners still can't dial 911 during an emergency
I think a confirmation dialog would defeat the purpose of an auto dial here — you need the auto dial because you have been incapacitated.
minitoar··on Peredvizhnikov Engine: Lock-free game engine written in C++20
Yes, it’s called C++20 Game Engine Developer.
minitoar··on Memories from old LAN parties
LAN parties were a very big part of my high school experience.
minitoar··on Come downstairs or we’ll eat your order, delivery workers tell customers
I do find myself mostly doing this, or ordering delivery from places that self-deliver.
minitoar··on Come downstairs or we’ll eat your order, delivery workers tell customers
Ehhh no ethical consumption and all that but I’m gonna have to go ahead and disagree with that last sentence. If I become aware of a business treating workers poorly I’m inclined to find an alternative.
minitoar··on Geo Guesser identifies the location and seat number from an aerial shot
The seat number is imo the least impressive part. The wing gives it away.
minitoar··on Launch HN: HyLight (YC S23) – Hydrogen airships to inspect energy infrastructure
More has to do with gusts for helicopters, partly because they can point into the wind which is no different from forward flight if it’s steady.
minitoar··on Cellebrite asks cops to keep its technology secret
Ooo great point
minitoar··on Cellebrite asks cops to keep its technology secret
Probably not useful if you’re in a faraday cage.
minitoar··on Cellebrite asks cops to keep its technology secret
Indeed you can’t rely on GPS. But…the absence of GPS for more than a few hours is pretty weird. An automatic reboot and maybe nuke could be appropriate for some users. I guess then the faraday cage also needs a fake gps signal to defeat this.
minitoar··on Tesla repossessed my car due to an extreme oversight on their end
Sure, but this is priced like a luxury vehicle and I think unless you live in Japan it must be imported.
minitoar··on Tesla repossessed my car due to an extreme oversight on their end
That's true, that is a notable difference. But the presence of such firmware can still ruin your day in terms of repairability. Maybe you can't just replace that part because you need some special software to configure the firmware that you can only get if you're a certified mechanic.
minitoar··on What saved the ‘miracle house’ in Lahaina?
I don't know, but it sure is interesting to speculate! Maybe there's some way of finding out actual numbers?
minitoar··on What saved the ‘miracle house’ in Lahaina?
You might've missed the part of the story where the author includes quotes from a subject matter expert about how to address the problem.
minitoar··on What saved the ‘miracle house’ in Lahaina?
Not irrational if you consider that frequently the land is worth a lot more than the house.
minitoar··on Tesla repossessed my car due to an extreme oversight on their end
Which modern motor vehicles can you buy that fit that description?
minitoar··on New laws trying to criminalize filming cops
But like all laws applying a heuristic to technology it will rapidly become outdated.
minitoar··on How to pass a first-round interview
The bar is very low.
minitoar··on How to pass a first-round interview
It depends on the role. IMO the bar is pretty low for many engineering roles. Determining “that you're a reasonable person when faced with interpersonal difficulties” is usually good enough.
minitoar··on How to 1.5x your salary through negotiation
I find it very difficult to get competing offers in such a way that they care to outbid each other. Usually it’s just a nominally similar but differently structured offer.
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