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mkoc··on Teardown of Apple 40W dynamic power adapter with 60W max
Depending on your location and exact geometry needs the IKEA SJÖSS might do it.
mkoc··on Microsoft has urged its employees on H-1B and H-4 visas to return immediately
Consider they have a life, a house/appartment, all things they own,… there. Would you give all that up without at least trying to get back?
mkoc··on Epitome launches 2400 Euro automated oral care product
See marketing in action, a few days later it reads “up to 99% biofilm is removed from your teeth, more than any conventional toothbrush on the market”
mkoc··on Ask HN: Where does Facebook save Account Logins and how to delete it all?
The keychain might be a candidate.
mkoc··on SpaceX's Starship didn't immediately respond to a self-destruct command
I wonder if it also just replied with a U+1F4A9 PILE OF POO.
mkoc··on The Shit Show
Not sure how it is for others, but for me tapbot Tweetbot is working again since today; is the API back up?
mkoc··on 300 Drones Formed a QR Code That Rick Rolled Dallas on April Fools' Day
Decodes to http://www.d52.io/
mkoc··on Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W die shots
have a look here [0], Fig 1; the spacer serves really as a mechanical spacer (if dies are same or similar size); also nice for heat spreading.

[0] https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Productivity-improveme...

mkoc··on Apple's camera design choices from the iPhone 6S Plus to the 12 Pro Max [pdf]
The sensor is from ST. Besides many previous publications/reveng/leaks, this is also in the systemplus slides on page 16, top right.
mkoc··on An iOS app update that annoys me
Anyone knows good alternatives with a similar feature set?
mkoc··on The sensor stories behind the Mars Perseverance images
See also this paper with more in-depth details:

The Mars 2020 Engineering Cameras and Microphone on the Perseverance Rover: A Next-Generation Imaging System for Mars Exploration

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11214-020-00765-9

mkoc··on Windows Timer Resolution: The Great Rule Change (2020)
Would anyone have an idea how to find out which program set the timer resolution? Would be very helpful in investigating battery drain problems. Any ugly hack is welcome.
mkoc··on iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro
...looks like iPhone 5