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tsomctl··on Type in the exact number of machines to proceed
I do that too. The important thing is to pat your pocket before closing the door. Twice now I've done it 2 seconds too late.
tsomctl··on LDM: My Favorite ARM Instruction
Why couldn't you just not undo it, and have it read/write twice? This wouldn't be a problem if you're accessing normal ram, like the prologue and epilogue of a function. Add a comment to the manual saying to not use this instruction when reading/writing hardware registers where accessing it changes state.
tsomctl··on FreeYourMusic lets users migrate their playlists off Spotify
Really annoying bug where it acts as a remote control for my laptop, setting the volume on my iPhone to max. Then, the next time I use headphones on my iPhone, my eardrums get blasted out.
tsomctl··on The Whitworth Three Plates Method (2017)
Also, check out Robin Renzetti, (here he is lapping a surface plate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nY7uW1uG9s). Lacks the entertainment and dad jokes of ToT, but is an absolute genius. Absolutely amazing attention to detail. Top Lipton has a lot of good videos too, and has written a couple of books.
tsomctl··on 40th Anniversary of the Ethernet
Check out CDMA. There's a blog owned by one of the original engineers at Qualcomm that goes into the history and theory of CDMA. Unfortunately I can't find it.
tsomctl··on A clear, strong, and thermally insulated wood for energy efficient windows
Or, have it sealed in the middle between two panes of glass, giving you water and abrasion protection. If you could glue it together, the glass can be super thin.
tsomctl··on If a Presidential Candidate Dies or Is Incapacitated Before Election Day
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/13118921906800148...
tsomctl··on Parrots separated at zoo after encouraging each to curse profusely at guests
Interesting explanation. I was thinking the local teenagers had been encouraging them.
tsomctl··on Dual-flush toilets 'wasting more water than they save'
5 minutes with a utility knife dramatically improves them.
tsomctl··on Compact nuclear fusion reactor is 'very likely to work,' studies suggest
ITER isn't meant to be a practical design, it's for research. So it's not obsolete just because it's using inefficient magnets.
tsomctl··on How Many Decimals of Pi Do We Really Need? (2016)
That's a thousandth of an inch. Lots of things are machined to a thousandth of an inch tolerance, and some things are machined to a significantly finer tolerance. And if you're drilling bolt holes on a diameter that's greater than an inch, you'll need to use a lot more than 3.14.
tsomctl··on Trump’s Taxes Show Chronic Losses and Years of Income Tax Avoidance
Well, it is the law that you're not eligible for a security clearance if you have significant debt.
tsomctl··on Ponds, Beaver Ponds, Arctic & Antarctic Ponds, and Walden Pond
Completely unrelated side note: the profits from Dark Side of the Moon helped finance Holy Grail.
tsomctl··on Would it be possible to detect an industrial civilization in geological record?
I don't think so. Landfills are a source of many important minerals and energy. I'm convinced that we'll be mining ours in the next couple of centuries.
tsomctl··on Tesla’s Nemesis in China Is a Tiny $5k Electric Car from GM
What's the demographic? If you can only afford a $4320 car, you're buying a 20 year old junker. (They aren't that expensive to maintain, if you only fix the drivetrain and safety parts. Find a shade tree mechanic (like me) that only charges $25 an hour.) If you can afford a more expensive car, the $4320 is going to be miserable to drive. Vague steering, poor brakes, terrible wind and tire noise, stiff suspension, uncomfortable seats, plasticy interior that rattles.
tsomctl··on The Breakup of the Cellino and Barnes Law Firm
> On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity.
tsomctl··on Smoke has caused temperature forecasts to go crazy
Also, when these fires burn mature forests, they don't actually burn the huge trees, just the smaller brush. However, they are so hot that they kill the huge, mature trees. So a couple of years later, you have a huge amount of dead trees ready to burn again.
tsomctl··on We Know How to Prevent Megafires
If it gets out of control, it can quickly turn into a multi-million dollar event.
tsomctl··on Open Source Thinkpad T420 Battery Design
I'm running a T530 as my everyday rig, with Windows 10. I maxxed out the ram and got a ssd. It's fast, I can have numerous Chrome tabs, Sublime, and pdfs open, and quickly switch between them. Youtube videos play seamlessly. I can have multiple Kicad projects open. I genuinely don't feel the need for a faster computer.
tsomctl··on Welders set off Beirut blast while securing explosives
If you hit a tree or concrete wall, you still have crumple zones that slow you down over a short period of time.
tsomctl··on Small Businesses Are Dying by the Thousands – and No One Is Tracking the Carnage
Well, I'm sitting here with long term effects from covid itself (difficulty breathing from smoke from the forest fires.) If I was to live my life over again, I'd take the risk from the vaccine.
tsomctl··on 90% economy, 120% gastronomy: Covid-19 seems to have changed lifestyles for good
Restaurants have existed for millennia. It's just that you didn't get to choose what you ate. It was whatever the cook had lots of that day.
tsomctl··on An attempt to make a font look more handwritten
Women have better hand-eye coordination. And that also makes them better welders. At least, that's what the grizzled old guy that taught me how to weld said.
tsomctl··on Proton irradiation decelerates intergranular corrosion of Ni-Cr alloys
Oxygen is an extremely nasty, extremely corrosive, extremely toxic gas. It's just that life has evolved to use it, and engineering has evolved to deal with it. Think of how dangerous forest fire is. You have billion dollar companies who's main product (paint) is to prevent the damage from oxygen (PPG, Sherwin-Williams). Walk into any workshop, and the most thing is going to be the oxygen cylinder.
tsomctl··on Proteus Technology: New Material Is Strong, Light and Non-Cuttable
How about a plasma cutter? I know a plasma cutter will cut through normal silica. (I cut through some steel plate laying right on top of large gravel.) Silicon dioxides melting point is 1700 C, and aluminum oxide is 2100 C, a little higher.
tsomctl··on Teenager spends $20k of parents’ money on Twitch donations without them knowing
Make sure that there isn't "overdraft protection" bullshit on your checking account. Otherwise it would defeat the purpose.
tsomctl··on Signs of Covid infection may be hidden in speech signals
> They hypothesized that Covid-19 inflammation causes muscles across these systems to become overly coupled, resulting in a less complex movement.

Is this due to the muscles being inflamed, or your brain not sending the correct message? The very first symptom I had of covid was having difficulty talking; I was struggling to come up with the words to say (I'm not the most articulate person at the best of times.) That progressed to my brain not working.

tsomctl··on Story Arcs: The Six Shapes of Stories
A more pithy version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP3c1h8v2ZQ
tsomctl··on Robin Williams, an acid trip, and moral panic: “Blame Canada” at the Oscars
If you think you know everything about South Park, I still recommend you read it. It's a really good article that analyzes old South Park from a modern perspective.
tsomctl··on Ghislaine Maxwell arrested by the FBI
For anyone wondering why this is significant, from Wikipedia: Maxwell has faced persistent allegations of procuring and sexually trafficking underage girls for Epstein and others, charges she has denied.

Edit: or you could read the fine article.

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