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Neat, now put the M5 Pro or Max in a 24-inch iMac, and sell it with a reasonable amount of RAM (more than 24GB).

They'll have to "partner" with some company that's in the business of building a database of IDs and biometrics to do AI things with. Other companies in this space (Jumio) have a b…

The article uses "robotic mobile probes," which also seems out of order. I (native english speaker) would order it as "mobile robotic probes". But if I were writing it, I'd say "ro…

Facial recognition is illegal where I live, both for gov't and commercial uses. Several major cities in the US have banned it (e.g., San Francisco, Boston, etc.).

I was not aware of this! That's kinda fun. I did an entropy test on my Pi5 (according to https://rob-turner.net/post/raspberrypi-hwrng ), and it (7.999832 bits per byte) has about …

Oh how I wish I had a legion of junior engineers. Or even a squad. My company has an aversion to hiring. It's so expensive to hire people, you know! There are no young engineers to…

Or better yet, buy your phone from the used market. Get a phone in perfect shape that was $800 two or three years ago for $200. Put a new battery in it. Though I'm seriously consid…

This approach works very well. I've had dozens of extremely remote systems hooked up this way for about 8 years. The only problem I've seen is that occasionally the server ssh proc…

That's funny. $10 billion just to move junk around. The Wheatridge solar/wind/battery facility in Oregon produces the same amount of power as a small nuclear reactor. $10 billion b…

It's not necessarily the organization's fault. In several companies that I've worked for (including government contractors) we are required to implement "certifications" of one kin…

Phoenix does this: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/to-beat-the-heat-... > Experts say road temperatures in the Phoenix area can rise to 180 degrees on a hot day I guess …

Please make speed limit signs broadcast speeds by radio! That would be incredible. If the road noise outside my house gets too loud, I can transmit a lower speed limit instead of t…

Without significant whitespace, you'd need at least 5 more comments consisting solely of "}" for this reply chain to be syntactically correct.

This is a way to show off someone's mathematical work to a non-mathematical audience and to promote the college. Would you prefer "Our scientists wrote a paper about some math they…

Cold batteries do struggle a bit to deliver power and charge when they're cold, but they're just fine being stored in low temperatures. LFPs are really good at maintaining their ch…

LFPs are indestructible and last forever. For general advice, they like it cooler[1] than other kinds of lithium batteries. Try to keep them between 15-25°C. Other than that, charg…

Another that I've used: https://github.com/posva/catimg

Most of the leaf blower noise in my neighborhood is the one or two guys on the crew who's job it is to run the leaf blower while the other guys are doing the lawn mowing or edging.…

https://www.robotshop.com/products/respeaker-usb-microphone-...

I've been looking at that particular rabbit hole since a professor of mine mentioned it in 2003 or something. Once or twice a year, I'll read about some theorem or something and th…

You _can_ do it, but EV charging is a big load for a few hours. That's not really what solar is good at. Solar likes smaller loads spread throughout the day. If you go super cheap …

First they break lolwut ( https://github.com/redis/redis/issues/12074 ) and now this. See: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38841284

The old Mac Plus had a screen resolution of 512x342. His screen is 512x384 (4:3), which is why there's that extra blank space at the bottom of 3D Checkers and Mac Paint. I think th…