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arctan

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    Comment #33939131

    There's a tool called PRET - the Printer Exploitation Toolkit -- "the tool that made dumpster diving obsolete" -- that some of you might find fun and useful. You can use it to test…

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    Comment #33939105

    Where are all the printer firmware hackers at?

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    Comment #33538278

    I assume it's because there's only so much of that heat that the globs could radiate into space as (infrared) light. Maybe someone familiar with the intimate details of blackbody r…

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    Comment #33528638

    That was the previous idea, but this work changes that. It implies that the cooling rates of meteors is actually much faster than previously guessed.

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    Comment #33528630

    This is exciting stuff for MatSci people. There are likely other interesting materials that could be made using this process, including the other alloys found in iron bearing meteo…

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    Comment #33178422

    FWIW, iron reduced in hydrogen is known to have a very high magnetic permeability, surpassed only by one of the Metglas alloys.

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    Comment #32874559

    Okay, three questions, if you'll humor me: What LISP resources particular to AutoCAD would you recommend, what are your favorite scripts, and for context what do you do / use AutoC…

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    Comment #32874530

    Update: I found a solution to a particular problem, representing twisted pairs with bends in a cable without the hassle of sloppy line thickness settings, or making sure every boun…

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    AutoCAD is f-ing terrible. Let's talk about it

    I've used AutoCAD for ten years, and I fucking hate it. When it's good, it's just marginally not too shitty. When it's bad, it's terrible. While I have become fairly experienced wi…