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asd4

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    Comment #39838316

    The security researcher in the article was concerned about accidently confirming the prompt on his watch. I don't think its a matter of being "smart enough". Human error can easily…

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    Comment #39199267

    They seem to gate ECC support behind Xeon for higher end processors. You see ECC memory in a lot of workstation class machines.

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    Comment #38981482

    I've had good luck with https://www.rockauto.com/ though I haven't bought anything big through them. The website is fun and nostalgic to me.

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    Comment #37791290

    "What they mean by IO bound is actually that their system doesn’t use enough work to saturate a single core when written in Rust: if that’s the case, of course write a single threa…

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    Comment #36594830

    I wasn't familiar with the underlying effect. This paper seems relevant and is very readable. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S23524...

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    Comment #32070101

    I like https://www.borgbackup.org/ and you can get a relatively cheap storage plan on rsync.net just for Borg ( https://www.rsync.net/products/borg.html ) Retrieving backups is a l…

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    Comment #31918686

    It's a single axis version of a system my group at NASA developed: https://roundupreads.jsc.nasa.gov/pages.ashx/787/New%20weara... The internal application was to improve mobility …

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    Comment #26246389

    Most hardware engineering is done ahead of time without a full production style environment. This is because the cost of iterating is much too high. You can't build a bridge every …

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    Comment #25762887

    On the list of features: "Dedicated Audio Processing DSP and sub-system". The hardware might be there to do some good audio processing, but how it integrates with the OS is somethi…

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    Comment #25425481

    I did not know this about connection limits. The multi-domain assets really bug me when I'm enabling domains one by one in NoScript. Here is an example of domains used on Amazon's …

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    Comment #25425338

    The security boundaries rationale is interesting. I think I need to learn more about that.

  12. story
    Why do web services use so many domains?

    It is common to see content on the web being loaded from many different domains all owned by the company providing the service or site. Today this really reached a new level of abs…

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    Comment #25149178

    From the description it seems there is no backup or redundancy.

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    Comment #23831248

    Unfortunately the controls problem gets much harder in a non-rigid system. Now you have to solve autonomy AND overcome poor sensing and manipulation.

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    Comment #23562591

    I second this. Hobby focused content might seem amateur but it has some advantages in my mind. Context: My biggest gripe with traditional education is lack of context for why a pri…

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    Comment #22784242

    I switched from Bose to Sony and haven't looked back. The capacitive controls on the headphones are crap but I never really use them so it's not a big issue for me. Rock solid for …

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    Comment #22179909

    With what is at stake I'm ok being "difficult". At the end of the day the person running the desk just ensures that you have the minimum required for treatment. In the US, at least…

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    Comment #21718513

    Ebook is available too! https://armypubs.army.mil/ProductMaps/PubForm/Details.aspx?P...

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    Comment #17925615

    > Furthermore they use their own build system (catkin, WHY?), define their own IDL (WHY?), use their own dependency system (rosdep, WHY?) and even mess with your Bash environment. …

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    Comment #17925539

    Also see ROS Industrial [1] for extensions to the ecosystem to include common industrial robots. [1] https://rosindustrial.org/about/description/