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This has me thinking that fiber optic drones using this technology might be able to discover the location of signal-jamming equipment. But only for the good guys.

This does look better! :)

Not that the author needs my defense, but that image says to me, 'hey, I'm just a guy who wrote a book and there's no budget for art' -- which fits a DIY aesthetic in 2026

I built Magpie, a self-hosted email aggregator that pulls multiple IMAP/SMTP accounts into a single inbox. I started it because Google is dropping support for pulling emails from m…

I bought an N100 mini that looks just like the Ars picture, but it's branded from Beelink as an S12Pro -- it does all of this and more. Mine is in the living room with the HDMI att…

Middle class is shrinking; people in tighter economic situations can't afford hobbies?

It's an interesting history, better explained here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_equal_temperament but in short, prior tuning systems were more mathematically correct, but an i…

Seems possible from the technical side, but not so sure about the money part. if I'm following you correctly, XYZ.com would have shown an ad on their site and received, say 1 cent.…

There's a way to work in such an environment and not go crazy, but it will take time to get used to it. Think of it system with big asynchronous methods. You need to arrange your w…

My nicer one is in the living room for end of the day games and such, but my older one is an always-on weather display.

I see agile as the problem here. Before agile, I would essentially 'own' pieces of the code, so I was committed to making it maintainable. Now, it's all just pieces and parts, and …

Well, it's 8 bigger, isn't it?

I would have though SAG-AFTRA require all on-screen talent to be paid.

Age of the infected population?

Do you have some reason to believe that meat is healthier, or is this speculation?

The article provided some good examples of times when code readability can be increased without a bulky switch statement. However, there are times when I find the switch statement …

tldr: legalizing video gambling has brought in additional revenue, but not as much as expected. Illinois borrowed money in advance based on the expected rates.

I'll see you on the dark side of the moon.

There's no one-size-fits-all for programming. FWIW, I can recall a project where one piece was built visually (SSIS) and I enjoyed working with it.

I would be in favor of software that makes it easy to pre-vote. Then, when I go to my polling place I could quickly print, review and submit my votes. Where I vote the process is t…

Video version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT2EiLG4Mrg

Someone correct me here, but as I understand it, the torrent file itself is not the content. It is metadata about the content, and thus it can be shared without copyright violation…

When friends try to pitch me on their million-dollar ideas, I feel that I have a much better ability to estimate the size and scope. So instead of starting construction, I'm more l…

YouTube video that includes a trial run: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwCPeIwumgc

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