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blueintegral

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    Comment #25694068

    I'm not in the car industry, but I am in the electronics industry and I have definitely felt the chip shortage. Some of my parts just aren't available, and lead times are 3-4 month…

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    And that's where the term "tape out" comes from, and the term is still used to this day (although mostly just in IC design).

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    Comment #22295387

    Am I the only one who can smell these pages as I look at them?

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    Comment #22113645

    The data itself isn't 60 GHz, you're just modulating it onto a 60 GHz carrier. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modulation

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    Comment #20772434

    You can order trinitite from United Nuclear. I stuck some in an HPGe and was able to learn some interesting things: https://www.hscott.net/analyzing-trinitite-a-radioactive-pie...

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    This is really exciting. I've thought about building a datapath on an FPGA that uses partial reconfiguration to synthesize new hardware blocks based on the math being doing at a pa…

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    Comment #16784662

    Correction: their last day is tomorrow, April 8th.

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    Ask HN: What books do you keep on your desk?

    What books do you find yourself referring to frequently? Any field, not just software engineering.

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    Comment #16380671

    While this page is mostly about sound waves, here's a great talk using similar tools to explain RF: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUGr_Z04SKs&t=12m31s Here's the interactive slide…

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    Comment #14981031

    There's no evidence that nonionizing radiation like microwaves can cause cancer. I think that was probably more likely due to the fact that everyone back then smoked about 4 packs …

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    Comment #14223298

    Now what if we add an Uber-like component to this and let people share/carpool together to reduce the number of cars above and below ground? Instead of tires that wear out, we coul…