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burnt-resistor

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About burnt-resistor

- Some rando on the interwebs from Almaden Valley 25 years ago.

- Messed with PC compatibles and Turbo Pascal in the 90's just before Borland C++ 3.1 and then Java was the hotness in 1999

- Made a living off sysadmining in college for that EE/CS paper

- Flirted with startups and MAANG

- Moved my VW camper, electronics lab, and retro PC collection to TX

Recent public activity

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    Comment #49224869

    Different. Burn enough natural gas in enough gas turbines, and significant quantities of formaldehyde and NOx will be created.

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    Comment #49224808

    These jet engine gas turbines create air pollution in the forms of formaldehyde and NOx and noise pollution.

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    Comment #49224777

    Predict Wind has a sailing ship course auto router.

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    Comment #49224738

    Sounds a like a model Predict Wind needs.

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    Comment #49220326

    (Fedorov isn't coming back as defense chief.) ABMs are very slow to build, expensive, and doubtfully effective red herrings. PAC-3 manufacturing: regardless of having perfect, prio…

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    Comment #49220213

    Perhaps the way forward is an independent shop service to disable the onboard cellular modem(s) such that they cannot dial-home to load anything new. (It would likely disable the c…

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    Comment #49220192

    This is what annoyed me to no end; being surrounded by incurious corporate political players who wanted to appear "smart" but couldn't care less about learning, excellence, or much…

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    Comment #49220150

    Buc-ee's also owns all logos with circular yellow backgrounds in the entire world. /s (Arch "Beaver" Aplin III is total wanker because he doesn't understand public relations or the…

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    Comment #49220137

    Because they want to be sued by Buc-ee's for trademark infringement in a completely different country. ;B See also: https://buc-off.com

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    Comment #49209708

    I bought an ice cream maker new in box from a hospice consignment shop for $3. It can make gelato, ice cream, and sorbet.

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    Comment #49209670

    Just say "no" to corporate crap.

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    Comment #49209594

    I'd pick a $5k cheaper, analog Slate instead for not having to deal with Ford's post-sales ads, subscriptions, and DRM.

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    Comment #49209494

    This isn't the way. If you're in an engineering role, you have an ethical professional responsibility to do what's reasonably secure and pushback against unreasonable insecurity. I…

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    Comment #49209400

    Idiocracy 2: Now with AI Nothing will change until a few important people die after deciding to send an ambulance when police or fire was needed. This is all about excuses to not i…

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    Comment #49207334

    Long term, we must ban ICE vehicles regardless of people fetishizing them. EVs are cheaper to run but I would never own one or a hybrid with an NMC-based pack because it's just too…

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    Comment #49204372

    Taylor Farms uses prison labor too. https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/fact-check-tayl...

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    Comment #49194683

    Apropos documentary: Inside Morocco's Secret War for Western Sahara https://youtu.be/-T2ha4a_AuE

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    Comment #49194651

    China-certified solid state, CATL sodium, and ProLogium are manufacturable batteries that don't violently deflagrate under puncture, cutting, or high temperature. When these reach …

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    Comment #49194596

    Billionaires buying legislation to deanonymize, track, and monitor everyone. Possible consumers: data brokers, police, and intelligence agencies. "Think of the children!"

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    Comment #49194514

    Reasonable environments don't allow BMC access from the normal LAN, and instead have a protected LAN segment for the BMC's NIC, so the risk typically minimal as it requires breachi…

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    Comment #49194264

    The Phenom EMB-300 has/had a Dutch roll problem with loss of GPS, but there were some software updates that somewhat addressed it. https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Notice/…

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    Comment #49178698

    Yes. It's closest in concept to natural disaster recovery. The US has actively harmed the poorest Iranians' personal finances and their ability to make money. Such an influx would …

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    Comment #49178670

    That's probably way more effective, efficient, and destructive than aggressively fouling the solar panel. Hopefully, picture quality isn't something they monitor because it would b…

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    Comment #49178623

    The those in power that are the system are what matter. It doesn't matter most people believe or want because the corrupt, self-serving system and regime does whatever the hell it …

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    Comment #49178603

    CHL was cutting very thick steel pipe with a pipe cutter with a handle. Pipe cutters for aluminum pipe are discreet and pocket-sized. An efficient, conspicuous alternative would be…