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I think the vast majority of Californians couldn't care less about Gavin, it's just that we didn't want the crazy right-wing talk-radio host to take over.

I had the same experience at the apple store a few years ago, where they asked me for my password. They insisted they needed it to run "hardware checks." I think I ended up just wi…

Location: San Diego, CA Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes, out of USA Technologies: Hardware design / Electronics (design, prototyping, testing, manufacture), Embedded C/C++, Py…

Location: San Diego, CA Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Hardware design / Electronics (design, prototyping, testing, manufacture), Embedded C/C++, Python, Java, M…

Location: Portland, OR Remote: Yes Willing to Relocate: Possibly to San Diego I currently freelance for companies in various tech industries, doing hardware and electrical engineer…

Location: Portland, OR Remote: Yes Willing to Relocate: Possibly I currently freelance for companies in various tech industries, doing hardware and electrical engineering, firmware…

Velodyne is having major production issues. Our latest order with them has been pushed back months, and our last new order was quoted at 30-40 weeks. They keep citing yield issues.…

Not incorrect, although the revamped system has become pretty infamous for going down, leading lines to ring busy and overworked dispatchers to revert to pen and paper. The outages…

Maybe someone can explain how this works to me: In the white paper ( http://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/BOFs/3d-printing/wd-apple-ipp3d-2... ) section 5, it lists a bunch of attributes ("m…

Huh? They release new software/firmware every few weeks. Many people don't bother upgrading, so they don't see any improvements.

Try updating your firmware and desktop software. New versions were released today which should significantly improve print quality.

You trust software written in the US, Europe and Australia? Do we read the same HackerNews?

From what I was told, lead-free solder has a large amount of flux in it to make it half-way usable. Unless you're licking your fingers after soldering with leaded solder, you may b…

Sorry if I'm missing it, but is there any additional info/source on their stationary implementation? I'd love to implement a smaller, cheaper version with one of Telit's embedded c…

Even the link to the Windows version drops you in a folder on some random French server[1]. This looks like an exe that some random person built over a year ago. They should consid…

You know what it would be nice for KiCad to release? Binaries. I've gotten into several discussions with KiCad users, but it always comes down to me saying "This is marketed as cro…

Very pretty. I built a (less pretty) digital version a few years ago[0], based on some really neat projects by this guy[1] [0]: http://kapamaki.net/muon-detector/ [1]: http://www.h…

while losing all sight of the road for a minute. You could stop for a second, I guess. Instead of a sturdy walkie-talkie Why don't you just buy a walkie-talkie? They're cheaper, th…

I guess the main difference is that walkie-talkies don't connect to your phone, or share text or GPS data. They also don't mesh network (automatically).

It's 2 meter VHF, very low bandwidth. Useful for GPS and text messages only. An Email bridge might be pretty cool, but I'm not sure of the exact speed.

As I understand it (I am in the outer gotenna circle) it will do some sort of store and forward mesh network-y thing.

I'm a little confused about the Final schematic. There are unlabeled wires floating around, and even after reading the whole document I'm confused as to where exactly the EQ module…

I had a Sidekick B&W in high school, and later a Sidekick Color, and people would ask me about it every single day. I remember having long AIM conversations under my desk in class.…

Taking a bike on the subway is much harder, and usually seen as rude, because our cars are much smaller. Thankfully, our bridges have bike dedicated bike lanes, so taking them on t…