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TIL: the "command unit" of a javelin missile is a capable night-vision system, even after the missile is fired.

Cock crows. DB crashed. Systemctl restart mysqld (Or mariadb, if you pronounce "SQL" as "sequel")

I don't have any primary sources, but in a nutshell, the problem was ROM sites. You could download every NDS game ever made, in every region, in a few days. Small indie ROMs might …

Nintendo is probably still feeling burned by the NDS. It was a fantastic console, and fairly open. It had two ARM CPUs (one per screen), and there was a terrific homebrew scene. So…

Many of the benefits that you list are for manufacturers, not consumers. My 1990s car has an ECU that only has one job, and runs fully-characterized code. I'd trust it to run anoth…

They're better than speed stops. Having been pulled over a few times, and received a few mail tickets, the latter make a lot more sense. When I get pulled over, there's always a bi…

I dunno if Cortex-M chips will be better for long, though. Some of the RISC-V specifications like interrupt controllers need a bit more time, but they have very good support in mai…

Small RV32/64 cores could supplant them. For example, GigaDevices makes an STM32F1 clone which comes in two flavors with the same peripheral memory map: ARM Cortex-M3, or RV32IMAC.…

I don't know where you live, but the city I live in has many public tennis courts paid for by taxes. And basketball courts, soccer fields, a few pools, public river launches, etc. …