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I'd make all ESP32 controllers the same - same ready-made PCB, plug-in terminals for the controller and screw terminals for inputs and outputs. ESP32-S3 has enough of IO to handle …

I wonder if we're being overly selfish here and ignore the positive effects of democratizing programming and making software more accessible to less well funded causes and organiza…

Instead of the usual knee-jerk it would be nice to see some level-header analysis on mechanics of these things - who pays for the time of the people that decide to push this partic…

I've had a strange experience this week at a maker meetup in my city. Couple dozen people came to make a short presentation about what they're building and there was a somewhat liv…

I've stopped using YouTube and Reddit since early April and it's been a mixed bag. On one side my interest level has adjusted so that normal activities make sense again - like sitt…

I've spent years actively trading and losing money. It affected my health and relationships negatively. I also realized that my opinion on what's worth buying is more than worthles…

Try contacting YouTube creators in your area. Much more cost efficient than any other kinds of ads especially if you pick channels with your target audience IF you can actually get…

Just so that you understand, what that inevitably brings is alcoholism, domestic violence and other depressive deformities. My grandpa died from daily drinking with his factory pal…

That's with federal incentive and likely before they factored in the tariffs. Those 500 parts aren't all coming from US. I wouldn't expect any usable version of it to be below 30k …

I wonder if a part-time remote job coupled with full time traveling on a budget would have been a more sustainable, enjoyable and productive approach. Hanging with pals in Montreal…

By now the author missed on approx. 2 million dollars of income.

There's no issue delivering a car from China to Germany but it would have a different charging port, localization issues likely, registration problems imminent and 10% customs + 19…

I really wanted to buy BYD in Germany this year but the car prices are 2x what they are in China - e.g. Seal is 45k EUR vs 25k USD with 3m delivery lag, no repair shops or spare pa…

There was a lot of commotion about 2018 GDPR but it turned out to be rather uneventful, some basic practices have been adopted, very few companies were fined a small amount and the…

There's a certain point in time for any industry where it has a chance to capture both the user and the legislator. Once that happens, prices for consumers start to grow faster tha…

I just added a magic URL in my app that GitHub calls whenever a commit is pushed and the server does `git pull` which in turn causes pm2 to reload the app. So committing anything s…

Classic 2-step move, introduce what you want to ship but add a red herring, remove red herring on the outrage, ship it.

Seems like the bar on reporting has fallen so low that they don't bother to provide any details to check their opinion whatsoever. What are the actual new requirements that aren't …

As per by neighbor: "Not the semiconductor industry. We are looking for qualified engineers everywhere. I don't see this having any impact on salaries."

EU citizens always had an option to come and work so work visas only apply for non-EU. Also, the debate in Germany is mostly about asylum seekers and not skilled migration. I haven…

When companies only have a 25% chance of approval they'd just submit 4 applicants per position. Most of this volume wouldn't be present if there was no limit.

https://www.bamf.de/EN/Themen/Statistik/BlaueKarteEU/blaueka... I haven't heard of any discontent with the program from locals or applicants. It's growing, too.

In Germany visa applicants are evaluated based on merit without a lottery for decade and it's working well. US could do something similar instead of using a hole in the fence but i…

I've switched from Chrome to Firefox couple years ago. Very happy with ad blocking. The few problem are: PayPal asks for an SMS code way too often, some PayPal checkout flows don't…

Do we have a ChatGPT-style workflow for PCBs on the horizon yet?