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matttrotter
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About matttrotter
I build IoT systems on top of AWS. LoRaWAN and cellular (NB1/NB2/NB-IoT & M1) are my protocols of choice. I prefer PostgreSQL, Python, and Asyncio.
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Comment #28699730
Cool stuff and inspiring. Have a website or GitHub about your home automation projects? I checked out your blog, and the raspberry pi microwave was pretty sweet.
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Comment #28183422
Does anyone know if Colombia has this type of digital nomad visa?
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Comment #28183273
> I also had a friend who lived there for several years and ran an consulting business to companies in the U.S. Smart! Low taxes, same time zone, up and coming country…
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Comment #28183196
Whaaaaat I need to imbibe. :-O
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Comment #28173493
I'd be curious to see what a billionaire could do in this niche. Bezos, Branson, and Musk are doing amazing things in the space race. I'm curious what their teams could come up wit…
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Comment #28173454
Coffee was largely impactful for most of the progress and golden ages of world civilizations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAPG18zNtXk
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Comment #28155318
Yeah zerover seems kinda Draconian like “you’ll never be good enough!”
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Comment #28141344
This seems like a cool middle ground between Debian and an RTOS.
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Comment #28141303
Yeah a personal brand is so important. Great article from a wise hacker.
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Comment #28141267
Yeah I see what you’re saying, but there will always be the tech equivalent of the back room whisper - a private and authentic conversation. The platform may change, but it will ex…
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Comment #28129323
Haha that should be the line to tell your team - "Ok guys, this is almost an IP address... it's time to move on."
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Comment #28129317
Any node in particular you think is risky for TSMC?
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Comment #28119554
The Swarm Tile looks easily integratable into PCB designs. And, it's very low power. Although, I wonder why they need about 3 Watts power consumption when transmitting. At their lo…
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Comment #28115892
> TSMC, meanwhile, has been responsible for manufacturing approximately 70% of these microcontrollers. There may come a day where this trend will reverse.
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Comment #28115858
Exponential growth of that group in the past year… that’s scary. I’d be curious as to how many of them are flat-earthers too.
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Comment #28115827
Now we know why Taco Bell is so good.
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Comment #28115757
Not surprising really. That landscape has become so competitive. To make a profit requires a pristine product page and reviews section.
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Comment #28090884
Amen. Although, if you're on version 931.59.12, then maybe something is wrong.
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Comment #28082457
That's randomly concerning!
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Comment #28082367
It was meant in jest. :)
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Comment #28082355
Start by making your plan digestible. My favorite quote from the article. Even though the future is unpredictable, we can at least be clear on where we are going.
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Comment #28076821
There are so many smart people in transportation research and development. They've developed solar energy harvesting concrete for heaven's sake. But when will we see such improveme…
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Comment #28076699
It's funny how the IRS publishes a "shame list" of people who renounced.
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Comment #28060690
As great and useful as datetime is, I still have to google the syntax every time I want to use it. Maybe that's because there are so many different time formats and standards, but …
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Comment #28060621
Good! 5G is soooo much more resource efficient than 4G and 3G. Everything from spectrum resource allocation, smarter and more directional beam-forming, virtual networking, and edge…