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mwbajor

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About mwbajor

I don't care about "groupthink points" e.g. karma so downvote away.

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    They're just ratios....

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    Comment #43997290

    Im a HW engineer and don't really understand "complexity" as far as this article describes it. I didn't read it in depth but it doesn't really give any good examples with specifics…

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    Comment #41466894

    We use this website for diving off the US East coast. https://www.facebook.com/p/Eastern-Search-Survey-10006355294... ESS has mapped and imaged many ships off the eastern seaboard,…

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    Comment #41238331

    The observation of the Hubble constant requires us to measure distance to an object in space. This is very hard to do at the extreme distances required ( https://en.wikipedia.org/w…

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    Comment #41038826

    All definitions of entropy stem from one central, universal definition: Entropy is the amount of energy unable to be used for useful work. Or better put grammatically: entropy desc…

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    Comment #40267626

    Because they would assume he has American and British friends that he still might talk to.

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    Comment #40181279

    "....why doesn't that throw in every EDA tool?" This would require repetitive SPICE simulations, or basic rule checking at the very least. Nobody does full SPICE simulations at the…

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    Comment #39853446

    I work in analog, 1) Noise is an issue as the system gets complex. You can't get away with counting to 1 anymore, all those levels in between matter. 2) Its hard to make an analog …

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    Comment #39598116

    You're never going to find a solid answer to these questions. The best you can do is ask yourself "does this seem reasonable".

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    Comment #39592967

    Bandpass sampling is a regular technique used in the RF world to mix down a signal to its final IF or baseband frequency, digitally. In this case, you are undersampling but using a…

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    Comment #39062251

    "Those resources don't come out of nowhere, so there is a need for immigration as well to get work done." Efficiency gains in a process certainly create extra "resources" whatever …

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    Comment #39062173

    Almost every person that has told me about the perils of overpopulation...more people, has also told me that its in my best interest have open borders e.g. more people. Why the hyp…

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    Comment #39061801

    Why does everyone support wall streets "increase GDP at all costs" immigration platform? It seems to be astroturfed alot. Pay a country's people more so that they have more time/re…

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    Comment #38907820

    I clicked on the link thinking it was about parasitic extraction and capacitance tables; referred to as "cap tables" in industry for circuit design. I was very disappointed.

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    Comment #38882846

    I did not read the article in-depth but class D audio amplifiers use variable pulse widths and then filter it before the speaker. Aside from very good efficiency you also remove th…

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    Comment #38867062

    Its like the chris-chan phenomenon: Who is worse, the person the blog is focused on or the people obsessed with them?

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    Comment #38860734

    Your fellow canadian VE7KFM is one of the worst offenders: https://ve7kfm.com/profiles.html I've been yelled at by him before on 14.275, about 15 years ago. He's still at it.

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    Comment #38860716

    Yes, but has a major purchaser of spectrum complained? No, because its CB and they're not interfering with AM/FM broadcast, first responders, aviation or cellular bands. Therefore,…

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    Comment #38844374

    Halloween Harry. Descent. Harpoon (I think there was a shareware version). Escape velocity.