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nereye

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    Comment #48160088

    And ST (with similar considerations for node size etc.).

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    Comment #48048929

    VBA is just there for backward compatibility. The modern alternative is to use JavaScript/TypeScript, which makes such solutions cross platform (including MacOs, web etc.): https:/…

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    Comment #47921896

    FWIW, this project is entirely digital (audio in: USB, audio out: S/PDIF or I2S). There are other projects for the Pico which implement S/PDIF in. In either case, since it is digit…

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    Comment #47736273

    A lower cost option is to buy a set of sticker overlays (e.g. similar to the ones you can buy to make it easier to type Korean or Japanese, etc. on a US (or generally, non-native) …

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    Comment #46900138

    Over 30 years ago, was working on a presentation software that shipped with a bunch of (vector) clip art and remember using the (raster) graphics from the CIA World Factbook as a b…

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    Comment #46843488

    For folks who are in the area (or might be visiting), the recently opened Interim Computer Museum has quite a collection of vintage systems: https://icm.museum/?faq

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    Comment #46640936

    Which Seattle library (am assuming you're referring to SPL/Seattle Public Library system) has a maker space? There is no maker space listed at https://www.spl.org/programs-and-serv…

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    Comment #46545518

    couple more: Off House (household goods) Garage Off (car stuff) Also: mode off (fashion). See https://www.hardoff.co.jp/shop/brand/offhouse/

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    Comment #46357768

    Also, in some countries (e.g. Germany) applications explicitly do not track that information (such as how long a documented was edited) for legal reasons related to privacy laws.

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    Comment #45427081

    [1] “ The Glazer family’s acquisition of Manchester United remains controversial to this day. Their £790m takeover in the summer of 2005 came by way of a leveraged buyout: when a s…

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    Comment #45392952

    The Pi 5 does support OTG mode, e.g. see: https://www.foxipex.com/2024/10/26/virtual-keyboard-over-usb...

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    Comment #45199745

    About PowerToys’ Text Extractor, there’s equivalent functionality in Windows now, from [1]: It's recommended to use the Snipping Tool instead of the Text Extractor for capturing sc…

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    Comment #45091362

    FWIW, USA buys uranium from Russia, e.g. see: https://www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacje/analyses/2025-06-18/rus...

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    Comment #44501961

    Adding to the list, DeviceScript, which affords running TypeScript on embedded devices: https://microsoft.github.io/devicescript/intro

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    Comment #44360465

    If you’re in the mood for an almost unbearably moving one, would recommend Nobody Knows .

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    Comment #44281132

    The memory in the Cray was external and there are RP2350 boards with 16MB of QSPI flash, here’s one of them: https://www.olimex.com/Products/RaspberryPi/PICO/PICO2-XXL/o...

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    Comment #44281105

    Early 80s (1982), according to Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_Automatic_Mouth

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    Comment #43989423

    Applied Science YT channel has an interesting video showing this at work: Dramatically improve microscope resolution with an LED array and Fourier Ptychography https://www.youtube.…

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    Comment #43246473

    See https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/add-ins/overvie... . Note: this is in the context of 'programmatically extending Office/M365', I don't think the OP was referring t…

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    Comment #42844568

    Am partial to the following vintage video on transmission lines from Tektronix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9m2w4DgeVk

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    Comment #42602513

    With exceptions, was reading recently an interesting die analysis/estimate of the costs and margins of manufacturing of the AD9361 chip (a 65nm, digital radio transceiver, introduc…

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    Comment #42532525

    From https://octopart.com/search?q=CYW43439&currency=USD&specs=0 . Indeed the lowest price $2.551 from Arrow has a MOQ of 5000 but Newark does have it for a promotional price of $2…

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    Comment #42528453

    The WiFi (& Bluetooth) IC used in the Pi Pico W retails for ~$2.5, and presumably a bit less in volume (considering the Pico W is only $2 more than the base Pi Pico.

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    Comment #42279631

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_driver-assistance_s...