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+1! Even though we have a full-on smart home network, we still use these mechanical timers sometimes since they are totally foolproof.

I think it’s useful to see how this is possible using only consumer products and software! An alternative solution that’s less roundabout could be to use a uhubctl ( https://github…

This blog article gives a rundown of all of the ways this has been implemented. https://makecode.com/blog/one-chip-to-flash-them-all

The 4th paragraph in the Nobel Prize press release suggests that it's because mRNA based vaccines are easier to scale up and mass produce in response to a pandemic: "Producing whol…

Planet Money/Pricenomics had a fascinating story about California's trial of a streamlined system that was incredibly well-received. However, Intuit's lobbyists teamed up with the …

The principle behind why the writing glows (i.e., totally internally reflected light from the LEDs in the plexiglass getting scattered by the ink) is also how some of the earlier m…

I was surprised to learn that 99% of the shiny parts in the photo belongs to the dilution refrigerator ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilution_refrigerator ) needed to get the mac…

Andrew, that lecture you gave was fantastic. The Deutsch oracle example in the lecture was especially helpful -- I'm surprised it doesn't get used more frequently in other explanat…

I know very little about finance but I did notice that the author specifically notes that the insurance is the same as an European put option (ie can only be exercised at expiry), …

Typically those wiggles are for length matching on parallel busses. Since the signals are clocked at a high speed, ensuring all the bits arrive at the same time is crucial.

When I have some time, I plan to implement it myself for fun & learning. It's a cool effect and the linked paper provides enough detail for others to build something similar. I thi…

If you prefer not to install an external program (e.g. wsltty), this gist https://gist.github.com/P4/4245793 has some registry presets for prettifying the built in console.

Recognizing that people like their existing watches is a great idea. The hardware looks really slick too. The big problem, one that afflicts pretty much every smartwatch, is one of…

A recent article in the Economist explains why comparing to others makes us unhappy. In short, we keep comparing ourselves to people who are better off: http://www.economist.com/ne…