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pedro_caetano
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Comment #48859083
Now I am really curious to see Anon Emoose's init.el
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Comment #48501575
Not exactly free as in free beer but Collabora, and their 'Collabora Online' suite fits your description. It's effectively online hosted libre office with a few extras.
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Comment #47814342
That is a strange claim, the Ariane accident was a Systems and really a Requirements flaw. Arguably with that spec the same could have happened if they used punched cards or Haskel…
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Comment #47410355
Not voice assistants but for anything that falls into the body of text category (emails, letters, documentaton) I just use Dragon NaturallySpeaking, mainly to give myself an RSI br…
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Comment #47397073
No, compliant mechanisms are important but the real gap in Robotics is perception (and no perception is not just Computer Vision). There is such an insane amount of information ric…
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Comment #47333248
Very nice walkthrough in the demo readme, thanks for sharing.
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Comment #47306847
Question for the people who have used the CH32V003 or more generally WCH, either for hobby or production, what is the current state of documentation and toolchain for these chips? …
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Comment #47137247
Sounds like you are looking for a SPICE like simulator, there are quite a few free/open: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_free_electronics_circu...
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Comment #47120446
Is there any deeper study on long term effects regarding retinal damage? I would imagine, even with safe dosages, there would be some form of cumulative effect in terms of retinal …
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Comment #47120360
I couldn't find any changes on their keyturn stuff with the 'Webhosting' products? Is the price hike only on Hetzner's offer for dedicated or VPS servers?
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Comment #46969670
> The concept of a physical card is obsolete. We have progressively absorbed single function items into a mobile computer. Watch, notepad, calendar, phone, flashlight, camera, dict…
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Comment #46809234
> I can almost guarantee this is from some endpoint management software your company installed. I had the same issue with a loan machine from a client, super responsive onsite, but…
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Comment #46787549
Not recent but the slow trend towards a complete loss of clickability in both desktop and mobile UX. I read text and sometimes I can interact and click/tap it for some action but o…
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Comment #46528002
I agree with your point that the claim is exagerated. My counterpoint is even if they are subpar, they will still make business sense if they are inexpensive, much in the same way …
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Comment #46525404
KIT had a project on this (Project KAMINA) which looks like it is also cited in the linked paper. They had a spin off SMELLDECT GmbH which sells a kit but not exactly a order from …
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Comment #46525253
Fair, but if you look at most tools for Static Code Analysis they will have equal or worse performance with regards to false positives and are still seen as added value. If this is…
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Comment #46272318
Even if they don't brick them explicitly they will no longer provide security updates for them. I'm on the same boat, smart TV has never been online, all content is just cast from …
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Comment #46067765
Slightly off topic but that lab book made me a bit envious. I doubt my mental bandwith could cope without org mode and digital formats in general. But that penmanship and the gener…
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Comment #46008366
> Who out there is programming these chips in pure C using open source compilers and bootloaders? The gcc-arm-none-eabi toolchain is pretty much what you are asking for at least fo…
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Comment #45922661
Definitely anecdata but an eye opener for me: I've been using Anthropic's models with gptel on Emacs for the past few months. It has been amazing for overviews and literature revie…
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Comment #45782667
Yes one should write flesh out rather than flush out. However, as someone who uses English as a second language, the concept of phrasal verbs is the single most non-intuitive thing…