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petesoper

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About petesoper

Consultant. Alumnus of Sun Microsystems, Encore Computer, and three other hardware OEMs going back to Data General in the mid 70s.

Recent public activity

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    Comment #48812116

    A new high water mark for R T F A.

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    Comment #46773652

    "I guess I'm asking for a "Convince me to try it" style review of juice" Notice this is about juicessh becoming unusable and no longer having any support. That should satisfy you.

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    Comment #46663888

    90 years ago there were about seven million farmers in the US. There are now less than two million.

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    Comment #45790550

    [flagged]

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    Comment #45441812

    When I got to auto[ssid, etc in main.c it became clear the sophistication/excursion from the typical Esp32 code centerline is at many levels. Thanks for sharing!

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    Comment #45026585

    The OP says early he only needs 10us.

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    Comment #41749853

    "By the early 1970s, DRAM was standard in virtually all computers." Perfect bullshit.

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    Comment #41076277

    A manual for the K-202: http://www.zenker.poznan.pl/k-202/dokumentacja/k-202-reklama...

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    Comment #40993414

    What boggles my mind is the notion of running an RP2040 at 300mhz.

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    Comment #40487078

    54 years after I was mystified trying to parse the use of "student" for this, here is the answer. Cool!

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    Comment #40435659

    Gordon was one of the founders of Encore Computer and my first encounter was in Mass at the point Hydra, Resolution, Foundation and the other component company acquisitions were me…

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    Comment #40409089

    If you're in 2025 we have a few questions for you.

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    Comment #40334296

    Closing line was "I'm glad this book was written."

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    Comment #39177231

    There is a solution for chronic cases like this: a manually operated valve that stands in for the sphincter. Some of the guys in my prostate cancer support group have described thi…

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    Comment #38738785

    These satellites are in geosynchronous orbits. The minimum latency of an interactive exchange with something on the internet is a major fraction of a second. One might think of som…

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    Comment #38736434

    Because the term "central processing unit" has many connotations. This thing with the label is missing too many essential parts. It's like calling a box that slides down hill with …

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    Comment #38713665

    1-bit CPU? Bullshit.

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    Comment #38596687

    Scratch the price remark as I just caught up to the "99% is fake" data. Sigh.

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    Comment #38596516

    Real wasabi powder runs vaguely $5 an ounce. Wasabi is a different species than horseradish. The taste is quite different.

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    Comment #38596221

    The paper: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/21/4608

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    Comment #38417960

    I look forward to reading The New Yorker every week.

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    Comment #37633958

    "All eight individuals had plasma levels of 1000-7000 μg per 100 mL of blood plasma." Those were the gastric concentrations. Blood concentrations were about 2 to 25ng/ml.

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    Comment #37065828

    How does he cool those wafers?

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    Comment #35792928

    Backus-Naur form was a great help to me in the 70s and 80s. Thanks, John.