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porsupah

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About porsupah

Just a bunny, who's been known to program, engage in wildlife photography, and indulge in musical noodlings. Projects have included a Bezier-based video codec, audience response keypads, video on an 8MHz CPU, and other wild and woolly undertakings.

C's my stock in trade, with C++ along for the ride, but assembly.. now there, some serious fun becomes possible. =:)

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    You might find "Digital Design and Computer Architecture" by Sarah Harris & David Harris helpful. (Note that it comes in ARM and RISC-V editions) https://www.waterstones.com/book/d…

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    Apple does have a crawler of its own, which feeds into Siri's knowledge. But, there's no public front end to use it as a search engine, though there was up to about 2021 or 2022, p…

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    Funny you should mention such use cases.. https://philsturgeon.com/carry-shit-olympics/

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    Comment #36467212

    How does this compare to the Red Pitaya line? https://www.redpitaya.com

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    They did: "Unlike Hubble, Webb isn't designed to be fixed by astronauts. But it can be refueled robotically. Zurbuchen says that 'once this telescope is deployed, I'm going to put …

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    Hugely nifty work! Makes me wish I had an M1 system even more so I could help out.

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    For a good example of how such a mesh network can indeed function well, consider Ricochet, which once offered service in a few metro regions, including the Bay. The relay units wer…

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    Likewise, you might enjoy: CHIRP Radio (Chicago): https://chirpradio.org 4ZZZ (Brisbane): https://www.4zzzfm.org.au Both are ad-free, other than local community orgs and the occasi…

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    I rather wish the 3DO version of The 11th Hour had seen release, but the publisher canned the project quite late in development. There, we had about an hour of video - on CD, it sh…

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    Indeed - from the earlier, pioneering home computers like the PET and Apple II, through to the generation that followed, with the likes of the Commodore 64, VIC-20, and BBC Micro, …

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    Indeed. The one example I recall was in Tank Girl, R rated - the copy I rented from Blockbuster had one line blanked out, just as she discovers where exactly the Rippers are hiding…

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    The "Status" tab holds what you're looking for, at the bottom: "01/29/18 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment." So, just the House, for now.

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    If someone changes their name, does the timing matter with regard to an H-1B application? ie Does it matter much, beyond notifying them, and if so, is it better to perform that cha…

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    Indeed. Several years ago, I was working on a 2.4GHz device, and we noticed that occasionally, the microwave in the office kitchen would disrupt things. A quick check with a 2.4GHz…

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    I'm unfamiliar with the baseband scene at that level. Might you know why the difference in price between 2G and 3G modules is so striking?

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    I'm returned to the heyday of Sorenson Video 3, Windows Media Video, and RealVideo. =:D Our application was used by most web video professionals at the time - go to a trailer on Ap…

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    Works for me with Safari Technology Preview 43 (Safari 11.1, WebKit 13605.1.12), High Sierra 10.13.2b1 (17C60c).