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probablyrobots

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    Comment #39631837

    The linked article really beats around the bush before describing the attack. This link is a bit better: https://dheatattack.gitlab.io/dheater/ It honestly doesn't seem that impact…

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    Comment #8305503

    Here is the spec sheet for the main square chip on that board. http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/bq76pl536a-q1.pdf You're right. It does have a cell balancing feature.

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    Comment #2949792

    I agree with the discussion here. State machines are very useful. The best thing about them is how easy they makes documentation. You just draw a state diagram and you're done!

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    Comment #2928408

    If this software is so widely available why didn't ECM's antivirus software detect it?

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    Comment #2860873

    ianaee, but the board from the led bulb looks just as hand soldered as the board from the cfl. I don't think the following argument holds up very well. "I was quite impressed by th…

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    Comment #2730691

    sorry revorad. you can just send it to my username @gmail.com thanks!

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    Comment #2729962

    i'd love one if you have an extra. send spam to jack at g mail thanks!

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    Comment #2564774

    The OP also argues that the patent could be defeated by a patent review. "Virtually none of the patents that patent trolls buy would be issued today. The vast majority of these pat…

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    Comment #2530346

    Maybe I'm naive but it could simply be because they are evaluating it for internal use. The FBI and CIA don't want to use vulnerable browsers any more than we do.

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    Comment #2466614

    the conditional syntax he describes does exist in many mainstream programming languages (x==y) ? a : b

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    Comment #2391374

    They should think about building this into the bottom of an insulated coffee cup. Another good product would be to put the thermal material in a silicon jacket instead of stainless…

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    Comment #1652634

    link to google maps http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&ll=-7.943126,-14.364...

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    Comment #1646584

    "Third, the opportunity to host my own social networking server is one that appeals only to the smallest fraction of the social networking marketplace." this argument seems really …

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    Comment #1620366

    Back in school I helped write a file system based on ramfs that used the ram in all of the computers in our lab as one big shared super fast hard disk. It was a great learning expe…

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    Comment #1478731

    Steve's comment makes sense from his buddhist perspective: Life is suffering and suffering comes from attachment. He clearly wants iphone owners who are attached to their phones to…