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>The Best Engineers Write Less Code That's because they are designing circuits. EE FTW!

I love using analog meters in digital projects. Here's a few different places I've used them. Minecraft Server Meter: https://imgur.com/a/minecraft-server-meter-QHpVbY1 Mini Model …

The Long Run by Daniel Keys Moran takes place in 2069 but was written in 1989 and the tech still holds up decently (to me at least). Sort of a Snow Crash vibe but less satire. AI's…

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This is pretty much the plot of the Daemon book series by Daniel Suarez. I always thought this series was a decent example of starting with somewhat realistic tech (well, maybe rea…

I grew up in the boonies back in the 80's. The only real contact I had with juggling was probably cartoons like described above. I really wanted to learn though and would walk arou…

That's the philosophy behind Safety Third.

> it can say that it’s a controller and it will give the bus address to talk to and a polling rate. Many moons ago (over 25 years) I was an EE hobbyist working with an inventor, wo…

I was under the impression that Core War was pretty much a solved problem with multiple optimal warrior types in a rock-paper-scissors circular dominance. I have been somewhat inte…

I’m learning git and it’s on a private GitHub, but since I’m not a “real” programmer, I’m a bit reticent to make it public.

I'm working on Mutacortechs, an ALife simulation where "organisms" each have their own emulated 16-bit processor with 64K RAM. Like Core Wars for the 21st century. It's a small pro…

I mean, this is the ultimate domain for Quantum Computers: "Is it odd or Even?" "YES"

They're called "processing tomatoes" and it's a very interesting crop and industry. Bred for a narrow ripening window, to be machine harvestable, and shippable in massive bulk. htt…

If you're reading this far down this comment chain, you might find this interesting: The paperclip maximizer is a thought experiment described by Swedish philosopher Nick Bostrom i…

>What's with the entire dev board crammed in there? Is that... normal? Yep. I designed boards for cameras like this (and the vehicles they are mounted on) for 20 years. When you're…

Here's the chance for the Basic Stamp to make a comeback!

Not affiliated, just thought it was a neat idea when I stumbled upon it during some hobby weather research last year: ForecastAdvisor will show you the accuracy of the major weathe…

For anyone (like me) who likes their sci-fi fun and a bit cheesy I have a few recs: Dream Park - Larry Niven & Steven Barnes: A group of pretend adventurers suit up for a campaign …

There's some really neat stuff that can be done with automation and Custom Super Generators. I call this one "Frequency Drift": https://mynoise.net/superGenerator.php?g1=custom.php…

As someone who was on the product team for a 6000msw video camera, it's probably not filled with mineral oil. I doubt anyone makes subsea camera bodies/optics completely from scrat…

You should get Twisted Sister for your marketing campaign.

A junior EE can build the circuits from the examples in the datasheet. A mid-level EE can build configurations NOT shown in the datasheet. A Senior EE can tell you where the datash…

Quick search. Yup, it exists. "The Hammer Source: 100's of Hammers" Reminds me of Hank Hill "I sell hammers and hammer accessories."