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If you ever are in Paris, I can't recommend the Musee des Arts et Metiers enough. I believe they have the several reference platinum kilograms that are now out of spec. [1] they al…

On the topic of tricking the automated phone usage detection cameras this youtuber had an entertaining video where he built a car phone holder by molding his hand and making a repl…

> Based on 50 Cent's name being coined I see what they did there.

I suspect hiding the manufacturer/model was very much on purpose, they blurred the markings on the PCB and hid the domain name for the manufacturer's API calls (and in the console …

H.I. Sutton did a great video [1] about it that also explains how it was beneficial due to the way enemy submarines had to estimate speed and heading and could get fooled. [1]: htt…

This article has good background, context, and explanations [1] They skipped CUDA and instead used PTX which is a lower level instruction set where they were able to implement more…

Gastropod is a great listen, and they did an absinthe episode, interesting history and details. https://gastropod.com/absinthe-the-worlds-most-dangerous-dri...

the "World's longest song" is from John Cage, called As Slow As Possible and is played continuously on an organ in a church in Germany. It will be completed in the year 2640. https…

It's been a big pain for Tesla as well, where their tiny 8GB emmc on the center screen would fail since they logged to it too much... 134,000 vehicles recalled eventually after the…

the specs on the one in the article mention it's a multitouch RESISTIVE trackpad, so I don't expect it to be great, at all.

> Integrated tetra-array mic That's definitely an uncommon way of saying quad microphone array. It's an AI toughbook due to having a unspecified "1.4Ghz AI Boost NPU" which seems t…

Maybe NASA still wants to get something for the money spent launching Crew 9 and get some science done, not just be a rescue mission. They don't want to cut that mission short.

A few tidbits/notes I took: - They'll reconfigure Crew-8 for 6 occupants for contingency evac between Starliner undock and Crew-9 arrival. - Starliner leaving ISS autonomously earl…

If you want to understand GPS more, https://ciechanow.ski/gps/ is always an amazing read, witchcraft confirmed.

I tend to find large "Gigogne" Duralex mixing bowls often in Goodwill/second hand stores in the Bay Area, and I can't resist getting them. They're truly versatile and very sturdy, …

What do you do with the added deltaV from the venting? (not sure if significant) It could send the already-out of control rocket stage/object to a weirder or worse orbit, increasin…

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ChargerLab's KM003C passes in Thunderbolt 4 correctly at least. (source: I have one and can have it between my macbook pro and a TB4 dock and two displays work correctly)

Exactly, they're plates to follow using a pantograph machine that will in turn engrave your piece. I love the "Himalaya" type in the article, very Art Deco. If you want a demo of a…

Logitech mice (like the MX3 master) have a profile toggle switch on the bottom that can swap between 3 different BT devices or their supplied dongles. Super fast and convenient.

It's actually different than the OG Lightning, it's quite wider. (the tweet has comparison pics) There's actually another undocumented pin-hole ejection feature in apple hardware. …