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Add about two zeros to what the West collectively can build.

I literally meant the library would call assert() on incoming data. I am fairly certain that has been removed for a long time, but it can be hard to get past first impressions.

What I mean is literally have an assert with incoming data as the parameter: > assert(data_buf[4] While your protocol might guarantee that data_buf[4] should always be a value less…

> I have a product with an addressable market of something like 300 to 500 units per year. That puts me in the Defense/Aerospace/Medical area, where unit economics are completely i…

The problem is that it started out as any but stable and reliable. It asserted on received data, which in a network application is a super newbie mistake. When I looked at it, the …

Because the product engineering isn't as important as the community and organization. I got excited about Firefox when it forked from Netscape, but since then I have been unimpress…

Rambus is an interesting company. I can't vouch for their crypto offerings, but they have been around since the 90's and at one point pioneered high-speed DRAM interfaces. Lots of …

Have you never walked into a store and they said you can't use a CC because their reader is down? It is nice to have a few dollars in your pocket for times like that.

Your comment and mine are basically the same. This is what I call terrible engineering judgement. A random co-worker could review the simple solution without much effort. They coul…

I don't understand. There are 7 suffixes, can't you pick the right one with binary search? That would be 3 comparisons. Or just do it the dumb way and have 6 comparisons. How are t…

Depending on how you define "randomly", you might have just decided no more phones, laptops, etc. Bad batteries can sneak into even the best supply chains and cause fires.

I don't like this. I recently sold some networking equipment to somebody for a bit more than this amount and asked for cash. Made the whole transaction simple. Things like this jus…

I think you are confusing terms. You are saying latency, but I think you mean the time constant of the poles / zeros. When one speaks of latency in a control system, they general m…

A couple days ago there was a thread on Hacker News that devolved into a discussion of what a comp-sci student learns in school that they can't learn by themselves. Control systems…

Yes and no. PID loops are linear systems and don't understand ramp-up and ramp-down times. They understand poles and zeros. So normally you would speak of time constants and bandwi…

If you know characteristics of the system, like thermal mass, inertia etc., then coupling feed-forward control along with the PID can help. The idea is that if you know the thermal…

Maybe it should be based on your driving record? The worst driver you are, the higher the cost to society when you are driving.

It has been like that since the 90s. At Stanford we had a sysadmin track down a warez site to our HP logic analyzer. Everything at Stanford in the 90s had a public IP address (at l…

What is your degree in? Because when I got a PhD in EE it was covered by either being a Research or Teaching Assistant. What school/dept would suggest aiming for anything less than…

How long until I can make my own movie like Star Wars, but with my story line and my characters? Serious question, does anyone have has insights into this problem?

With as large of economic disturbance we have seen in the last 3 years, you will find examples of almost anything. However, I can assure you as some who was in manufacturing during…

Doesn't really seem like due process.

Not only a slave to the state, but a slave to private companies. Most electronic payments, including cards and apps are via companies (as opposed to govt). Who wants companies to h…

Gentoo is fantastic for building a custom rootfs. I much prefer it to Buildroot or Yocto. Google uses the Gentoo package system for ChromeOS. Using the same portage file allows you…

For example, feed prices and electric prices to heat the coup are generally more predictable than a raging virus.