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>>"Would a billion dollar fine for speeding change some behaviors? Yes. Is it completely out of proportion? Also yes." Maybe not the best example, since Finland does asses speeding…

No, they definitely have homeowner grade tools available. For instance, the MS182 [0] is a $270, 2.2cu in saw with a 16" bar listed "For homeowners and light duty work". Meanwhile,…

https://archive.vn/edCMx Surprised to see this many comments and noone actually linking to the article.

Thanks for the pointers, hopefully I get some time to get started in that project soon! Although I should point out that you missed the opportunity tor making the world's slowest c…

Man, I should get a PhD if it's that little effort. Sure, you can drive yourself nuts picking a window manager, but that's for the hardcore nerds who want to optimize everything ab…

The only software I've been excited about an update for in years has been games, that seems like the only category where devs actually add features people are excited about. For ex…

This is extremely cool, I've played with FPGA design but never really even looked into custom ASIC design due to budget concerns. I hadn't heard of the tinytapeout project. Any rec…

Ugh, that's a new low. I can't think of a single good reason a lighting app would need shopify api access. That said, I've done some consulting work on shopify stores, and I wouldn…

Oldie, bur relevant. Tech enthusiasts: My entire house is smart. Tech workers: The only piece of technology in my house is a printer and I keep a gun next to it so I can shoot it i…

I dunno, seems like it could be a bit vague. Does 45 refer to 45 Webley or 45 GAP? Could possibly also refer to 45 Colt I guess, if you're boring. But 45 Colt, 45 ACP, 45 Colt Gove…

Not exactly open firmware, but something like ONVIF on an isolated network is pretty close. An ONVIF camera should talk to basically any NVR (network video recorder), there are sev…

I'm not aware of corner markers being the standard, at least in the central and western US. For rural and undeveloped land, oftentimes you can pay the surveyor extra to put up corn…

So you've never actually studied philosophy or mathematics formally, yet you can succinctly claim that philosophy is easier than math? FWIW, I hold math and CS degrees, and fulfill…

Wait, so self hosting but I don't host my own email? So you guys just want to run your own mailserver and give people custom emails? That sounds like negative utility. That would m…

I'm not trying to be snarky, but it sounds like you have never had to implement an online payment system directly using a merchant account. If you've only used something like Strip…

It's 100% a racket. Your code could have been 10x worse and still passed, I doubt the auditors even looked at the code. It's a legal box-checking exercise, there really isn't much …

If they don't have a strict requirement on SOC2, then either PCI compliance or NSA CISA are more easily done without needing tons of money. Edit: PCI would only apply if you are pr…

Do they? Every time I've been asked about SOC compliance, it turned out the underlying reason was either insurance or a requirement the customer had from their downstream customer.…

Bold claim without any provided source. Do you have a link to back up that ASLR is a complete non-factor?

Plus, I've never understood the argument that cloud is better because you don't need to deal with the complexity of managing a server. Yes, it's a very deep topic and there's a lot…

I took a very similar class 9 years ago, and it was honestly one of the most helpful things I got out of my CS degree. The low level and limited tooling taught me to think before I…

I'm on mobile so can't easily pull up an example part number, but digital signage controllers can often be PoE powered. They're insanely overpriced new from the actual suppliers, b…

Every programming job I've ever had, I've been required at certain points to make open source contributions. Granted, that was always "we have an issue with this OSS library/softwa…

I don't expect radiologists to have a good understanding of the software involved in the control loops for the equipment they operate. Why should a lawyer have to have a mental mod…