w4f7z | 1 year ago | on: Almost 6k dead in 6 years: How Baltimore became the U.S. overdose capital
It's phonetic for a local pronunciation.
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w4f7z | 2 years ago | on: Why aren't motherboards mostly USB-C by now? (2021)
IIRC PS/2 ports are actually an extreme overclocking feature as they are more likely to continue to function at borderline stable clocks.
w4f7z | 2 years ago | on: Moving from AWS to Bare-Metal saved us $230k per year
ServeTheHome has also written[0] a bit about the relative costs of AWS vs. colocation. They compare various reserved instance scenarios and include the labor of colocation. TL;DR: it's still far cheaper to colo.
[0] https://www.servethehome.com/falling-from-the-sky-2020-self-...
w4f7z | 2 years ago | on: San Francisco streets clogged as line of Cruise robotaxis come to a standstill
>> He said you can rate transport by the number of passengers you can load per hour.
The key word is transport. This is a rating of a mode of transport not a rating of any specific journey involving one or more modes of transport.
w4f7z | 3 years ago | on: Researchers demo Bluetooth relay attack against Tesla
>Yeah, this attack works in theory but is so complicated to set up and execute
There are quite a few security camera videos on youtube of people stealing cars parked in driveways by what appears to be a relay attack.
w4f7z | 7 years ago | on: What Really Happened to Apple’s Airpower
One alternative solution for multi-device charging that avoids the overlapping coil approach that apple is reportedly having issues with is to simply move the coil to the middle of the device(s). That was the solution that Panasonic used for the QE-TM101 [0]. This particular implementation has only one coil so multiple devices are charged in series.
[0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpSHJwiDfv4 (Not my video. Shows a Nexus 4 being placed in worst-case positions and an illuminated robotic primary charging coil attempting to couple with the secondary on the phone.)
w4f7z | 10 years ago | on: Groupon Is Laying Off 1,100, Shutters Operations in 7 Countries
With this announcement coming shortly after the OrderUp acquisition I wonder if this is signaling a larger shift at Groupon.
w4f7z | 12 years ago | on: Why Programming is Difficult
Programming is hard. Proof-reading? Impossible.
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