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Re:QucsStudio – HF Circuit and EM Field Simulator on Friday May 28, 2021 @01:31AM (#27312050)
What would experts here recommend for simulating 5ghz and 10ghz USB 3 on a particular gerber file and layup?

I've been avoiding it and spinning boards making small changes hoping for the best but still having issues. And don't have the resources to buy a scope capable of doing an eye diagram at 10ghz

Also bonus question.. How good are the simulations? Am I likely to be able to iterate on my layout and improve the eye diagram and order boards which have a good chance of working?

I'm vegan on the whole but I still use a splash of fish sauce from time to time. Good stuff, and largely made from parts of fish which would otherwise go to waste
Given that it's simple for anyone to setup a powerful radio to spoof ATC, and it probably would be too hard to sabotage the real ATC radio, I'm surprised planes haven't been hijacked like this before, but without the use of official ATC.
Belarusian government controlled medias top story is from 3 days ago, Lukashenko propoganda anticipating sanctions. As if we need more smoking guns: https://eng.belta.by/president/view/lukashenko-urges-to-mull...
Re:Why is the Gaza Strip blurry on Google Maps? on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @01:37AM (#27191564)
Surprisingly the answer is most often no, however in poor signal areas like in a city or under canopy the answer is yes as you are more likely to get a signal from the remaining bits of sky view.

The other benefit is when doing PPP the convergence time is dramatically shorter with multi constellation.

When doing RTK most receivers will use only GPS, as it is generally the most accurate, but it can and will use GLONASS occasionally. I have never seen one use beidu or Galileo

Re:Framework Laptop pre-orders are open, starting at $999 on Thursday May 13, 2021 @04:26PM (#27146980)
I would love to make an arm board. Would be cool if you could publish some sort of reference design EDA files with just the board outline and IO connectors populated.
Re:Open source mechanical Swiss watch movement on Thursday May 13, 2021 @02:55AM (#27139201)
For something mechanical operating under random g forces and over a wide temperature range, that accuracy is truly astonishing.
Re:Why are modern 50mm lenses so damned complicated? on Monday May 10, 2021 @05:12PM (#27110950)
Over the years I've needed high end gear in a hurry mostly for emergency work after hurricanes or wildfires. I have dealt with all the rental houses in the US and the one the author of this article founded is hands down the best (lens rentals., on) .

Its interesting how much effect the founder can have on a business even after its grown large. You can tell if the company exists primarily to fulfill a mission or just as a money making exersize.

I show up in satellite images. 30cm is a thing now.
Well put
Re:TSMC sees chip shortage lasting into 2022 on Friday April 16, 2021 @12:53AM (#26829642)
Random story... I bought some resistor kits from aliexpress. I noticed the few I used were super accurate. So I tested a bunch. They were all accurate to, not sure exactly but let's say 0.1% ish. I went and measured a bunch of 1% ones from digikey,and they were around 0.5 to 1%.

I guess they were tight tolerance ones that made it into a ultra cheap smd kit.

Re:TSMC sees chip shortage lasting into 2022 on Thursday April 15, 2021 @11:59PM (#26829295)
I had the same thing. 18k available on digikey. I even still had the browser window open, and the next day 0 available. I found arrow had 26 and everyone else zero. I managed to get enough for testing but will have to redesign now, but how to redesign for a chip I know will be available. I guess I need to buy a reel before designing. This sucks tbh
Re:Alibaba slapped with record $2.7B antitrust fine on Sunday April 11, 2021 @02:14AM (#26767867)
I live in NZ, previously in Italy and Mexico. My comments weren't related to the US or UK
Re:Alibaba slapped with record $2.7B antitrust fine on Sunday April 11, 2021 @01:10AM (#26767624)
Whoa. You are from planet earth, right?

If you are a FB employee or shareholder you should probably disclose that if you're going to make such a comment

Re:You Don't Need a GUI on Friday April 09, 2021 @03:45PM (#26755178)
Thanks
If anyone has any interest in this topic, THE PIRATE HISTORY PODCAST is absolutely brilliant. I'm up to Ep. 50 and I'm pretty sure I'll start again when I finish (apx 200ish episodes). It takes podcast quality and depth to another level.
I make gps enabled cameras and am battling with RFI from USB3. Juat ordered a bunch of chokes to try on cables to mitigate. Im surprised this level of RFI is allowed. Either that or these devices aren't being tested properly. Like they are powered up for testing but aren't used with actual data being sent to and from them
Re:Ever Given Ships Erratic Route into Suez Canal on Saturday March 27, 2021 @03:53PM (#26605058)
I've been trying to figure this out too. Maybe they have a stern anchor too?

Maybe each needs a stern tug?

Re:Ask HN: Who Are the Investors on HN? on Saturday March 27, 2021 @03:38PM (#26604924)
You might want to check your profile, it doesn't look like there is an email address there
Making corporate videos like this is much harder than it seems. If the tallant behind the video is in any way related to the tallant behind the products, I'm sold.
ITAR is surprisingly broad. It covers a lot of stuff that no one cares is restricted, but that just gets ignored.
Re:My self-study plan for electrical engineering on Saturday March 20, 2021 @07:51PM (#26526975)
I took up EE professionaly at around age 38. I learned really quickly, and am currently quite productive. But there is a catch. I learned the basics when I was a kid, and got into ham radio. A basic knowledge and 'feeling' for what's going on in the electromagnetic space meant 25 years later I could learn at a rapid pace.

So of course you can't go back in time and replicate that, but you can do this... Get SPICE, or better a real lab, and start messing around with the absolute basics until you can dream it like when you finally do when learning a second language.

Without that primal understanding all the advanced stuff will just be rote memory learning.

It will feel slow and you sound like someone who wants to move fast. But getting a feel for voltage and current and their basic interaction in a hands on way will set you up to absorb the more advanced stuff like a sponge.

Just because you 'know' ohms law etc doesn't mean you can 'think' in ohms law like you do when you speak your first language.

So go deep on the basics. Give it lots of boring hours. Then start getting into the more esoteric stuff.

Enjoy the trip. Its been a wonderful one for me and I hope you get the same joy

Xrays.Dew.temperature extremes. Misloaded film. Dust or mould on lens. Physical damage. Shutter mechanism life is limited and they need to be pre emptively replaced. External flash sync. Problems between flash sync and shutter speed. Light meter false readings due to dirty light meter lenses.

All of these are real. I'm a professional photographer and I own this camera in my historical collection.

What's my point? Fuck OOP

Thank you for posting this. It reminds us that in any difficult situation the common man and woman on the ground can still be civil and have mutual respect
Re:How to lower the price of plant-based meat on Monday February 15, 2021 @04:34PM (#26147744)
Well put, I concur
Re:I Really Blew It (2020) on Monday February 15, 2021 @01:34AM (#26139781)
I know who I'd want to spend an afternoon talking to
Re:How to lower the price of plant-based meat on Sunday February 14, 2021 @03:28PM (#26135949)
It's about the amount of meat and dairy we ate... Next to nothing compared to today. Today's rates of cardiovascular diseases don't exist in mostly plant eating cohorts, nor do they in other largely plant based apes.

Its not that complicated, I fail to see how this qualifies as histrionics.

Try researching SIBO
Posssie to upload multiple parts and treat as a single quote?
Re:How to lower the price of plant-based meat on Sunday February 07, 2021 @03:58PM (#26058129)
The original claim was that meat has a good track record. Citation needed. NIH is brimming with publications to the contrary

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