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Re:The World’s Oldest Blockchain Has Been Hiding in the New York Times...
on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @11:15PM (#17865253)
This describes something from Surety, LLC. Too bad their web page doesn't have https. Hard to take them as seriously. http://surety.com/
Re:Convert your KiCAD boards into nice looking 2D pinout diagrams
on Sunday April 16, 2017 @12:16AM (#14124290)
How is this different from KiCAD 3D view, as seen from the top or the bottom?
Re:Open Source Needs FPGAs; FPGAs Need an On-Ramp
on Sunday April 02, 2017 @03:11PM (#14018478)
Ductapemaster, I have done designs in networking (e.g. packet processing and 10 Gb Ethernet), wireless (e.g. baseband part of a modem), glue logic, and other more specialized areas. FPGAs have a wide variety of uses other than ASIC prototyping and small glue logic.
Re:Open Source Needs FPGAs; FPGAs Need an On-Ramp
on Saturday April 01, 2017 @04:08PM (#14013894)
thowayedidoqo, I can still use them without the libraries. For example, I could write my own FFT or compression routine. It just may be cheaper to license them from the vendor or a third party. I have done plenty of designs without paid IP. I have used IP from Xilinx, Altera (pre-Intel), and third parties.
Re:Open Source Needs FPGAs; FPGAs Need an On-Ramp
on Friday March 31, 2017 @07:05PM (#14009191)
As an FPGA designer, I can't disagree more with your statement of their business model. They make money on chips. That is indisputable.
My last 3 designs used the vendor's free software, except for some IP we bought (IP=Intellectual property, a specific core). You might think of the IP as a library you would buy as a software engineer.
Re:A deep dive into why Wi-Fi kind of sucks
on Saturday March 04, 2017 @12:06PM (#13791758)
Ubiquiti UniFi AC or UniFi AC-LR. I'm not the poster above you were asking. Never need rebooting. Present a single AP name for multiple devices and both 2.4 and 5.x GHz. Reasonable price for home use. Based on personal experience in a large house. grk, roaming works just fine.
Re:As a software engineer, what's the best skill to have for the next ...
on Saturday February 25, 2017 @04:50PM (#13734060)
"Next dead-giveaway: non-typist code is... minimalist. They don't go the extra mile to comment things. If their typing skills are really bad, they may opt to comment the code in a second, optional pass."
Steve Yegge in http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2008/09/programmings-dirties... where he also says
"And as for this non-college bullshit I got two words for that: learn to [explitive] type" — Mr. Pink
And from Coding Horror (Stack Overflow co-founder):
We Are Typists First, Programmers Second https://blog.codinghorror.com/we-are-typists-first-programme...
Re:$5 Showdown: Linode vs. DigitalOcean vs. Amazon Lightsail vs. Vultr
on Sunday February 19, 2017 @03:37PM (#13681836)
If you need more storage, Delimeter Slot Hosting has a ship-us-your-storage (SSD or HD) for US $10/mo ($120/yr only). 1 GB RAM, 4 TB bandwidth. Disclaimer: I haven't used them, so I'm not sure how good they are.
Re:Designing a Business Card in LaTeX
on Sunday February 12, 2017 @02:41PM (#13630175)
You aren't the only one who likes it; it definitely gets noticed. They cost ~$1 (US) in quantity.
The most common question I get is "If I install the chips, what do I get?" Unfortunately, the answer is nothing. There are people who have done that.
Re:Designing a Business Card in LaTeX
on Saturday February 11, 2017 @11:36PM (#13626765)
Mine is a PCB (Printed Circuit Board). I designed it with KiCAD. Open source CC-BY-NC-SA.https://github.com/bdc0/businesscard
Re:Setup Keybase.io, GPG and Git to sign commits on GitHub
on Friday August 19, 2016 @07:33PM (#12324251)