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Re:Learn to sew your own outdoor gear on Thursday August 18, 2022 @06:36PM (#32515650)
Search for gutermann tera 80, mara 50, or mara 70.
Re:Black Blacker Than Vantablack on Friday September 27, 2019 @06:34PM (#21096870)
I'm curious... would that car get incredibly hot parked in the sun?
Re:Fidelity Introduces Zero Expense Ratio Index Funds on Friday August 03, 2018 @01:50PM (#17681914)
I've had the opposite experience with my Fidelity card. I've accidentally swiped it a few times with no consequences, just had to insert the chip afterward. Their fraud detection has been spot on. I must've gotten skimmed and incurred a fraudulent charge. The card was immediately cancelled, I was notified, and three days later I had a new card in the mail.
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2017) on Friday November 03, 2017 @05:52PM (#15622434)
Express Logic | USB embedded stack engineer | San Diego | ONSITE

Looking for full time USB Stack embedded software developer to join our outstanding engineering team at Express Logic headquarters.

Location: San Diego

Qualifications: BS/MS in Computer Science with 5 years of experience

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Extensive knowledge of USB, both host and device, and common classes

Working knowledge of embedded OSes such as ThreadX, Nucleus, VxWorks

Demonstrate experience in one of the following areas:

USB host/device and classes

Real Time Operating Systems

File Management Systems (FAT32, exFAT)

Device drivers

Must be proficient in C programming language

Preferred tool experience: Eclipse, IAR EWARM, ARM)

Knowledge of ARM assembly language is highly desirable

Must be able to understand microprocessor datasheet and hardware schematics

Must be able to design and implement software components following technical specifications

Excellent communication skills required to interact with partners and customers for pre- and post-sales technical support and trainings

https://rtos.com/about/employment/

[email protected]

Re:A giant pyramid hidden inside a mountain on Monday August 29, 2016 @12:31AM (#12380018)
I was here back in February. You can walk through some of the excavated tunnels, but most are closed off.

Wikipedia has a good image showing the sizes of different pyramids compared: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/Comparis...

Note that Cholula has the largest base, but isn't the tallest.

Re:The Fall of Schwinn (1993) on Thursday August 11, 2016 @07:57PM (#12272604)
Ah! This wasn't in the version of the bill that I googled (first result when searching 'sb962' showed me the original bill).
This article is FUD.

From the actual bill:

"This bill would require that any advanced mobile communications device, as defined, that is sold in California on or after January 1, 2015, include a technological solution, which may consist of software, hardware, or both software and hardware, that can render inoperable the essential features of the device, as defined, when the device is not in the possession of the rightful owner. The bill would require that the technological solution be able to withstand a hard reset, as defined. The bill would prohibit the sale of an advanced mobile communications device in California without the technological solution being enabled, but would authorize the rightful owner to affirmatively elect to disable the technological solution after sale."

Re:Poll: Freelancers/Consultants – What's your yearly income? on Sunday September 29, 2013 @11:10AM (#6465358)
Last year I charged $64/hour to do embedded software development. I made around $75k, but i only worked about half the time (75k/64 = 1172 hours). I lived in Chicago and my client was 3 hours away in Fort Wayne, IN.

Good money, low overhead working in the attic (pun intended!), and worked on site about half the time (stayed with a friend who lived there).

That dried up earlier this year and I was getting tired of Chicago, so I applied to a bunch of full-time jobs in California and took a 110k/year embedded software job in San Diego. I miss contracting and working on my own hours, but this larger salary, awesome benefits, and stable income are nice too. Though I just started working on a hardware start-up on the side. I'm hoping this will get big.

Ask HN: Should I lower my rates for small startups?

I've been freelancing for over a year now (doing embedded software engineering). I raised my rate a few months ago from $52 to $64 per hour. Things are going well and I plan on raising them again soon.Recently, I've had some very small, bootstrapped start-ups contact me for quotes to do projects. They can't afford my normal rates. I ended up doing a very small project for one company for what...

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Re:Black and White on Thursday March 01, 2012 @11:19AM (#3652698)
There's plenty of software that falls into the 1k to 75k range. Off the top of my head: any professional embedded C compiler or IDE license, MATLAB, MathCad, Adobe CS Suite, various CAD packages. These are all used in engineering environments where maybe a handful of licenses are purchased, at least in the environment I'm currently working in. We don't get salesmen calling us and pushing new releases; we maybe purchase every second or third new version.

Joel writes "You need purchasing managers and CEO approval and competitive bids and paperwork."

I think this is a bit over-reaching. Sure, you need manager approval, but that's been pretty easy to obtain in any engineering environment I've been in. Most of the time the software vendors come up with a new file format that's incompatible with the past, so you're practically forced to upgrade. Never have I seen bids or CEO/CTO approval on the software I'm discussing.

I think perhaps a more relevant range is 5k-75k or even 10k-75k.

(Sorry if I'm doing it wrong, this is my first post here.)