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Re:Show HN: Esp32sim – Run ESP32 firmware in the browser on Sunday October 18, 2026 @03:30AM (#50138793)
Very nice! Are you planning P4 support? Have lots of S3 units and some C6, but P4 are the ones getting the most attentation at the moment.
Re:U.S. kids no longer reading for pleasure on Friday June 12, 2026 @06:49AM (#48502395)
You are not. It's infuriating to the point I've used Gemini to make a readable summary of a video, which works pretty well since they have better access to all the video data/metadata than OpenAI/Anthropic.
This one: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005008555989592.html

Not small, but not huge either. More importantly, it gets about 3/4GB/s with a Kingston NV3 4TB drive and very acceptable temps.

Re:Did Windows 10 slow down with each feature update? on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @12:41AM (#27588053)
Amusingly, Microsoft provides their own tool (1) for excellent insight and enabling/disabling of all the various places applications can put their startup executables.

1 - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/auto...

Re:Switching to Windows on Saturday February 13, 2021 @04:37AM (#26122527)
Check out SteerMouse, my friend. It figuratively saved my life as I too can't stand the standard settings. It lets you configure both acceleration and sensitivity, and while it takes a while to find the sweet spot for your mouse, when you do - it's great!

https://plentycom.jp/en/steermouse/

Re:Effects of short-term fasting on cancer treatment on Monday September 02, 2019 @01:21PM (#20860523)
Why is it obvious that 4000 calories of olive oil is not metabolized without waste? Please provide sources.