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Re:Whole Genome Sequencing on Monday July 25, 2022 @06:05PM (#32231551)
Do you think something like the Oxford Nanopore MinION [0] is a viable alternative, assuming you'd want to do just the sequencing yourself? I suspect most people wouldn't be able to do the prep without proper wet lab training and equipment [1], but the starter kit is $1000 for the device, a single flow cell, and one rapid sequencing kit (SQK-RAD004).

[0]: https://nanoporetech.com/products/minion

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS1pz3IhJvU

Re:What’s the best lossless image format? on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @01:15PM (#31657383)
There's been discussion lately whether or not JPEG XL adoption will be hindered by patents.

https://patents.google.com/patent/US11234023B2/

https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/17/microsoft_ans_patent/

Re:Show HN: Caddy v2.5.0 on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @01:59PM (#31170844)
How long does it usually take for first-party packages to be updated, e.g., https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/g/caddy/caddy/ ?
Re:Swift and C++ interoperability workgroup announcement on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @10:52AM (#30164123)
Not a working group, but a library does exist: https://cxx.rs/
Re:Burn My Windows on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @10:46AM (#29795998)
Interestingly, this diverges from the more common gitmoji rules: https://gitmoji.dev/
Re:Hacking a VW Golf Power Steering ECU on Monday January 03, 2022 @12:13PM (#29783156)
I'd love to do a torque mod on a modern Honda EPS, but there's simply no easy way for a "normal" person do it. The amount of time and effort is extreme with no background knowledge of the problem. (Yes, I understand there's liability, etc.).

It's completely taboo in openpilot discussions (e.g., the Discord channel), so I'm curious if there's an alternative community open to talking about it (distributing pre-patched or providing a patcher).

For Honda cars at least, openpilot is absolutely hindered by the low torque allowed by the stock firmware.