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Comment · 1 year ago
High power high voltage switching ICs have caught up.
Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 2 years ago
American coin mechanisms in vending machines and arcade games have magnets to filter out Canadian quarters.
Comment · 2 years ago
When you’re facing critical issues that require specific expertise outside of the current team’s core competencies, bringing in an experienced consultant makes a lot of sense.

Of course finding one you trust is even harder. The vetting process itself is lengthy and tedious, so the natural tendency is to lean towards people/orgs in your trusted circles that your trusted friends can vouch for.

Or, you have one or more management team members who aren’t pulling their weight, what do you do? If there’s a chance spending $50k on a consultant will fix them you try that first before swallowing the $200k hidden cost bill of lost time, training, legal, onboarding, and opportunities costs replacing them.

Comment · 3 years ago
Complexity is fraud.
Comment · 3 years ago
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/us-reaches-15-billion-settlem...

Likely being forced to, a reminder this is the same company that deliberately and consistently cheated on emissions tests in the USA.

Comment · 3 years ago
What’s the over/under on Tesla renaming it to “Otto Pilot”?
Comment · 4 years ago
Chrome needs to fix the Mac Keystone WindowServer lag issue:

Details here: Chromeisbad.com

Keystone globally slows down UI and drains battery life, especially notable on older machines. Completely uninstalling chrome felt like upgrading to a new CPU on my 2013 MacBook.

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