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iamflimflam1

5,752karma·1,549submissions·February 26, 2009
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I've got a YouTube channel - It's surprisingly successful and people find it interesting.

https://www.youtube.com/atomic14

You can email me: chris -at- cmgresearch.com

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(r)who, finger, talk - I remember having really nice gui wrappers for these that ran on XWindows and let you see who was online and chat with them.
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Agreed - I was about to send this round to my colleagues. For once reading the comments first has paid off!
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The job market is pretty tough at the moment and every job will have many qualified candidates applying. I would not take this failure too much to heart. There will be quite a few other people who app…
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Do you also share examples of when it works really well?
1y ago·view thread
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The parent said teenager - race was not mentioned.
1y ago·view thread
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Video is unavailable to U.K. viewers.
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Suddenly my mind has gone blank…
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Being a fast follower is very good approach. Let someone else burn money educating users and building a market. Tuck in behind them and then zoom past when they’ve exhausted themselves. Cruel - but it…
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This is my experience as well. Occasionally when using code tools - I do actually feel like a 10x engineer. I’ve got sufficient experience to know what I want and to correct course when needed. And I …
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Ooh - post a gist of how you do that.
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This is the problem. When political messages are out in the open where everyone can see and challenge them it’s healthy. When it’s whispers tailored to individuals playing on their hopes and fears…
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I would expect most developers to fail at this challenge. Here’s the doc - you’ve got one chance to get the API to do this. I can’t tell from the description if the LLMs are allowed to try and then co…
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I’ve got a background in electronics. Tear downs on YouTube are invaluable. Unless I’m explicitly buying something to take it apart I avoid anything mains powered. You can replace the plugs and cables…
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He should really take a look at the crap available on Amazon - much of which is just people reselling Chinese imports. I personally buy a lot of electronics from AliExpress. But I have enough experien…
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I’m did some vibe hardware design using atopile recently - it’s surprisingly good. https://youtu.be/UQCpDarEoBc
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I will tend to do make the schematic. I’ll use labels for most connections from the mcu to any peripherals. On the PCB, the most critical thing to my mind, is component placement. I’ll do that before …
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I had the same problem - would love to see a working example.
1y ago·view thread
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Definitely - the ESP32S3 is an absolute joy to work with and layout.
1y ago·view thread
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I run a small YouTube channel - brings in enough to fund my hobby. https://youtube.com/@atomic14
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