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peter_d_sherman

18,478karma·5,710submissions·September 16, 2014
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Programmer, Student Of Law, Entrepreneur & Comedy Writer.

Open Source, Open Hardware, Transparency & Free Speech enthusiast.

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"The true knowledge consists of knowing that one knows nothing..."

- Socrates

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I'm not looking for a piece of paper, no. I'm looking for a hands-on learning experience with competent instructors, and the collegiality of classmates. The instructors don't have to …
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The reason this is posted on HN is because Google doesn't seem to understand this query. Google comes up with entries such as "The 25 most affordable Engineering schools" or "The …
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HN tells me this link is: http://www.muppetlabs.com/~breadbox/software/tiny/teensy.htm... -- htmlK? I removed the K at the end and it works fine...…
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What if every single scientific discovery in history was forwarded to a bunch of public-facing guys who said, "Nope, this isn't true." Where would we be then? Remember Galileo? Every…
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Opinion: This article is chock full o' SMM/UEFI/Firmware technical information. Definitely worth a read. Also, another excerpt: "I sent my reports to Intel Platform Security and I…
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Excerpt: "One of my favorite microchips of all time is FT2232H from FTDI — its dual channel USB to serial converter that supports various protocols and configurations. It can work with UART, I2C,…
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If this can remove CO2 from the air, I wonder if it could do so quickly enough to make an "air scrubber" for a future spacecraft...
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Additional links: https://github.com/mist-devel https://code.google.com/archive/p/mist-board …
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A fascinating piece of computer history. Thank you for the post and the link. (I miss USENET too...)
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Hi Kyle, Peter Sherman here. (I posted this HN article). You and I had an email dialogue around 2012, and of course I remember you from your Delphi days (BDE Alternatives Guide, etc.) and the old Jo…
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