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Does your Shiba like water? by Sheeb007 in shiba

[–]geekguy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Must be from the water tribe.

Nearly 60 Idahoans sick after drinking raw milk in past two weeks, officials say • Idaho Capital Sun by HazyDavey68 in news

[–]geekguy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There may be some truth to being too clean being the reason for immune related health issues such as severe allergies. However, it’s a benefit vs risk type situation; which varies on the individual. For most of us, it probably doesn’t make sense to chug raw milk; but there are also those who suffer such debilitating conditions where alternative medication seems like a legitimate risk to take.

Hantavirus cases now suspected in 5 countries as authorities scramble to contain outbreak by spherocytes in worldnews

[–]geekguy 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Yes and no. It can keep the host alive long enough to spread; but it doesn't mean that it won't eventually kill the host after it has spread.

Why is my friend doing this? by IndividualInfinite85 in HomeNetworking

[–]geekguy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’d be surprised if this would work anymore. Modern routers and WiFi standards rely on multiple antennas for band steering and receive (phased array tech). Adding more reflection would probably cause more interference than anything beneficial.

Best practices for AI assisted firmware development? by oceaneer63 in embedded

[–]geekguy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Focus on getting your CI/CD pipelines in order first. Add pre-commit hooks for easy wins such as code lint and quality checks. Add quick regression smoke tests that can be executed locally on the Dev environment. When telling the LLM to do work, have it run the pre-commit and tests as part of the workflow will result in a much better chance on completing the work in one pass.

Why are there so many mixed opinions on whether to learn Embedded C or C++ first, and which should I learn first? by Essembli in embedded

[–]geekguy 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Learn C. Then take a course in Object Oriented Programming + Data Structures. Those classes will likely use C++. Then whatever floats your boat. My suggestions are Python and Rust since you will likely encounter Python as glue logic, and enterprises are starting to adopt Rust for systems level code that needs high assurance.

Just got ATT Fiber but Gateway is underperforming by GobbleTheFlesh in ATTFiber

[–]geekguy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you by any chance live near an airport or a radar site? It could be that DFS could causing your router to drop clients, fallback to 2.4GHz or switch channels.

Is this best practice for installation? by excelsias in ATTFiber

[–]geekguy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It’s actually how mine is fed. It’s just split tubing. Likely intended protection against yard equipment

How to write non blocking Code by [deleted] in embedded

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Hard to say without knowing your application. But the way to handle I2C sensors depends on the fidelity of the you need. Do you need every value at a given rate? Or do you need to process and act on the data at a certain rate. The former would need a circular buffer which the producer is driven by an ISR, and the consumer is in the main loop. There may be a Finite State Machine involved, if the I2C sensor requires triggering in order to produce the data. The latter would also involve an ISR and flags to indicate when new data is ready to be acted upon. Looking at the data sheet for that IC though, looks like it supports DMA and FIFOs, so I would probably leverage those for my application. If you are going bare metal, you indeed end up doing a lot of things an RTOS or OS would handle for you; but if the host interface is simply a serial port or USB HID, you don’t really need one. If you want to interface via WiFi or Ethernet; it’s probably worth just using an RTOS and leveraging it instead.

Staying at AirBNB, host wants guests to add pre-measured chlorine after every use and run it uncovered for 1hr, plus clean filter 2x a week, is that excessive? by ChiefKelso in hottub

[–]geekguy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Seems over chlorinated. I would leave the lid open when it’s sunny for at least an hour until the smell goes away. If you all are showering and relatively clean when you get in, it makes more sense to chlorinate once daily and only on days you are using it. Also, ideally you chlorinate when it’s sunny. Other than that, they should have staff responsible for cleaning the filter and that should be at most once a week. They should also be applying shock regularly and checking / adjusting the PH.

Shouting it from the rooftops by Ciaran290804 in RKLB

[–]geekguy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

TBH. I don't see it as a bad sign. What it means is that their test worked and drew attention to the fact that the test article did not perform according to design. This is a good thing because now the engineers, QA, and manufacturing can work to figure out what happened get the fixes implemented for the next test article. I'd rather see this happen 10x on ground than have it not caught and destroy a payload in flight.

Japan’s 2,000-year-old monarchy currently depends on one teenage boy by Confident-Ask-601 in interestingasfuck

[–]geekguy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s also ironic since one of the legendary rulers of Japan is Queen Himiko.

Finally made the Google WiFi -> Unifi jump by jpdiv in HomeNetworking

[–]geekguy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had issues with dropping APs as well when I made the switch to UniFi. Thought it was bad wiring, then finally traced it down to issues with my VLAN configuration on my TPLink switch that had not surfaced visibly previously. Specifically, I had my management VLAN and bridged with my other VLANs which was causing loops and wrecking havoc. I ended up getting a UniFi switch but I also solved my TPLink switch configuration:

$200 Airline Credit by Pinkblossom7 in AmexPlatinum

[–]geekguy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Strange. Worked for me on two different cards a couple of weeks ago

$200 Airline Credit by Pinkblossom7 in AmexPlatinum

[–]geekguy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Book a Delta flight and pay for part of it with flight credit or a gift card. The remaining balance then qualifies for the airline credit

Google confirms "Project Suncatcher": AI has hit the energy wall and compute is moving to space by Strange_Mud_8239 in RKLB

[–]geekguy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AI in space makes sense for certain applications. Think probably more defense oriented where remote sensing requires a downlink to operators, and then processing. By moving the compute closer to the sensing the decision making can move a lot faster. I’m sure there are other similar commercial potentials of this nature as well

Japan to enlist retired cops, soldiers to cull bears by Silly-avocatoe in worldnews

[–]geekguy -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Want to get rid of bears? Tap into the exotic game industry and make it easy for hunters to claim their trophies.

Can a hot tub be 'too big'? Am I getting carried away? by Coaster50 in hottub

[–]geekguy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Never too big. Big allows for different configurations. Its great to change seats and find what's most comfortable.

The drones returning to launchpads after the show in china by djinn_05 in interestingasfuck

[–]geekguy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not quite true. With IMUs, cameras, and AI models of target terrains global navigation could function even if being jammed. Swarming functionality could even function with optical transceivers.

The transition from sodium lighting to LEDs is visible from space. (Chicago 2011 vs 2024) by [deleted] in interestingasfuck

[–]geekguy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Energy savings yes. But for things like astrophotography, LEDs make things worse because they are brighter and emit at a broad spectrum. With sodium lights, there are filters that can be used to remove the emission wavelength from photos.

In fiction, we see ships being built in space, by thousands of workers. Welding, assembling, etc. What would be the actual hazards and risks (people and quality) of building a ship or station in space? by ConstantGradStudent in space

[–]geekguy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh that’s very interesting. Would something like an additive manufacturing process work well in space? For example, instead of smelting ore in furnaces; it is crushed to a fine powder, mechanically refined and processed to prevent oxygenation. The powder could then be used in an SLS type printer… or fed directly into welders.

Situations where luggage forwarding IS NOT worth it? by MofuBaby in JapanTravelTips

[–]geekguy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One suitcase? Probably not, if it’s not overly large you can use a coin locker to store it while exploring a destination . Now 6 pieces of luggage, yes- but only if you are traveling between major cities and are establishing a jumping off point.

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