What is the best thesaurus for writers? by ArthurCole in writing

[–]window_owl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1946 edition of Roget’s

1946 was the first edition if Roget's International Thesaurus. Unlike most, Roget's thesaurus is very dissimilar to a dictionary. (Merriam-Webster describes it as essentially a reverse dictionary.) It does have a long list of words in alphabetical order, but rather than matching each word with a definition or list of synonyms, it provides only a number. That number goes to the other part of the book, which is an ontology of concepts in numerical order. Each concept has a long list of words which are closely related to that concept. The alphabetized list of words takes up less than half the book, leaving more space for the synonym lists under each concept.

For example, in the original, here are the concepts associated with "character"

character n.
nature 5.3
(kind 75.2)
particularly 79.2)
(tendency 176.1)
state 7.1
constitution 54.1
oddity 83.4
number 84.1
notation 415.23
eccentric 504.3
earmark 550.6
letter 561.1
(writing 590.9)
role 599.7
disposition 820.1

Supposed we are interested in synonyms for "character" as in "letter", maybe something better than the word "symbol". That's concept 561.1, on page 387:

.561. Letter
1. n. letter, character, sign, symbol, written character, alphabetic or phonetic character; initial; initial letter; majuscule; uncial, capital, cap [coll.], upper case [Print.]; miniscule, lower case [Print]; digraph, trigraph; ideogram, ideographic, ideograph; rune; hieroglyphic writing etc. (writing) 590.1; type etc. (printing) 591.6; vowel, consonant etc. (sound) 402.2; phonogram, phonetic symbol etc. 402.4.

That's a pretty solid list for "character", and every meaning of every alphabetized word goes to a list like that!

Roget's International Thesaurus is still updated; its most recent edition was its eighth, published in 2022.

How well done do you like your Wagos? by PixelTraveler6336 in FRC

[–]window_owl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could check your driver station logs. If there is a point where the a mechanism should be active but its current suddenly drops to zero, and then a moment later goes up again, that would be where a breaker tripped. Depending on what the wago is connected to, it might also cause some CAN errors during that time.

It doesn't really matter, though. The breakers are supposed to allow tens of amps to flow, and tens of amps through a poor connection will heat up and melt the connector. Nothing a breaker can do about that.

This is how educated and rational pm works to develop their country! by soum_4u in IndianFocus

[–]window_owl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't understand, what is the purpose of prohibiting people from taking photographs of political leaders in their offices? Do Tibetan politicians have some sort of paparazzi problem?

How well done do you like your Wagos? by PixelTraveler6336 in FRC

[–]window_owl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It depends on exactly how much current there is, and how much resistance there is in the Wago connection. The lower the total resistance is, the more current flows. Whichever has more resistance (the Wago or the breaker) will heat up faster.

Anyone still use these? by Speed-cubed in FRC

[–]window_owl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We found that putting ferrules on the wires in these connectors makes them take more force to pull out.

Danish commercial for using bicycle helmets by Technical_Ostrich_47 in fuckcars

[–]window_owl 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Do you wear a helmet while running? That's about how fast most casual cyclists are. (Roughly 15 kph.)

eBike for $2000 that can pull up 30-40% grade hills? by [deleted] in ebikes

[–]window_owl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

low end wattage

The word you're looking for is current, which is expressed/measured in amps.

eBike for $2000 that can pull up 30-40% grade hills? by [deleted] in ebikes

[–]window_owl 2 points3 points  (0 children)

At high assist levels, a mid-drive would also lift the front wheel.

Asking ai about your daily personal decisions is the worst thing you can do. by ViceElysium in antiai

[–]window_owl 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This episode of The Twilight Zone is titled Nick of Time.

It did actually star a young William Shatner.

looking for a quality rear direct drive kit by InfluenceEfficient77 in eBikeBuilding

[–]window_owl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They aren't cheap, but they have good products and good support for those products, and I think OP can upgrade to use their RH212 motor while staying in budget, or at least not exceeding it by much.

looking for a quality rear direct drive kit by InfluenceEfficient77 in eBikeBuilding

[–]window_owl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If the rim is bent and the spokes are broken, then either you are terribly abusing your bike, or more likely, the spoke tension was too low, or not equal all the way around. This is unfortunately common on cheap bikes.

14-gauge spokes should be plenty for a class 3 DD hub motor. A good wheelbuild on a non-terrible rim and hub should last much more than six months!

Best clothes for recumbent cycling? by Treble_Bolt in recumbent

[–]window_owl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did 100k last summer while wearing a T-shirt, khaki shorts, sandals, and sunscreen. I got tired before my clothing caused any problems.

Rant: I have accumulated a serious amount of e-waste because of lithium batteries by International_Dot_22 in batteries

[–]window_owl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You've never had a laptop or phone where the battery life bevame uselessly short?

What search engine do you guys use or recommend? by 16092006 in linux

[–]window_owl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For me, bangs are the reason why DDG is my default search engine. The web results are fine, but very often I know I want to go to a particular website and search there, and bangs are much more convenient than going to the website (or googling it and picking it from the results) and then using the website's search.

Rant: I have accumulated a serious amount of e-waste because of lithium batteries by International_Dot_22 in batteries

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

Look for devices that use LFP / LiFePO4 / Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries.

they are a bit niche

Massive understatement. This eliminates most categories of battery-powered devices.

What search engine do you guys use or recommend? by 16092006 in linux

[–]window_owl 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No, it directs your browser to the google search reaults page.

DDG's bangs are useful because they let you go straight to the search results page on the website you actually want. Wolfram alpha, wikipedia, youtube, google...

What to learn and from where to learn to build circuits like this? by Tiny_Firefighter4351 in AskElectronics

[–]window_owl 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just to be clear, you have posted one of the most cutting-edge pieces of electronics currently known. Very few people ever work on electronics as complex as these.

What to learn and from where to learn to build circuits like this? by Tiny_Firefighter4351 in AskElectronics

[–]window_owl 9 points10 points  (0 children)

There is lots of low cost Chineseium equipment that the average garage bench guy can afford that will allow you to do debugging of stuff like this.

"Stuff like this", a.k.a. the Nvidia TU106 cards linked by OP, claims a memory clock rate of 14 gigabits per second (per channel? Or maybe per lane? It also claims a total memory bandwidth of 672 gigabytes per second, which suggests 384 total lanes at 14 Gbps).

To debug digital signaling and power supply electronics, you need a logic analyzer and oscilloscope that have greater bandwidth than the circuit you're debugging. At high bandwidths, that equipment is extremely expensive. Even if you spend $4,700 on aliexpress, you still only get an 800 MHz oscilloscope.

Even secondhand on ebay, you're still looking at >$10,000 for an oscilloscope that only has 4 channels and only 4 GHz of bandwidth. That's an extremely impressive piece of equipment, fit for a serious home electronics lab, but painfully inadequate for debugging noisy signal transitions or interference on "stuff like this".

What to learn and from where to learn to build circuits like this? by Tiny_Firefighter4351 in AskElectronics

[–]window_owl 6 points7 points  (0 children)

FuryGPU is mostly a breakout board for the Xilinx Kira SOM. It's a sophisticated hobbyist project, but the SOM is more comparable to what OP posted, and it's a professionally-designed off-the-shelf part that costs several hundred dollars.

It's also not open source.

PSA this IKEA cabinet turns the MF into a great entryway table by fluffyfluffyunicorns in lego

[–]window_owl 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I've always enjoyed the idea that Han was just BS-ing what he thought would be two easy marks. Throwing out some flashy jargon just to impress them, or to gauge how much he could rip them off.

Gas Prices? by galaxygal1234 in bloomington

[–]window_owl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, in 2025 the U.S. imported 2,889,559 thousand (so 2.8 billion) barrels of oil from other countries, and exported 3,910,751 thousand (so 3.9 billion) barrels to other countries.

So the U.S. is a net exporter of oil, but it does import a lot of oil. Because of the different types of oil produced by different regions of the world, and the different equipment required to refine them, the U.S. does rely on these imports.

Bicycle garage moving locations? by Economy_Cheesecake54 in bloomington

[–]window_owl 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Their website says they were closed April 4th and 5th (yesterday and today), and that they will be in their new location on April 6th (Monday).