HackerTrans
TopNewTrendsCommentsPastAskShowJobs

yello_downunder

no profile record

comments

yello_downunder
·6 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
I didn't think I'd see Steve mentioned on this site! The camp stove would probably be fine, but the fuel would be an issue. I wonder if axes are allowed in carry on?
yello_downunder
·12 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
I'm stuck with a cloth interior. I bring a beach towel to drape on the seat after my rides. Mud falls onto the towel which makes it easy to clean out of the vehicle.
yello_downunder
·12 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
It depends on the use case. If your server is able to handle 45k connections but 42k of them are stalled because of mobile users with too much packet loss, QUIC could look pretty attractive. QUIC is a solution to some of the problematic aspects of TCP that couldn't be fixed without breaking things.
yello_downunder
·12 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
QUIC would work okay, but not really have many advantages for machine-to-machine traffic. Machine-to-machine you tend to have long-lived connections over a pretty good network. In this situation TCP already works well and is currently handled better in the kernel. Eventually QUIC will probably be just as good for TCP in this use case, but we're not there yet.
yello_downunder
·ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
I've wanted a receipt printer for years just for giggles, after doing some custom integrations with them in medical labs. It turns out F**book marketplace in my area has some for movie night prices, just in case someone else is thinking along the same lines..
yello_downunder
·ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
One other thing you can do - live in a newly developed area. Areas that had car traffic when lead was still used in fuel can have significant amounts of lead in the soil. If you live in an older area and suspect lead poisoning, test your garden soil and test the playground dust.

https://www.cdc.gov/lead-prevention/prevention/soil.html
yello_downunder
·ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
I had to look this up, and I found the answer interesting because I used to develop software to accurately report magnetic declination at any point in time, for directional drilling oil wells in Canada. https://www.geomag.nrcan.gc.ca/mag_fld/magdec-en.php has some great information on why. For example, Yellowknife can experience declination changes over one degree every three years.

I haven't used a compass since I was a kid and at that time declination where I live was 21 degrees. Now it's down to 13 degrees. I had no idea it changed that much.