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bduhan··on Old Insurance Maps – Georeferencing Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps on Modern Maps
Great work! I started georeferencing old plat maps and aerial photographs from my area in QGIS and realized quickly it would be hard to ask other for help without a platform like this.

I’ll try running my own and see about importing existing work. Have you thought about extending the public site scope beyond insurance maps?

bduhan··on FCC Updates Covered List to Include Foreign UAS and UAS Critical Components [pdf]
There is no viable alternative to DJI’s Enterprise offerings. I get that we are trying to bolster domestic tech but this is a stick when it should be a carrot.
bduhan··on How to check if your Apple Silicon Mac is booting securely
I had to do this today for a Universal Audio Apollo audio interface. Glad it’s on a dedicated machine.

https://help.uaudio.com/hc/en-us/articles/360057137692-Apple...

bduhan··on Serving Netflix Video at 400Gb/s on FreeBSD [pdf]
Have you tried using a crossover cable and static IPs to link the two servers directly?
bduhan··on “Put that in your pipe and smoke it”
My 7th grade math teacher once said “you can factor prime numbers until the angel Gabriel blows his horn at the end of time but it ain’t gonna do you no good!”

She also referred to improper fractions as “big top” or Dolly Parton “because she’s big up top, you know what I mean?”

Yes Mrs. Covington, we did :-)

bduhan··on DIY Camera Using Raspberry Pi
Boot times of 3-4 seconds are achievable with a customized buildroot [1] [2] if you don’t need network, USB, HDMI, and other services.

[1] https://mitxela.com/projects/thermal_paper_polaroid

[2] https://himeshp.blogspot.com/2018/08/fast-boot-with-raspberr...

bduhan··on Ask HN: How will it go for Raspberry Pi in the coming years?
You mentioned Pocket Beagle, but did you know the OSD335x[1] is readily available on Mouser and DigiKey? I certainly would have specified one instead of a BBB if it was available during our product development cycle.

[1] https://octavosystems.com/

bduhan··on John Carmack: My Steve Jobs Stories
Many modern 3D design systems have layered pie-style context menus and mouse gestures.
bduhan··on Radio Hacker Can Hijack Emergency Sirens to Play Any Sound
His channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/balint256
bduhan··on Google Fiber Was Doomed from the Start
Maybe they were fed up but it was the $15 million in government grants which made this happen.
bduhan··on Russia plans to install Pole-21 anti-missile jamming device on cell towers
The jamming cell towers are stationary and could be used as navigation aides for incoming missiles.
bduhan··on The Problem with Linux Kernel Documentation, and How We're Fixing It
You can build man pages with Sphinx.

http://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/stable/builders.html

bduhan··on Why Are Ultrasound Machines So Expensive?
A few months ago I almost ended up with a functional one from a local maternity ward for less than $100 on publicsurplus.com. I didn't realize the thing weighed =~ 400lbs until after bidding on it. Thankfully somebody else got the auction at the last minute.
bduhan··on Texas Teen Still Suspended Despite No Charges, Will Change Schools
Slightly better picture: http://i.imgur.com/jGZ8RBU.jpg

This is just an off the shelf alarm clock disassembled and crammed into a box from Target. I see an AC cord going to a bridge rectifier, a transformer, 9v battery holder, a display driver board and a long thin PCB for buttons. Here is a similar clock with a 2.5" tall display: http://i.imgur.com/1FceYfG.jpg