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vkdelta··on How Obama's BlackBerry got secured (2023)
How is current presidential iPhone getting secured?
vkdelta··on ESP32-C3 SuperMini antenna modification
Exactly… they would have added crappy antenna as they likely meet emission, spurious or harmonics requirements..

Engineer might be messing with other 2.4GHz devices by doing this

vkdelta··on Texas Instruments to Acquire Silicon Labs
Lot of Ultra low power options at Silicon Labs on BLE and Wi-Fi and add that with high market share on 15.4 (zigbee, thread) and Zwave.

Last acquisition TI did was NationalSemi in 2011, so this was a natural step for them to grow into MCUs, wireless, etc

vkdelta··on Fabrice Bellard Releases MicroQuickJS
What use-cases do you think it would help on esp32?
vkdelta··on I didn't realize my LG TV was spying on me until I turned off Live Plus
Apple likely captures similar info but it is just they don’t sell the data but use exclusively for themselves.
vkdelta··on Yamada to sell 'human washing machine' after expo popularity
And that too takes 15mins!
vkdelta··on Wake-on-LAN Using Cloud Functions
Can same be done for WoW(Wake on Wi-Fi)?
vkdelta··on Getting ready to issue IP address certificates
Does it help getting encrypted https (without self signed cert error) on my local router ? 192.168.0.1 being an example login page.
vkdelta··on OpenWRT One Released: First Router Designed Specifically for OpenWrt
Would other SoC suppliers ( Qualcomm, Broadcom) embrace it?
vkdelta··on 1 Dataset. 100 Visualizations
Is there a way to get source files? To do similar layouts in excel or PowerPoint?
vkdelta··on A novel channel contention mechanism for improving wi-fi's reliability
WiMAX has been dead for more than a decade now. Pretty rest of the spectrum is allocated to licensees for cellular/LTE/5G and other military applications.
vkdelta··on Bankruptcy Took Down the Redbox Machine. If Only Someone Could Take Them Away
American libraries could have benefited from these machines to dispense educational or entertainment CDs/DVDs. Today they store them on shelves.
vkdelta··on TP-Link GPL Code Center
Most of these FWs will not be able run on the device due to secure boot requirement
vkdelta··on PID Controller Explainer (2022)
PID controller widely used in mid-high tier espresso machines to keep water output temp constant https://1024kilobyte.com/blog/2020/3/3/new-project-coffeepid...
vkdelta··on Renesas Buys Altium
What is the reason behind this purchase ?

For $6B, they could have bought completely new technology such as UWB, etc which they may not have.

Not sure if their pending offer for sequens is done or not as we’ll

vkdelta··on Wind River Linux
Is this still being used? I remember having to license montavista during days of TI gateway chips.
vkdelta··on Low Latency, Low Loss, and Scalable Throughput (L4S) Internet Service: RFC 9330
Some tests were done on Comcast networks on cable plant.

Slide deck below explains it:

https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/118/materials/slides-11...

Not sure where this leads but I guess ISPs will start charging toll for express lanes

vkdelta··on Apple to move key iPad engineering resources to Vietnam
This looks more of manufacturing resources to work with Vietnam based contract manufacturers.

It is not moving US based core engg (software, cpu design, etc) to Vietnam.

vkdelta··on Broadcom lays off many VMware employees after closing acquisition
they might as well add NCNR (No Cancellation, No Return) and million dollars engagement NREs while they are at it.

if you have BRCM as your key supplier, you better plan to keep them for life as otherwise.

vkdelta··on Nordic is getting involved in RISC-V
How good is their security? Did they improve over time?

https://asset-group.github.io/disclosures/sweyntooth/

vkdelta··on The US Housing Market Has Become an Impossible Mess
What is your market?
vkdelta··on Show HN: I made a web app that tells you if your food is spicy
Sorry, will not create an account for this.

Don’t worry about over usage. It will die off soon unless it hits off the park..

vkdelta··on IPv6 Ready Logo Program
This program has existed since past decade and not many router manufacturers cared about it. Customers wouldn’t pay extra for this logo and there is not value for this cert.
vkdelta··on H-1B Visa Program Changes Aimed at Stopping Applicants from Gaming Lottery
This won’t work. 1/ this will incentive IT and software jobs and marginalize other fields with lower pay (physics, mechanical, chemical, etc).

2/ this would mean only bigger software companies would get a chance and people would willing to work in startups will stand lower chance.

What we need is a way to avoid abuse by body shops.

vkdelta··on [dead]
Do you this as a common problem?
vkdelta··on Family Echo – Free online family tree maker
Is there any open source version of such software ? I always to map our community and families from specific country.
vkdelta··on EE is working with Qualcomm to add Wi-Fi 7 to consumer broadband hubs
Wifi 7 consumer routers are already available. This is just Qualcomm partnering with a service provider where they typically less well known on wireline broadband side.

All of this was pretty much Broadcom business previously.

vkdelta··on Morocco earthquake kills more than 1,000
Deepest condolences to one of nicest people on earth. I had to been to Morocco on a vacation and the warmth and welcomeness was highlight of the trip. On top of that, people of Morocco love kids and accommodate a lot.
vkdelta··on Self-hosted photo and video backups directly from your mobile phone
for whatever reason, I cannot login to the demo website with the credentials listed. Is it for just single user at a time?

https://demo.immich.app/auth/login

vkdelta··on A $182B Chip Maker: AMD's Labs – Full Documentary [video]
How hard is it for a new startup to become a chip company?
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