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Module pricing for Nordic stuff has really come down with the latest generation. 3.5$ in QTY 1 is definitely ESP competitive

submitted 22 days ago • 2 comments

least fucked up vendor application list ever

submitted 40 days ago • 9 comments

As it turns out, the C compiler orphan-crushing machine offers no benefit: web.ist.utl.pt/nuno.lopes/p...

submitted 68 days ago • 0 comments

The problem with most machine-based random number generators is that they’re not TRULY random, so if you need genuine randomness it is sometimes necessary to link your code to an external random process like a physical noise source or the current rate of US tariffs on a given country.

submitted 81 days ago • 389 comments

The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can't. Not without your help. But you're not helping.

submitted 200 days ago • 35 comments

"Truth is stranger than fiction because fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; truth isn't."

submitted 108 days ago • 0 comments

One thing that the general public is not that aware of re: Tesla is that *they do not manufacture their own battery cells* They lease space in their factories for third-parties such as Panasonic. A lot of people invested in Tesla because they thought Tesla was vertically integrated re: the cells.

submitted 111 days ago • 283 comments

As a software engineer, I get the appeal of LLM-assisted programming. You get this wonderful cross between a wise mentor, your own unpaid intern, and a trash can full of rabid raccoons

submitted 117 days ago • 4 comments

KiCad Version 9.0.0 Release The KiCad project is proud to announce the latest major version release. See the blog post on the KiCad website for more information about this release. www.kicad.org/blog/2025/02...

submitted 129 days ago • 4 comments

If you need help coming up with a 'hypotheses' you shouldn't be a scientist. Every scientist I know has 100 project ideas and lack time to get to them. No on is sitting around twiddling thumbs without an interesting question to ask. We are in the dumbest timeline.

submitted 130 days ago • 34 comments

console.log() comes from Pirates. Seriously. In the 1600s, sailors would take a rope full of equally spaced knots, tie it to a piece of wood, and then throw it overboard.

 They would then count the “knots” that slipped through their hands as the ship moved forward. ->

submitted 165 days ago • 2 comments

this electrical transmission tower has a little problem. can you spot it? actually, it's not a small problem--it cost us 16.65 *billion* dollars and caused the deaths of 85 people.

submitted 172 days ago • 11 comments

We misunderstood the concept of afterlife. What the religious texts meant to say is that the essence of your online life will be preserved as the weights of an LLM that handles airline customer support and prescribes Viagra in a telehealth app.

submitted 218 days ago • 0 comments

the sham legacy of Richard Feynman youtu.be/TwKpj2ISQAc

submitted 213 days ago • 107 comments