potatopotato

joined 2 years ago
[–] potatopotato 3 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

Why do you cut the sweatpant cuffs off?

[–] potatopotato 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Also careful if you take Adderall or similar medications, you can rinse your mouth out but don't swallow any of it. Antiacids will send you to the moon because they drastically increase medication uptake.

[–] potatopotato 4 points 2 days ago

That's kinda what SAR sats do. They're using radio waves but they illuminate swaths of the planet with a big dish/array and then look at the reflections. LIDAR sats too.

[–] potatopotato 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] potatopotato 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah that's the real answer...

[–] potatopotato 6 points 2 weeks ago

Interesting, I haven't heard about that.

For systems that...may experience some degree of vacuum...it's common to use lead solder still because it doesn't tin whisker so unfortunately it's still around for some of the stuff I've worked on.

[–] potatopotato 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Ah a fellow perun addict.

Honestly I think he oversold the effectiveness of the systems. The work I did is still ongoing so I'm up to speed on the available systems, though mostly on the RF side. If you watch the stuff coming out of Ukraine the drones aren't really being impeded all that much and if you know how to use ardupilot and selectively enable your data link you can pretty much get away with whatever you want because the US isn't gonna allow anyone to jam GPS right next to multiple major airports. If you want to avoid even relying on GPS there are starting to be mature solutions out there too.

[–] potatopotato 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Only if you unnecessarily include a ChatGPT voice assistant

[–] potatopotato 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Oh 100% magic. And SMT hot air soldering is voodoo magic

[–] potatopotato 4 points 2 weeks ago

That's still an absurd amount given the context

[–] potatopotato 9 points 2 weeks ago

The keep out databases are mostly nonsense, it's a big point of contention in the community. If you live near a random hospital helipad or municipal airport and try to fly in your backyard below the tree canopies with a drone with less mass than a bird you are still blocked.

[–] potatopotato 32 points 2 weeks ago

They're the only hobbyist manufacturer with any scale. If you look at the Dedrone stats it's just entirely the DJI show followed by AUTEL by a mile and then DIY stuff. The DIY drones can be built from anything and can be trivially designed to avoid surveillance so you're not gonna get anywhere with them anyway.

 
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