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Personal blog · pingswept.org · on HN as pingswepthardwarescience
.: pingswept.org :. is a personal blog at pingswept.org about hardware and science. Since 2007, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 14 times. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
One commenter links this blog's post about a set of lights and the story behind them, tied to the Rascal hardware project's launch. The comment calls the lights and story interesting.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
What Hacker News says?
In 2007, I bought a Dell XPS 410 that came straight from Dell with Ubuntu installed. It works great. http://pingswept.org/2007/06/03/finally-booting-pre-installe...
Comment linking /2007/06/03/finally-booting-pre-installed-linux-on-an-oem-pc/
on “Ubuntu introduces new theme and branding”Submitted Least squares fit of a surface in Python (with ridiculous application) as a story · 72 points
HN discussionIt's a ridiculous metric. They're talking about the power at which the panel peaks in full sun. If you buy a panel that peaks at 200 W for $600, that's called 3 $/W. It's dumb. A better metric would be $/kWh. Some related calculations here: http://pingswept.org/2007/12/20/i-retract-all-scoffing-remar...
Comment linking /2007/12/20/i-retract-all-scoffing-remarks-regarding-nanosolar/
on “Start-Up sells solar panels that are cheaper than coal power”Submitted Calculating solar panel shading in Python as a story · 24 points
HN discussionThese lights and the story behind them are interesting, but weathering the flood you'll get if this makes it to the front page is the real story. http://www.rascalmicro.com claims that "The Rascal is powerful enough to handle real web traffic...", and HN has been known to take down much larger hardware. I signed up for the mailing list last year, and I'm still waiting eagerly for launch! The last blog post on http:/…
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on “Express your wrath digitally”Submitted Becoming a renewable energy engineer as a story · 20 points
HN discussionSubmitted Install a drain heat recovery unit: worth the effort? as a story · 17 points
HN discussionSubmitted Least squares polynomial fitting in Python, written so I can understand it as a story · 8 points
HN discussionSubmitted What is with these candles next to Google results? Is this a seasonal artifact? (screenshot) as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted Evaluating renewable energy startups as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Designing embedded systems with web frameworks as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Designing embedded systems with web frameworks as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Building an energy-efficient server as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Becoming a renewable energy engineer (with videos) as a story · 1 points
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