We make an IoT device that is used for precision agriculture data collection out in the field, close to the crop that is being grown. We specialize in capturing spectral data related to plant growth and can also cat as a hub for connected sensors from other companies measuring complementary data.
Readit Newsdemodifier commented on What is the randomart image for? bytes.zone/posts/what-is-... · Posted by u/susam
Is it safe to publicly post the randomart visualization of keys like this?
Good question. I would assume that with the visualization being defined by the public-key of the server, this cannot be use to reverse-engineer the private key. Also, the linked paper (I just read the summary) does try to attempt this and partially succeeds and talks more about the implication.
demodifier commented on U.S. military shoots down suspected Chinese surveillance balloon cnbc.com/2023/02/04/us-mi... · Posted by u/rntn
This exact same balloon type was spotted floating over Japan in 2020 and India in 2022, https://twitter.com/BalloonSciDan/status/1479218147098038278
Plenty of companies are working on airships including in China. Companies building airships of similar scale: https://aviationoutlook.com/airship-manufacturers/
The US puts hundreds of balloons over China, https://www.weather.gov/jetstream/radiosondes
Regarding the last point of US putting balloons over China, that page has the following two paragraphs:
"Worldwide, there are about 1,300 upper-air stations. Observations are made by the NWS at 92 stations - 69 in the conterminous United States, 13 in Alaska, nine in the Pacific, and one in Puerto Rico.
NWS supports the operation of 10 other stations in the Caribbean. Through international agreements data are exchanged between countries worldwide."
This seems to suggest that NWS does not operate those over China but the map simply shows all the balloon weather stations that are part of this system.
demodifier commented on Long-term visa for remote workers work.iceland.is/working/i... · Posted by u/floetic
One of the prerequisites is that the candidate does not otherwise need a visa to travel Iceland. Which means that foreign nationals who reside in the US and work in the kind of jobs that will meet the criteria Iceland is looking for will not be eligible for this.
demodifier commented on Microsoft/IoT-for-Beginners: 12 Weeks, 24 Lessons, IoT for All github.com/microsoft/IoT-... · Posted by u/gmays
I'm looking into IoT for crop monitoring as a pet project and those lessons should help a lot, thanks for sharing.
Would you ming sharing what you are looking for. I work for Arable (arable.com) and am interested in your use case, both to see if our product helps and to learn about new requirements.
demodifier commented on Apple begins exporting India-made iPhones to European markets m.economictimes.com/tech/... · Posted by u/notlukesky
It's been hard for me to find a definitive number [1], and what that actually means, but it looks like to labeled something as "made in India" companies are required to have 30% of the final product locally sourced.
[1] https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/tech-news-techn... I linked this article because the bit at the bottom:
> According to the foreign direct investment rules [...] “sourcing of 30 per cent of the value of goods purchased will be done from India, preferably from MSMEs, village and cottage industries, artisans and craftsmen, in all sectors”
This particular requirement is tied to operating what's called a single-brand retail outlet in India. That would be Apple-owned Apple Stores. It is not clear to me if this is a requirement for foreign manufacturers who are manufacturing/assembling products in India and then exporting them.
demodifier commented on Show HN: Explore 16 Years of Green Card Applications data.jobsintech.io/green-... · Posted by u/negrit
So reading into India's stats, there was dip in 2013 followed by a rise to maximum GC applications by indians ever? Is there a way to tell how many of those were upgrades? that would be interesting because then you can tell how many might just be repetitions.
I also wonder what happened to Indian applicants in 2012[0]. A 0.03% success rate.
buses in san francisco do this. i have no idea how well it's working for them, but as a passenger, it's pretty frustrating to see your bus pass you by when you've been waiting 10 minutes already.
I regularly use Muni line 29. At least a couple of times a week, commute hour buses do this. Usually it works out okay for two reasons:
1. The next bus is right around the corner or I have my transit App to give an idea about delay if I cannot see the next bus yet. generally the delay is of teh order of 2 ~ 3 minutes.
2. The next bus is also has less people and the journey is thus more pleasant.
Things do screw up at times though. This weekend, a driver did not stop and indicated that there was a bus following him. The App showed the next bus was 20 minutes behind. I had to catch a different bus after that. I hope this does not happen on working days.
(Your core point is correct, this trajectory is about as remote as SpaceX can possibly get, even if it's near a small number of flights. Let's not extend NIMBYism to space and ban SpaceX from everywhere.)