niconiconi
@niconiconi@mk.absturztau.be
Previously: @niconiconi@cybre.space / Code monkey and sysadmin / No nations, no flags, no patriots. / Chaotic Neutral / Now Accelerationist / currently NEET + hikikomori / 🔐 “Onii-chan is watching you!", use OpenPGP: FAD3EB05E88E8D6D / biologically male, self-identified as '; DROP TABLE genders;
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Whoever invented this method must be a genius. This was a portable calibrator for high-voltage partial discharge testing. Because of HV, it was battery powered and insulated from the mains. But sometimes the test signal needs to be phase-locked to the 50/60 Hz AC mains frequency, and the solution was:
"with a photocell that synchronizes the instrument with the ambient lighting of the laboratory."
It's funny that an entire family of convoluted challenge-response authentication algorithms became obsolete overnight after mandatory TLS. Now it's just "auth plain".
Lesson for naming features: never use terms such as "new engine" or "fast protocol" as they age poorly. Use codenames.