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Yes it's called modprobed-db. But it only tracks what modules are loaded, not what's used in the kernel. Although maybe you could compile everything you can as modules first, then check what's loaded and then compile with all those modules build in.


> It's crazy expensive to repair if something breaks.

I've heard that a lot but I don't believe that to be true. It's actually just a fairly simple hydraulics system with a pump, oil lines, and some valves, all conected to the shock absorbers. The pneumatic part consists of these gas filled, self contained orbs, that you easily and affordably can get serviced.

So I think this is probably a rumor maybe stemming from mechanics in generic car shops unfamiliar with these systems and unwilling to try to understand them working on them. Or using this rumor to charge people as much as they can get away with.

Anyhow, it's unfortunate because mechanical engineering wise these are sound systems (not mentioning the software controller issues in some models, that all modern cars seem to be plagued with) and they offer a ride comfort that's unparalleled. And all this using simple, cheap and widely applied and proven techniques (pneumatics/hydraulics).


Car companies will be happy to ask you to pay $1200 for a simple hydraulic piston if they can get away with it. Car parts are as a rule overpriced.

Even the refurbished ones run $500 and up:

https://www.strutmasters.com/suspension-parts/mercedes/merce...


Could you program an FPGA as a very efficient neural network with this technique?


That was my first thought too. Neural networks are stochastic by their very nature. I've been reading about binary neural networks for embedded devices and FPGAs recently because I'm convinced machine learning is about to get a whole lot smaller and more distributed, so this article really piqued my interest.


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