The Good Old Days
2017-08-09T01:59:01Z via Pumpa To: Public
Back in the good old days of computing, even just the hard hard disk would come with a giant 376 page service manual. While it's nice that our hard disks don't weigh 400 pounds anymore, this level of documentation about our computing hardware seems to be a lost art, locked away inside proprietary black boxes and restrictive NDAs
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The TV I bought to run my C128 on came with schematics for parts of the insides and a pin specification for the SCART connector.Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠) at 2017-08-09T04:07:06Z
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2017-08-07T12:52:53Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC:
I must have slept on my right hand strangely because the two right-most fingers, along with that side of my hand are numb. Along with a very slight pins & needles feeling ("paresthesia".) Come on, hand. Wake up...AJ Jordan likes this.
very much, also cut cholesterol too, thick blood can't travel through capillaries. cholesterol is like you are pushing an under-powered engine on a steep slope up. Bad for heart, in my exp. responsible for hands, feet, legs going numb more often.2017-08-05T14:15:55Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC:
When it's already 80°F/26.6°C at 6:30am you know it's going to be a hot day.2017-08-02T17:14:35Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC:
You know you're getting old when you go to a restaurant and they unexpectedly add a senior discount...Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠) likes this.
IT'S FREE!!! (or, you know... IT'S CHEAPER!!!!)
2017-08-02T00:23:42Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC:
Question! Why do people preface their questions by first exclaiming the the word "question"?So people can get ready for the exciting question!!
Or... maybe they're unable to generate the proper interrogative tones =)
JanKusanagi at 2017-08-02T01:03:06Z
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It's a military formality that leaked.Doesn't answer the next level "why". It's a direct way to interrupt someone lecturing, giving orders or reporting. You just shout "Question!" and wait for the speaker to give you the word.2017-07-30T04:32:31Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC:
From IRC:
T.H.E.Y. = The Holy Emacs YodelersYutaka Niibe likes this.
Yodel into your minibuffer today.Why do Emacs users yodel?
it is the result of their fingers hurting ;-)
2017-07-28T14:16:14Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC:
Happy System Administrator Appreciation Day!Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠) likes this.
Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠), Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠), Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠), Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠) and 1 others shared this.
systemd set to declare independence
2017-07-26T13:14:29Z via Pumpa To: Public
Neat: https://www.sudosatirical.com/articles/systemd-set-to-declare-independance/
I find their stories to be funny.
Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠) likes this.
sudo-satirical xDD
2017-07-25T14:41:55Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC:
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/07/firefox-marketshare-falling-off-cliff-former-mozilla-cto-thinks-k...
So, Mozilla became a sell out by adding DRM in an attempt to stay relevant but are dying off anyway.2017-07-25T14:38:44Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC:
The cookie fairy came by work and dropped off 3 boxes of different kinds of cookies. No one's owning up to it, so: "Thank you, cookie fairy!"Dana likes this.
2017-07-23T18:13:20Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC:
The cat sleeps so strangely: On his back, with his legs in the air, and his head dangling over the side of the bed. He'd be looking at the world upside down if he were awake. But, he must find it comfortable since he sleeps this way on a regular basis.Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠) likes this.
2017-07-22T16:22:18Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC:
Feeding my inner child today with a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.Ben Sturmfels, Stephen Sekula likes this.
2017-07-20T03:45:23Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC:
I've heard of it before but saw the traffic signal preemption thing in real life today on the way home from work. An ambulance was coming, with the lights and siren blaring. The traffic light had just switched from green to yellow in preparation to cycle for the other traffic, which would have put that traffic into the ambulance's path. As the ambulance continues barreling down the street, the light instead switches back to green.Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠) likes this.
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Good nychthemeron, everyone!2017-07-14T17:19:03Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC:
My cat seems strange: He goes into the kitchen to get his dry food, but then carries it back into the living room where he puts it on the carpet before eating it.Panko, Christopher Allan Webber likes this.
Ours also pulls out her food kibble by kibble. We have to keep an empty plate next to her food dish so she can eat that. Her food bowl and "eating-helper" dish are both on the top of the cat carrier. (It's a really large carrier, actually meant for dogs, because she's very claustrophobic.) Inside the carrier is the water bowl. We used to have the water bowl next to the food bowl, but she'd just drop all the food into the water bowl and it would get soggy. A lovable cat, but not very bright...
Christopher Allan Webber at 2017-07-14T17:39:39Z
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In my case, my three little dogs are who "takes away" food and then eats it, usually in the carpet or down my bed. My two female cats are who eats directly from bowl (it's a You shall not eat!). You know, Cats rules, and are here to rule the world, slowly, step by step, but unstopable... xD
2017-07-03T14:23:54Z via Pumpa To: Public
Linux-libre 4.12 is now available in my APT repository - https://jxself.org/linux-libre/ Enjoy!
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IRC QOTD
2017-07-02T18:22:33Z via Pumpa To: Public
Real hackers craft their own TCP/IP packets to send to Freenode and talk on IRC :)
as opposed to the, what i'd call dramatic, uptake in spam on Freenode since they allowed TOR back.... similar to OFTC's spam now. TOR ftw? <- in this case, i'd say no... :o
correct wtf / ftw dyslexia ;)
I'd rather craft my own TCP/IP packets to send to an XMPP server and talk on Jabberia =)
JanKusanagi at 2017-07-02T21:30:08Z
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Opus 1.2
2017-06-30T16:49:34Z via Pumpa To: Public
Listening to the audio samples encoded by the recently-released Opus version 1.2. Try clicking on the MP3 at 32kb/s for comparison then switch back to Opus. Seems quite amazing what can be done with Opus at a measly 32 kb/s.
Charles Stanhope likes this.
Great =)
Rather than quantizing to the closest value, the 1.2 encoder will now (only at higher complexity settings) actually try the two closest values and pick whichever minimizes distortion. It's not a huge gain, but when you add many of those, they add up to a significant improvement.
Nice.2017-06-21T13:52:56Z via Identi.ca Web To: Public CC:
Time for breakfast, aka the zeroth meal of the day. :)