Posts by Gene Cash

Re: Chernobyl

I actually remember the 7 or 8 robots Japan tried at Fukushima and they all pretty much keeled over or couldn't handle the mess and wreckage inside.

It was a case of going from "this is perfect for robots!" to "nah, we tried that, and it was a total shitshow"

Re: The only sane thing to do

Poettering does as he is told.

You obviously haven't ever seen his posts. His "nyah, nyah, nyah, not hearing you!" is more renowned than Linus' swearing.

Re: “I already know what you want!”

Or you could reference the remastered version actually put out by The Muppets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnT7pT6zCcA

Re: Really? Really???

The "runaway success of Chrome" has to do with Mozilla turning their browser into a useless steaming pile.

The main job for Firefox developers today seems to be removing features that they apparently find too complex to understand and support.

Re: It is

not easy, to say the least, to install Android programs from anywhere except the Play Store

Not easy? You can go to f-droid.org, click the download button, and follow the instructions.

After that, you can install hundreds of apps from its repository.

Re: Good to see.

Someone recently said something along the lines of "I'd prefer a public failure in a space mission to a secretive success".

I guess he doesn't remember when Soviet launches were mentioned-in-passing by the CIA 3 or 4 years after they happened. Now I watch them live on YouTube and it's still somewhat of a surprise.

Re: I saw one of these trucks yesterday...

Somebody pushed a Windows update

To the entire damn room? They didn't think to do one and see what happens? I think "somebody" is gettin' a beatin'

Re: WebOS on LG Tvs, tell me about it!

Consider "HBO Disnetfluhu Plus Max Prime" gleefully stolen.

So I haven't had a TV in 5 years... what's the difference now between a top-end monitor and a TV hooked to a smartbox?

Re: "You have NO privacy. Get over it"

I go one better. There isn't a camera on my Mac Mini. Let's see them get out of that one!

Even better! I'm running Linux. If they can get that webcam working, I'd appreciate a note on how they did it!

I always feel like the worm logo is '80s-era Battlestar Galactica and looks like an '80-era attempt to look futuristic. "Look, we have cool swoopy letters"

At least the meatball means things.

Re: Automation

whole class of accidents called "Looked But Failed to See (LBFS)".

Over here it's called "Sorry Mate I Didn't See You (SMIDSY)"

Re: Linux on an iPad Pro?

Eh, I initially downvoted you because of my horrible experiences using Apple products, but then I realized we'd have decent hardware with a real OS on it.

Re: Sony Trinitrons

I had a Sony Trinitron last 21 years before it finally just wouldn't turn on.

It lost a bit of brightness, but the colors were still true.

Re: US Inland Revenue Service?

Arrrr, ye matey, avast an have yer angry upvote!

Re: Be very careful where you click...

> accidentally highlighted the workgroup folder

M-----F----- stupidass GUIs. I'm about as coordinated as a 6mo baby on Jim Beam, so GUIs constantly screw me. "No goddamnit, that was a double click, not a triple click!"

> .. one reason why many devs reluctant to jump onboard MS "latest & greatest" new shiny thing as they often end up discarded (SilverLight, windows mobile development (& huge incompatibility between versions) anyone?)

Hell, how many things has Google abandoned? It's so bad, there's whole websites tracking it.

Re: Twitter fishing for phone numbers?

Google+ asked for my driver's license to confirm I was using my real name. Plus my phone number.

I never laughed so hard.

Re: Biometrics should not be part of ID or Security

One issue is the laws on biometrics vs. passwords are different, at least on this side of the pond.

Giving up a password is testifying against yourself, and banned by the 5th amendment, but you can be jailed for refusing to swipe your phone.

Re: Yawn

I'd take it, if I had the throwaway money.

> it is nice to have a browser that syncs your settings like Chrome

Mainly because it *IS* just another Chrome fork, so it's not really another browser to compete with Firefox. You still have Firefox, old IE, and Chrome-Chrome-Chrome-Chrome and more Chrome.

That's part of what ticks me off.

Re: This thread is doomed.

FREE SPEECH FOR THE DONALD!

(happy now? - I made the mistake of voting for him the 1st time, but I didn't get fooled again)

It's really scary in my part of small-town America with all the people on my block alone with "don't tread on me" flags, "Biden is not my president" signs, and other crap displayed in the yard.

I did love how one guy made a smartass remark about my "Made in China" electric bike, only for me to shut him down about how it was designed and manufactured in Santa Cruz, California, with the exception of the forks, which are Japanese-made just like Harleys.

Re: @Rainer - What's the point?

You've been talking to my dad, then, have ya?

Re: Just another pile

They're ALL crap. Android is crap in different ways so I use that instead.

Back in the days of Linux 0.99pl13, I used to do fork bombs... except mine had a generation limit, so they'd swamp the poor 66mhz machine, root would log in (slowly) and the problem would be gone.

I was beaten pretty soundly when I was found out.

Re: When will we

Christ... if America did this, and MEANT it (i.e. no loopholes for big corporations) then I might have a heart attack.

If America did it in TEN DAYS then I'd know for sure someone's pulling my leg. Congress couldn't do something in 10 days if their collective lives depended on it.

Double kudos to China.

Re: Another one?

Because the people are left are bottomdwellers that can't find a job somewhere else, so they battle everyone else to keep their own job.

Re: Why bother with 3D printing

Because

1) Few people have lathes and other metalworking tools. 3D printers are a lot cheaper too. I got my 3D printer for US$1000. I can't even get ahold of a lathe to even buy one, even if I could afford it,

2) it's far, far easier to 3D print something than machine it. I can easily draw something in OpenSCAD and have a printed thing a couple hours later. I can operate a drill press. I might be able to do simple stuff on a lathe. That's about the limit of my machining. I can't weld anything.

Re: Sad times

Well, the CSM did have a small ability to chase down a malfunctioning ascent stage that barely made it to orbit for whatever reason the ascent engine didn't do a full burn.

Re: Teething problems

Covid... systemd... is there a difference?