Posts by Jame_s

i'm not touching that

they are really trying to introduce communal touch pads during a pandemic?

like the title says.

heat spreading = grief spreading

it's maybe worth noting that even on the PI3 the heat spreading technique can heat up the sd card to the point of malfunction too.

delivery

i was staying in a hotel for a nearby convention. the hotel desk delivered a printed out fax in an envelope to my room that turned out to be patient notes for a doctor with the same name in another room.

so much for HIPAA.

why?

do people insist on using truthful answers to security questions that can easily be found with a little bit of research?

they don't actually know your mother's maiden name wasn't "nofuckingwayimgivingyoutherealanswer"

news from the outside world was limited

why?

if they can send/receive messages, they could get news no problem.

seems like they are artificially making it more isolated than need be.

i don't want a pic of the space it used to be in, i want a pic of the pc they cobbled together.

captain lockheed

this whole episode makes me want to listen to captain lockheed and the starfighters again

1) people actually use bing?

2) "microsoft" translates to "shonky beta test" in arabic. and french. and german. and english. and......

fad

hipster beard = face mullet

that moment you realise those weren't shiitake....

i bought my boy a pi and a kit of things to plug into it complete with book aimed at kids.

he's looked at it once and got bored.

i'm not so sure he's mine.

why does the ceo always seem to email me when i just got home?

hershey's milk chocolate smells (and probably tastes) like baby puke, their dark stuff is ok. i've heard a couple of theories, one that they use powdered milk (would explain the baby puke smell), another that they use some sour cream in it (for some reason here people dont throw out cream when it goes off, they eat it)

on another note, they dont know jack shit about bacon here - all most places have is burnt wafer thin streaky bacon. shoulder bacon is rare and back bacon is only available from specialist butchers.

HDMI not compulsory

You don't need an HDMI display for the PI, any old tv with a composite input will work.

Having said that, I do agree that cheap computers do not make programmers. How many parents in the 80s bought Timmy an 8 bit micro thinking they were helping with his education only to end up with an expert in Jetset Willy?

certs are a racket.

unfortunately, most big companies buy into the racket wholeheartedly.

they're forgetting the garage rule

that is, no matter how big the garage is, your crap will expand to fill the space.

this looks familliar

unity looks a looks a *lot* like nextstep/afterstep/openstep/windowmaker with newer icons

vga

we got one of these last week and i had the same problem with the vga connector

On a sort of related note..

I used to work in a building on canal st called canal house

there was a sign on the front read "Canal House - Entrance at rear" - you can guess which letter mysteriously disappeared.....