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by darthcloud 24d ago
Maybe we need to start charging the packaging materials explicitely on the invoice as individual items such as they become part of what the customer has ordered.
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by darthcloud 1mo ago
I had the same thing happen to me with my Thinkpad Nano, and researching how to fix this made me realize pc manufacturer really don't care. PC bricked from BIOS update are still ultra common. I uploaded a dump of the flash [1] in the b
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Oxide computer 3D rack guided tour(explorer.oxide.computer)
475 points by darthcloud 3mo ago|210 comments
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by darthcloud 6mo ago
I was on gmail since the invitation too. Using their domain. I started to use my own domain within Gmail 2 years ago. Transitioned things I cared about to use that email at that time. Then this years I moved to Proton using that domain. And
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by darthcloud 6mo ago
As a Canadian, I’ve been thinking since last year about migrating to non-US services and applications. My main goal is simply to avoid giving money or data directly to US corporations. I have no illusions, these non-US services probably sti
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by darthcloud 10mo ago
Bought the paperback, I really like curated anthology, it's best way to discover new talent. I would have bought Compelling Science Fiction too but look like its out of print.
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by darthcloud 1y ago
I was curious how OpenZFS worked around that and found [0] & [1] [0] https://github.com/openzfs/zfs/issues/8259 [1] https://github.com/openzfs/zfs/pull/8965
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by darthcloud 1y ago
It's so straightforward that you can't comment on it without risking retaliation?
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by darthcloud 1y ago
I worked for almost 10 years at HP/HPE in the 2010s on embedded systems. I don't remember if it was a memo from Dave or Bill, but it was about never sacrificing quality for a deadline. Needless to say, we loved to dig up that old
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by darthcloud 1y ago
A good free resource to learn is https://pysdr.org/ This is not a python module, but a guide to learn the basic of digital signal processing using python in the context of using a SDR. It also goes into the specific of usin
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Switch controller (All type) multiplayer 2nd+ heavy latency (2022)(github.com)
3 points by darthcloud 1y ago|0 comments
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by darthcloud 2y ago
I'm active in the retro game console modding community and we pretty much all jumped ship same time in early November. I still log to Twitter once a week to check, there haven't been anything new in my following feed for at least
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by darthcloud 2y ago
No I got panels with multiple pcb fully assembled from china. But I still had to program them, solder the connector and assemble them into the case. A very long process.
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by darthcloud 2y ago
I've build BlueRetro [1] an universal Bluetooth controller adapter for nearly all pre-USB gaming console. I guess I could update from my previous post in a similar thread. [2] Long story short, my open source firmware is used by produc
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by darthcloud 2y ago
I can't stand wearing regular glasses, imagine that bulky thing...
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by darthcloud 3y ago
I consider donation what random user give me on patreon/gh sponsor/itch.io I talked with the makers or manufacturer and we reached an agreement. So to me (and them) it's royalties.
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by darthcloud 3y ago
I think it's really important to make it clear that the contribution is for what is currently there. I get often ask "Will $$$ make you work on that issues" and I always answer no. What will help fix that issue is my wife goi
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by darthcloud 3y ago
Nintendo Switch SNES controller? Otherwise personally my daily driver is PS5 DualSense
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by darthcloud 3y ago
People are nice? But most likely they want a good relationship with me in case they get problems. Also they benefits from being able to tell their customer they support the project.
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by darthcloud 3y ago
I've build BlueRetro [1] an universal Bluetooth controller adapter for nearly all pre-USB gaming console. I made a gross income of around 3K a month last year out of Royalties on the soft for each device sold. It's Apache 2.0 soft
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Three years working on BlueRetro – BT adapter for retro consoles(github.com)
1 points by darthcloud 4y ago|0 comments
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by darthcloud 4y ago
The most annoying thing for me is that a workflow_dispatch only workflow can't be launch manually until it's push into default branch as they are not listed. I can understand the Web-UI won't list them but even GitHub cli can
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YouTube video with 0.16% curse words is restricted but others with 3.40% are not(twitter.com)
6 points by darthcloud 4y ago|0 comments
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by darthcloud 4y ago
The thing I hate most in new car is clicking forever on the temperature button to get to the min or max degree setting. At time it's really distracting from the road. All I want is either maximum cold, maximum heat or off. I miss the h
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by darthcloud 4y ago
I've build BlueRetro [1] an universal Bluetooth controller adapter for nearly all pre-USB gaming console. I've been working on it for the last three years. I entertained the idea to make and sell the hardware myself. But in the en
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by darthcloud 4y ago
I used to be a big user of Total Commander back in the Win9x days (then Windows Commander) I was actually too much used to it and I had a hard time using my friends computer at all using the default Windows explorer. I probably updated to W
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by darthcloud 4y ago
I love your blog, but was the end goal really getting a new website or getting a good story to tell ;)
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by darthcloud 4y ago
I confirm that, I was pretty in same situation as OP contemplating going solo. I soon realized this would only make thing worst. I spend some time looking around for my dream job + dream team. I found it in another city, It is an old-ish sm
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by darthcloud 4y ago
Similar to the blank tape story, around 7 years ago at a big networking corp a big customer needed the latest product to be in their possession before some tax related date. The new product software wasn't ready at all at that point, s
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by darthcloud 4y ago
Anyone interested in this subject should watch Radio-Canada/CBC excellent documentary Breaking Point part [1] & part [2]. It make a good job of showing both side motivation in the 95 referendum and also the international politics i

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