linuxlizard

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   by linuxlizard 3y ago

   I know it's ridiculous, but I will use my own time to work on some problems that officially we're not allowed to fix. I make that issue my hobby project and use my time to learn some new tool/technology (that looks good on a
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   by linuxlizard 3y ago

   My first computer was also an IBM PS/2 Model 25. Was an amazing little machine. I ran Turbo Pascal on it for my undergrad CS degree. Great times.
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   by linuxlizard 3y ago

   I'm very excited about this. Having a vendor supported toolchain means I might be able to bring Rust into where I work. Embedded companies are very conservative and risk adverse. Have a commercial package with LTS and certifications ad
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   by linuxlizard 3y ago

   Every place I've ever worked before, the first people laid off were always the remote people. Working remote, to me, is being layoff bait.
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   by linuxlizard 3y ago

   I have a modest proposal. We (USA) could send our retirees to China which would fill up some of the overabundance of housing there while releasing housing here. An article floated by a while ago saying Boomers are the fastest growing homele
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   by linuxlizard 3y ago

   My wife & I (no kids) rode the Empire Builder over Thanksgiving last year. We rode Chicago to Seattle over the course of 3-4 days. We had a roomette (private room with two beds and a shower). There is so much space on board in the viewi
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   by linuxlizard 3y ago

   I loved the Cobalt Cube! Such an awesome bit of hardware and software.
8. 38.▲
   by linuxlizard 3y ago

   I need one of these machines for Yocto. Actually, maybe two of them.
9. 39.▲
   by linuxlizard 3y ago

   Dang right, we should.
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    by linuxlizard 3y ago

    "Medium: The TEDx talks of blogging" I just about coffee spit lol'd.
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    by linuxlizard 3y ago

    When water gets in short enough supply, we will burn coal, garbage, tires, anything to power desalination plants.
12. 42.▲
    by linuxlizard 3y ago

    Chicken chicken chicken?
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    by linuxlizard 4y ago

    "There is a large community inside Microsoft using Linux as their daily driver. " That's pretty cool to hear! (100% honest. No sarcasm.)
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    by linuxlizard 4y ago

    Sadly, mathematics classes are like that as well. Instructors start throwing equations on the board, expecting us to somehow connect it all together. The best math textbook (Theory of Algebra) I ever read had little sections about the perso
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    by linuxlizard 4y ago

    Blue Noise dithering based on a HN post from @todsacerdoti. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25633483 At my previous job we had an ASIC hardware block to implement blue noise dithering. No one, even the people who cre
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    by linuxlizard 4y ago

    Sorry. You did say that already. I will. Thank you!
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    by linuxlizard 4y ago

    Yes. I do this. I have all my financial account numbers and passwords written on a piece of paper stored in my safe deposit box. If anything happens to me (knocks wood), my family will still be ok.
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    by linuxlizard 4y ago

    Those are all good selling points for me. Thank you! I'm building the Linux version now.
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    by linuxlizard 4y ago

    Thank you for this work! Could you add Bruce Schneier's PWSafe? https://pwsafe.org/
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    by linuxlizard 4y ago

    I was a big fan of SAFARI. Popped up that big scary red screen with lots of interesting info.
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    by linuxlizard 4y ago

    I am puzzled why there are only 141 documents. There should be thousands. The US Army has been around a long time and bureaucracy begets documentation.
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    by linuxlizard 4y ago

    Boeing.
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    by linuxlizard 4y ago

    You joke, but I worked on a GPS app that would crash when crossing over the zero meridian. We didn't handle negative zero. The Degree/Minute/Second (DMS) near the meridian will be +/- 0 when degrees is zero. Signed zero
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    by linuxlizard 4y ago

    That's not just a stupid story, that's an awesome stupid story.
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    by linuxlizard 4y ago

    I'm quite impressed at how nice WSL is. It's very snappy, great internetworking with the host Windows, and is kept up-to-date. The only thing it's missing, for me, is nl80211 support (I do wifi) and usb-serial. I do a lot o
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    by linuxlizard 4y ago

    Lots of vitriol in this thread. Wow. I'm grateful that Microsoft is giving Linux desktop a shot. Thanks for remembering us! (No sarcasm. I'm really impressed at how well Office works in Firefox-Linux.)
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    by linuxlizard 4y ago

    Oooo I think I know that book. Really good book. I didn't see that twist coming.
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    by linuxlizard 4y ago

    I hacked the code, built my own version so I wouldn't take damage. I still kept dying of starvation. That game does not mess around.
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    by linuxlizard 4y ago

    Typos are what happens when I post too quickly while waiting for my app to boot.
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    by linuxlizard 4y ago

    SKU Stock Keeping Unit. Sorry. Vs Skew. I probably am using the word "SKU" wrong but it's what we called the slight variations of product. https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/stock-keeping-unit-sku.