martijnvds

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by martijnvds 7d ago
I think this goes both ways. More actual interaction between end-users and programmers makes the end-users better at reporting bugs and describing what they want (and at having an idea how complex a certain request actually is). Because the
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by martijnvds 27d ago
When does the silver arrive in Maracaibo? Early or late in the year?
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by martijnvds 27d ago
Programmers, who knows what they're doing in there?
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by martijnvds 28d ago
DOS programs generally were like command line apps today (but simpler, obviously). They did a thing, then exited. Or they showed their "TUI" (as we'd call it today), and when you told it to exit, you got back to the DOS promp
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by martijnvds 2mo ago
Despite being a German signal, DCF77 can be received all over Europe, except the northernmost parts of Norway, Sweden and Finland and for some reason, Crete. There's a map here: https://www.ptb.de/cms/en/ptb&#
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by martijnvds 3mo ago
Isn't that what (liability) insurance is for? (if there's anything Germans like as much as bureaucracy it's insurance)
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by martijnvds 3mo ago
Propanorofl
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by martijnvds 4mo ago
Every kWh your panels make from sunlight that you use immediately (or store "behind the meter"), you don't have to buy from the grid. And not buying something tends to be cheaper than buying :)
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by martijnvds 4mo ago
Seconds per token is just fractional tokens per second ;)
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by martijnvds 5mo ago
Traceroute goes through `.ftth.glasoperator.nl` routers though.
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by martijnvds 5mo ago
Is it fully custom, or are they using a flavor of OpenStack or similar?
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by martijnvds 6mo ago
240 = 2 x 120, or 4 x 60 (or 8 x 30)
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by martijnvds 6mo ago
Wouldn't that leave ways to do "phone phreaking" style attacks, because it's an in-band signal?
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by martijnvds 6mo ago
I've seen people brag about it in their resumes, so I assume it helps them find (better paying?) work.
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by martijnvds 7mo ago
This kind of id mapping works as a mount option (it can also be used on bind mounts). You give it a mapping of "id in filesystem on disk" to "id to return to filesystem APIs" and it's all translated on the fly.
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by martijnvds 8mo ago
It's called us-east-1?
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by martijnvds 8mo ago
Llamas are hot again.
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by martijnvds 8mo ago
printf("Got here, x=%u"\n", x);
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by martijnvds 9mo ago
> the trains fail with current amount of public funding, I wonder if less funding will improve the situation" is not good logic Tell that to the current government (and most of the previous governments in recent years). You can&#x27
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by martijnvds 10mo ago
Minecraft ships it I think?
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by martijnvds 10mo ago
Tell that to the right-wing nutjobs who all want their "<country code>XIT"
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by martijnvds 10mo ago
Familiarity, convenience and habit. Familiarity: "I've used MS Word/Excel/Teams before so I can use it here" Convenience: "We have MS Entra, might as well go all-in" Habit: "We never really investigat
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by martijnvds 10mo ago
IBM PS2?
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by martijnvds 10mo ago
To the end user, this looks exactly the same as "updating". If replacing a "regular" program that's just an executable and then restarting it is "updating", why isn't it the same for containers? Excep
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by martijnvds 10mo ago
In the Netherlands, bike lights _must not_ flash. The law very explicitly states that they need to be "always on" (in the dark). The main reason seems to be that it's hard for others to to gauge your speed when your lights ar
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by martijnvds 11mo ago
This probably explains why paying for street parking in Cologne by phone/web didn't work (eternal spinner) then
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by martijnvds 1y ago
Motherboard audio started to become more common with the AC'97 spec/standard. So that makes sense.
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by martijnvds 1y ago
This is getting a lot better with Flatpaks and Wayland (and its "portal" system to access resources).
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by martijnvds 1y ago
The Energy Star logo tended to be made up of custom characters in text mode. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAHGKanqO6s
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by martijnvds 1y ago
"Asking consent" is the popup that comes up to ask you if you'd like to be tracked. "Opt-in" is an option hidden somewhere in your "user preferences" page you have to actively go looking for.

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