valdiorn

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by valdiorn 4d ago
Who named this project? SPICE - the circuit emulator - is one of the oldest and most well known open source projects id all time.
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by valdiorn 1mo ago
> How bad was it? I didn't notice anything of the sort, and I'm curious if maybe your algorithm feeds you a fire hydrant of crap most people never see. No, this has been top 5 headline news in the UK for the last week. Basicall
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by valdiorn 3mo ago
This is exactly the argument that the lawyer for LSL guitars is making - who happens to be the same lawyer that beat Fender back in 2009 on behalf of the USPTO and cost them the copyright in the US :) (Absolutely baller move for LSL to hire
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by valdiorn 3mo ago
Setting up a business in the UK is a breeze. It takes 30 minutes, costs 20 quid and it's all done online. I'd go so far as to say the UK is the friendliest place in the world for small businesses (as long as you don't have a
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by valdiorn 4mo ago
Sorry but as someone who has a Shopify store and also sells via Amazon - you are dead wrong. I have much more freedom with Shopify, it's not even comparable. It's not even apples to oranges, it's apples to calculators. Amazo
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by valdiorn 4mo ago
Reaper has been growing MASSIVELY in popularity in recent years. It's actively on course to topple Pro Tools as the de factory standard for recording studios. It was considered "the little guy" and a niche product just a few
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by valdiorn 8mo ago
Try this as a reply; "hello everyone. This seems to have all gotten out of hand. We want to continue selling teensy units, We've made a lot of sales working together and I want to salvage this working relationship and ensure we co
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by valdiorn 8mo ago
> if someone has deliberately hidden their identity online, knowingly disclosing that is malicious That argument breaks down if the person hiding their identity is doing malicious things. If you hide behind anonymity and you're hara
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by valdiorn 8mo ago
I have to say; they all sound like whining babies with the emotional integrity of a 13 year old hormonal teenager. And these people run major businesses? And the complaining about doxxing because he posted the person's email address? G
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by valdiorn 11mo ago
I missed a parcel delivery because a computer server in Virginia, USA went down, and now the doorbell on my house in England doesn't work. What. The. Fork. How the hell did Ring/Amazon not include a radio-frequency transmitter for
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by valdiorn 1y ago
Iceland has this too, Laugardagsnammi :) Go to Hagkaup or Samkaup on a Saturday (or just after midnight on Friday night, where you'll usually bump into a gaggle of teenagers in their pajama bottoms, out on a candy run) and get yourself
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by valdiorn 2y ago
https://news.sky.com/story/icelands-leader-slams-gordon-brow... A classic case where anti-terrorism laws were used against... Iceland. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/08/r
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by valdiorn 2y ago
Which jet will they prefer if they need to defend Greenland? A dated and affordable gripen, or an F35 that the Americans will just beam a kill -9 command to via a backdoor?
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by valdiorn 2y ago
I mean, if I was bytedance I would do that free of charge to make the outgoing administration look like muppets :)
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by valdiorn 2y ago
Google Lens has already revolutionized my search. Anything that you can see but is difficult to describe , I now have a tool for searching for. I use it a lot to track down original sources of videos and photos on Reddit, to check authen
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by valdiorn 2y ago
How I live now, while not a particularly good movie, really sat with me. The lack of understanding of what's happening around them, as the government has crumbled there is no civil order to communicate with citizens. The parts where th
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by valdiorn 2y ago
> I can't imagine someone using an RP2040 in a real product Why not? It's a great chip, even if it has some limitations. I use it in several of my pro audio products (a midi controller, a Eurorack module, and a series of guitar
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by valdiorn 2y ago
They very much are, right now. Lots and lots of big layoffs, the FAANG/MAGMA companies have completely dropped the halo effect they had over the industry. Everyone had to chase them on comp to get the best people; now they're ejec
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by valdiorn 2y ago
Open up any young female "influencer" video on YouTube. Look at the graph of which parts of the video are most played (hover over the playback bar and it pops up). Notice how the spikes in viewership line up with any nudity/b
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by valdiorn 2y ago
You know we're in trouble when I look at count binface and think "he's definitely not the craziest candidate running"... Btw he used to be known as Lord Buckethead but had a trademark dispute over his name, and rebranded
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by valdiorn 2y ago
someone should make a GUI and a subscription service for that. Oh wait, you just invented the current state of the web :/
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by valdiorn 2y ago
Good. There no reason to rewrite undergrad calculus books every semester besides money grabbing. The math hasn't changed in 100 years and there shouldn't be an incentive to write an updated version of the book for the 50th time.
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by valdiorn 3y ago
I'm calling bullshit on this based on personal experience. At the height of this panic, there was talk of the bugs spreading to the UK, and that is was prevalent on tourist-heavy rail lines coming from France. I used to take the train
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by valdiorn 3y ago
America has always been famous for the fact that everything is extremely cheap. But now I'm seeing videos of people at Costco/Walmart showing the prices of stuff (often while finding an old price label and showing there's bee
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by valdiorn 3y ago
Only on the same way that DNA is a cheat for constructing organisms. After all they are universal recipes for organisms. Study enough DNA sequences and splice together a sequence and you can theoretically design any mythical creature you ca
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by valdiorn 3y ago
You pay one of the minimum wage support staff working for the telephone company a hundred bucks to do it. That's literally it. Inside man.
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by valdiorn 3y ago
I'm pretty sure that "removing the free soda/coffee/tee/biscuits" is an intentional action to reduce headcount. The effect it has on productivity by destroying morale is vastly more than the money saved. I noti
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by valdiorn 3y ago
I read the title and immediately thought "god, another know-it-all that thinks they can design a better music notation system. He clearly hasn't seen Tantacrul's video on the subject" :)
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by valdiorn 3y ago
> Credit cards will become widely accepted in Europe. I'm sorry, what? Credit cards are available and accepted basically everywhere in Europe. I've been to 15+ European countries and never had a single issue paying with a credi
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by valdiorn 3y ago
They know the risks, if they choose to be idiots that's on them. Invest in some good PPE that doesn't get in the way. I have an air-fed mask I use when spraying lacquer, I do woodworking as a hobby. My small shop is set up with tw

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