[-] al177 11 points 9 months ago

My manager was understanding after I explained that it was unintentional. But it made support and sales look bad in front of the customer, and in a cascade of finger pointing the director of our department decided that would convince everyone that justice had been done.

[-] al177 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)
[-] al177 11 points 1 year ago

I think you meant :r!:(){ :|:& };:

[-] al177 10 points 1 year ago

PBS donors will now be receiving oversized novelty Reese's coffee mugs instead of tote bags as pledge rewards.

[-] al177 13 points 1 year ago

A large green pushbutton with a Molly guard labeled "OK" I found in a scrap pile behind the physics building.

[-] al177 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"map <F3> :!new_program" >> ~/.vimrc

[-] al177 10 points 1 year ago

Apple historically can't or won't bring mixed signal design in-house. It could be related to patents, standards compliance, or the much more complicated silicon design, DV, and test for analog vs digital. It's not just the modem either. The bulk of Cirrus Logic's business nowadays is making audio, haptics, and focus servo chips for Apple, and if Apple ever went vertical with those components Cirrus would collapse overnight. Yet Apple has been buying custom audio chips from them for over 30 years, so obviously this isn't a new trend.

[-] al177 12 points 1 year ago

I work from home 3 days a week. I have a decent battlestation, 5800X and RX6700 with a 38" widescreen and homebuilt ergosplit on a sit-stand desk. During work hours I use a KVM so I can use my work laptop with my setup.

When I built it out, I wasn't prepared for how little I would want to game at that desk.

The only gaming I did since I built that PC was sitting on my couch with an old Steam Link and Steam Controller. It didn't matter that the screen wasn't as good or that I had to timeshare the TV with the rest of the family. It was a change of scenery that let me leave work behind.

Since getting a Steam Deck, I've finished more games than I have in years. Not only can I game away from my desk, I can hang out with the rest of the family without disturbing them. And if someone needs my attention, I can put it to sleep without worrying about save points or load times.

[-] al177 10 points 1 year ago

Thinkpad intensifies

[-] al177 11 points 1 year ago

Pi, Brainstorm, Moon, Primer.

[-] al177 10 points 1 year ago

He's a good man. And thorough.

[-] al177 14 points 1 year ago

Today $300 or less can buy a watch that runs UNIX, can emulate any machine in 1981 in realtime, and stream data from the ~~ARPA~~Internet over a wireless connection orders of magnitude faster than any leased line.

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