Posts by Will Godfrey

So just around the corner

C/10 (yeah right) would be a mere 40 years.

C/100 (unlikely) a snip at 400.

I doubt they'll be leaving a light on for us.

Well it's a start

The biggest obstacle of all is that the people who think they run the country totally despise any form of science, engineering etc. so anyone at the sharp end it likely to be given unrealistic directions and be paid peanuts.

Sometimes you can be made redundant for your own benefit.

This happened to me something like 20 years ago. I was informed I was being made redundant, along with a couple of other engineers. No official explanation was given, but we were privately told by our section head to keep our heads down, and it would be to our benefit.

Well the day came, and we got full pay, allowance in lieu of holiday, and a bonus. A month later the firm went bust. It seems the boss (knowing this was going to happen) wanted to help those that did the real work.

Only got one domain

... so well down at the bottom of the pecking order. However I have been sadly noticing the degradation of the organisation.

Hopeful that this will succeed.

One lives in hope

But I'm not holding my breath. There's been a worldwide spate in recent years of people and companies totally ignoring the majority and forcing their way through (by definitely foul means).

Nvidia cheating - not news

Nvidia giving honest information. Stop all the presses!

Hmm

Been a while since a made a donation to TNMOC. I'll have to shake the cobwebs off my wallet

Very sad to see this.

I got the email notification, and my first thought was that the cost of sorting the mess out and the loss of contact with supporters is all taking resources away from one of our best environmental organisations. It is not just about the trees.

More crud

My row of houses still have a mass of cables running along the eaves dating back to the early piped TV days. Nobody knows who owns them, if any are still active, or whether we can remove the unsightly mess.

WTF

If the tabs have got so small they're unusable then just maybe you're doing something wrong!

It's extremely unusual for me to have more than 6-7 tabs open.

Being somewhat anally retentive

I always have one contactless, one chip & pin (with a bank in different group) and cash.

The only time I ever had a problem was when a country pub lost all card access and lunch for two cost much more than I expected. Fortunately the staff knew me, so were OK with a delayed payment.

Trade Off

A long (relatively) healthy life.

Pretty, Shiny, Must have.

Coat, cos I want to get as far from all this crap as possible. Oh, and to the best of my knowledge the only magnets near me now are in the two speakers about 6ft away.

Priceless

I've no idea where you get these ideas from yeah, right

Interesting

I would have liked to see more analog ports. That would have been my main interest in this. At 12bit resolution, that's almost good enough for generating MIDI NRPNs - mind you, a lot of systems only actually resolve 10bit. Three ports gets you one joystick and one foot pedal.

I would also have liked USB2, although I suppose 1.1 would again be good enough for standard MIDI.

Hmmm

I'm a bit out of touch on these matters, but this just seems like yet another patch on top of an already overly patched and basically broken system.

You want to do an audit?

That's fine, just send your people round. There's nobody here that can do this. They are all either self-isolating at home, or assisting in emergency rooms.

Oh, and you'll need full protective gear - there's a lot of COVID here.

And a bit of Christmas cheer from me too

Yay!

Hooray!

Wow!

Go, guys, go!

It's the toffs

Of course saving lives their friend's investments is the top priority. For this they'll say anything remotely believable - they also have a long history of cherry picking information from true experts, and totally ignoring conclusions that don't fit their plans.

You can't fix stupid

This only makes things more complicated for folks who just want to get on with stuff, while the numpties will still find ways to screw everything up.

Hmmm

Not interested in PulseAudio, so in the Pi does it reside alongside ALSA or do they take it out. If the latter it won't be coming anywhere near my Yoshimi Pi.

ALSA may be a great grandad now, but it's reliable and does what it says on the tin. It also plays nice with Jack.

Finally, there a newer system pipeWire, that's looking promising. It combines the best features of Jack and Pulse (supports the Jack API) and plays nice with ALSA.

I think I'm getting better

It must be at least a couple of months since I last had to do a hard reboot after a "let's try this" event.

Pot? Kettle?

Are we allowed to mention the colour these days?

It's alien

Of course!

Monoliths don't naturally occur in the area, therefore it is alien to the environment.

Simples!

It's a dirty job

... but someone had to do it. All credit to IA

Warning! Warning!

Alien hardware approaching Will Robinson.

So, we have a hardware element that can't be bypassed, and of course is completely bug free, and lets you run any OS you like. Now and in the future.

Anyone want to buy this bridge?

P.S.

The only hardware security I want is a mechanical switch.

Not for me

Interesting article, and info about funding, but I'm an Openbox + Rox Filer bod. They do exactly what I want, when I want them to, and as long as that remains true I see no reason to change.

This on devuan... which also does what I want.

OK, there of elements of Gomeiness and Kdeness in some of the apps, but they are under control.

Hari Seldon

Revealed that a long, complicated statement of intent from the empire to the foundation essentially said nothing at all.