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I spent the weekend really nailing down my usage of my claude.ai Max plan such that claude creates systems and documentation in a way strongly aligning with my own tastes and incli…

Good stuff. One rule I like, is to ensure that, as well as validation, all validated information is dumped in a convenient format prior to running the rest of the script. This is s…

Here's a comparison of the J4125 (Radxa X2L/Palmshell) vs EliteBook 8560w i7-2820QM vs Radxa X4 N100. https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/3667vs5157vs885/Intel-Celeron-J4125-vs-In…

I kinda wondered my my Windows 11 based work laptop had rebooted... I guess I should go check if it's still working right.

Excellent rant! I don't use DarkTable but ... I've been there.

I know this. I’ll dig up the reference in the am. It’s diode rom graphics. Atari GranTrak 10 used it for graphics, but the then new rom chips for code/data. https://edfries.wordpre…

Yeah, and they can be very scratchy. :D me: "(apologetic) A small amount of urine escaped. The rat was not to blame." wife: "(sternly) The rat was *totally* to blame!" Just woken u…

Funny that this should come up, 30 minutes afer I put our mischief of 3 young girl rats back in their habitat, but yeah, a few concrete examples: * Pudding rat plans escapes to the…

Beware, this is kind of a deep rabbithole. I suggest to look up his trip up from Mexico, following the migrant route. For a different view of the same trip, his travelling companio…

As a pet owner, rather than using insecticides, I use a couple gallons of hot water mixed with washing-up liquid to eliminate fire ant nests in my yard. The hot soapy water washes …

I have no doubt that Jeff Minter will be right on that ... https://www.polygon.com/23613576/jeff-minter-profile-akka-ar...

I made a tiny utility to be able to adjust sound, brightness, gamma etc., from the terminal. In the file ~/.adjustments, just add a name for the thing you want to control, then low…

I made a tiny utility to be able to adjust sound, brightness, gamma etc., from the terminal. In the file ~/.adjustments, just add a name for the thing you want to control, then low…

Arguably, fusion energy has given us power "too cheap to meter". [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_cheap_to_meter

Interesting that on that basis, $3500 is probably about on a par with a really nice OLED big-screen TV and surround sound system. One person only though, not a shareable experience…

Yep my 13 year old will often pop her head round the door wondering about how dad is listening to a song she's heard sampled on TikTok or some crazy video. Apparently, there's a bu…

Seems like someone could use some corrective lenses.

So Elementary OS is one example of Linux that already runs very happily on my 2012 MacBook Air. Surely most of the required support is there already?

> edit: or the time I got around their EXE blocking by changing a bunch of strings in UnrealTournament.exe to look like Norton Anti-virus. Got a couple weeks' suspension for that! …

Yeah, hanging onto mine! Awesome desk. They used to crop up on craigslist occasionally for $100-$200. not checked in a while.

Yep, just posted about this. Late 90's right? I think it was Ygdrassil, or maybe a free distro off of a CD. Great investment of time as it got me into the oilfield doing tech suppo…

Back in the day, and I mean like mid-late 90's, you could actually install the Linux kernel, files etc., straight onto a Windows FAT partition and boot into it. Not exactly what wa…

My reading of the diagram says that 5 different exposures were needed to establish a 5+1 level gray scale. Note that each picture is scanned simultaneously, and contributes to whet…

Sweet game! Near-perfect landing, super smooth Score: 95.5 point landing Speed: 1.9mph Angle: 0.1° Time: 57 seconds Flips: 0 Max speed: 31.6mph Max height: 147ft Engine used: 82 ti…