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Re: Interview with Jeff Geerling

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Post by rbanffy »

progbits wrote: post #45
jgwil2 wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Probably the headline auto "correcter" lopped off the "Meet" part of the original title. Yet another example of that piece of software being too clever by half if you ask me.

This is the stupidest HN feature. It does very little for clickbait (flagging and voting is better), and routinely screws up titles to the point it drastically changes or reverses their meaning.

When you submit it’s worth checking how much HN chewed up the title. I often face the need to fix it myself.

Re: Interview with Jeff Geerling

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Post by Nexxxeh »

jahsome wrote: post #3

Utterly wholesome is the perfect description. It's an instant click from me any time his videos (or hn posts) pop up. I get the same feeling from Jeff's videos I did when I watched PBS as a kid. That's not a dig; I find his videos extremely calming, informative, and well produced. The man radiates positivity and kindness. That's a rarity these days on YouTube. Presumably "high energy" content does better algorithmica…

Not like that damned Red Shirt Jeff. I don't trust THAT guy at all.

Re: Interview with Jeff Geerling

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Post by hackmiester »

geerlingguy wrote: post #51
squidbeak wrote: post #16

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I remember when he was just midwesternmac and explaining tricky Drupal stuff. He's been brilliantly intelligible with everything he covers.

Heh, few remember the very early days when I ran a forum on midwesternmac.com — I actually started out doing IT services and web hosting (mostly Drupal, some Wordpress) for local places. The first project I did as an independent LLC was built out a network with a bunch of eMacs and a central G4 server for a law firm :P

I too took the path of working my way backward in the LAMP stack :)

Re: Interview with Jeff Geerling

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Post by geerlingguy »

amluto wrote: post #58
geerlingguy wrote: post #54

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If you're thinking of the USB-C PD input being 5v/5A, that's not a spec violation, just a bit of an extreme use of the more recent version of the standard. It would be nice if it were higher voltage/lower amperage, but it works at least with their own power adapter through a few clever tricks. For WPA3, it is what it is... most SBCs have 'middling at best' built-in WiFi, and while the driver support can improve, I ty…

I actually meant this old USB issue: https://hackaday.com/2019/07/16/exploring-the-raspberry-pi-4...

Ah yes, that one was pretty silly. Partly due to not spreading out alpha test hardware wide enough to catch a more obvious bug like that. Also up there with 'don't take pictures of the Pi 2, the camera flash will reboot it' :)

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Post by lostapathy »

geerlingguy wrote: post #57
criddell wrote: post #49

> It’s like the tool world: I use DEWALT mostly, because the first tool I bought was a DEWALT. So you gotta use the DEWALT battery, and then you’re like, well, I could buy this cheaper tool, it’s better. But then it won’t work with my battery. So now I have something like 25 DEWALT tools. Oh man, this is something I wish the EU would work on fixing. There's no reason there couldn't be a battery standard.

I hate it :( At least with the tools, if you pick a brand like DeWalt or Milwaukee... they have been around for decades and will stay around for decades, and the tools don't just die if the company gets bought out. Well, at least until 'smart' tools start getting forcibly pushed into the market. But Internet connectivity is bad enough in many construction environments that it might never happen (we can hope...).

If only this was true!

I have a bunch of Makita cordless tools (and IME, Makita was #1 for pros 10-15 years ago, not a niche brand).

Several years ago (2015-ish?) they changed up the battery shape a little bit so newer batteries wouldn't fit on older tools. It was to add another pin so the battery could tell the tool it was dead and quit drawing power (why the battery couldn't just cut power is beyond me). So (at the time) I had a drawer full of year-old tools that wouldn't work with the extra batteries I just bought.

As it turns out, you can file down part of the tool body and the new batteries fit old tools, but without the power protection. So they didn't end up in the landfill, but it's still hugely annoying.

Re: Interview with Jeff Geerling

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Post by airstrike »

nvy wrote: post #46
progbits wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is the stupidest HN feature. It does very little for clickbait (flagging and voting is better), and routinely screws up titles to the point it drastically changes or reverses their meaning.

Yep it's a complete anti-feature and I have no idea why it's still in use.

Because you can edit the title after the fact?

Re: Interview with Jeff Geerling

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Post by ensignavenger »

lostapathy wrote: post #66
geerlingguy wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I hate it :( At least with the tools, if you pick a brand like DeWalt or Milwaukee... they have been around for decades and will stay around for decades, and the tools don't just die if the company gets bought out. Well, at least until 'smart' tools start getting forcibly pushed into the market. But Internet connectivity is bad enough in many construction environments that it might never happen (we can hope...).

If only this was true! I have a bunch of Makita cordless tools (and IME, Makita was #1 for pros 10-15 years ago, not a niche brand). Several years ago (2015-ish?) they changed up the battery shape a little bit so newer batteries wouldn't fit on older tools. It was to add another pin so the battery could tell the tool it was dead and quit drawing power (why the battery couldn't just cut power is beyond me). So (at the…

Yup, I have a Dewalt set, with their older battery design.... unfortunately my batteries are getting old, the tools are fine, but I can't get the old batteries, and if I buy new tools, they will use the new batteries. So... do I buy aftermarket batteries for my existing tools, or get rid of my existing tools and switch to whatever brand next? It is silly.

Re: Interview with Jeff Geerling

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Post by jchw »

> Philosophically I can understand that stance, but don’t call it open source: call it ‘source available’

Yep, agreed. Huge pet peeve of mine as well.

It's not like anyone's under any obligations to provide any sort of rights, but at some point you have to admit that the term "open source" comes with a lot of expectations and norms that licenses like BSL just simply do not meet, and trying to call your project "open source" or call BSL in the "spirit" of open source is just misleading.

Re: Interview with Jeff Geerling

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Post by jchw »

davisr wrote: post #8

This is the guy who kicked up all the dirt about Red Hat, which IMO was entirely overblown. Not to say that he's a bad dude...but be careful of who you listen to on the Internet.

Why do you feel it is particularly overblown?
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