GNU_James

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Meshtastic: Open-source, off-grid, hiking, climbing, GPS mesh communicator(meshtastic.letstalkthis.com)
329 points by GNU_James 6y ago|99 comments
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by GNU_James 6y ago
You all know why but are afraid to say it out loud.
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by GNU_James 6y ago
Why are you providing your phone number to anyone? Software should be free.
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by GNU_James 6y ago
All apps that require a phone number are a scam, privacy-wise. Use Matrix.
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EEVblog #1369 – Xiaomi Mi Air Wireless Charging Busted(youtube.com)
2 points by GNU_James 6y ago|0 comments
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by GNU_James 6y ago
Just move to Matrix already... https://matrix.org/clients/
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Linux Foundation and Blacks In Technology Foundation open up 200 scholarships(techrepublic.com)
2 points by GNU_James 6y ago|0 comments
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by GNU_James 6y ago
I used my plastic human brain to get used to the key placement. Now I can type quicker than on a smartphone. It's all in your head, man.
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by GNU_James 6y ago
I use microPC as my main mobile device. I'm posting from GPD right now. What's wrong with the keyboard, Sir?
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by GNU_James 6y ago
>The closest thing that comes to it is the GPD Win series, but there’s no official Linux support there, and it’s not ARM based. Cool lies there. Linux Mint exists and runs on GPD products.
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by GNU_James 6y ago
Ye, no. I have x86 GPD MicroPC with a powerbank and I don't need no ARM.
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by GNU_James 6y ago
Why don't we have a single interpreter that can run both Python 2 and 3 code?
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by GNU_James 6y ago
Plot twist : it's not an IT faculty. I know how to code, Professors don't. I don't get paid enough to fix decades of errors. They had some smart people who created the code and they were smart enough to leave as soon as they
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by GNU_James 6y ago
Never claimed this is how it should be. I'm telling you how it is and I don't plan to lose my job by nagging senior stuff and telling them how they should do their jobs.
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by GNU_James 6y ago
They usually have some software created by some students in the 2000's. These people took their degrees and left years ago. Nobody will get paid to migrate this software and you can't get a degree for working on rewriting code. Th
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by GNU_James 6y ago
Do we really need "progress" in software that just werks?
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by GNU_James 6y ago
I work at the University. This is the reality. You keep computers working without updates till they stop working and backups are lost.
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by GNU_James 6y ago
That's why people move to crappy conda / docker. To keep those Python 2 environments running. There no new people to rewrite tons of software.
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by GNU_James 6y ago
Website doesn't load without JavaScript. Sage.
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by GNU_James 6y ago
Friendly reminder that entire scientific community runs on Python 2 legacy code and nobody will rewrite it to Python 3.
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How you can get banned from Facebook permanently(elliott.org)
156 points by GNU_James 6y ago|129 comments
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by GNU_James 6y ago
How is this related to IT?
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by GNU_James 6y ago
Why can't I select a face?
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by GNU_James 6y ago
What happened to good old accessibility? If a blind person can't access content on a website using text browser then this site goes into the trash.
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by GNU_James 6y ago
I'll stick to regular email till I'm dead. Thanks.
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Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce to develop Covid-19 vaccination digital passport(foxbusiness.com)
11 points by GNU_James 6y ago|4 comments