antod

12 ms·

211.
by antod 2y ago
They definitely used SaltStack - in the early days there was a bunch of Salt config in the k8s repo. I don't think it lasted long as it all got built around with k8s native infra/functionality.
212.
by antod 2y ago
Back when I studied highway engineering they called it spiral-circle-spiral, and the vertical curves were more parabolic. The methods for laying them out were very low tech aimed at drafters and on site contractors rather than mathematician
213.
by antod 2y ago
I remembered the warnings, but was lucky enough to always have common predefined monitors that already had settings. Until probably about 2005 when dealing with an unusual monitor when I had to do my own modelines because nothing was workin
214.
by antod 2y ago
> The force felt by the driver is the sum of these 2 forces Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you've added non existent extra forces. In the car/car situation, there are still only two forces - each the reaction of th
215.
by antod 2y ago
One possible non spherical cow... if deceleration isn't linear, then there's a possibility peak decelerations could differ between oncoming car and "immovable" object. And yeah "immovable" isn't literal, j
216.
by antod 2y ago
> The damage isn't the same because car/car has twice the crumple zone. More of the energy will be dissipated through elastic deformation, so the deceleration will be slightly gentler. Is it though? Genuinely wondering if I&
217.
by antod 2y ago
Even back in my youth and early adulthood, there was a wide variation on how loud CRTs were between models and individual units. There were some that were close to silent for me, while others were very noticeable.
218.
by antod 2y ago
My take: Unix utilities are stand alone and used as needed for specific tasks. They hardly change much, have no data persistence, usually no config persistence other than runtime params, and don't know about or call each other directly
219.
by antod 2y ago
Mine still has a forest next door that was cut down 8-9 yrs ago.
220.
by antod 2y ago
Mine started in a different city about 520km away. And I wasn't incognito. Probably a lot more to do with your country, your ISP or coincidence than anything else.
221.
by antod 2y ago
Metaversally is the approach at Facebook
222.
by antod 2y ago
I never played that one, but the Microprose "look" just leapt out at me from those screenshots (similarities with F-19, Gunship 2000 etc etc). I did play the later Janes F-15E sim - much more complicated/harder than the Micro
223.
by antod 2y ago
I dunno if that all applies any more post covid in these parts. McDonalds was always predictably and blandly bad, but the couple of times I've stupidly visited since covid they seem to have swung into unpredictably bad territory. Maybe
224.
by antod 2y ago
So true, when looking back at the great companies I've worked at, none of them are still like that any more.
225.
by antod 2y ago
> Wish there were more Steve Albinis in the tech world, confident going their own way and not sucking up to big-tech pedlars of digital dross. Thanks for colliding those two worlds into each other for me in a way that never occurred to
226.
by antod 2y ago
Yeah if something you install doesn't work, you get the blame. If IBM supplies something that doesn't work (likely), you get to blame them instead.
227.
by antod 2y ago
I really like Brian Cox, but I do really wish he'd aim his content a bit higher and pack a bit more information into it. I hesitate to use "dumbed down" though (maybe I would if I didn't like him so much), more like it&#
228.
by antod 2y ago
> Yes, it's not particularly ecological If it makes you feel better, just think of your bookshelf as a carbon sequestration facility.
229.
by antod 2y ago
FARM is begging for a good backronym
230.
by antod 2y ago
Anything can be a toxin at a high enough dose, likewise a pollutant depends on the concentration. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_dose_makes_the_poison
231.
by antod 2y ago
I can't help feeling that Google is trying hard to turn itself into the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation. Share and enjoy!
232.
by antod 2y ago
On a similar note, sometimes I feel my tinnitus as much as hearing it - it does feel like a pressure in my ears/head. It doesn't feel like real air pressure so much as the sound is pressing on the insides of my ears. Maybe a blood
233.
by antod 2y ago
You're mixing up the unintended consequences with the intended consequences. Persecuting jews (and others) was an intended consequence and started a lot earlier than WW2. Hitler wanted war, but just to the east - not a world war with
234.
by antod 3y ago
I first thought you were referencing a different kermit: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kermit_(protocol)
235.
by antod 3y ago
Yeah, it was a sad day when Netcraft confirmed it was dying.
236.
by antod 3y ago
> I can remember the same or very similar news from Germany appearing every now and then for over a decade. Yup I can remember (mainly via Slashdot) this being a thing going backwards and forwards for two decade or more. Back to the da
237.
by antod 3y ago
Makes me wonder, what happened to Unikernels? Are people still working on them? Between containers and serverless functions as a service moving to the cloud, it seems they ran out of what little momentum they had. http://unikerne
238.
by antod 3y ago
Yup, all doable. 15yrs ago, I'd build custom Xen PV images for Debian and Ubuntu VMs that would start off as running debootstrap into a chroot. It was basically just that a directory you'd customise files in and turn into a tarbal
239.
by antod 3y ago
> Similarly, trying to judge the UK on racial issues by US standards gets quite confusing. The common British attitude towards Romani would make even the confederate flag wavers of Texas call them racists. Not directly related to Roman
240.
by antod 3y ago
Yeah the new new UI makes the old new UI seem awesome in comparison. I didn't actually mind the old new UI too much.

More ›