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541.
by glonq 4y ago
I don't want to live in a world where Alex Jones has access to a billion dollars. But TBH I don't really want to live in a world when Alex Jones exists at all.
542.
by glonq 4y ago
If I had more time and dedication, I would foster a social media campaign to discourage people from buying the new generation of expensive-ass GPU's. To send a message to NVidia that they need to reconsider more consumer-friendly RTX4
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by glonq 4y ago
Over the years, I have definitely slowed the pace at which I build & upgrade my PC's for work and for home. I can happily live with a couple-generation-old CPU because it performs good enough. I can reluctantly live with a couple-g
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by glonq 4y ago
I hope nobody tries to play partisan politics on this one. Canadian gov't IT is extravagantly expensive and inefficient, regardless of who's in power.
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by glonq 4y ago
I remember attending the Embedded Systems Conference frequently during the late 90s and early 2000s. QNX always had a strong presence there. It always seemed too "big" (too capable, too complex, too pricey) for my projects so I n
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by glonq 4y ago
If it was still the year 2012 then this would be a _great_ website. But yeah. Terrible.
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by glonq 4y ago
Splunk is/was a damn fine tool, but I had to stop using it 5+ years ago because they priced themselves out of the stratosphere.
548.
by glonq 4y ago
I participated in the public alpha and beta testing for UO. I recall it being a very laggy experience back in the days of 28.8k modems.
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by glonq 4y ago
For me: - Atari XM301 300bps external modem (for my Atari 130XE) in 1985 - Practical peripherals 2400bps ISA card modem on a PC/XT in 1987 - ATI 9600etc external modem on a 386SX in 1991
550.
by glonq 4y ago
Take a detour into Transylvania County and look for white squirrels.
551.
by glonq 4y ago
If the official slogan for Kentucky archaeology is not "go deeper with KY" then I am disappointed.
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by glonq 4y ago
Cool. How about a 'presidents owning a hotel in the washington DC area' ban too?
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by glonq 4y ago
In 2010ish, I worked at a place that did various things for a Dubai gov't-owned development company that had invested in us. What exactly did we do? I'm not sure. There was lots of meetings. And proposals. And trips to Dubai.
554.
by glonq 4y ago
I used to tie an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time.
555.
by glonq 4y ago
As a C&H fan, I definitely did convince my young daughter that the world used to be monochrome.
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by glonq 4y ago
I remember watching it and saying "hey, that's the same forest in North Van where my friends and I go mountain biking after school"
557.
by glonq 4y ago
Please keep shooting here, we really appreciate the jobs and the money. -Vancouver
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by glonq 4y ago
Ah, fond memories http://www.hawaii.edu/its/micro/pc/tcpip9x.html It sucked less than fooling around with Trumpet Winsock on Win3.1 though!
559.
by glonq 4y ago
Tonight, on Fox News: "Liberal heretic big bang theory disproved; church leaders rejoice"
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by glonq 4y ago
I hope your friend's other MCU wasn't GigaDevices, because we are currently switching two products over from STM32 to that!
561.
by glonq 4y ago
Is it wrong that I can visualize the length of neckbeard while reading this?
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by glonq 4y ago
DAE remember "how many tapes do I need to hold this much data"?
563.
by glonq 4y ago
Canada is even worse. We are proud of our cross-country rail's history, but today it is slow and expensive compared to other systems.
564.
by glonq 4y ago
My hunch is that all these 'pro' geoguessr players on youtube are cheating somehow. Sitting on my to-do list is the notion of investigating whether metadata from the street image data could be refereced back to the actual geograph
565.
by glonq 4y ago
I have a slow-ass Eee PC rusting in a closet somewhere. What can I do with it? I already have a much-less-slow Surface Go as the family/kitchen computer.
566.
by glonq 4y ago
Emails, no. But plenty of messages on LinkedIn from people recruiting for Amazon. I usually say "thanks but no thanks" because I'm not actively looking for a new gig right now.
567.
by glonq 4y ago
Maybe it's having an existential crisis?
568.
by glonq 4y ago
Different team.
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by glonq 4y ago
By stumbling I mean 'founders and influencers abandoning the project'. Well hopefully by scaling back ambitions they'll be able to get something out.
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by glonq 4y ago
> There are only 40 hours in a productive work week (if you care about your health) There are 50 if you care about career advancement. There are 40 if you care about job security. There are 30 if you care about your mental health. There

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