glonq

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by glonq 4y ago
If they had a no-floppy option and an assemble-it-yourself option, I wonder how much the cost might come down? Heck, some people might even want to DIY the case and keyboard.
572.
by glonq 4y ago
Does the mega65 shipping put a nail in the coffin of the commander x16, which seems to be stumbling?
573.
by glonq 4y ago
HR: "Remember when we said that working at Tesla was intense? Well it's actually in tents "
574.
by glonq 4y ago
For heinous reasons that I won't get into, my team recently finished implementing YModem-over-BLE for our embedded project.
575.
by glonq 4y ago
A proper, decent conclusion to the Ultima series.
576.
by glonq 4y ago
I often work at small companies. There, you'd better not utter "it's not my job" unless you plan on resigning.
577.
by glonq 4y ago
I spent the first several years of my career developing low-tech user interfaces for parking and payment kiosks that had little more than piezo buttons and HD44780-based text-only LCD's. It certainly helped me appreciate that for UX,
578.
by glonq 4y ago
In a month or two my project gets transferred to new ownership and I will find myself re-negotiating for my current job. I'm 8ish hours per day 5 days per week right now. I would love to work 8x4 or 6x5 instead, but new company is fu
579.
by glonq 4y ago
Yeah the underlying "post-apocalyptic salvaged technology" premise is somewhat looney, but the project itself is technically impressive.
580.
by glonq 4y ago
I unexpectedly flew around the world once. Was supposed to do Canada-Germany-Dubai and then back again, but Lufthansa went on strike before my flight home so I ended up doing Canada-Germany-Dubai-China-Canada.
581.
by glonq 4y ago
My vision is kind of crappy, so for me... #1 is more monitors #2 is larger monitors #3 is higher resolution #4 is refresh rate and color gamut
582.
by glonq 4y ago
I work in a place that desperately needs a senior systems/embedded engineer, and our upper leadership is willing to throw so much money at that position that I'm jokingly suggesting that I should demote myself from Director back d
583.
by glonq 5y ago
I used to work at a place that ran a hole-in-one competition at many golf courses around North America. Can confirm that we used insurance to cover our ass.
584.
by glonq 5y ago
What, no <blink> ?
585.
by glonq 5y ago
Am I smart enough to understand this? Mostly. Am I smart enough to have done this? Not by a long shot. Nice work!
586.
by glonq 5y ago
The first rule of GDPR club is that nobody talks about GDPR club.
587.
by glonq 5y ago
I've always lived pretty close to the coast. No matter how good the culture is and how cheaper the cost of living is, it would feel weird to be land-locked.
588.
by glonq 5y ago
Yeah I suppose for people who read through an entire alphabetical listing, you might be better off being the last thing they remember instead of the first thing they see .
589.
by glonq 5y ago
we haven't even caught the democrat pizza basement pedo club yet. /s
590.
by glonq 5y ago
I'm a development/engineering manager now, so I don't do real work anymore ;) ...but yeah I'm at a point in my career where I value work/life balance more than money. Would definitely consider less pay for fewer ho
591.
by glonq 5y ago
Yeah no SIMD either! /s
592.
by glonq 5y ago
Don't forget Digg and Fark. I spent time on those post-slashdot / pre-reddit.
593.
by glonq 5y ago
It's a hollow threat. There's no way that Moscow Mitch and Donald "Vlady is my daddy" Trump would endorse Graham's idea.
594.
by glonq 5y ago
I suppose FB is still unblocked for the Russians whose job it is to post disinformation there?
595.
by glonq 5y ago
Worse than Zorg Industries?
596.
by glonq 5y ago
IDK if it needs to be petitioned at the provincial or the federal level, but here in Canada I would gladly join in the effort to advocate for: - Requiring fewer days/hours per week. Like maybe 4x8.5 or 5x7. - Raising both the "min
597.
by glonq 5y ago
I quit the news in 2016, and have never been happier. First the national news, then local news. I still scan the headlines from various sources and selectively choose how/when/why I choose to dig deeper into anything. And no, I&
598.
by glonq 5y ago
No, not until one of you buys me a beer.
599.
by glonq 5y ago
So now I can't use "Hey I'm in my 40's" as an excuse anymore?
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by glonq 5y ago
"Let's solve this by blaming each other and then doing nothing" - America, yet again.

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