meaty

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811.
by meaty 14y ago
I think your eyes must have crap in them if you think a T-series is flimsy. The big chunk of titanium in the middle makes it rock solid: http://appel.hu/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/rollcage.jpg Lenovo's relatively low score is because
812.
by meaty 14y ago
A fucking large pile of expensive broken shit that just packed in is not anecdotal - it's known as evidence.
813.
by meaty 14y ago
You nailed it. The pretty factor is not at all important, neither is blindly copying a vendor.
814.
by meaty 14y ago
No I'm not. I'm saying that there is no acceptable insulation in the device. The chassis for example uses air gap between the board and the base for insulation. Even condensation can bridge it, which is the theory why mine exploded. Regardi
815.
by meaty 14y ago
Yes I do - they are shit, so is their engineering and I'm not afraid to go against the grain and say it. I've never heard of a satisfied long term customer i.e. most of the praise comes from new users with shiny toys. My father has just b
816.
by meaty 14y ago
Ahh yes the unibody which is basically a fucking big short circuit, hence why mine caught fire. It's engineering, but it's not SOUND ENGINEERING. I stand by my expensive trinket comment. Buy a Lenovo T-series and you'll understand.
817.
by meaty 14y ago
I wouldn't buy another Apple product either. Between a MacBook Pro which caught fire, an AirPort which melted, an iMac which the backlight went on and a MacBook which had to go back 4 times (!) due to logic board problems, it scares the shi
818.
by meaty 14y ago
You top up during the month.
819.
by meaty 14y ago
If you pick the home::1 contract, it's not tied to any time of the day. "No units or time periods - usage is any time of day or night." I work from home a lot too and have a wife and three children on the end of the line as well. If everyon
820.
by meaty 14y ago
For the moment, no. At least Andrews&Arnold have a policy though: http://aaisp.com/news-censorship.html
821.
by meaty 14y ago
Actually not strictly true. Only the larger named ISPs (larger market share) have to comply. The smaller ISPs do not. +£10 for 100Gb. +£20 for 200Gb. Not particularly expensive and considering it's a proper line, not some screwed up censore
822.
by meaty 14y ago
And indeed in my case grow up to be 40 year old Debian users when they get fed up with Canonical's dubious decision making.
823.
by meaty 14y ago
Well they pissed off half the users with amazon so I'm not that sure it's true.
824.
by meaty 14y ago
If you are suffering from this, please switch to a proper ISP such as Andrews and Arnold or newnet plc. Cheap ubiquitous internet connections in the UK are always broken in some way.
825.
by meaty 14y ago
Gcc,gnome,openoffice - how not to do something. FreeBSD,llvm,trac,vim - how to use sound engineering.
826.
by meaty 14y ago
Google for professional athlete lifespan.
827.
by meaty 14y ago
None at all. Id recommend reading other people's code and thinking about it for a while.
828.
by meaty 14y ago
You'll find out in about 10 years.
829.
by meaty 14y ago
I think this should be: 7 books of a highly academic programmer. A highly effective programmer probably should be reading other topics as to be honest, most of programming is laborious non comp Sci stuff.
830.
by meaty 14y ago
Amateurs have been running packet ax25 networks for years. Pirate packet radio might be the only viable form of net neutrality if these goons get their own way.
831.
by meaty 14y ago
Perhaps the problem is that you shouldn't be sitting in front of the computer at work and at home rather than have a standing desk at either?
832.
by meaty 14y ago
Depends how far you walk. Too much exercise decreases your lifespan as much as too little.
833.
by meaty 14y ago
Well tend to walk about 5-6 miles a day and do nothing else whatsoever and I'm in very good health. I don't eat meat though so my metabolism is probably different.
834.
by meaty 14y ago
I hate this whole standing/treadmill desk fad. It solves the wrong end of the problem. Sitting on your ass is fine but don't do it all day. I can understand if you're a hamster in a cage but seriously just go for a walk instead.
835.
by meaty 14y ago
Life: stopped doing overtime, stopped eating meat and started living minimally (items I own total expenditure of £600). Programming: ignoring fads and applying engineering discipline to problems.
836.
by meaty 14y ago
Yes swap my 129GBP ThinkPad T61 running debian for a more expensive, less capable device with a pissy screen that falls over if you let go of it, rubbish keyboard, short shelf life, non replaceable battery, subscription based, lock in promo
837.
by meaty 14y ago
Documentation is part of engineering. Hire engineers rather than two bit coders. They already have the culture burned in. Works for us. Most people not up to it I.e. find it boring or can't put a sentence together bail in a month because th
838.
by meaty 14y ago
There are very few reliable sources now. Everything is clickbait or aggregated news.
839.
by meaty 14y ago
Are they selling anyway? I haven't seen one out in the wild apart from our test machine (which incidentally is broken already).
840.
by meaty 14y ago
I've worked with military types on engineering projects. This is how they works. People in the military accept it and pass the doctrine on over and over. It's like a crazy religion to be honest.

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