systems_glitch

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by systems_glitch 2y ago
Ugh, we had a FNG that did debug things like that at a previous job. His "humor" got exposed to the client several times.
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by systems_glitch 2y ago
"Distributed server" eh :P
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by systems_glitch 2y ago
There are far better SPARC64 servers available, but many are so incredibly loud (looking at you SunFire T1000) that running them outside a dedicated area is not practical.
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by systems_glitch 2y ago
I need to build up a new SunOS install for my 3/50: https://users.glitchwrks.com/~glitch/2022/09/19/sun-3-50 ...but yeah, the slow factor means it doesn't get bench time, the 3/160 almost
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by systems_glitch 2y ago
In general, OpenBSD/sparc64 support is excellent. Up until a few years ago, we were still maintaining high security routers running OpenBSD/sparc64 on various SPARC64 products (mostly SunFire T1000 1U boxes). Even with the additio
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by systems_glitch 2y ago
Probably not especially difficult to port the platform-specific bits from OpenBSD to NetBSD, but also not trivial. A lot of the "wow, this actually Just Works on OpenBSD!" support is because one or more OpenBSD developer actually
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by systems_glitch 2y ago
My first homebrew wireless AP was an old SPARCclassic with the now-rare SBus PCMCIA adapter and a Orinoco Gold, running IIRC Debian Potato. Still a very cool form factor, though nowadays beware that the PSU is a cap goop timebomb: https:&#
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by systems_glitch 2y ago
This was especially true for workloads that were hard to parallelize. Stuff that lent itself well to parallel execution was sometimes faster, though hyperthreads and multicore single-package CPUs took care of that a few years later.
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by systems_glitch 2y ago
Indeed, these were the machines to have for a long time! My first UNIX account was on a SPARCserver 670MP (Grex, if anyone remembers that) and definitely colored my opinion of what a "real computer" was.
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by systems_glitch 2y ago
This is often the exact reason I give to people when they don't understand why Amy and I don't think "everyone should be a 'coder!'" should be pushed in schools, heh. When you're graduating students from h
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by systems_glitch 2y ago
I've actually done very little research on it, other than the mandatory "make sure your doctor isn't a pill pusher" kind of research. Mostly I figure they don't try and tell me how to fix hardware or software so I d
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by systems_glitch 2y ago
As a heavy caffeine consumer since at least middle school (I'm 37 currently): consider why you're wanting so much and maybe talk to your doctor about it. Turns out I was dealing with ADHD probably my whole life and caffeine abuse
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by systems_glitch 2y ago
I went cold turkey after developing a facial tic and realizing I was consuming 1000 - 1200 mg of caffeine a day (mostly coffee, French press and canned, with some energy drinks too). I was 100% not aware that caffeine is physically addictiv
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by systems_glitch 2y ago
It's certainly a limiting factor in our small "city" of around 6500, vs. air pollution.
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by systems_glitch 2y ago
I have an aunt like this. Additionally, she'll argue that you've misunderstood the book when she can't remember plot points :P
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by systems_glitch 2y ago
Indeed, the only common issue we have on BGA rework is bridged balls. If it's on the edge and it's a larger BGA, we can often wick it out with desoldering braid, cut up some fine solder wire, push it under, and "reball"
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by systems_glitch 2y ago
Yup, when we rework BGA boards it's sufficient to go off the silkscreen outline of the package, if the board has one. Also the cool-down BGA effect they showed is a lead-free thing, you don't see that on leaded solder balls unless
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by systems_glitch 2y ago
"You don't need a million dollars to do nothin. Take a look at my cousin, he's broke don't do shit."
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by systems_glitch 2y ago
That is our current main issue with FreeCAD, we have to manually create fully dimensioned drawings for our sheet metal shops, and they pull it into whatever they use. Can't just give them a drawing file, CAM export, etc.
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by systems_glitch 2y ago
The changes from KiCAD 3 => 4 got me to finally switch off EAGLE CAD, for which I had a $1600 license, but could see the looming subscription nonsense coming with Autodesk's interest in EAGLE. IIRC that was the first release after C
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by systems_glitch 2y ago
Always nice to see a project choosing NetBSD! It's pretty easy to manage with Ansible too, so we sometimes rotate it in on "this could be any *NIX" projects and services.
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by systems_glitch 2y ago
Came here to say this. Believe we've had it all along, since Nestcape won on <H1> being the big size :P Specifically, I want a monospaced site to display in the monospace font I choose for my browser. Because that's what I l
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by systems_glitch 2y ago
Our local coffee roaster stocks decaf of their most popular roasts/blends, and they taste pretty much exactly the same, which is great!
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by systems_glitch 2y ago
Probably not, I drink a lot of water, especially during hot weather -- I walk to work and back twice a day no matter the weather.
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by systems_glitch 2y ago
It seems many things have officially changed-but-always-been-that-way :P Everyone's got old-timey atlas prints of central America instead of upstate NY now.
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by systems_glitch 2y ago
Seems to be, at least with some of the families around here! A bunch of them also get together and do caroling around the holidays, so maybe it's related to that?
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by systems_glitch 2y ago
I had no idea there was withdrawal, and I have no psychological addiction to it, so I just switched to decaf not thinking anything of it, other than that I'd probably be more tired for a while.
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by systems_glitch 2y ago
This one's called Straws.
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by systems_glitch 2y ago
Oh I can drink a quart or two of regular coffee and still sleep like a rock, not get the jitters, etc. Pretty much my mom's entire side of the family is like that. Switching to decaf got rid of the facial twitch, but even after two mon
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by systems_glitch 2y ago
Most of them seem to drink soda here; in fact, we have a Mormon-owned soda shop in town that a lot of the school-age Mormon kids seem to hang out at! I've been told it's often a regional thing, that they're less "Mormon-

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