Peter Drake HAS MOVED @peterdrake@qoto.org
- Siva Afi
- https://tgc.link/siva-afi
- Cascadia 9.0
- https://www.cascadia9game.org/
I have moved to peterdrake@mstdn.social. If you found peterdrake@qoto.org on a website, please let me know at my new account.
Joined Aug 2018
My new shoes are so white anyone looking directly at them should probably wear eclipse glasses.
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Because they bring me such joy, I will share with you all the software testing videos I share with my Software Design and Development students.
Video 1/3: “We don’t need user testing! We already know our users”
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Bonus variant on the THIRD time this has happened this week.
Them: We have five colors to choose from.
Me: I like that one.
Them: Well, shoot, that's the only one that's out of stock.
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Did you see a red dot during totality? That was a solar prominence -- a massive loop of the sun’s plasma attached to the visible surface of the sun, which can form within a day but last as long as several months https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/red-dots-around-total-solar-eclipse-explained/
@lucifargundam @imabuddha@techhub.social It's not that it's too expensive. They've convinced me to buy it and I'm ready to hand over the money, and then ... psych!
Recurring recent problem.
Me: *does a bunch of research to determine which device to buy* *waves around wad of cash*
World-destroying consumerist capitalism: That model's not available.
Vulcan hacker, placing fingertips on sides of computer: "Your bank to my bank. Your cash to my cash."
Security officer: Explain the logic behind this action.
Hacker: The needs of me outweigh the needs of you.
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Twice in the past week I've read scholars who should know better repeat the urban legend that the QWERTY keyboard was designed to slow down typing, and thus, jamming, on early typewriters.
That'd be cool if it were true, but it's not, and the the truth is even cooler. The QWERTY keyboard evolved over time, shaped by two forces: (1) since the early machines were used by telegraph operators, the keys were arranged to avoid common transcription errors; and (2) competing patents of the typewriter slightly arranged the keyboard layout in order to qualify as new (and therefore patentable) designs.
Check out this research for more: https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2433/139379/1/42_161.pdf
More strange behavior: my browser tab indicates that I have notifications, the top of the notifications column says there are some number of them, but when I click on the number it just disappears. (Normally it would expand to show the notification.)
I fear that there are notifications I'm not seeing.
Overheard: "I think we need to stay up and be sleep deprived to pull this off."
Metric Tongue is the name of my spoken word poetry album.
@LouisIngenthron It can't generate a 30-page response (much less a reasonable one) can it? A few paragraphs isn't enough depth.
@LouisIngenthron We're looking for more of a structured tour. A chatbot would require us have specific questions, no?
Also, having made-up answers sprinkled in would be a problem.
We're looking for a good introductory text on Ubuntu system administration. This is just for our personal computers, not any kind of server. We're tech-savvy and I know my way around the command line. What we want is a good overview mental model, grasp of vocabulary, and generally the ability to ask the right question when we run into a problem. Bonus points for a tour of standard apps (e.g., for simple photo editing).
What's your favorite book / website / video series for this sort of thing?
- Siva Afi
- https://tgc.link/siva-afi
- Cascadia 9.0
- https://www.cascadia9game.org/
I have moved to peterdrake@mstdn.social. If you found peterdrake@qoto.org on a website, please let me know at my new account.
Joined Aug 2018
