Botzo

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[–] Botzo@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

That's probably an actual quote? It's so bad, I find it hard to tell.

[–] Botzo@lemmy.world 26 points 14 hours ago (4 children)

This could genuinely be actual dialogue from True Blood.

I drunkenly hate watched a season and change of that ages ago and can still hear the vampire guy grunting "Sookeh."

[–] Botzo@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I'm definitely aware now. We're global and that means even more overhead with multiple regulatory bodies. Our products are several years to their first market, and at least another year for the global rollout.

And I'm just over here writing software and trying to reduce toil for these insane people who hand-roll excel files like they're databases and applications.

[–] Botzo@lemmy.world 5 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

I left the tech world and now work for a medical device company. All I can say is I'm extremely happy to be working from home with the 3 hours of meetings and 1-2 hours of work I have each week. And the director wants to get me a junior because I'm managing so many projects. Hell, I'm actively drumming up work and it takes weeks for anything to happen.

Sure I took a bit of a pay cut, but I'm not on call 1 week a month and I'm not being run ragged everyday either.

[–] Botzo@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Barnes and Noble Nook HD+

I was all in on a 1080p tablet with micro sd card in 2012. And then it just shut off and never turned on again a few months out of warranty.

Then there was a Lenovo yoga tablet in 2014 with windows 8. The Intel atom processor was such a dog it just ended up being a solitaire screen and about nothing else.

Recently bought another cheap tablet for a different specific use case. We'll see if this one is a POS.

[–] Botzo@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

My Das Pro 4? just crossed 9 years of professional daily use.

It was a massdrop special with mx clears and I added custom caps with a funky profile.

Here it is in 2018 when it was still fresh.

[–] Botzo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

For sure (our Volvo is 1 year too old to have the android automotive system and ... It would be better). The Amazon effort that powers the Alexa + Ford sync business isn't quite at that depth: it's an API with always online "AI learning" stuff OEMs can integrate.

https://developer.amazon.com/automotive/

[–] Botzo@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

Ford has had Amazon Alexa built-in for something like 5 years ...

[–] Botzo@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Up over 7% after hours (on near 2x expected EPS). For a business that big, it's enough. Of course that could change next quarter. The mythical "investor" is capricious in the extreme.

[–] Botzo@lemmy.world 25 points 3 weeks ago

I'm convinced that the writers had Janeway wipe out the timeline where he made Captain in the finale specifically as a final joke at his expense.

[–] Botzo@lemmy.world 7 points 4 weeks ago

Jabba the Hutt looks weird with hair and pink lips.

 

I took the toaster apart and cleaned the contacts for the lever that signal the hold down while toasting. Now we don't have to stand there and hold it (that was 3 morning routines slightly out of order).

I had to buy a set of special bits because someone decided they needed to use security torx bolts in the corners hidden under the feet. This was of course in addition to the 14 regular old #2 Phillips screws. But it's always nice to have a reason to get new tools.

In other news, the clean signal started flashing on on the espresso machine today, so I have another little project for tomorrow too.

 

I don't really have anyone else to shout at about this, but it's an amazing way to host services in rootless containers entirely in user space using systemd (systemctl --user).

https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/markdown/podman-systemd.unit.5.html

 

I applied some paste wax to the table saw and was pleasantly surprised that it made a difference.

I think I'll have to use this on the wood runners on the old dresser I have too.

In case you're concerned, it's just a little DeWalt contractor's table saw. No sawstop or powermatic here. That's for the cool guys on youtube.

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