• CIPWTTKT&GC v0x24 (v36): That Ain't Thermal Paste
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[QUOTE=Warship;48167381]Oh would you look at that, Pao is no longer Reddit CEO.[/QUOTE] Remember when she said the position would have to be taken "from my cold, dead hands"? Talk shit get hit.
[QUOTE=nikomo;48167438]Remember when she said the position would have to be taken "from my cold, dead hands"? Talk shit get hit.[/QUOTE] This seems like a particularly unwise thing for any C-level executive to say.
Also she's also her own content too because she thought anyone could see a linked PM on her own damn site.
[QUOTE=Sand Castle;48167396]she never was the ceo proper, she was just interim people blew this shit way out of proportion[/QUOTE] IIRC She basically was interim CEO, but refused to let go of the position, and turned it into a permanent one by her own decision.
[QUOTE=Amiga OS;48167610][t]http://i.cubeupload.com/imPNCG.png[/t] [t]https://dl.pushbulletusercontent.com/EcUDtGUXZ6DNshnhPdHtG0BDstctiXbP/DSC_0058.JPG[/t] Aaaand we're in business![/QUOTE] is it going to display everything in plaintext? also get a tv that just runs the news so when you walk out the door in the morning it's like a movie
Man, I bet the keyboard in that Minitel is satisfying as fuck to type on.. I want to type on it just from the photos.
[QUOTE=Amiga OS;48167709]Yeah, its just a dumb terminal, all it does is text in various shades of grey.[/QUOTE] ASCII, complete ANSI or are the french inventing their own standards again?
out of curiosity, why do you use linux over everything else? i'd like to but i depend on adobe apps and microsoft office (features that are exclusive to microsoft office) a lot of the time -- how do you guys get away with it so to speak?
[QUOTE=Sand Castle;48167743]out of curiosity, why do you use linux over everything else? i'd like to but i depend on adobe apps and microsoft office (features that are exclusive to microsoft office) a lot of the time -- how do you guys get away with it so to speak?[/QUOTE] As amiga said, developers don't use Adobe products or any Office software. I use Windows to game, but I only run Windows on one machine. I run Debian or SliTaz on everything else. Except my new rackmount server which is going to be running Plan 9.
Im guessing at least a few people in here are pretty good with basic electronics. Can anyone answer a few questions for me regarding LEDs and resistors and stuff? Im making a light up thing and its been a few years since my basic electronics class.
Man I miss Digital River in times like these.
[QUOTE=Sand Castle;48167743]out of curiosity, why do you use linux over everything else? i'd like to but i depend on adobe apps and microsoft office (features that are exclusive to microsoft office) a lot of the time -- how do you guys get away with it so to speak?[/QUOTE] Like Amiga and Lime said, we don't do Adobe crap or Microsoft lock-ins. MyPaint, Krita, and The GIMP at least serve my needs well enough in art. And as for documents, troff for writing (LaTeX rubs me the wrong way), `sc` for spreadsheets, nvi for coding, and nano for general writing. But if I'm feeling in the groove, I'll start up Emacs and tinker with it some more. [URL=http://user42.tuxfamily.org/accjournal/index.html]You can even do your bookkeeping in it.[/URL] Save for that bit of heresy, I'm practically the un-Linux UNIX beardo who agrees with the FSF too much to switch to OpenBSD. [editline]Acme is a nice text editor.[/editline] [QUOTE=LimEJET;48168139]Except my new rackmount server which is going to be running Plan 9.[/QUOTE] If you're going to do that, at least read the [URL=http://aiju.de/b/plan9-faq]FAQ of what you [I]can[/I] do with P9.[/URL] Or at try 9front if you're feeling bold and want to sport a neckbeard the length of Nebraska. [editline]M-x edit-post[/editline] Wow, Emacs really [I]does[/I] have M-x buttefly. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/1UgJTTB.png[/IMG] If I ever decide GUIs are a good idea again, this will be what I live in.
[QUOTE=Birdman101;48168225]Im guessing at least a few people in here are pretty good with basic electronics. Can anyone answer a few questions for me regarding LEDs and resistors and stuff? Im making a light up thing and its been a few years since my basic electronics class.[/QUOTE] Go on...?
[QUOTE=Sand Castle;48167743]out of curiosity, why do you use linux over everything else? i'd like to but i depend on adobe apps and microsoft office (features that are exclusive to microsoft office) a lot of the time -- how do you guys get away with it so to speak?[/QUOTE] Wine-Staging is wizard bullshit, that's how. I use LibreOffice because all I ever use Office for is banging things out in Word, and I don't use any bizarre formatting. I miss Photoshop but if I really needed it for something I could cook up a solution to make it work. In the meantime, GIMP works for the half-ass hackjobs I'd been doing since my main drive died (I've been getting a lot of job interviews, so I think a replacement and therefore the cessation of my whining is imminent). My games either have a native port, run fairly well in Wine-Staging, or is Fallout NV and we'll never truly know why the fuck its crashing all the damn time
i haven't ever really used linux before, always wanted to but i've been living in fear of falling in love with it and not being able to use it
[QUOTE=B!N4RY;48168332]Go on...?[/QUOTE] Alright, well, Im building a present for my girlfriend, its pretty much an aluminum box that has a bunch of purple LEDs that spell her name. The cool part is, its powered by a sirling engine and belt driven generator. [t]http://i.imgbox.com/frJfFwmS.jpg[/t] So I got 30 purple LEDs and hooked them up to a lil breadboard and plugged it in [t]http://i.imgbox.com/9UJ3gdIZ.jpg[/t] The LEDs are 2000Mcd (no clue what that means), and they take 3.0-3.4v and 20mA. The highest Ive seen the generator put out is 3.1v, and I couldnt measure the amperage because my multimeter is a cheap piece of dirt that doesnt work. The LEDs came with 200ohm 1/4 watt resistors. The first question is: do I have to hook the LEDs up with the resistors, even if the generator puts out under their max voltage? The engine came with a milticolor flashing LED that was hooked up without one, but I dont know anything about that one. They all light up fine without the resistors, but they flicker a little. Heres a video: [url]https://www.dropbox.com/s/yabnxsdoxnz4hzw/VID_20150710_181257.mp4?dl=0[/url] With only 20 LEDs hooked up, they only flicker a little bit, as seen in the video, but with 30 hooked up, they flicker worse. 2nd question is, what does the flickering mean and will it burn them out eventually? 3rd question is does running under voltage hurt LEDs? The engine takes a little while to get up to speed. The engine might run faster with 95% or 97% alcohol, but so far all Ive got is 91%.
Flickering is the lack of current supply because as more LEDs are connected, they draw more current. 20ma x 30 = 600ma, or .6 amps which is not a small figure and probably more than your engine can provide. The flickering doesn't hurt them though, it just means they're not getting enough power. Under voltage won't hurt them, over voltage or over current will.
[QUOTE=Birdman101;48168529]Alright, well, Im building a present for my girlfriend, its pretty much an aluminum box that has a bunch of purple LEDs that spell her name. The cool part is, its powered by a sirling engine and belt driven generator. [t]http://i.imgbox.com/frJfFwmS.jpg[/t] So I got 30 purple LEDs and hooked them up to a lil breadboard and plugged it in [t]http://i.imgbox.com/9UJ3gdIZ.jpg[/t] The LEDs are 2000Mcd (no clue what that means), and they take 3.0-3.4v and 20mA. The highest Ive seen the generator put out is 3.1v, and I couldnt measure the amperage because my multimeter is a cheap piece of dirt that doesnt work. The LEDs came with 200ohm 1/4 watt resistors. The first question is: do I have to hook the LEDs up with the resistors, even if the generator puts out under their max voltage? The engine came with a milticolor flashing LED that was hooked up without one, but I dont know anything about that one. They all light up fine without the resistors, but they flicker a little. Heres a video: [url]https://www.dropbox.com/s/yabnxsdoxnz4hzw/VID_20150710_181257.mp4?dl=0[/url] With only 20 LEDs hooked up, they only flicker a little bit, as seen in the video, but with 30 hooked up, they flicker worse. 2nd question is, what does the flickering mean and will it burn them out eventually? 3rd question is does running under voltage hurt LEDs? The engine takes a little while to get up to speed. The engine might run faster with 95% or 97% alcohol, but so far all Ive got is 91%.[/QUOTE] To answer your questions: 1) 2000Mcd is their brightness rating 2) If your LED takes 3.0v and your generator is outputting 3.1v max, you shouldn't even be putting a resister. 3) Flickering = inconsistent voltage inputted into the LED, which is expected since you're passing the generated power to the LEDs without any voltage regulators in between to stabilize it. 30 LEDs flickers more than 20 LEDs because the 10 additional LEDs are adding extra load to the circuit, dropping the voltage even further. 4) Under voltage will not hurt the LEDs.
[QUOTE=Sand Castle;48167743]out of curiosity, why do you use linux over everything else? i'd like to but i depend on adobe apps and microsoft office (features that are exclusive to microsoft office) a lot of the time -- how do you guys get away with it so to speak?[/QUOTE] Well if you don't need Adobe stuff, Office or Windows-only games, Linux On The Desktop™ has most other things you're gonna need during daily use. The bigger problem is maintaining it. You [I]will[/I] run into issues that require technical skills to fix, no way around it. Unless, of course, you're using a system like Chrome OS or Android or possibly SteamOS that is sufficiently different from Linux On The Desktop™, but that's a different question entirely. [QUOTE=Sand Castle;48168377]i haven't ever really used linux before, always wanted to but i've been living in fear of falling in love with it and not being able to use it[/QUOTE] What specifically is making you want to try Linux?
[QUOTE=DrTaxi;48168651]Well if you don't need Adobe stuff, Office or Windows-only games, Linux On The Desktop™ has most other things you're gonna need during daily use. The bigger problem is maintaining it. You [I]will[/I] run into issues that require technical skills to fix, no way around it. Unless, of course, you're using a system like Chrome OS or Android or possibly SteamOS that is sufficiently different from Linux On The Desktop™, but that's a different question entirely. What specifically is making you want to try Linux?[/QUOTE] it seems like something with the style of os x with the speed and compatibility of windows
[QUOTE=Amiga OS;48168673]Only if you want it to be, the first thing you will find out about Linux is that it respects user choice. (even when it arguably shouldn't)[/QUOTE] even the more subtle stuff still looks a little more sleek than windows generally provides [editline]10th July 2015[/editline] oh btw when i said the compatibility of windows, i meant it's performance on various different computers
[QUOTE=Stonecycle;48168317]If you're going to do that, at least read the [URL=http://aiju.de/b/plan9-faq]FAQ of what you [I]can[/I] do with P9.[/URL] Or at try 9front if you're feeling bold and want to sport a neckbeard the length of Nebraska.[/QUOTE] I have spent way too much time on their [url=http://fqa.9front.org/fqa1.html]FQA's[/url] (welcome back, bet that's not what you expected, huh?). It's probably going to [I]have[/I] to be 9front since actual hardware support tends to be kinda nice. TBH, it's going to be a tinkering server. It's my second one and I got it for free, so I figured what the hell, let's do some funky shit. It's a shame Temple doesn't have networking support otherwise I'd love to try that out. It's like Amiga OS on steroids.
[QUOTE=Sand Castle;48168679]even the more subtle stuff still looks a little more sleek than windows generally provides [editline]10th July 2015[/editline] oh btw when i said the compatibility of windows, i meant it's performance on various different computers[/QUOTE] Definitely start with ubuntu or mint. Bit uglier than OSX, bit less performant (is that even a word?) than Windows, bit looser than both. It allows you to get an environment you can use as a daily driver no problem, and when you want to customize it a bit more than just switching desktop background (like, say, [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiling_window_manager]joining the twm masterrace[/url]) it's flexible enough to allow it without completely breaking. [editline]>_>[/editline] muh merge etc etc
[QUOTE=papkee;48168543]Flickering is the lack of current supply because as more LEDs are connected, they draw more current. 20ma x 30 = 600ma, or .6 amps which is not a small figure and probably more than your engine can provide. The flickering doesn't hurt them though, it just means they're not getting enough power. Under voltage won't hurt them, over voltage or over current will.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=B!N4RY;48168578]To answer your questions: 1) 2000Mcd is their brightness rating 2) If your LED takes 3.0v and your generator is outputting 3.1v max, you shouldn't even be putting a resister. 3) Flickering = inconsistent voltage inputted into the LED, which is expected since you're passing the generated power to the LEDs without any voltage regulators in between to stabilize it. 30 LEDs flickers more than 20 LEDs because the 10 additional LEDs are adding extra load to the circuit, dropping the voltage even further. 4) Under voltage will not hurt the LEDs.[/QUOTE] Brilliant, thanks.
[QUOTE=Sand Castle;48168679]even the more subtle stuff still looks a little more sleek than windows generally provides [editline]10th July 2015[/editline] oh btw when i said the compatibility of windows, i meant it's performance on various different computers[/QUOTE] That also will depend heavily on your setup. You can comfortably run a Linux desktop on a 15 year old laptop or a 2015 workstation, but you wouldn't choose the same one. If you really wanna try Linux I still recommend Elementary. Some people here seem to hate it, and I personally don't like its attitude either, but it is very simple, looks quite nice, and it's very similar to OS X. I doubt anyone here would deny that it's worth a try for someone who's interested in Linux and really likes OS X. The devs say it's not their intention to clone it, that they're just following their own design decisions, but I guess they just like OS X so much that they never choose any others. [QUOTE=LimEJET;48168707]I have spent way too much time on their [url=http://fqa.9front.org/fqa1.html]FQA's[/url]. It's probably going to [I]have[/I] to be 9front since actual hardware support tends to be kinda nice. TBH, it's going to be a tinkering server. It's my second one and I got it for free, so I figured what the hell, let's do some funky shit. It's a shame Temple doesn't have networking support otherwise I'd love to try that out. It's like Amiga OS on steroids.[/QUOTE] Why not just use something more common and plop a 9front VM on it? The "I have Plan 9 running on actual hardware" feeling?
maybe i'll install mint on a partition later tonight
[QUOTE=Sand Castle;48168787]maybe i'll install mint on a partition later tonight[/QUOTE] If you just wanna try it out, why not put it in a VM first? Makes hardware compatibility a non-issue, and you don't have to reboot if you want to go back to the comfort of Windows for a bit.
[QUOTE=DrTaxi;48168826]If you just wanna try it out, why not put it in a VM first? Makes hardware compatibility a non-issue, and you don't have to reboot if you want to go back to the comfort of Windows for a bit.[/QUOTE] 1.5 ghz processor
[QUOTE=~Kiwi~v2;48168857]Virtual Machines especially with Linux is a great way to learn and to save yourself from a major fuck up if you don't know what the hell you're doing. Not to say installing Linux is hard there are installers that do guided installs and make it look easy but just saying VMs exist so if you do fuck it up its with in the VM and it's VHD. Just revert and have snapshots ready and you're fine. [editline]11th July 2015[/editline] I did VM work on an old ass Athlon x64 x2 6000+ from 2008.[/QUOTE] I ram a VM on an atom n280. It wasn't pretty.
I've actually several times used a VM because my host system had gotten really slow and I couldn't be bothered fixing it for the time being. Running two operating systems really isn't as expensive as you might think, especially if you close everything else on the host. But of course web browsing and the like on a 1.5Ghz desktop these days isn't gonna be fun no matter what.
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