[QUOTE=Oicani Gonzales;47957869]
[t]http://i.imgur.com/93lE2Os.jpg[/t][/QUOTE]
not gonna lie that is sexy af and I don't even like mac os
it's a nice tribute but as a mass-market device it is pretty lame
and apple does mass market so yeah
It looks top heavy as shit.
[editline]14th June 2015[/editline]
Also flimsier than an air.
[QUOTE=Ezhik;47964446]it's a nice tribute but as a mass-market device it is pretty lame
and apple does mass market so yeah[/QUOTE]
sure, but if you want a kiosk device it fits the bill
I mean it's pretty much unusable but it [I]looks[/I] nice
just like most apple devices now that I think about it
So this livestreamer last night (Kiwi will know who I'm talking about) recently got a new computer, and he was trying to do a certain strategy in a speedrun which he hadn't done before. He tried 10 times then believed he couldn't do it. The worst part of it was that he went on to blame his new Intel CPU being different from his Phenom 1100t and made up some bullshit about floating point precision blocks before sending all 500 of his viewers off on some wild goosechase trying to figure out a fix.
Even though literally it was just him not getting the right angle in the first place the whole time, he still believes it's to do with his CPU being different.
[QUOTE=Winner;47964777]the registrar for this domain doesn't give me control over ttl
[t]http://i.imgur.com/aZZIVJm.gif[/t]
...it'll update sooner or later[/QUOTE]
Isn't it your DNS provider that sets the TTL? I'd highly recommended Hurricane Electric for DNS hosting, it's free and they will host for 50 domains, not sure if you can get more. But you can setup pretty much everything you want including dynamic DNS.
[QUOTE=~Kiwi~v2;47964841]God. Fucking. Damn. It.
:v: i know exactly too
Are you still banned from chat for being a troll?[/QUOTE]
for calling him out on shit previously? yep
Those moments you clean keyboard and break the ctrl keycaps attachment.
Nothing superglue doesn't fix though, lucky it was the 2nd control key which I never use.
[QUOTE=Amiga OS;47965135]You need to set up database backed virtual accounts.
iRedMail makes all the pain go away :)
[editline]15th June 2015[/editline]
Well, apart from Outlook shitting things up.
[editline]15th June 2015[/editline]
Seriously, fuck Outlook.[/QUOTE]
Is there any reason to host my own email if I'm already grandfathered onto the old free Google Apps plan?
I set up my own email with iRedMail, but I seriously have no idea how much to trust it, since I didn't config it myself.
I've gone through all the configs, and it seems fine.
If you are going to run a database, at least consider Access.
Also Exchange. You should really be running exchange.
I'm just using google apps for work for my email stuff.
I have felt and lived trough the pain of mailservers and I never want to do it again.
Google Apps for Work is 3 clicks and boom, you got mails set up for your domain, it's amazing.
You can buy Cherry MX switches by themselves online.
So, I could technically build a keyboard by myself. I'll have to keep that in mind.
[QUOTE=nikomo;47965235]You can buy Cherry MX switches by themselves online.
So, I could technically build a keyboard by myself. I'll have to keep that in mind.[/QUOTE]
Save money, buy a 5$ keyboard. Then you cut a hole in the back and add a speaker. You wire it so every time you press a button, there comes a click from the speaker. It's still homemade in the end, and you're saving mad money.
[QUOTE=Amiga OS;47965245]Access is pleb tier.[/QUOTE]
MS Access is the "Will come and fuck you in the ass down the line" tier. PostgreSQL or even MariaDB is a much better choice, unless you absolutely your requirements specify that you need some Microsoft Specific functions only found in MS Access.
[t]http://i.imgur.com/oghfoAW.jpg[/t]
Heh
Great for lan games between two laptops
[QUOTE=Confuzzed Otto;47965258]Save money, buy a 5$ keyboard. Then you cut a hole in the back and add a speaker. You wire it so every time you press a button, there comes a click from the speaker. It's still homemade in the end, and you're saving mad money.[/QUOTE]
If I build my own laptop at some point, I'm getting me a mechanical keyboard, instead of one of those crappy $5 keyboards.
[QUOTE=Amiga OS;47965358]Tying yourself to proprietary services which only run on one proprietary OS is just asking for a good fucking. Don't do it.
Even if Access wiped the floor with every other DB (which its nowhere near doing), I'd still avoid it like the plague.[/QUOTE]
MS Access may be good if you are an accountant, but it can got to hell shorter than people realize.
In my last company, one Sales guy decided to make a full application inside MS Access, which stores customer informations inside tables and has tons of GUI forms and logic behind it.
It was impressive what he did with it but jesus christ did it cause some troubles.
The MS Access DB file corrupted more often than I can count, and we constantly had to fix Stuff that was broken in it, since it became some sort of "official" tool.
Seriously, business-logic in your fucking Database system. That shit makes me wanna curl myself up in the shower and cry. Not to mention that VBA and MS SQL Syntax is fucking terrible.
Maintenance was terrible and debugging bullshit was about as enjoyable as getting your ballsack stuck in a zipper.
2 Years down the line we made a Java Web Application with Pervasive DB as a back-end. It was a lot of pain to move all the stuff over and make everything work again.
[QUOTE=nikomo;47965394]If I build my own laptop at some point, I'm getting me a mechanical keyboard, instead of one of those crappy $5 keyboards.[/QUOTE]
i've considered doing this but the power requirements of any hardware remotely powerful enough are going to be so big you'd need a ridiculous power supply or battery to run anything other than a reconstructed laptop
you'd either end up with something the size of a small suitcase or something that has to be tethered to power all the time
although it does open itself to interesting configurations such as 2x-3x iPad 3 display driver and foldout monitors
So my video card sold overnight on eBay for $125
Thanks for the suggestion guys!
Database horror stories?
My old highschool was hilarious, they decided to make a cashless payment system for the cafeteria with an SQL server for the backend. Shit got set up, new machines got installed, all worked (mostly) smoothly for a while.
Until the database hit 10gb, suddenly all hell broke loose, everything would spit out duplicate transaction errors, nobody could buy food, the cafeteria workers fell back to writing down orders on paper (Which the IT guys had to manually enter into the atrocious management client later)
Whoever set the server up failed to inform the IT guys that it was on SQL Server Express, the only reason I can imagine why is because they already had the server and never came close to hitting the database size limit, so just tacked the new database on and called it a day
[QUOTE=Amiga OS;47965526]Its better than them tossing around with spreadsheets and word documents though.
One of our pharma clients does that, and its a nightmare to collate it all, we have a CSV import system that tries to match fucky data up and normalize it somewhat.
They keep screwing with the spreadsheet format after being told not to a few times now.[/QUOTE]
Oh don't worry, we had enough spreadsheets to fuck with your sanity for multiple lifetimes.
Hell, in the beginning, I had the task to add several GUI Dialogs and business-logic to an Inventory list in Excel using VBA.
It also needed the ability to open up another file, automatically transfer Excel data from one form into another and then automatically print it.
Hell, I've seen someone make a Webserver out of Excel that listens for HTTP Requests and returns an XML response with data.
There is nothing that can surprise me anymore.
[QUOTE=kaukassus;47965558]Hell, I've seen someone make a Webserver out of Excel that listens for HTTP Requests and returns an XML response with data.[/QUOTE]
[B]whyyyyyyy[/B]
I'd quit on the spot if that were me.
[QUOTE=Amiga OS;47965595]Amazon have sent me a 20 year old ink ribbon for my printer :/[/QUOTE]
Isn't it rather new compared to the printer?
[QUOTE=kaukassus;47965558]Hell, I've seen someone make a Webserver out of Excel that listens for HTTP Requests and returns an XML response with data.[/QUOTE]
I'm honestly a bit impressed by that. Sure, it's stupid, but it's such the wrong tool for the wrong job that it's like a car made using only carpentry tools - impressive in its wrongness.
[QUOTE=gman003-main;47965621]I'm honestly a bit impressed by that. Sure, it's stupid, but it's such the wrong tool for the wrong job that it's like a car made using only carpentry tools - impressive in its wrongness.[/QUOTE]
Performance was hilariously bad and we were required to have Microsoft Office installed on one of our Windows Server 2003's
It also was using Microsoft Office XP. Boy was I glad when we generally upgraded to Office 2003 in 2012.
Still, Office 2003 was so much better to write VBA in than Office XP. Finally some decent date functions.
[QUOTE=fishyfish777;47965473]i've considered doing this but the power requirements of any hardware remotely powerful enough are going to be so big you'd need a ridiculous power supply or battery to run anything other than a reconstructed laptop
you'd either end up with something the size of a small suitcase or something that has to be tethered to power all the time
although it does open itself to interesting configurations such as 2x-3x iPad 3 display driver and foldout monitors[/QUOTE]
You can get decent displays that take about 5W of power, and your typical single-board ARM computer will eat on average another 5W, peak 10W.
You can get 5Ah LiPo cells for cheap nowadays, which I believe ends up being about 18.5Wh per cell, but if we drop the estimate down to 15Wh per cell, you can still get an hour of usage per cell.
Since I care about battery life, I'd design the case with space for about 2-3 cells on top of each other, in a single-file row, with at least 5 colums easily. That's 10-15 cells, it would easily last me through the day.
Only problem is charging the damn things, but I know how I'd keep the LiPo cells safe.
You can switch the LiPos out for 18650 Li-ion cells if you're afraid of lithium explosions.
Microwaves are noisy as fuck, and most of that is just from the fans. Has anyone tried throwing noctuas or something into one? I want a stealth microwave
At the very least add a button to DISABLE THE FUCKING BEEP
Out of curiosity and the fact something you use may be something greatly helpful to me and I just don't know it yet -
Would some of you guys be so kind as to tell me what add ons/extensions you have for Chrome/Firefox and why you use them/how they are beneficial to you?
That being said, I'll list my few measly ones.
Adblock Plus - Pandora, other obvious reasons
Ghostery - I truly forget honestly, I think I was tired of being recommended things based on my search history and this stopped it?
Session Buddy - I always have multiple windows with 20+ tabs each open and power in my area seems to just die often. I then reboot, open a new window.. email, facebook, other shit.. Forget I had everything up, and by the time I go to recents ITS GOOOONE
Sorry if this isn't the place for this. Anything is appreciated.
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