Ontopic Random Computer-Electronics Thread

[Domon]

says every experimentalist ever. Most of which who have no goddamn DoE for any of their things that makes any sense whatsoever and they change like 16 variables at once until something sticks and then have no idea why it stuck.

Then again, the theorists will just model stuff with increasing degrees of precision until the cows come home and never actually build anything.

 

[fly]

says every experimentalist ever. Most of which who have no goddamn DoE for any of their things that makes any sense whatsoever and they change like 16 variables at once until something sticks and then have no idea why it stuck.

Then again, the theorists will just model stuff with increasing degrees of precision until the cows come home and never actually build anything.

Einstein didn't have to build shit.

 

[gee]

Different jobs call for different approaches.

If you're designing something that's comfortably within the realm of theory/math, just do that.
Sometimes building something a bunch of different ways and seeing what happens is the better way.

 

[Jehannum]

Got my arduino uno back out (getting ready to put the bootloader on my 3D printer) and was checking it to make sure I hadn't blown it up at some point, and the daughter was super interested, so she wrote a simple little loop in C that lit up some LEDs in order.

 

[Valve1138]

My eBay EDU e-mail went poof.

oops.

 

[gee]

Had to telnet in and check, my MUN Engineering e-mail account still works.

And the mail server still runs Tru64 UNIX!

 

[fly]

My eBay EDU e-mail went poof.

oops.

File a claim. Mine still works great.

 

[fly]

BTW, I got screwed for the first time on Ebay yesterday. Lost $40.

 

[Valve1138]

File a claim. Mine still works great.

Seller was deleted from eBay I think.

I’ll double check.

 

[Strings]

BTW, I got screwed for the first time on Ebay yesterday. Lost $40.

I could have gotten you some around here for $20.

 

[Domon]

BTW, I got screwed for the first time on Ebay yesterday. Lost $40.

as a seller or buyer?

 

[Mr. Argumentor]

as a seller or buyer?

Knowing ebay's practices, probably seller. eBay likes their buyers.

 

[Domon]

thats what i was figuring. You can pretty much do anything as a buyer and ebay will make the seller eat it.

 

[fly]

as a seller or buyer?

Seller of course. I wasn't really up on their intangible goods policy when I sold the code for NBA2K19. The policy is basically: fuck off. Had I known, I would have sent the actual chit to the address. That way I would have been covered.

 

[Mr. Argumentor]

@fly @APRIL

Tumblr is banning all NSFW images and blogs. There is about to be a HUGE market for hosting of that stuff.
I just want a 5% finders fee.

 

[fly]

@fly @APRIL

Tumblr is banning all NSFW images and blogs. There is about to be a HUGE market for hosting of that stuff.
I just want a 5% finders fee.

So Tumblr is about to die. Cool.

 

[Mr. Argumentor]

So Tumblr is about to die. Cool.

It'll be interesting* to see how they deal with up to 75% of their userbase evaporating overnight.


* no it won't.

 

[Domon]

@fly @APRIL

Tumblr is banning all NSFW images and blogs. There is about to be a HUGE market for hosting of that stuff.
I just want a 5% finders fee.

according to reddit theres something calling pillowfort thats gonna pick up the slack. I have no idea what that is as i dont get my porn on tumblr, but theyre about to get the internet hug of death in terms of bw.

 

[wetwillie]

BTW, I got screwed for the first time on Ebay yesterday. Lost $40.

At least they didn't write you months later by private email and laugh at you. That was cold. Happens - sometimes for the littlest shit.
Turn-about story: lady screwed me on a $25 item, obviously not the one pictured. She basically told me to fuck off. Then I noticed she had used some old paper for packing. It's, it's an invoice, addressed to her, at the lighting store where she apparently works and steals postage. Gave her a call there. About 5 second in she figures out who I am. {whispering}Don't call here again - I'll send you your fucking money!"

 

[Valve1138]

Pillowfort doesn't sound like it won't be pure kiddie porn or anything.