TimeSquirrel

joined 7 months ago
[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org 27 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Carries entire homelab onto plane so who's up for a LAN party? I'm hosting.

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Id rather have at least something to throw into the gears of the system than nothing at all.

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org 15 points 3 days ago

I remember the USAF handing me an M16 at 18 years old where all I've ever handled before that was even close was the NES zapper.

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org 82 points 4 days ago

Why did we have to shoot the fucking Gorilla? Why?

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Ayaneo is calling the Ayaneo 3 “the world’s first modular handheld,” because there’ll be other modular options too. An extra $139 buys a set of six modules that let you swap out your joysticks for analog sticks, a six-button microswitch pad for fighting games, or even D-pads and face buttons with conductive silicone underneath for a different feel.

Instead of carrying around all these swappable modules that I can lose, why don't I just use a controller of my choice plugged into the USB port? That's what I do now with the Steam deck.

Are people forgetting that these things are basically PCs? You could plug an office printer into them and use it if you wanted to for some reason.

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org 11 points 6 days ago (4 children)

I wa going to suggest tape drives for long term archiving, but after looking, holy shit are they expensive for some reason. I've used them at work but I guess I've never actually seen the price tag.

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org 11 points 6 days ago (6 children)

I got like five bottles of the stuff laying around my house.

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org 87 points 6 days ago (11 children)

Simply removing the two-factor auth element which does nothing to access the main page underneath. I do that shit with newspaper paywalls. That is wild.

Also having a script in there that just resets a password no questions asked. WTF is going on with modern software development? It isn't just Subaru. It's almost everything in the last 15 years. Behind all the pretty lipstick, IT systems are jankier than ever.

For any aspiring programmers, remember, never ever assume the user is rational, expecting them to follow the rules. At least half of your user data-handling code should be validation and sanity checks. Code defensively.

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org 10 points 1 week ago

Click...click...click...click...

I grew up on DOS. I am equally as comfortable doing practically everything in a terminal as I am in a graphical environment. I'm sure I'm not alone among other IT folks.

I've been known to keep text based IRC clients or text based Tetris or some shit open on another virtual terminal for shits and giggles while I'm working an a different one, flipping back and forth between tasks. Just like a user on a multitasking graphical OS would do.

 

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