Posts by Archivist 208 posts • joined 20 Dec 2010
All the time his YT channel is down, his Patreon channel won't get new subscribers. That's where the main income comes from.
I've enjoyed his channel immensely over the years, its "hype free" format suits my taste. Here's hoping he can recover it. Of course he may choose not to, I'm sure there will be fresh job opportunities based on his demonstrated skills, although turning your hobby into your job leaves you without a hobby:(
I'm reminded of when a colleague opened a piece of land-based kit and found a PCB full of a chip we didn't recognise at all. After a quick search we discovered it was the radiation hardened version of a chip that would likely be used in this application. We wondered why they would use chips that potentially cost hundreds of time the amount. The best conclusion was that they were surplus product that never made it into space and they got them for a song.
Which makes me think that as chip fabrication processes grow smaller, surely the energy to flip one bit becomes smaller too, meaning more bits will get flipped.
Our perception of Neanderthals has changed over the years. When I was young Neanderthals were perceived as thuggish apes and incapable of most human actions.
Is it any co-incidence that since we now understand that we are partly Neanderthal (it's in the DNA of many of us), they have become a cultured alternative human version that don't look too different from us.
I also find it interesting that some Chinese anthropologists have spent a lot of time researching their Devonian branch of the evolutionary tree to try and prove that as a race they have no Neanderthal DNA.
I don't know if I have any Neanderthal DNA, but a European it seems likely that I do. And I'm proud of it!
I have dyscalculia and through life have found ways around most problems this creates. One I have not, is copying a bank account number. I'm seriously anxious when I need to do this to pay someone because I know that if I make a mistake, it is very unlikely the bank will agree to claw back my money.
It's great to see the boot on the other foot!
I respectfully disagree that it is unlikely to compete with the likes of Chrome OS. Indeed I think it will succeed. My reasoning:
Almost all corporate IT departments are filled with managers and technicians who have cut their teeth with MS. It's easier (and perceived as less risky) to follow the MS trail.
I've worked for an organisation where:
If it hasn't got an HP badge it's not a computer.
If it hasn't got the latest MS OS, it's not viable.
I fell foul of this predisposition of Americans to connect across phases. I was in a hurry (never buy in haste) to procure 2 x 5KVA UPSs. My eyes looked at the options and saw 110V and 2xx volt. So being in the UK I ordered the NOT 110V versions. To my horror when they arrived the connectors were "funny" and as I unboxed one I became horribly aware that the 2xxV was 208V.
The messages from the dealer "special order" and "6 week delay" started echoing around my brain, as did the realisation that I'd have to explain this to my boss. It took over a year to convince the dealer to accept them as a return.
Have both on MacOS.
Size:
Open office: 391MB
Libre Office: 780MB
Opening time from cold:
Open Office: 10s
Libre Office: 24s
Open Office does everything I need. I downloaded Libre Office as it's supposed to have better compatibility with MS Office but I didn't find it any better on documents I dealt with.
"HP(E) seem to be blatantly flouting UK consumer law by not honouring a replacement / swap out of the motherboard to fix this issue."
I doubt many HP Gen.. servers are bought by consumers. Business purchases don't qualify for this. It's still the wild west for business.
Thoroughly agree!
I note the initial cock-up was to "save time". This has been a common theme in cock-ups I've seen and been involved in :(
Writing a procedure takes a lot of time and testing. If you are going to change it, at least give the changes as much thought (and testing as you can) as the original procedure.
Of course nothing can take away the fantastic skills and thinking of the team to recover the craft. In a world where a lot of people are doing really stupid things, it's great to see what humankind can achieve.
This is a signal that every country needs to be in the chip race. Any country that's not will be owned by one of the "chip powers". Take your pick which one!
It's already happening in defence, this will be a hell of a lot relevant to economies and have widespread and fundamental effects down to an individual level.
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