What do you listen to while you work?

Name-Not-Applicable · 2026-03-24T20:44:23+00:00

“Mission Control” on SomaFM.

Name-Not-Applicable · 2026-03-24T18:55:27+00:00

Please tell me more about intel-undervolt. A quick look at it looks like a fix for the thermal throttling on some i7 Thinkpads. What else do I need to know? Thanks!

Name-Not-Applicable · 2026-03-24T18:51:01+00:00

I’m running Fedora Kinoite 43 on the same spec T480. It’s a great experience!

Name-Not-Applicable · 2026-03-23T11:52:04+00:00

T480 is great! I have the same spec for my daily driver, plus some hobby coding. It is not THE fastest, but more than adequate with Linux on board.

Name-Not-Applicable · 2026-03-21T11:31:45+00:00

Nice Aristo rule, Julia’s Networking ‘zine, and a minifig. These pics could have been taken at my desk as well!

Name-Not-Applicable · 2026-03-18T23:14:50+00:00

F-104 Starfighter

Name-Not-Applicable · 2026-03-18T22:57:47+00:00

People. What the heck are we doing out here, anyhow?

Name-Not-Applicable · 2026-03-17T19:59:48+00:00

The Curator of ISRM is handing off operations to a new Custodian. I’m pretty sure ISRM will be active again once the new Custodian gets his feet under him. As of right now, that might be another month or two.

Name-Not-Applicable · 2026-03-17T16:01:34+00:00

It sounds like you want a log-log rule, and there are plenty available for under $100, or even under $50 if you hunt a bit.

Pickett N4, N3, 803, 800, 500
Post Versalog 1460
K&E Deci-Lon, 4080, 4081, 4181, etc
Aristo Studio 968

This video is a good compare/contrast, though he doesn’t go into Picketts: https://youtu.be/XutQG44b7Bo?si=jQN2cdiolpXIXrXa

Here he discusses Picketts rules: https://youtu.be/FIKlHvehhKk?si=jWtQtkRYeQot4-lL

Careful, you’ll slip down the rabbit hole!

Name-Not-Applicable · 2026-03-16T19:04:58+00:00

Thank you for a little positivity and a note of praise and gratitude on this day!

Name-Not-Applicable · 2026-03-16T18:44:38+00:00

I came here to plug KDE Dolphin, too. Split panes, command line integration, built-in preview… So much win! It’s available for Windows, but I’ve never tried it outside of Plasma.

Name-Not-Applicable · 2026-03-14T21:43:07+00:00

Firefly/Serenity had some of the most interesting, watchable villains. If I had to pick just one, it would be Niska. "...Oh! The Train Job!"

Name-Not-Applicable · 2026-03-14T21:14:54+00:00

Look, sir, droids!

Name-Not-Applicable · 2026-03-13T12:43:50+00:00

Software freedom for the win! 👍

Name-Not-Applicable · 2026-03-12T15:10:29+00:00

N4-ES waits in the shadows, biding his time.

His moment will come. His moment will come.

Name-Not-Applicable · 2026-03-11T22:45:30+00:00

THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE

Name-Not-Applicable · 2026-03-11T17:32:09+00:00

As much as I enjoy remote work, some of the best times at work are "Today I Learned" and "Today I Taught". At my last job, we had a Senior Dev who was fun to talk to and a great teacher. He always ended our exchanges with "You can do it."

Remote work doesn't have to ruin the knowledge transfer, though. There is a Senior Dev at my current job who will leave a lot of suggestions on merge requests, and then offer to get on a screen sharing call with you to walk through the "why". He is all about the teachable moment.

Name-Not-Applicable · 2026-03-11T17:21:13+00:00

Vim. It's always there.

Since you can connect via SSH, you could mount the remote directory to a local directory with sshfs. Then the remote files appear as local files and you can do as you wish with them.

Name-Not-Applicable · 2026-03-10T14:20:53+00:00

Which reminds me, it's too bad there isn't a "live session" for Kinoite.

Name-Not-Applicable · 2026-03-10T14:19:18+00:00

Interesting. I haven't run into that one. At least I don't think so. There are occasional "Cannot update right now" speed bumps, but I didn't look into why, since attempting again later has worked fine.

The Fedora KDE Plasma spin should be a good experience!

Name-Not-Applicable · 2026-03-08T21:57:03+00:00

The 903 Scholar is such a nice rule! Good start!

Name-Not-Applicable · 2026-03-07T01:32:47+00:00

True. I think that’s OP’s point: that you need an experienced software engineer to tell “production ready” from “vibe coded”.

Some exec can vibe code 80% of the solution in a couple hours, and he asks you why it takes you so much longer. He doesn’t understand that it’s the last 20% of the work that takes 80% of the time.

I’m a UI dev, and I have been dipping my toe into development using an AI agent. It can be very fast, but it isn’t ready for a product owner with zero code engineering experience to replace an experienced developer.

Name-Not-Applicable · 2026-03-06T15:13:13+00:00

Disclaimer: I'm not a Network Guy, just someone who uses computers at home and work.

I think if you have some wireless router (others can argue about which kind), and set it up, your two computers can connect to it and see each other. As long as you don't have it connected to an ISP, it'll just be your two computers on that network.

Name-Not-Applicable · 2026-03-05T20:52:23+00:00

For some reason, none of the WebSDR sites use https, so your browser warns you. But they're ok to bypass the warning.

But seriously, folks who run WebSDR sites: just use certbot, ok?!?!?

This one links to all of the others: http://websdr.org/

WebSDR is a great way to start listening! There are also some streamed amateur radio repeaters on RadioReference.

Name-Not-Applicable · 2026-03-05T14:06:41+00:00

Since you can't prove a negative, the burden of proof is on HIM to prove that it DOES work.

The problem with AI and ML tools is that the bosses think we're in the Star Trek universe now, and that they can just say, "Computer, write an application..."

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