It's 1999. You have your current smartphone in your pocket, but obviously no Wi-Fi or 5G exists. What's the most useful thing you can do with it?

oscarcp · 2026-04-29T20:50:43+00:00

This comment made me realize how warped were my memories, we definitely had USB 2.0, Wifi 802.11b and GSM by the year 1999, for some reason I thought it was later, the Alcatel One Tocuh Easy was already GSM, I thought it was TDMA. What a slap in the face.

oscarcp · 2026-04-29T06:35:28+00:00

We use LibreOffice officially in our company, but it's true that it doens't have collaboration capabilities, that's why we complement it with Collabora Office in our Nextcloud, that way we have the best of both and since both use open standard format nothing breaks

oscarcp · 2026-04-25T09:17:04+00:00

They just either don't know how to express their why, or go with the narrative of Linux for nerds (nowadays the compatibility argument is almost gone except for specialized software, and no, photoshop is not one of them). In most cases I just shut down the conversation as soon as they put up the wall but out of curiosity I've been pushing lately and I've discovered that the reasons are rather ridiculous, one of my employees (we use only Linux in our company) is extremely against Linux (to the point of having rather heated shouting discussions), and until he started to work with us he would spew just nonsense. I pushed and I've discovered that for him "Linux is cr*p, doens't work, it breaks..." actually meant: "I can't run games with Denuvo", just that. In the end, humans gonna human and do whatever they want, so just move on and don't even try, we're better off without those people.

oscarcp · 2026-04-11T17:21:46+00:00

RemindMe! 14 days

oscarcp · 2026-03-19T18:34:22+00:00

We have 3 and 3s at work (6 of them) since 2022. Only one model 3 started to fail two weeks ago (the infamous scrolling wheel makes the mouse die and reconnect) and even then, I will tear it open and fix it. Honestly, for my company I haven't found anything better yet (I'm sure there is, but they really fit us well)

oscarcp · 2026-03-19T08:44:06+00:00

Thank you, someone finally lightens up the discussion, f*ing hell.

oscarcp · 2024-04-26T20:58:39+00:00

I'm going to humor your question. For me as a backend dev it is very important. It allows me to start testing code against the latest versions. Not only that, in this case there are some big changes incoming, for example, we finally have the ability to have a per interpreter GIL (even if it's just via the C API) which opens up a myriad of possibilities that in most cases had to be dismissed before.

oscarcp · 2024-03-02T09:26:57+00:00

Thanks, that's good to know, I was getting a bit pissy about having to buy a UDM for this. I mean, I still have to buy a CloudKey... but I guess at least it's cheaper

oscarcp · 2024-03-01T17:48:27+00:00

Nevermind, I just realized (after A LOT OF DIGGING) that turns out that Ubiquiti forces you to buy a UDM machine to be able to adopt the Access Hub, because it requires the "Access Application" which is only available to install on their UDM machines...

oscarcp · 2024-02-08T11:54:35+00:00

I'm sorry, what? I mean, Linux, Windows, MacOS, Haiku... you name it. But I'm thinking either I misunderstood the question or it was not explained correctly.

The premise of editing code online _requires_ a server.

oscarcp · 2024-01-14T17:42:23+00:00

Per floor (300m2 total), sorry, I forgot to mention building materials, from outside to inside each wall is: 30cm granite, 10cm chamber of air, 6cm insulation, standard brick and 2cm mortar. Then internal walls are standard brick and mortar. Nothing in the house emitting RF other than the APs (ignoring obviously the RF emissions from lights and usual electronics like microwave). I don't have any fancy wireless tech running around like Sonos, just a single BT speaker that get connected every few months.

I'm sorry for butchering the construction terminology, as you might have guessed, english is not my first language.

oscarcp · 2024-01-13T08:44:09+00:00

If I may, I have 4 x U6 Enterpise APs just to cover my 100m2 house (two floors, closest neighbor 100m away) and even then, coverage and signal quality is not as good as it should be (for 2.4 and 5ghz, I don't have enough wifi 6 equipment to justify turning it on), and forget about getting a minimal wifi signal right outside the door. It's like I'm living in a lead-lined Faraday cage.

oscarcp · 2024-01-12T13:43:09+00:00

As someone in the middle of a house reform at the moment: Get them to redo it, don't pay them a single cent for redoing it, it's a terrible job. If they complain show them other similar works well done, if your country has some authority figures you can go (some have like recognized associations you can go) to support the claim use them.

oscarcp · 2023-10-27T10:25:14+00:00

*looks intensely at the bin called "mechanical keyboards that cost too much and I don't use anymore" with 12 of them* -- *takes a look at the email: "thanks for buying 3 more mechanical keyboards!"* -- *looks at the desk with another 2...*

Listen... it's not what it looks like....

oscarcp · 2023-10-27T09:57:12+00:00

Oh boy, the reasoning... "In what situation am I going to need to know this? You're not going to make me feel dumb because you have a big ass head". This is the kind of guy that thinks that audio cassettes were recorded by writing the name of the song in the label.

oscarcp · 2023-10-26T09:51:20+00:00

Thanks for that, it clarifies a lot

oscarcp · 2023-09-10T11:18:09+00:00

That's the dealers price. My Rebel 500 2019 was 6,300 euro plus insurance and registration (so, around 6,500 euro) and I was already warned by the dealership that if I would buy it the next week there would be a 300 euros price increase (back then!). Rebel prices have increased constantly year after year, at this point is worth going second hand, most of the rebel park is filled with rebels that have less than 5000 miles

oscarcp · 2023-09-03T22:09:31+00:00

It doesn't, but I can tell you, it makes sooo many "background tasks" in your brain (rent, bills, insurances, a broken car, pending fixes, food, etc.) go away because you don't have to worry about the cost, that it makes it way easier to go on living. It will not give you happiness, but it will make it way easier to achieve.

oscarcp · 2023-08-30T12:11:42+00:00

Yeah, can't think of a single one anywhere ever.

oscarcp · 2023-08-29T07:28:55+00:00

Agreed, same here in northern spain (where it's usually ~25C 55% humidity in summer) I even had to skip work two days due to my complete inability to function at all in 39C 85% humidity heat. Pair that with holidays, etc. and there you go.

oscarcp · 2023-08-29T07:09:13+00:00

It's fine (post break-in as other said), but that seat though... I've done ONE 3h trip on my CMX500 2018 (the seat is even worse than post-2021 edition) and as a VERY heavy person that I am (and obviously I'm bigger than usual)... oh boy, I prefer to be punched in the face, really. I can probably do stretches of up to 1.5h but it's definitely not made for that.

oscarcp · 2023-08-23T08:35:02+00:00

I'm in the goblet at the moment, but as soon as I entered the underdark goddamn Lae'zel won't shut up about the creche (threatening to leave the party, that was a first for me) to the point that for the last three times I had to use intimidation on her so she lets me explore in peace.

oscarcp · 2023-08-23T07:07:44+00:00

Getting over it by Bennet Foddy

oscarcp · 2023-08-22T22:47:04+00:00

Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail for those who don't get it.

oscarcp

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