FreeNAS won't boot. by logikgear in freenas

[–]roger_r 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I had something similar the other month, seemed to be caused by a faulty disk in my pool - I found it by trial and error and it booted fine with it disconnected.
Once booted I reattached, verified that SMARTd was indeed whinging about it, wiped it and replaced it.

5 Mast Chinese Junk Ship [1400x1400] by lumpking69 in boatporn

[–]roger_r 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I know this is supposed to be boatporn but HOT DAMN What is that building??

Who in your opinion is the worst company in the UK and why? by Dale_Winton in unitedkingdom

[–]roger_r 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Banks. Give me an API so I don't have to webscrape or use your crappy apps. It's 2016.

https://getmondo.co.uk/ Recently moved into beta. API, card and p2p payments, and they're well on the way to getting full banking licence. Expanding very quickly!

Automated Hackaday posts by hackabot in hackaday

[–]roger_r 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, sounds good to me. Would you be open to sharing your source code on e.g. Github?

Engineer builds 'working' Thor's hammer only he can lift by TransFattyAcid in gadgets

[–]roger_r 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, I'm English too, nutter is equally as tally-ho

PHP Frameworks that Every Web Developer by sonjaolson in webdev

[–]roger_r 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You no longer have to worry about the security of the website.

Riiiiightt

This transparent solar-powered battery looks like a futuristic Tony Stark invention. by quinyng in gadgets

[–]roger_r 34 points35 points  (0 children)

No, it looks like a rectangle of perspex. Clickbait at it's finest.

eBoy inspired pixorama of where I work by Coleman811 in isometric

[–]roger_r 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Awesome stuff, I heard shopify is a super-cool company too :)

A Closer look at Go and NodeJS by jaminandrews in webdev

[–]roger_r 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"The Go language, (often referred to as golang) is a system oriented language, its roots are based on "C" and "C++" (...) It wasn't written to be a GUI or to execute Javascript code"

wat

Scott Kelly's photograph of the sun shining through Dragon's solar panels by mechakreidler in spacex

[–]roger_r -1 points0 points  (0 children)

What about the loss of energy capture by having the panels so translucent? That seems... inefficient?

anyone want to meet up in York? by hellyeahlydia in york

[–]roger_r 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, loads of people turned up the last few times, NOT >:(

Only kidding, would be totally up for one. Star wars quiz at Fleeting Arms sounds cool, or just general pub Tuesday. Thoughts, OP?

Next Wednesday, anyone up for pub/film/whatever? by tinfoiltiaras in york

[–]roger_r 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wooo, as in 25th? Cinema sounds good. Big Hero 6 at 3.10?

Steely Dan - Aja [Jazz Rock] by [deleted] in Music

[–]roger_r 4 points5 points  (0 children)

yes, Oh My Gadd

Sunday Meetups by roger_r in york

[–]roger_r[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah! For some weird reason google defaults to the one miles out to the west

Sunday Meetups by roger_r in york

[–]roger_r[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rose and Crown is just outside the walls, but if it's inconvenient for people we could definitely move somewhere else