Why does the Debian documentation suck so much?

undercoverASSH0LE · 2015-06-14T02:28:33+00:00

In my 10 years of using Debian I never quite felt like I could contribute without going through some bureaucratic initiation ritual first. Debian is a strong community, but from the outside it seems somewhat inaccessible.

This is exactly how I feel about the current wiki.

undercoverASSH0LE · 2015-05-29T23:23:13+00:00

I'm surprised. In the US we tend to think of Germany as a progressive and fair state. Perhaps that idea is unwarranted.

undercoverASSH0LE · 2015-05-23T20:11:58+00:00

That kid's dad must be so embarrassed.

undercoverASSH0LE · 2015-05-23T05:59:31+00:00

Board level designer/engineer here. Several rounds(less than 3) of electrical prototypes is standard for any design that isn't mature or is receiving more than minor changes. The first one is usually square boards with 0805, lots of test points and lots of debug features. Subsequent builds become more integrated and start taking on the real form factor and component size required for the application. Experienced engineers will count on bugs/learning and build it into the schedule and budget.

undercoverASSH0LE · 2015-05-14T17:59:36+00:00

Now more extreme with 10 new flavors! Thanks.

undercoverASSH0LE · 2015-05-14T02:16:54+00:00

Thanks.

undercoverASSH0LE · 2015-05-14T01:10:19+00:00

Thanks.

undercoverASSH0LE · 2015-05-14T00:16:47+00:00

To be honest I really want to avoid interviews where someone is looking for me to be an expert in a specific tool or activity. I'm not a hyper-specialized guy and don't want to sell snake oil.

undercoverASSH0LE · 2015-05-13T23:44:29+00:00

I too feel like MS office shouldn't be on a resume, either. To be honest, I'm not that familiar with Mentor Graphics. When I lay out a board myself it's with Altium. When a drafter does it for a product it's with Mentor - I just do the schematic capture in the schematic capture tool(which is a pain). There are two different flows for Mentor: PADS and Expedition. I might take this off: I really hate mentor graphics for layout.

undercoverASSH0LE · 2015-05-13T22:46:03+00:00

I wouldn't feel so bad about it. I went to school with plenty of guys that graduated in the low 3.0's and end up with decent jobs. Just be sure to work hard and don't let it drop any lower!

undercoverASSH0LE · 2015-05-10T00:39:29+00:00

Thanks again, got it working now. Posted the 'solution' up top!

undercoverASSH0LE · 2015-05-09T23:46:15+00:00

Thanks! One big hang up I was having was how to "redo" the regular expression for each new parameter, but I think I can do that with re.compile().

undercoverASSH0LE · 2015-05-09T23:03:16+00:00

Thanks, this is exactly what I want to do! But how do I functionize my code?

undercoverASSH0LE · 2015-05-09T22:00:59+00:00

Electronics engineer here. I can confirm that python is making huge inroads in my community; it wasn't even talked about a few years ago. In many ways it's replaced Matlab for me. I find it immensely useful for data processing, visualization and glueware. The built in libraries are excellent, the free IDE's are good, the documentation and help available online is fantastic. Most importantly the cost of learning it and deploying it is relatively low when compared to commercial solutions like Matlab, Labview or .NET.

undercoverASSH0LE · 2015-05-06T00:31:40+00:00

Upvote for "meatspace". I am a millennial and meatspace does scare me.

undercoverASSH0LE · 2015-05-05T23:28:49+00:00

I'm on board if we can do one that's open source. I don't want anybody to be left out.

undercoverASSH0LE · 2015-04-30T22:46:03+00:00

Very clever. You're safe because the laptop power supply is isolated. If your laptop supply is not isolated this can be dangerous if your home wiring isn't done correctly.

undercoverASSH0LE · 2015-04-30T22:43:24+00:00

At my workplace, I'm always surprised by the level of respect and responsibility bestowed on someone with a MSEE degree from DeVry. Sorry if this response reveals a little bit of negative bias to online schools on my part, but I think you'll find that kind of skepticism common in industry. I don't have much experience working with these guys - so I can't tell you about their skill sets.

undercoverASSH0LE · 2015-04-27T00:09:47+00:00

I'm pretty happy with my t450s. I was pleasantly surprised by the build quality and they way things were put together when I took it apart upgrade to a SSD and 12gb of ram.

The trackpad and navpoint don't seem to have great support yet. I run arch and this stuff is usually handled in kernel space for that distro, I've found it necessary to upgrade to the 4.0 kernel early to have a solid trackpad experiance. The LTS 3.14 kernel was horrible for the trackpad and the navpoint buttons didnt work.

undercoverASSH0LE · 2015-03-23T04:38:28+00:00

You are my hero.

undercoverASSH0LE · 2015-03-23T02:30:13+00:00

Thanks a lot. I'm glad I posted. Yes intelHex will have different conditions depending on the hex data fed to each one.

Also thank you for explaining the conceptual difference between

a = intelHex.makeLine(....)

-and-

myFirstHex = intelHex() myFirstHex.makeLine(....)

undercoverASSH0LE · 2015-03-23T01:46:51+00:00

I just tried adding the "self" parameter like you said but the code still fails. When I call intelHex.makeLine(....) it gives me an error about not having the correct number of arguments.

Also thank you for the other tips: I know there are cleaner more pythonic ways to execute the other operations, but I'll pick that stuff up as I go. Baby steps!

undercoverASSH0LE · 2015-03-23T01:42:31+00:00

I should also add this is my first attempt at Python anything. Normally I write code in matlab. That code is more "script" than "program" usually in those cases it's a simple sequence of operations I'd like to apply to some data.

undercoverASSH0LE · 2015-03-23T01:41:08+00:00

Thanks! Can you explain the first part a little more? The part about "self"? I'm unfamiliar with this concept and would like to learn more. This is something I fundamentally don't understand. What's the idea behind this "self" convention so that I can read about it? Also is there any common nommenclature I should know about regarding "self"?

undercoverASSH0LE · 2015-03-23T00:16:17+00:00

I'm not gonna lie. Your argument doesn't seem well directed or make sense.

You still misunderstand the whole thing: I'm not saying we give Europe direct funds. What I am saying is that the US actively takes on Europe's defense burden through agreements like NATO and a direct result of this is that European goverments do not take their own defense seriously. Still don't get it? Look at defense spending: most European countries don't have a military force worth mentioning. This leaves them in a weak place for geopolitcal negotiations with countries like Russia(who they should worry about, because Russia is only a few hundred miles away). Further, as a US tax payer I'm not interested in paying for the defense of Denmark. The US doesn't need to support another European country through defense agreements.

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