lopta @lopta@mastodon.social
I used to drive around and plug things in.
Joined Apr 2017
Thinking about Bristol.
I see Linux has "smartmontools" but it's not obvious to me how to interact with that. What do Linux people use to ask a disk or SSD how it's feeling?
@grahamwhiteuk Congratulations on the promotion!
Distracted by VIA Nano microprocessors. #cpu
I may have to start eating my lunch outside, or at least away from my desk. It has taken me four attempts to eat this sandwich. :-|
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cellphones didn't make payphones obsolete. The pay part did.
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Check out the Sun 3/160 running SunOS 4.1.1 you can ssh to and login as the guest user 'lcm'.
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Please don't smash like buttons. I work at the like button repair shop, and often when the buttons have been deliberately smashed, there's nothing we can do to salvage them. So wasteful
It seems surprisingly difficult to find octal rotary switches. #electronics
Thinking about the Motorola 68008 microprocessor. #cpu
Has the global chip shortage encouraged the use of #ThinClient solutions at all?
An unexpected perk of trying #Linux on my #RaspberryPi was being able to try the #Arduino IDE for the first time. It works!
Listening to @LateNightLinux podcast no. 176.
Reading some Unix history while my desktop PC builds Firefox 91.
Looks like it'll have to wait until I can put it on a monitor, keyboard and mouse.
Thinking of trying #RaspberryPi OS on my 2B.
Perhaps it's just as well that we don't get to watch the Eurovision song contest.
Thinking about #OpenIndiana.
🚲 Finally got to ride my #bicycle!
Am I the only person who thinks the new #Lenovo ThinkCentre bezel looks worse?
I used to drive around and plug things in.
Joined Apr 2017
