dgriffith

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[–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 6 points 2 months ago

"Ohhhh, that tired old OS was using AI 1.6. We've been offering the new OS -now with AI 1.8 - for 7 solid weeks now! We recommend you upgrade now, as we're shutting down AI 1.6 on Tuesday."

[–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Warmest winter on record, so far.

[–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 20 points 2 months ago (2 children)

AEC does a good job of nudging people into getting their enrolment details organised. I changed addresses a little while ago, and it was 30 seconds online to update, with confirmation a few days later via SMS and email.

[–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 5 points 2 months ago

Well, anything's possible, I say we give it a try and see what happens.

[–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 7 points 2 months ago

My son ordered me a cube with a bit of silver from the US, it's part of a periodic table set.

It was delayed a little, and when it arrived at his door there was a little note from Australian customs basically saying, "This is cool and everything, but don't go ordering the radioactive elements from this place unless you have all the right paperwork, ok?"

[–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Have you tried.......

you know,

(cough)

maybe just, ah ....

(air quotes) "heavily implying"

the , ah, you know .....

particular.....

(taps side of nose)

ah, torrent

in

(eyebrow waggle)

ahem,

QUESTION?

Eh?

Ehhhhh?

[–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 54 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Change your thought patterns. Minimise their actions in your mind.

They are not "psychopaths", they are just "idiots".

They do not "counterattack", there is no "attack" from your side. They are just "being a nuisance". Frame all the bumps and thumps as renovations if you want.

When they make a noise, turn UP your tv, just a little, so you can hear it over it. "Gee those renovations of theirs are a bit noisy, maybe I should put in a complaint."

When they rattle the ceiling of their apartment, "Hey it must be time to vacuum, thanks for reminding me. I'll do it now while you're renovating and making noise so it doesn't disturb you too much".

"I hear that plants respond to music so I'm just going to leave some on for Ferris, my pot plant, while I go out shopping for a few hours this morning" - Not too loud, just loud enough for Ferris to enjoy it. If you hear a lot of thumping it must be just them taking the opportunity to renovate while you can't hear them. I do hope they don't damage their ceiling with all that thumping while you're out, oh well.

All that activity on their part takes a lot of energy, your activities take very little. Which one do you think is going to end first?

[–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 11 points 3 months ago

If it seems stupid, that just means that it was cheaper to do it this way.

Program ROM/EEPROM + RAM, or just RAM connected to a USB interface with a reset line tied to the camera processor? See the USB device ID connect , fill the ram with the camera software, toggle processor reset , off you go.

[–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 1 points 3 months ago

It's only a matter of time before Google borks the fine grained notification system in Android in the quest to serve you more ~~ads~~ information to enhance your life.

Apps get one chance with me. As soon as I get an unsolicited notification begging me to interact with them, that's it, 100 percent silenced.

[–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 6 points 3 months ago

Aldi has a presence in Australia in major cities, they are generally seen as an alternative to the major duopoly of Coles and Woolworths.

[–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 2 points 3 months ago

If they are house-bound, organise with a local taxi driver to get to the shop and get some things for them.

If they are mostly-mobile, same thing, but organise a drop off and pickup time and get a hand with getting groceries into the house and up stairs, etc.

A lot of the older "career" drivers will happily do regular stuff like this. Especially during the middle of the day in suburbia when it's pretty quiet. Beats sitting at a taxi rank reading the paper.

[–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 12 points 3 months ago

What do you expect from running 10 and more amperes through a cord?

Well , I expect enough engineering behind it that the cord and connections don't melt. I am an auto electrician, I routinely deal with 12v systems that draw much more than that without melting, using connections that aren't much bigger. It's not like it's some mystical technology, it's just that this setup has been done on a budget.

But it doesn't help that every single logic gate in a graphics card is run at a speed/currents that are literally just below meltdown.

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