guy_threepwood
@guy_threepwood@lemmy.world
- Comment on Still booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computers 11 hours ago:
If you are a big company there are often ESCROW agreements for things like this. I have encountered the “data dumps” from time to time and whilst it’s “better” it’s not ideal. Half finished documentarian, virtual machines of mis-configured OS installs… it’s almost as if it was just a straight copy of the development environment as it was just as they made the final version of the software…
But it’s better than nothing.
Main issue I can see with this forcing open source would be libraries and frameworks licensed from others who would likely still be in business and wouldn’t agree to those parts becoming open sourced. See also WinAMP theregister.com/…/opensourcing_of_winamp_goes_bad…
- Comment on [deleted] 5 days ago:
If you still have a land line you can dial locally without even an area code. This worked in most countries. Some mobile phone networks kept this tradition although in a weirder way: you could dial locally when physically located in those areas, and your phone would display the area code you were in on the its standby screen. Which worked as long as you weren’t on a border between cells and it picked the wrong one.
Over time this went away.
I don’t think this is what you have experienced, but it was a nice thing that blurred the lines between land line and mobile phones for a little while, and I think it’s interesting.
- Comment on YSK if you have a library card or are a student, there's a free streaming service called Kanopy 1 week ago:
I get Pressreader access with my library. Gives me access to newspapers and magazines for free, which is pretty good. Especially for overseas things which are otherwise quite difficult to get
- Comment on If you're a broke vampire, just say that 2 weeks ago:
Ah hah hah
- Comment on The Euro platformer revival that almost happened 3 weeks ago:
As I was reading this the title music from Jazz Jackrabbit 2 started playing in my head, and I completely understood what you mean. I then looked up if Jazz was actually an anomaly since Epic are from the US, but no, the main programmer was Dutch, so it fits your description.
- Comment on Royal Mail trials postbox with parcel hatch, solar panels and barcode scanner 5 weeks ago:
But they already have parcel postboxes, and whilst there’s no “check in” of parcels on those, as soon as everything is collected it’s scanned so I feel that’s fine?
- Comment on This is unfair! 5 weeks ago:
I’m selling these fine leather jackets…
- Comment on This is unfair! 1 month ago:
In the UK we have “JRC Global Buffet” which is almost exactly what you describe. It’s…not great. I went because, like you, some friends were particularly enamoured with the place for some reason.
I wasn’t a fan.
- Comment on Can this be charged 1 month ago:
I’d go even lower, maybe 50mA. The main issue you’re fighting is internal resistance, which will cause things to heat up. Your other issue is that I’ve averaged things, however it’s quite likely that one or more cells has a significantly lower voltage than others (and therefore a higher resistance) so can cause more risk.
If you’re able to get the pack apart and measure the cells separately that will help a lot
- Comment on Can this be charged 1 month ago:
Yes
- Comment on Can this be charged 1 month ago:
I am assuming that 18v is 5 cells in series, with a nominal voltage of 3.7 x 5 = 18.5 volts. At 15.22 each cell is around 3 volts. 3 volts is usually considered the absolute minimum you can discharge cells to. (3.3v is considered flat) If it won’t charge, it’s probably dead.
It might be possible to rig up a charger to very very slowly charge the battery up to about 3.3 volts, at which point the proper charger might agree to fully charge the battery, but with the cells already below 3.3v there’s a good chance it won’t work even if you did that. And it’s not without risks.
- Comment on Designing a replacement IO plate for my GameCube 1 month ago:
I find it sad that we can’t switch back to the “old” autocorrect. The options are this annoying new version…or nothing. I tried living with nothing for a while and it’s not great.
- Comment on They are lying to us 1 month ago:
And generated a fuck tonne of UV, so….don’t look at it with your remaining eye.
- Comment on The Pebble Has Been Brought Back 1 month ago:
Garmin watches come close?
- Comment on The less people in my life, the better off I become. 2 months ago:
I’d say that’s a bit late
- Comment on What happened to cylindrical plugs? 2 months ago:
It is my understanding that Apple actually wanted to use 3.5mm jacks for their ADB keyboard/mouse interface in the early days, and some prototypes exist which used the jacks.
The plug manufacturers couldn’t guarantee that you wouldn’t sometimes get high resistance issues if the plugs were left connected all the time. On a pair of headphones you’d hear that as static and turn the plug or unplug/insert to get it going again. But you can’t “hear” through a keyboard.
They used mini DIN 4 instead.
- Comment on Your Earbuds Are Gross. Here’s How to Clean Them Properly 2 months ago:
Yeah I take the tips off and only clean those bits. On my earbuds they have a pretty good mesh filter which stops wax etc. getting further into them
- Comment on Your Earbuds Are Gross. Here’s How to Clean Them Properly 2 months ago:
I use an ultrasonic cleaner with warm soapy water. Works wonders - they basically look new!
- Comment on Le wrong generation 2 months ago:
Can it play Doom?
- Comment on Help Identify This Connector 6 months ago:
Looks like a Deutsch connector, although working out which one might be a challenge.
- Comment on How pen and paper comes to the rescue in an IT crisis 7 months ago:
Technically two?