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cyberferret commented on Same Stop: Life after 26 years as a programmer for Apple engineersneedart.com/blog... · Posted by u/chmaynard

cyberferret · 3 years ago

I can totally relate. I started programming at around 18, writing games and utilities for DOS and other OSs at the time. I am 56 now and still actively writing code for my own SaaS.

I expect that when I eventually retire, I will end up writing code for Arduino devices and other things because it is what I truly love to do, and I never want to stop learning something new.

cyberferret commented on Half of vinyl buyers in the U.S. don’t have a record player: study consequence.net/2023/04/h... · Posted by u/anigbrowl

cyberferret · 3 years ago

I don't know if it is guys like me skewing the numbers here, but I have a not insignificant LP collection that I've had for over 30 years now. I got rid of my record player decades ago when moving house but carted my LPs around, with the intent to buy a decent home stereo setup once I got established again and had the disposable income to buy something decent.

I am at that stage now, so will invest in a decent HiFi kit sometime this year. I guess I am also a bit old school in that I don't really listen to music while working etc., so things like Spotify and Apple Music etc. are not my thing. I treat listening to music as a bit of an event, that harkens back to my younger days of having album 'listening parties', so I expect I will still consume my music that way again once I get my record player.

cyberferret commented on Sim Wong Hoo has died lowyat.net/2023/291770/si... · Posted by u/DrNosferatu

cyberferret · 3 years ago

SET BLASTER=RIP SIM WONG 1955 2023

cyberferret commented on Stringbike: Benefits (2020) stringbike.com/stringbike... · Posted by u/Tomte

jackmott42 · 4 years ago

Almost always the downside to a non chain drive is a loss of efficiency. A chain and cog setup is really really good, like 99% efficient with a clean lubed chain. Internal hub gears, drive shafts, strings, almost all of them have losses a bit worse than that, which sucks when you are a 0.5hp motor.

cyberferret · 4 years ago

Interesting - I was just having a discussion with my son the other day about the term "horsepower". Quick research showed that the average human can generate 1.2 HP in a burst, or 0.1 HP sustained. Is 0.5 HP the accepted measure for sustained output while riding a bike?

cyberferret commented on Rowan Atkinson: Visual Comedy (1992) [video] youtube.com/watch?v=LeuiF... · Posted by u/swarmy

klondike_klive · 4 years ago

I co created and directed the Adrenalini Brothers - glad you liked it!

The made up language was Rendoosian. In the beginning we tried to improvise gibberish but realised that it just didn't sound right so we wrote everything down.

cyberferret · 4 years ago

Wow, this is an honour indeed to interact with you! I've actually gone back on Youtube and watched a few episodes again - ah the memories.

Loved re-listening to Rendoosian again - wonderful language that has enough of a hint of actual English that you understand what was being said or implied. Also loved the intro Rendoosian glyph fonts.

Thank you for bringing such a wonderful and different cartoon to the world!

EDIT (Translation): Binti Boo mit ur magnificibifici Cartoon grandi-max

cyberferret commented on 'I want your Instagram account': a deadly campaign over coveted handles businessinsider.com/handl... · Posted by u/torritest

cyberferret · 4 years ago

Wow. I have a 6 letter Instagram account handle that actually matches a popular (Western) name and initial out there. So far I get about one fairly polite request per month via DM to sell my handle to them, which I always decline, but lately I am seeing a rise in the number of 'password reset' emails I am getting from Instagram. It's gone from about one per week to sometimes 2 or 3 per day.

That fact, plus the stories in this article is making think of really closing off my social media visibility a lot more than it currently is.

cyberferret commented on Rowan Atkinson: Visual Comedy (1992) [video] youtube.com/watch?v=LeuiF... · Posted by u/swarmy

smcl · 4 years ago

Ah fair, but for someone thinking “I’ll give Blackadder a try, it gets recommended to me a lot…” it’d probably be quite a bad introduction that would likely put someone off rather than encourage them to watch the rest

cyberferret · 4 years ago

I concur with this. Whenever I recommend Blackadder to friends or family, I encourage them to start with 2, then move forward, then go back to watch 1 if they become a fan. This was the exact path I took when I became familiar with the series.

In every instance where I know of people who watched 1 first, they are almost always put off by the silliness and don't continue.

I think BA2 will always be my absolute favourite of all as it was the first one I watched, and it also endeared me to the delightful characters that Miranda Richardson, Stephen Fry and Tony Robinson brought to the show. Only Hugh Lawrie in BA3 came close.

cyberferret commented on Rowan Atkinson: Visual Comedy (1992) [video] youtube.com/watch?v=LeuiF... · Posted by u/swarmy

mrwh · 4 years ago

I still remember watching the final episode at school, in the early 90s, as part of a history lesson on the First World War. The way it turns from a comedy into something that couldn't be more serious! - except, that seriousness was always there. The tone doesn't so much change as reveal itself. Unforgettable.

cyberferret · 4 years ago

You are so right about how the seriousness was always there and revealed itself at the end. I too was fairly young when I first watched it, and I think it really framed my propensity for adding humour to otherwise serious situations as a coping mechanism.

cyberferret commented on Rowan Atkinson: Visual Comedy (1992) [video] youtube.com/watch?v=LeuiF... · Posted by u/swarmy

cyberferret · 4 years ago

Someone once told me - "British comedy is about making fun of yourself, whereas American comedy is about making fun of other people", and I have found it to be true in a lot of shows I've witnessed. Probably why I personally tend to prefer British comedies over American ones. I have a thing against people having a laugh at the expense of others.

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Vintage coder. Founder of hrpartner.io among others. Lives in outback Australia, 3000Km from the nearest Apple store. I blog at https://devan.codes

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