jrmcauliffe (u/jrmcauliffe)

jrmcauliffe commented on Reverse Engineering the Prom for the SGI O2 mattst88.com/blog/2026/02... · Posted by u/mattst88

nebula8804 · a month ago

I often see superbly restored SGI equipment at VCF and also own a few SGI equipment that I hope to get to some point in my life but I have never seen any interesting new software or usage of these machines other than the stock "cool" demo programs(The file manager, the gears demo and others running at the same time). Is there any actual cool homebrew occuring on these platforms?

jrmcauliffe · a month ago

The main watering hole for the hobbyist community around these machines vanished from the internet a while back, taking the forums and info around porting software with it.. I guess some of it is available via wayback etc.

jrmcauliffe commented on Hyundai is now delaying its EV battery plant that was raided by ICE electrek.co/2025/09/11/hy... · Posted by u/buyucu

Humorist2290 · 6 months ago

I still don't really understand this story. I know that ICE invaded the factory and detained a few hundred people. They were vanished away and presumably being speedily sent back to Korea. Sure.

But every article I've read on this makes no statement about whether any of these hundreds of people were actually working without an appropriate visa, or whether they were given the chance to demonstrate their legitimacy, or whether any of these hundreds of people got to defend their case to a judge. Shouting "I'm here legally" while being rounded up by LEOs is not due process.

I'm not particularly sympathetic to Hyundai here, and it wouldn't be surprising if they subcontracted a sublegal operation to cut costs. But in a group of a few hundred people it's quite hard to imagine none of them have cases even worth hearing.

jrmcauliffe · 6 months ago

I mean, it would be surprising. In what world does Hyundai want to build a multi billion dollar plant in a foreign country and subcontract to a 'sublegal operation' which still has to send foreign nationals, presumably experts in their specific fields along with housing them to 'cut costs'...?

jrmcauliffe commented on Bike Manufacturers Are Making Bikes Less Repairable ifixit.com/News/101675/bi... · Posted by u/LorenDB

sidewndr46 · a year ago

Exactly what specialized tools do you need to work on a car? Are you counting closed end wrenches and sockets as "specialized" or something?

jrmcauliffe · a year ago

Had a mobile mechanic unable to change the timing belt on our 10 y/o Volkswagen Golf because the balancer is now secured with a proprietary lock-ring instead of four hex bolts.

He said this sort of thing is getting more common and even if he did want to buy all of the required bits and bobs he wouldn't be able to fit them all in his van.

Even in the 'good old days', you weren't getting very far working on your car without things like gear pullers, timing guns and feeler gauges. All things that technically you could be using for other things, but not exactly in the average toolbox of someone that doesn't work on cars.

jrmcauliffe commented on American WWII bomb explodes at Japanese airport, causing large crater in taxiway cnn.com/2024/10/02/travel... · Posted by u/impish9208

glandium · a year ago

Is it really miraculous, though? Even on a very busy runway, a specific spot would be free of anything most of the time.

jrmcauliffe · a year ago

But if anything is going to push it over the edge of going off (for whatever reason it has finally decided it's time), it's going to be a plane driving over the top / near it.

jrmcauliffe commented on Japan Issues First Ever Mega Earthquake Warning nbcnews.com/news/world/ja... · Posted by u/crhulls

jrmcauliffe · 2 years ago

I didn't realise we had 18 mile depths.

jrmcauliffe commented on German state ditches Microsoft for Linux and LibreOffice zdnet.com/article/german-... · Posted by u/CrankyBear

shiroiushi · 2 years ago

>and GSuite is being mocked and everyone is recommending Office and Teams as the obvious choice for starting your business.

These must be paid shills. While it's actually quite understandable why real people and businesses would want to use and recommend MS Office, no one in their right mind actually thinks Teams is the best video chat tool in the world. Any serious business uses Zoom, Slack, etc.

jrmcauliffe · 2 years ago

Lol any serious business. Shoutout to all the people at mega-corps using Teams!

jrmcauliffe commented on JITX – The Fastest Way to Design Circuit Boards jitx.com... · Posted by u/Teever

bb88 · 2 years ago

My favorite is the hobbyist youtube videos sponsored by Altium. Just pay 10k plus 2/3k per year afterwards and you too can design boards like I can! (/s)

But the reality is I unsubscribed from those creators, because I never want to see someone design a board in Altium, I want to see how they build a board using kicad.

From the software side, I really like the license model of the all products pack from JetBrains. And it goes with me wherever I go.

jrmcauliffe · 2 years ago

Yeah, I love the fact that Jetbrains 'everything' is actually affordable by a solo software engineer and you can just 'bring your own tools' to a job.

jrmcauliffe commented on JITX – The Fastest Way to Design Circuit Boards jitx.com... · Posted by u/Teever

Zamiel_Snawley · 2 years ago

Their yearly option is only 18% off too, at $9,804.

jrmcauliffe · 2 years ago

Sigh, remembers when Visual Age for Java was $10k a seat in 2000 $$$.

jrmcauliffe commented on ASML may be looking to leave the Netherlands tomshardware.com/tech-ind... · Posted by u/gok

sapling-ginger · 2 years ago

Dubai, Israel, Singapore. Why do you think only Europe can do this?

jrmcauliffe · 2 years ago

Companies are made of people and people have lives.

jrmcauliffe commented on Minuteman Weapon System History and Description (2001) [pdf] minutemanmissile.com/docu... · Posted by u/Bezod

m1keil · 2 years ago

Related: Command and Control by Eric Schlosser

Great book.

jrmcauliffe · 2 years ago

Genuine page turner.