UNIX84

UNIX84, 4 months ago

Something comforting and nostalgic about putting a CD into your car 6 disc changer.

It’s still higher quality than many streaming services especially when you take Bluetooth into account.

I really wish music DVDs would have taken off. The few albums that came out, you could adjust the equalizer settings of each individual track.

UNIX84, 4 months ago

The truth is that a lot of loyal customers are boycotting Starbucks right now over unionization and their stance on Palestine. So Starbucks is trying to bring them back physically into the stores and are using the balance on their cards as leverage. Starbucks has already uncharacteristically been running several promotions to get people back to their stores, with the red cup and the Stanley thing.

If Starbucks has to return the customers’ unused balance without bringing them into the stores, then they may have lost those customers for good.

UNIX84, 4 months ago

Whatever system76 decides it will be, I guess. That’s really the unexplored area of my keyboard because it’s so wildly inconsistent from one laptop manufacturer to another.

I do, however, recognize Microsoft’s leveraging power over laptop manufacturers. They are the reason we got the Windows/Super key to start with (although ThinkPads held out until 2007) and later why everyone was forced to go to 6 row chiclet keyboards in 2013. So I’m certain the community will standardize this key for something useful across all distributions.

UNIX84, 4 months ago

I haven’t been to many football games in my time. Maybe I can count them on two hands and that includes situations where I was part of some promotional event.

But in undergrad, I got to watch Steph Curry play a lot from the student section and it was a delight. We knew he was special way back then, he played with a chip on his shoulder and we thought maybe he would do okay in the NBA. I had no context because there were no other NBA caliber players in the entire conference, so we thought he was good and maybe good enough to make the NBA and stick around a while. But I never thought he would become the hall of famer, record setting player he is today.

UNIX84, 4 months ago

Some additional context about Curry in college: he was great, we just didn’t know how well the talent translated. Our conference would get maybe 2-3 games a season against top tier teams (UNC, Duke) and it would always be a blowout. The player of the year was a guy named Kyle “Sir” Hines at Greensboro who was a 6’6" (1.98m) center setting all sorts of historical records. And he even did well against those top caliber teams. And Curry was also setting records, but I think Kyle graduated first and then didn’t even make an NBA roster and didn’t do well in the Summer Leagues.

So we expected Steph Curry to end up somewhere in that range, maybe he would make a roster but probably not have a long career because he was smaller and didn’t have great handles for a point guard. A lot of things broke open for Steph at the right time, from the NBA changing to an easier scoring softer rim and relaxing defensive rules, to teams money balling the sport and figuring out that 3 points at 40% was much easier than 2 points at 60%. And even then it was a difficult choice for Golden State to stick with Curry those first six seasons, over Monta Ellis. They gambled, and it didn’t work until they changed coaches to the first time coach Steve Kerr, which tells how well Golden State was respected. And the rest is history.

Kyle Hines ended up in Europe and had a very good multi-decade career there.

UNIX84, 4 months ago

For a slightly different take: I want a car that runs on free software, that doesn’t spy on me.

Until then, I can bike, or continue driving my now fifteen year old sedan that I bought with 5% of my annual salary, used.

UNIX84, 4 months ago

I would love a drop-in electric drivetrain for my vehicle when the gas engine finally dies.

Or maybe a classic car from before computers with a drop in electric drivetrain.

UNIX84, 5 months ago

Villa de Levya. Lovely town.

UNIX84, 5 months ago

I didn’t understand why Dee Rhoads was so protective of Randy’s legacy for the 30+ years after his death until she passed away. Limiting access, very few interviews, no releases based on his demo/rehearsal tapes. As a fan (of Randy, not really Ozzy), I wanted more.

Much like Christopher Tolkien, it turns out Dee was keeping the wolves at bay.