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gsuberland, to random
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today is "attempt to bring up the CO2 sensor boards" day.

I am remarkably nervous about this.

thor,
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@gsuberland that breaks my brain. Why would serial data be connected to serial clock and vice versa?

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[serious, no joke replies or guesses / autotranslation please]

do I know anyone native or otherwise very fluent in Chinese who can tell me the correct term for a plated edge connector, like you might find on a PCIe card? specifically the "gold fingers" style connector feature you would find on the PCB side, not the plastic connector it slots into.

I've had an absolute nightmare trying to communicate this feature to a Shenzhen-based PCB vendor and I would like it to be easier in future.

thor,
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@gsuberland wanted to help, but my wife doesn't know (she's native). The only thing she could think of is 插口 (cha'kou) which literally means socket - and that's not what you're looking for.

thor,
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@gsuberland you didn't - I did respond with what my wife said (and she's as Chinese as they come :) ). I didn't find you grumpy - and I understand where you're coming from. Chinese as a language can be unbearably frustrating at times...

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of course my car decides to start throwing Engine Malfunction messages and randomly going into limp mode on the Sunday immediately before the bank holiday Monday when I'm meant to be driving to EMF, meaning I can't get it to a mechanic for diagnostics let alone a repair in time.

OBD-II scanner shows nothing at all, inbuilt test mode shows two generic DTC codes that provide no useful information other than it's maybe a sensor doing something wrong.

ffs.

thor,
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What make of car and what codes?

gsuberland, (edited ) to random
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discovering that fewer cybertrucks have been sold than Sinclair C5s has amused me greatly. and honestly, if you want to drive a weird vehicle, the C5 is far more fun.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_C5

thor,
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@gsuberland I honestly do want a C5 more than any other vehicle. I grew up with all stuff Sinclair (first 4 computers were all Sinclairs) and throughout my teens and late teens he (Sir Clive) was my hero :)

gsuberland, to random
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given that 40 Starlink satellites crashed a couple of years ago from a fairly mild storm, I wonder how many are currently falling out of orbit now.

thor,
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@gsuberland not enough to put a dent in Elons ego...

gsuberland, to random
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kinda pissed off at FS (the networking company) who try to sidestep the whole "it's not legal to send you marketing emails without an opt out" thing by assigning everyone an account manager (read: marketing intern) from whose email marketing emails are sent.

normally it gets auto filtered into the marketing folder anyway but occasionally one gets through to my main inbox, and today's was some shite about LLMs, so I finally replied and told them to fuck off.

thor,
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@gsuberland marketing emails and phonecalls are bundled into the same law here (lazy goodness?) but I like the hefty fines. I don't know of a single company here that has actually been fined even if the law allows for it...

thor,
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@gsuberland you need a dose of our marketing laws :) Here you have to opt-in to get marketing emails - unless - you are already a customer (and a current one at that, a former customer is automatically exempt from marketing).

IF I get a call, my first question will be "Where did you get this number, did you know I'm on a no-call list and what is your name? Now connect me with your manager so I know who to sue."

I usually get a "OMG so sorry! <EOT>"

thor,
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@gsuberland that explains why the only scam calls I get are from +44 ;) They've found new pastures to graze in 🤭(my old phone had about 50 UK phone numbers blocked :) )

thor, to random Icelandic
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I really want to know what HP uses to solder their hardware because when I decommission something I like to desolder the paert to keep abd reuse , but even with a broad tip at 520°C I simply cannot for the life of me desolder a single part from the HP XL170Rgen9 Like WTF?

@gsuberland

Sorry if typing sucks, 2 stouts in 1 hour...

NanoRaptor, to random
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Commodore 128DD

thor,
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@NanoRaptor 128DD?

That's... huge!

gsuberland, to random
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I was thinking about bucket lists and realised most of mine are stuff like "see a brown bear in the wild" and "see a rosy maple moth in real life". animals are so good.

thor,
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@gsuberland aurora spotting is best done in the coldest months, nighttime (past 22:00) and outside city limits. Of course a clear sky is a must too :p

But polarbears... , a tidbit - in Spitsbergen it is generally advised not to walk outside without a firearm. And since Spitsbergen is farther north than even north Norway, chances of catching both aurora borealis and a polar bear in the same frame are pretty good :)

thor,
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@gsuberland Take a trip to Spitsbergen at wintertime. 🙂

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There was such a thing as Game Pass Friends and Family - but now it's not there anymore. It says "... beta has ended".

I wonder if @shanselman has any knowledge of whether it's going to resurface?

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LTT: "unfortunately wide-screen gaming forums is now mostly dead"

WSGF, in the comments: "we're not dead, we just moved to Discord and stopped using the forums"

me: "unfortunately wide-screen gaming forums is now mostly dead"

thor,
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@gsuberland I made a decision long time ago not to succumb to discord.

Is it the cesspool I imagine it to be?

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thor,
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@gsuberland Owltastic?

thor, to random Icelandic
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One Windows update question

If I have disabled "Get the latest updates when they are offered", should I then be getting "Update Preview" ?

@JenMsft

thor, to random Icelandic
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@geerlingguy I'd like to ask you - I remember seeing you testing the Ampere platform. Do you know if there's anywhere a scientist can get access to an Ampere machine runnig CentOS or SLES to test the viability of using it for WRF? Would probably need access for some days at least...

thor, to random Icelandic
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Spelling in Windows Server 2022

I shouldn't have to be doing this... English is my third language and I should be worrying about Icelandic in Windows...

@shanselman @JenMsft

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thor, to random Icelandic
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I'm setting up my son's belated Yule-gift, a desktop PC. And one of the things he's learning at age 8 in school is video making and stop motion. So, I install a stop motion studio and then I wanted to install a video editor - and obviously, as I have M365, I chose ClipChamp.

Well deleted! This is my error. "Clipchamp is not available to you due to age restrictions in your country or area"

@shanselman @JenMsft - who can I pester to know why there's an age restriction on a video editor?

thor, to random Icelandic
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An update to Windows 11 disabled my WSL. Deliberate for some reason, or is my computer just due for a complete reinstall ? 🤔

@shanselman @JenMsft

thor, to VisualStudio Icelandic
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Sometimes the AI in Visual Studio lacks basic intelligence 🙃

First, the AI suggested the "return false" line (all of it) which I accepted.

Then it's suggesting the return true line. But why?

@poppastring

thor, to random Icelandic
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Looked up Yak Shaving on Wikipedia and found illustration by @davidrevoy - was not disappointed :)

thor, to random Icelandic
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Going through the DOS archive at Archive.org, searching for bits and bytes for my PPC640. Was setting some filters to limit the number of results, when...

Anything we need to know about the REAL founding date of Microsoft and the origins of DOS? @shanselman @JenMsft

thor, to random Icelandic
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Upgraded my phone to S24 Ultra - and was going to try Microsoft Hyperlapse Mobile which I had on my Note9 - but it says "Not compatible". Anyone care to give the author a friendly nudge-nudge wink-wink wiggle-wiggle ? @shanselman

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