@Ascendant said in Job interview questions. Really???? Are these real?:
- "Imagine you have a 100K string filled with just the letters A-Z. >
What is a 100K string? A string that a developer charged 100K USD to write?
@Ascendant said in Job interview questions. Really???? Are these real?:
- "Imagine you have a 100K string filled with just the letters A-Z. >
What is a 100K string? A string that a developer charged 100K USD to write?
hahaha, this topic (of discussion) reminded me of the rise and fall of the golden age:
https://what.thedailywtf.com/topic/11460/title-has-already-been-used
We should all co-develop some new forum software. It could have a feature with "mandatory search before starting new thread", Infinitely long pages and mods to shut down threads that are not on topic.
Suggest a quick search on the forum before starting a new thread, otherwise we will be repeating ourselves every year instead of creating new content:
https://what.thedailywtf.com/topic/21764/wall-tap-mystery/16
@Tsaukpaetra
? that is a duo helix, with a pin in the middle
Thinking about ditching my android Motorola z2 phone and going back to windows Lumia 950... Android bugs the crap out of me.
@Parody said in Next Windows 10 major update will use machine learning to "try" not to force-reboot at the wrong time:
@Helix said in Next Windows 10 major update will use machine learning to "try" not to force-reboot at the wrong time:
But it still needs a reboot? what's the difference?
On reboot you don't start at "Windows is installing updates (30%)"?
For the seasonal Windows 10 updates (and most Insider updates) it's not as bad as it used to be as it does a lot more before rebooting, but they haven't eliminated the delay completely.
It happens while I am asleep on windows home, as I set active hours from 8:00 to 23:00, so it could take 10mins or 2 hours, I don't really care.
@ben_lubar said in Next Windows 10 major update will use machine learning to "try" not to force-reboot at the wrong time:
@Atazhaia said in Next Windows 10 major update will use machine learning to "try" not to force-reboot at the wrong time:
@ben_lubar Meanwhile, Linux Mint can update Adobe Flash just fine without needing a reboot. Maybe Windows tied flash technology tightly into the OS like it likes to do with web tech?
Also, Windows has a dumb thing where it's not able to update executables that are running, so you can't ever install an update pre-reboot.
Chromebooks do an interesting thing where every update installs an alternate copy of the OS so that the changes required to reboot are just a single bit saying "use the other copy of the OS".
But it still needs a reboot? what's the difference?
@El_Heffe
"Fixing a problem should never involve the command line"
@Atazhaia
So the developers of the tool, made a tool that embarks on a process that takes a lot of processing time, and ties up the CPU for a long time, without thinking "na man, this isn't like we can stop and save data like other software. We treat this like a 3D printer where if things fail, the operator will have to find out after hours and hours and have to restart the whole thing".
@Zerosquare
Yes, the BMW I had (more then a few years ago) literally does this.
GPS is limited to 5 digit postcode unless you get navigation pro. How hard it is for software to store/search 7 digit postcode instead of a 5 digit? even though a cheapo TomTom has done this since 2004.
@Gribnit
Since when did insulin pump software run on PCs??
@Atazhaia
Why not pause the video encoding, do the restart, and then continue the encoding?
@Zerosquare said in Next Windows 10 major update will use machine learning to "try" not to force-reboot at the wrong time:
Self-proclaimed power users will disable it and get bitten, but they have a hundred ways of shooting themselves in the foot anyways, so it doesn't matter.
I think that's what happens already. If you want to disable - dig around in regedit.
@blakeyrat said in Just asking for it, really:
(Ironically, I believe most if not all of the GTA video games are made by British developers; but they are set in the US. Or a weird simulacrum of it.)
Yes, based in Scotland. They had to think of a place where a life of crime is normalised (surprised they didn't think of Glasgow). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockstar_North
The 'prototype' of GTA was also developed in UK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_(video_game)
Stop it!
I should have changed my post to:
I particularly hate Linux ANY fanboyz.
@boomzilla said in Major Linux Problems on the Desktop, 2018 edition:
Is he saying that this linux can run on a computer without windows underneath it, at all ?
No he is not.
I particularly hate Linux fanboyz:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pOt3MxOSSY
Huh, my ex's used to just snatch the phone/camera from me and delete any photos/films of them....
@anonymous234
Yes, this.
This is why i hate bringing in another LAMP type application in the company. Muggins needs to be on top of the updates, as they are all updated in different ways.
Wow, @blakeyrat hits the nail on the head. I have exactly the same rant now I have a 4k monitor in-between my two older HDMI monitors. Not only if I switch the 4k off, on screen timeout it completely messes up the desktop by pushing the icons to the (also timedout but still connected) HDMI screens.
Edit: ALSO the sound device is changed to the graphics card, even though the motherboard sound is selected as 'default for playback'.
I would tell you a joke about UDP, but you might not get it.
@neighborhoodbutcher said in Fall Creators Update, or how to fuck up the OS from start to finish:
And to add insult to injury, for some reason my monitor is switched to power saving mode as soon as the OS starts.
I hate this too, here is a fix
https://www.onmsft.com/news/adjust-windows-10-lock-screen-timeout
@billhead
That would make me hit the wall angry.
Pleased i am sticking with windows 10 mobile
Thinking about this...
Email transports was developed all those years ago which are now problematic due to the naive approach to security.
Just the same as telephone networks were developed and evolved and it was a necessary to allow anyone in the world to dial a number and interrupt any arbitrary person in the world. If only someone designed in a system whereby you had to have a token unique to the recipient to allow you to place the call.
@undergroundcode said in Rant Mode - Google Flight Notifications:
But it still won't do the completely obvious thing of not fucking ringing the phone if it's a known spammer calling.
This.
Many people i know and myself have setups with only allow contacts to ring the phone. Otherwise they go to voicemail. If it's important or someone who wants to get hold of you will leave a message, and you will get that. Very very few spam callers (ppi, insurance, scams etc) will leave a message. Generally robocallers will not leave a message but i imagine someone is working on that.
The scary bit is people buying dodgy ecig batteries and chargers via ebay straight from china, which contains anything from the factory floor.
The scary bit is people buying e-liquid via ebay straight from china, which contains anything from the factory floor.
@dkf said in Getting rid of jitter when measuring voltage:
@helix said in Getting rid of jitter when measuring voltage:
How do you know the meaningful range of the ADC without details such as any voltage divider or amplifier, source and input resistance, value of Vref etc
Measure? Data sheet?
schematic ?
@dkf
How do you know the meaningful range of the ADC without details such as any voltage divider or amplifier, source and input resistance, value of Vref etc
@rhywden said in Getting rid of jitter when measuring voltage:
art wrapping...
Is the ADC able to measure positive voltages or run out
how can a oscilloscope tell us what is in your schematic?
But clearly it doesn't, it gets stuck at 0
@rhywden said in Getting rid of jitter when measuring voltage:
a constant 0.0000
Usually a maths issue will overflow a number and start wrapping...
Is the ADC able to measure positive voltages or run out of range? Can you post schematic of the voltage measurement end?
First, if you are calculating average, us a moving average (rolling average).
Second, consider putting in a median filter first... https://embeddedgurus.com/stack-overflow/2010/10/median-filtering/
Edit, third, since you are taking readings from an ADC and using an 8-bit micro without floating point unit. The readings from the ADC would be a integer or a long before they get calculated into floating point, therefore do your averaging in integer.
@karla said in Programming Certifications:
@helix said in Programming Certifications:
Here you go, you need to be a certified internet engineer:
Can You Spell "TCP/IP"? Can you tell a packet from a turnip? Do you think IPX is a Sun Computer? Why isn't "Cisco" is a town in the Sierra Nevada? Do you use a router to move packets or to cut grooves in wood? If you answered yes to these questions, YOU may have the makings of CERTIFIED INTERNET ENGINEER! Do you want to impress "the suits"? Want to use our cool logo? Then YOU should be a CERTIFIED INTERNET ENGINEER!
As discussed here:
https://what.thedailywtf.com/topic/7336/certified-internet-engineer/23That thread didn't help much as the domain has been taken over.
Link at the top includes wayback:
http://web.archive.org/web/20120302040114/http://www.cie.com/
Here you go, you need to be a certified internet engineer:
Can You Spell "TCP/IP"?
Can you tell a packet from a turnip?
Do you think IPX is a Sun Computer?
Why isn't "Cisco" is a town in the Sierra Nevada?
Do you use a router to move packets or to cut grooves in wood?
If you answered yes to these questions, YOU may have the makings of CERTIFIED INTERNET ENGINEER!
Do you want to impress "the suits"?
Want to use our cool logo?
Then YOU should be a CERTIFIED INTERNET ENGINEER!
As discussed here:
https://what.thedailywtf.com/topic/7336/certified-internet-engineer/23
@karla
Make one up. Seriously.
If there is a contractor or someone who you know with a IT related company ask them to provide a training 'product' whereby you get a certification that is made up too look professional, but worded in a way that doesn't let people know the content of the training.
I am sure someone here could do it.
@mikael_svahnberg
Thats what touchID is for.... oh wait
@atazhaia said in Apple Marketing Bullshit Festival:
I suspected) is that iPhone X is means to be read as iPhone 10. So... does that mean they did like Microsoft and skipped 9 in their versioning? Or will they still release an iPhone 9 in 1-2 years? And what will happen to the sequel to the X? Will it be 11 or XI or 10.1 or 10.2? And what will the phone after the iPhone 9 be called in that case? The iPhone 10 (again)? iPhone Classic? Apple has made this all very
It's almost that they want to draw attention that they just straight out copy MS designs.
Incidentally, does has anyone searched to find out who actually owns the patent on 3d face recognition for unlock?
Yes, us Lumia 950 users have had this for around 2 years.... I think we were all like 'ohh new tech' switched it on only to realize that although the recognition rate is OK, the very principle of 'face to unlock' is a bit flawed.
Think of the typical iPhone user scenarios where (at least the MS system) would fail:
Of course the typical Lumia 950 user doesn't have these scenarios
Personally I find putting the CD player above the amp and the amp above the speakers helps, so the electricity can run downhill. The difference is very subtle, but it seems to improve the imaging and adds a touch more bass.
Self deluded dickheads
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12GHUf8DOPs
@boner
Waiting until someone posts a picture of that eevblog guy
@scholrlea
I guess all of that redundancy didn't work out so well.
@twelvebaud
Like cold calls, if you haven't got it in the first say 2kb of header, then hang up the phone.
@Arantor said in Error handling in C:
@Helix no but you program it like one given that you're programming many, many, many small nodes with on-board memory that interconnect. The usual boxes that embedded ticks - weird memory management, no/limited file system, limited resources, weird networking - all apply here.
Managing going in and out of low power states?
Coding for low power?
Squeezing computation out of a strict number of cycles?
Squeeze code into smaller flash memory?
Severe memory shortage?
Devices designed to execute for a number of years without a reboot?
Code written to safety integrity levels?
No networking, gui, output streams etc?
Highly expensive or impossible to change code once deployed?
Apart from that just the same.
@dkf
The project's objectives are two-fold:
To provide a platform for high-performance massively parallel processing appropriate for the simulation of large-scale neural networks in real-time, as a research tool for neuroscientists, computer scientists and roboticists
As an aid in the investigation of new computer architectures, which break the rules of conventional supercomputing, but which we hope will lead to fundamentally new and advantageous principles for energy-efficient massively-parallel computing
So.. it's not an embedded system.