Treczoks

@Treczoks@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Many people instantly know what THIS is. Others don't have a clue⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I have not seen those in many decades…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Legends is among us⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  For someone not knowing that game: ELI5?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A man attempted to transfer files from his Commodore 64 to his Apple computer. 1984⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  More or less, yes. But I have heard more than enough of this sound to last a few lifetimes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A man attempted to transfer files from his Commodore 64 to his Apple computer. 1984⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Use the serial port, both have them, and this would probably work with 600 to even 1200 bits per second.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Looking for the perfect 5 year anniversary gift?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Five years in, they either grew into a real couple, or they are about to murder each other. In the latter case, well, having good, new knives could be advantageous.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who did this 😂😂😂⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Hi, kiddie!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If we replace most plastic with a non plastic alternative and would that really be better?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  If you would not mind, before you dump them, hand them to me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If we replace most plastic with a non plastic alternative and would that really be better?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  OK, with what would you replace the materials of LEGO bricks?

  This is not a trick question, but one that LEGO has already spent millions on research on. They found an oil-free alternative to the soft plastic used for leaves and other plant parts, but are stuck on other types of plastic they use.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I guess they hate shoppers (context below)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  And then sue them to kingdom come.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨So it begins...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That was a quick march from Germany 1933 to Soviet Union 1940. If he could now please move to Berlin, April 30, really really fast…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨So it begins...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks. I was wrecking my brain. I knew it was Stalin in the original, but could not remember who they had removed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I can't believe it's necessary to ask the question...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I roast the roast, as it’s proper.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I can't believe it's necessary to ask the question...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not British, so I don’t cook my roast.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to get to Santa Claus beard status⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  OK, story time:

  Our town twinning committee (Where a good friend is president and my wife is member of the management team) did this St Nick thing for ages. Two years ago, the original St Nick retired, and the quest was on to find a new one. The committees’ president even asked her husband if he would glue on a beard - and the reply was rather negative ;-)

  I was blessfully unaware of those struggles, until one fateful day, when our families met about something completely unrelated, Monica exclaimed: “YOU have a beard!”. Well, I had one for decades by then, yes, thank you that you noticed…

  And thus I was volunteered. It is a rather interesting job, actually. I don’t get paid, I get reimbursed the money for the fuel of my car, and the ferry and hotel is sponsored, but those are always quite tough days. On top of that comes loads of preparations like asking for donations, collecting those donations, buying sweets for the kids, packing up everything (I’ve got a big car, but it’s stuffed to the brim every time!), and the occasional “meet the press”.

  I’m usually visiting elementary schools and kindergardens, spooling off a two-pronged spiel: The start is always “Who do you think I represent?” (I’m not St Nick, I act him, thus avoiding issues like “Santa Claus is/is not real”). I tell them about St Nick, that he was a real person, where and when he lived, what he did and what made him special, and his relation to Christmas and the gift-giving tradition. The second part is telling the kids that we are from another country, which they might have noticed from my foreign accent and the German carol my “Angels” and I sang when we came in. According to the kids, I’ve come from about everywhere in the world. I then tell them about town twinning, that it is a kind of friendship between cities, and that people knowing each other and who become friends is good for a peaceful world.

  Last year I had two special visits: A christmas party from an organisation for (mostly mentally) disabled people. And wow, they had fun! And a visit to a childrens hospice, which was not easy, dealing with kids who will probably be dead when I visit next time…

  One of the funniest moments was on my first trip. I was through with my spiel and asked if they had any questions. One little girl piped up: “Is that beard real?” I happily exclaimed “This is the question I was waiting for from the very beginning!”. I went to her, bent down, and told her to give it a try and pull. You should have seen that face. And she accepted that it is real without pulling ;-)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to get to Santa Claus beard status⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Until summer, I keep my beard trimmed to 30mm. Then I let it grow freely until December, where I get a professional trim before I put on my costume and mitra, take my staff, and start being St. Nicolas. This is not about having a long beard, it is about having a full beard instead.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨my phone turning my headphone volume one notch from silent halfway through a song then telling me off for turning it back up⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I had to design a volume-limiting system for one of our devices that uses headphones. We know that the users turn the volume up to unhealthy levels - more often than not because their hearing is already damaged from listening for years or decades to systems that had no limitation. They are still able to turn the volume up with the (analog) amplifier, but we measure the signal, and if it exceeds the legal limit, we scale it down digitally.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a more convenient way to do this?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Make it a good wine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bee Aware!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you unfocus your eyes, it's Boston baked beans⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So the Americans suddenly remember when they seriously started shooting on Nazis…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bee Aware!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  A bee expert is present? They might think of getting maybe another one?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Forbidden Tech⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Short answer: Yes.

  There are actually so-called “three phase combs” for the fuse panels: Sample Image. You put your fuses on a hat rail (in this case eight fuses, but those combs are available in different sizes), you stick that comb in from below and tighten up the screws. Then you connect the three phases to the connections on the left, or, in some fuse boxes, screw them right onto the bus bars.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  At the moment, I would not trust the US farther than I can toss Trump.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨IT’S THE FEDS!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Happened not long ago that, for the same reason, police raided a tomography & XRay clinic. Guess what, an MRI needs serious power to work…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Forbidden Tech⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  These-phase 400V is the standard house connection here in Europe. Wall sockets are 240V/16A (any phase to neutral), but we also have devices running on three phases, like the oven or the geyser in the kitchen.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Canon requires an account to transfer images from your camera. Forces you to sign up using Chrome.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They had no Linux driver back then at all, but there were some rudimentary from the community that printed Ok. They just did not support special printing modes, which i wanted to add.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Forbidden Tech⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Absolutely normal here. Three phases, now 400 instead of 380V back then, 64A. Standard house connection.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Forbidden Tech⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  A former coworker was abroad most of the time. Still, his power meter showed lots of usage during his absence. A tenant in the same house had used such a cord to leech power across the common laundry room.

  Now that coworker knew his way about electricity. So instead of the 220V between common and a phase, he rewired his washing machine socket to two different phases, aka 380V, and left for a week.

  When he came back, he saw a number of kitchen- and other appliances waiting for trash collection.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Canon requires an account to transfer images from your camera. Forces you to sign up using Chrome.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I contacted both technical support for commercial systems and later their booth on a big technical trade fair (CeBit Hannover), and got basically the same opinion both times. The first was definitely no “Sales Rep”, and the people at the booth were a manager and an engineer.

  But I agree, their opinion is stupid.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Canon requires an account to transfer images from your camera. Forces you to sign up using Chrome.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Canon is on my personal blacklist for decades. I bought a printer from them, not just a normal A4/legal, but a professional, wide one that uses rolls of paper, etc. I was unhappy with the state of the driver under Linux, so I called and asked for a programming documentation to write my own printer driver. Their opinion on Linux/open source was that “open source is theft of intellectual property”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lil' secret⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If its stupid and it works, its not stupid.