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Sep 18, 2023

Mileage update

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Just passed 4000 miles. I bought the car on August 10th, 2022 – 404 days ago – so I’m up to about 10 miles a day on average. The up-tick in miles is probably due to the trips to Castlerock every other weekend to have breakfast with a friend and…

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Sep 17, 2023September 17, 2023

Newer typically isn’t better

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Occasionally I’ll be doing something here in the bright and shiny future, and suddenly realize everything is incredibly overcomplicated in the name of technology… For example, this morning I was pulling my laundry out of the washer and tossing it into the dryer, and then navigating the bazillion settings the…

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Sep 11, 2023

Update

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Not only does the bag contain a half an ounce less, but it’s also six bucks now… And that’s pretty much how everything is these days. Listening to "Dark Days" by Timecop1983

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Aug 29, 2023August 29, 2023

Change of plan

Modern Computing, Retro Computing

A couple of years ago I early-adopted a cloud-based computing platform called “Shadow“. Shadow is interesting because it’s not really a cloud-based gaming platform, it just pretends to be one really well… It’s more aimed at creating dedicated remote-access high-performance computing platforms. Think of it like a modern, low-latency terminal…

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Aug 24, 2023August 29, 2023

Update

Modern Computing, Retro Computing

It’s been about a week now of using a 2011 computer in 2023, and things are still going well. The only real noticeable difference between decades is that the Mac Pro takes a second or two longer to open an application – and some of the fancy “AI” things in…

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Aug 18, 2023August 29, 2023

And scene…

Modern Computing, Retro Computing

It’s been quite the journey to get to this point; sketchy mining cards, shipping complications, undocumented third-party utilities, and a distinct lack of modern-ish Windows hardware at my disposal. That latter kept me at the office until 8pm last night as I tried valiantly to reflash the new RX 6600…

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Disclaimer: Any resemblance between the above views and those of my employer, my terminal, or the view out my window are purely coincidental. Any resemblance between the above and my own views is non-deterministic. The question of the existence of views in the absence of anyone to hold them is left as an exercise for the reader. The question of the existence of the reader is left as an exercise for the second god coefficient. (A discussion of non-orthogonal, non-integral polytheism is beyond the scope of this article.)

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