Been a long time since I last touched this. I did quite a bit of work before packing up and heading out to a shiny new client out of state. Sadly I only brought the latest piece of code with me which has nothing to do with Qt. The Qt based stuff migrated to QML since I needed to get more familiar with that for my upcoming project. I also crawled towards being able to … Qt and USB – Pt. 6Read more
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How Much Liability Insurance?
This question has been rattling around in the back of my mind given the qt-interest on and off-list conversations I’ve been having about QML and “lone wolf” development of idiot phone apps. How much liability insurance are you carrying? The courts are letting plaintiffs gather in bulk now and companies have started pointing the finger at software providers. You might remember Equifax tried to finger Struts only to later admit they had the patch for … How Much Liability Insurance?Read more
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SeaTools
Some months ago I was working at a client in Chicago and needed an external hard drive to transfer some files. There was a Staples I could walk to over my lunch hour and they didn’t have a bad price on a USB 3.0 6TB Seagate drive. When I first got the thing it was fantastic! Hooked to the back of an IBM ThinkCentre, it seemed faster than the internal hard drive. For a while … SeaToolsRead more
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That Weird SQLite Error from Qt configure
A YABU is a YABU is a YABU. That’w what you keep telling yourself. Some day it “might” even be true, but, I wouldn’t hold my breath. So, you’ve been building Qt from source. Say 5.9.7? Always been doing it on Ubuntu 18.04. In fact you have a setup script you cut and paste from when setting up new machines. It’s worked flawlessly multiple times. A monkey could set up a new machine . . … That Weird SQLite Error from Qt configureRead more
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The 142 Biggest Product Failures of All Time
I don’t care if I’m promoting a site which pushes ads at you . . . this time. I haven’t even made it to the end of the list, but I had to create this post. You have to take a few minutes out of your day and read this post. Did you know Microsoft once tried to market a “smart watch?” I didn’t. Number 35 on the list really shocked me. Not only did … The 142 Biggest Product Failures of All TimeRead more