Rather than cutting and pasting an article I wrote on another site, I’m just going to include a link to the article of same name an ask you to sign the petition.
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Posted inInformation Technology / Raspberry Pi
Qt and USB – Pt. 1
Recently I’ve had some discussions on the qt-interest mailing list about Qt and USB and why it is not integrated in the package. Many of the kids there aren’t old enough to shave so they don’t remember this _exact_ same journey with serial ports. Couldn’t be done in a cross platform blah blah blah. Then there were various “unofficial” Qt based serial port classes. Then we had “almost” official stuff showing up in the Qt … Qt and USB – Pt. 1Read more
Posted inExperience / Information Technology / Investing / Thank You Sir May I Have Another
The Current eBay Scam
On 4-15-2018 I received the following email: This was for a Guest order placed on 4-05-2018. I don’t run a virus known as Windows, but, being the only member of the family to ever go to college for computers, I get drafted by family members who “just bought what was pre-packaged and on-sale.” Of course DELL doesn’t ship installation media with their pre-packaged shit and when you order it, years later from customer service, you … The Current eBay ScamRead more
Posted inInformation Technology / Thank You Sir May I Have Another
Expires Faster Than Milk
It’s amazing how quickly things become useless and outdated on the Internet. What is worse is people usually choose one of the first five search results and consider it Gospel no matter how horribly out of date it is. Recently I got a bit nostalgic for some of the DOS work I used to do. Greenleaf libraries were a mainstay in my development tool chest no matter what compiler I was using. There CommLib product … Expires Faster Than MilkRead more
Posted inExperience / Information Technology
JED – User Manual
Simply because I got tired of looking for it and emailing it around. jed