Recent content by calebb

I noticed an occasional issue with Firefox 94.0.1. I don't have an adblocker enabled for this site, and my only plugin is my password manager. I grabbed some debug logs; In this case I noticed that the ajax request for a post like appeared to use an http:// endpoint instead of https:// (in...

I've kept a few of my old CPUs: C64 & Amiga 500 Intel 8086 (4.77MHz?) Intel 286 12MHz 386-DX16 (I coulda swore I had an SX without the math co-processor...) Cyrix 486 clone ($200 special from compgeeks) AMD 5x86 Pentium clone Seemed to have misplaced my 2x Celeron 400's from my old BP6 A couple...

If you add a dab of PL Premium (or other polyurethane construction adhesive) to each joint, the connections will be stronger than the wood itself.

I received the replacement card today - so far so good! EVGA has great RMA service, IMO. 8 days from identifying a likely defective card to receiving a replacement card. Hopefully this one survives the night... :)

Good suggestion, J Macker but I don't currently have a compatible desktop available for testing... EVGA support is great - I opened a ticket last night, and they already helped set up an RMA this afternoon, with free shipping since the issue occurred within 30 days of purchase. I was just...

I think I've already tried most of the standard steps & I just opened a ticket with EVGA, but I figured I'd see if any of you gurus have any ideas. Last week, my turn came up in the EVGA queue for an RTX 3070 XC3! I installed it in my system last night, and it worked great! I spent ~90 minutes...

Examining the quality of the solder probably isn't the most conclusive way to age a component, but I thought comparing with lead-free solder & 30-year-old lead solder might be interesting. (seems like it could be original to me)

hmmm..

About a year ago, I downsized one of our Seattle colo installations and had to dispose of 4x 45u racks (~5 years old). I had an ad on craigslist for a couple weeks ($20 each, to weed out flakey buyers). I even emailed all the local PC recyclers, offered to deliver it, etc. Nobody wanted them -...

IntelliJ is one of the most popular Java IDEs. Some devs are probably still using Eclipse as well. Check out the docs for both, search for some reviews, install the trials, and see which one meets your needs. Tomcat is one of the most popular Java web app servers; Intellij allows easy...

We don't have dedicated administrators in the Steam team; instead there are currently ~25 devs, and we rotate carrying the pager for a week at a time. (so, the inverse of your rotation interval :p). Pager holder responsibilities for the week includes integrating code changes from the previous...

Your value to many businesses is limited by your decisions about what aspects of (data) engineering you're willing to invest in. You've never used left or right outer joins, so I have no confidence that your understanding of the IO characteristics of either is accurate. Without having used...

What's an outer join? Provide a few use cases. What are the IO subsystem performance characteristics of this type of join? For your self-test, don't use google. Since this is a forum, there's no need to post the answer since good definitions can be found trivially with 5 seconds of...

http://www.redditgifts.com/ is a django site. I can't tell you if Python was the best language for this site.