@WiteWulf WiiM is great. I have the amp (which doesn't have a phono stage) and it's brilliant but there's a "Mini" which is the streaming brain to plug into standard amp. Check airplay tho, not all models have it for licencing reasons. Or get an echo dot older version with lineout, that'll […]

This paper started with a plot showing the density of satellites in orbit vs. altitude that Aaron Boley (professor at UBC) made. I knew this was probably bad, but what does 10^(-7) objects per cubic km really even mean when everything is flying around at 7km […]

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@ifixcoinops I've heard of folks using 3d printer heated beds to separate phone screens - nice controllable and even heat source

@BigJackBrass @SKleefeld absolute joy, this was then in Manchester ten years ago. I think the name means "the sound of kittens playing"

@WiteWulf the bit that really annoys me is the 7 inch single has been a thing for decades AND recognised 45rpm for quality was important. This is just....bad

@briankrebs Green tomato chutney is pretty good, and lasts for ages.

@rhodri.biz on the plus side, we gained valuable information on the average height of racists' stepladders

@GossiTheDog it definitely wasn't in 2010-2011from my experience!

@hacks4pancakes @hakona the Microsoft DRI guide for those new to on-call rotations specifically mentions things like "stock your fridge with healthy snacks" before going on-call, which I thought was optimistic

@GossiTheDog jesus fucking christ

@GossiTheDog "Not just a cyber event. This is an M&S cyber event"

@cstross @ifixcoinops yeah I guess so l, just wasn't thinking 8k was commonplace yet, maybe I'm just out of touch

@WiteWulf @GossiTheDog it's quite scary and demoralising within MS right now 😟 I wonder what the cost ratio of FTE:Nvidia GPU is these days

@ifixcoinops That was driven by tech that needed storage that grew exponentially - CDs, then DVDs, then Bluray, and HD video recording. We seem to have plateaued at 4k stuff these days so there's no screaming mass demand for exponentially larger storage?