In a previous life I used to do the same. The "secret" to success is writing outstanding specs.
Yes, it's possible to get shit code, but it's a MUCH less likely possibility than the naysayers would have you believe.
I can barely program my way out of a wet paper bag, but I was the most productive in my section. ALL due to my farming out my bits to Roumania and Ukraine. (Yes, my bosses were aware, they only cared about the quality and quantity of the results, so, as long as I didn't involve the company resources in this, it was all good.)
> The bigger problem here is the possibility of losing the encryption keys to those backups.
QR code printed out and stored in my safe deposit box. Takes a few hours to get to, but it's always available. Perhaps not the best solution, but it's the best for _me_.
>I doubt very much you are allowed to do your or gas, electrical or plumbing.
Don't know about other states, but in WA and OR you are. Anything that's related to the bits you own, you're good to touch.
> Always get an independent inspector. Even new construction.
I would change this to "Especially new construction".
I've spent a lot of time hanging out on job sites with my HVAC contractor brother. So, I had a chance to look around and talk to different trades. I would not buy a newly built house, unless I was there to "inspect" at every stage.
I would be rich if I had a dollar for every time I got back "it passes inspection" as a reply to "Really, is that how it's going to be done????"
I have an 120" screen in my living room. My HTPC is connected to the 5.1 receiver and the projector. I have control over the sound, picture and play/pause.
If I wanted to see a movie in a theatre it would be more inconvenient than seeing it at home in my pyjamas or buck naked(Butt naked for the younger ones amongst you.).
But it's not $25, never mind $50, more inconvenient. At the most, I would be willing to pay double the movie theatre price, which around here is $8.
> I ran across a book on amazon the other day that was $25 for hardcover or $25 for kindle.
My girlfriend was asking why I was willing to spend "just as much" for a real book as for a e-book. I replied, "storage". There are many books in my library that I would GLADLY trade for an "e" version. Not all, mind you, but most.
For 90% of my book purchases it goeslike: Grab e-book from Amazon. Remove DRM. Throw in Calibre. Read on whatever device I like, wherever I am.(Calibre server running on a Pogoplug.)
My next-wall neighbour and I were always kidding around about sharing a subscription. (Because of the layout of his place, the placement of his router gives better signal in my living-room than in his.)
I just talked to him, and... I closed my account and switched my main router to be a client to his router. I was on a lower tier than he, so now I am saving $$ and getting batter service for only $50/month.
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I take my laptop to the library, I rip the DVD in less than 30 minutes. I watch at home at me leisure.
Rinse repeat.
It's posts like this that make me wish for an "upvoting" system on Slashdot.
In a previous life I used to do the same. The "secret" to success is writing outstanding specs.
Yes, it's possible to get shit code, but it's a MUCH less likely possibility than the naysayers would have you believe.
I can barely program my way out of a wet paper bag, but I was the most productive in my section. ALL due to my farming out my bits to Roumania and Ukraine. (Yes, my bosses were aware, they only cared about the quality and quantity of the results, so, as long as I didn't involve the company resources in this, it was all good.)
In some markets, yes.
You say that as if there was anything but wasteland outside the USA. USA! USA! USA!
Have you not seen the number of reboots or remakes in the theatres recently?
Seems it's the same for wars.
> The bigger problem here is the possibility of losing the encryption keys to those backups.
QR code printed out and stored in my safe deposit box. Takes a few hours to get to, but it's always available. Perhaps not the best solution, but it's the best for _me_.
Airdroid is the best way.
What ...
>Who puts in wiring before fitting plasterboard?
Everybody?!?!? I have yet to see a house where the wiring and piping is not done before the sheet-rock goes on.
How would you go about doing it after? Cut through? This is residential we're speaking of here, so, not likely you'll see conduit placed in the walls.
>I doubt very much you are allowed to do your or gas, electrical or plumbing. Don't know about other states, but in WA and OR you are. Anything that's related to the bits you own, you're good to touch.
> Always get an independent inspector. Even new construction.
I would change this to "Especially new construction".
I've spent a lot of time hanging out on job sites with my HVAC contractor brother. So, I had a chance to look around and talk to different trades. I would not buy a newly built house, unless I was there to "inspect" at every stage.
I would be rich if I had a dollar for every time I got back "it passes inspection" as a reply to "Really, is that how it's going to be done????"
Slashdot user, so ...
I have an 120" screen in my living room. My HTPC is connected to the 5.1 receiver and the projector. I have control over the sound, picture and play/pause.
If I wanted to see a movie in a theatre it would be more inconvenient than seeing it at home in my pyjamas or buck naked(Butt naked for the younger ones amongst you.).
But it's not $25, never mind $50, more inconvenient. At the most, I would be willing to pay double the movie theatre price, which around here is $8.
> I ran across a book on amazon the other day that was $25 for hardcover or $25 for kindle.
My girlfriend was asking why I was willing to spend "just as much" for a real book as for a e-book. I replied, "storage". There are many books in my library that I would GLADLY trade for an "e" version. Not all, mind you, but most.
For 90% of my book purchases it goeslike:
Grab e-book from Amazon.
Remove DRM.
Throw in Calibre.
Read on whatever device I like, wherever I am.(Calibre server running on a Pogoplug.)
My next-wall neighbour and I were always kidding around about sharing a subscription. (Because of the layout of his place, the placement of his router gives better signal in my living-room than in his.)
I just talked to him, and ... I closed my account and switched my main router to be a client to his router. I was on a lower tier than he, so now I am saving $$ and getting batter service for only $50/month.
So, I, for one, thank our dark ComCast overlords.
It would then, perhaps, not surprise you that the new setup is not for people like you.
Given that Linux is included in the newest version of Windows 10 ... yes.
The coffee part would be amazing if it worked with "sleep for Android," or similar app.
I am looking forward to the future.
Lost two low 4 digits accounts, because one had a "$" in it, and the other a "?".
One was mine and one was "given" to me by a friend who walked away in disgust from all things IT.
Do you live in the same neighbourhood as he does? 'cause if you don't, your statement is rather meaningless. No?
Still running 24/7. Currently controlling a bunch of devices via a PCMCIA--> USB --> Serial adapter.
Not everyone lives up here in Canada. Some people DO actually have decent Internet speeds.
How are you dealing with the sound delay issue on Win 8 and later?
> Of course, there may be some undesirable side effects....
something, something ... break eggs to make omelette. :-)