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robputt··on [dead]
If you just copied your on-prem VMs to the cloud, you didn't modernise, you just rented a more expensive apartment. Here is why the 7Rs calculus completely flipped this year.
robputt··on Contextium – Context Engineering for Teams
Been using this tool recently to help share context between AI agents with my team. No need to distribute steering files, especially useful for the non technical members of the team who need to interact with AI consistently.
robputt··on DialUp95 – A 90s inspired nostalgia hit
My first interaction with the internet was an old Windows 3.1 machine with 14.4kbps modem, then we upgraded to a Windows 95 machine with 28.8kbps and later we swapped out the ISA modem for a PCI 56kbps modem. Then ADSL came along and the rest is history. Presumably the modem in this example is a 33.6kbps V.34 modem which had a slightly lower sync negotiated due to a poor line.
robputt··on DialUp95 – A 90s inspired nostalgia hit
I think it varied by modem model and maybe also the type of telephony system in your country. This sounds faithful to what I used to hear in the UK.
robputt··on DialUp95 – A 90s inspired nostalgia hit
Yes, in the Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP notifications area of the taskbar - https://www.computerhope.com/issues/pictures/windows-98-task...
robputt··on DialUp95 – A 90s inspired nostalgia hit
It does, maybe try again, the MP3 may have failed to load in.
robputt··on DialUp95 – A 90s inspired nostalgia hit
Sorry, maybe in V2
robputt··on DialUp95 – A 90s inspired nostalgia hit
For me it brings back a time when the internet felt more personable. Everything these days is boring, Facebook profiles, Tiktoks and Instagrams all look the same. We need the personal days back where people put their heart and soul into building their geocities page. Where you never knew what you'd find next when you press the next link on that web ring.
robputt··on DialUp95 – A 90s inspired nostalgia hit
Thank you :-)

I am tempted to add additional OS / dialers.

robputt··on FrodoBots – IRL Remote Robot Driving
O_o
robputt··on [dead]
:-(, I thought this was gonna be the real deal Machine Learning shizzles, but turns out its a wrapper around a paid API :-(
robputt··on Anyone else seeing errors in AWS?
Can you elaborate in more depth? Not seeing anything too fishy here, what does their status page have to say?

https://status.aws.amazon.com/

robputt··on Scenic Tram Simulator
Damn, bandwidth eaten for the month, I'll check back in November :-D, but would like to see this.
robputt··on Welcome to the World of Software Defined Radio (2016)
Is it still a requirement to be fluent in morse code? If so I personally feel this requirement is redundant in the current age with the tooling we have available which can easily encode and decode morse on our behalf... If not maybe I'll consider it, until then I would prefer to dedicate my time to learning something more current / relevant than memorising morse.
robputt··on Welcome to the World of Software Defined Radio (2016)
Yeah, I get that feeling too, but the problem is the licensing and stuff... The good news is I get my send and receive fix from LoRa and The Things Network, still has legislation you must abide by like duty cycle and power limits, but doesn't have the headache fo being a HAM.