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GeekNights Monday - Everyday Technology

MrPeriodMrPeriod
edited March 2013 in GeekNights

Tonight on GeekNights, after considering surprise evictions of illegal apartments, pit traps, punji sticks, esoteric specialist problems with pypy, and the things they don't teach you at RIT, we consider the technology we use every day. From cameras to GeekNights' audio studio, cell phones to other cell phones! Everything!

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  • BazaldoBazaldo
    to much considering - do or do not I say
  • Luke BurrageLuke Burrage
    Bazaldo, I'm really interested what you might mean by that comment. Could you translate it into an actual sentence or two so I can understand it, please?
  • BazaldoBazaldo
    Sorry Luke I have wasted your time here mate - ignore me I was just poking fun at Rym's repeated use of "consider" in the summary of the episode (yet to listen). An image of Rym and Scott seated in chin stroking tweed jacket reflection popped into my mind, as did yoda's wise words. No deeper meaning. As you were.
  • MattMatt
    The image that popped into my mind was Scott standing in an elevator, scratching his head as he tries to find the "A" button.

    It's getting very hard to justify the cost of an inkjet due to big price increases on already overpriced ink, but luckily I rarely ever use it, so I can't remember the last time I bought a cartridge. Mainly, it's an unused part of a wireless 3-in-1 that sits in the center of my home. That scanner gets so much use it's not even funny. Drop a stack in the auto document feeder, hit the big scan button, and it dumps to the HTPC's document share.
  • MATATATMATATAT
    HOLY SHIT. I totally remember that Life and Death game! Our old 3.1 box had that on it. It creeped me the fuck out when I was a child. The lack of sound coupled with weird sound effects and cutting people open.
  • rampant gleerampant glee
    Mmm... I don't know about your calculation on the metro cards. Unlimited cards are $112 and each ride costs $2.50. You only need to ride 45 times a month to make it worth it.

    Even if you rode your bike to work once a week, you'd still only need to go out once each weekend to come out ahead.
  • GroverBombGroverBomb
    Whoah, whoah, whoah... show dedicated to kitchen appliances? I vote hell yes. Let me tell you 'bout that Vitamix bro.

    What about the folks who do the automated home thing, where you can turn lights on and off, AC, Heat, etc. from your phone/device or whatever? I knew a guy who'd always brag about how he could feed his fish from anywhere in the world with a button on his phone.
  • TheWhaleSharkTheWhaleShark
    The best technology I use every day? Water sanitation.
  • NuriNuri
    The best technology I use every day? Water sanitation.
    That's technology you benefit from every day, not technology you use every day. Unless you own a POTW that you're not telling me about...

  • TheWhaleSharkTheWhaleShark
    The best technology I use every day? Water sanitation.
    That's technology you benefit from every day, not technology you use every day. Unless you own a POTW that you're not telling me about...

    Well, I do use house distilled, sterile water, and a nanopure water system - each and every day.

  • StarfoxStarfox
    PyPy is Python implemented in Python, with a JIT compiler. PyPI is the Python package index.
  • Josh BytesJosh Bytes
    My Nexus 4 is the top of my list for something that I use when and I wake up and before I go to bed.
  • Totally GuyTotally Guy
    I'm still using my Nexus S. I've only ever seen one other person in the UK that had one but when I went to Burning Con I'm sure I saw at least 5. I have no desire to replace it with something different so when my contract is up October I'm going to try to get a more desirable package, one with unlimited data perhaps.
  • Victor FrostVictor Frost
    edited March 2013
    My Nexus 4 is the top of my list for something that I use when and I wake up and before I go to bed.
    My new Galaxy Nexus is very quickly filling a similar role.
    PyPy is Python implemented in Python, with a JIT compiler. PyPI is the Python package index.
    Yo dawg...
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  • Dragonmaster LouDragonmaster Lou
    PyPy is Python implemented in Python, with a JIT compiler. PyPI is the Python package index.
    Yo dawg...
    Well, more specifically, PyPy is written using a subset of Python called RPython, which is then converted to C, Java bytecode, or .NET bytecode, depending on the underlying tech you want "real" Python code to run on. Supposedly doing this actually gives it significant performance improvements in certain areas over the traditional C-based Python implementation.
  • StarfoxStarfox
    Supposedly doing this actually gives it significant performance improvements in certain area
    Crazy go nuts performance improvements I think.

    In other certain areas it doesn't work at all.
  • StarfoxStarfox
    Oh yeah, way faster.
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