FarraigePlaisteach

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[–] FarraigePlaisteach 1 points 4 hours ago

TG4 turning water into wine as usual on a small budget.

I don't think there are any public figures for the app specifically, or the infrastructure that supports it. In their pre-budget 2022 submission they put forward plans to invest nearly EUR 4m on "platforms and apps". But that's an umbrella figure and doesn't reveal much.

They might be responsive to questions, though. Their contact page is https://www.tg4.ie/en/information/contact-us/ They have an FOI page at https://www.tg4.ie/en/corporate/freedom-of-information/

[–] FarraigePlaisteach 2 points 2 days ago

Yes, he's listed first. If you click to expand the full list of authors you see the rest. Crewman Daniels is a shady name to be sure.

[–] FarraigePlaisteach 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Mike Okuda is credited as an author on the book I posted. Or should I say "book", as I don't think it exists.

[–] FarraigePlaisteach 1 points 2 days ago

Oh, that's a good point. Based on that I checked wikipedia and it's not listed on his page there either: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Okuda#Bibliography

I think it's certainly a fraud. Oh well. It's a great idea for a book.

[–] FarraigePlaisteach 2 points 2 days ago (6 children)

I replied to the wrong person - I have this one, it's great. But as another responder said, I'm interested in LCARS specifically. I'm starting to think that this book is a fraud. How could the designer of something as elegant as LCARS release a book with such an ugly cover.

[–] FarraigePlaisteach 2 points 2 days ago

I already have it - it's great. But I'm very into the interface. According to the Amazon listing, the book I'm interested in is by Crewman Daniels, Rick Sternbach, Michael Okuda, Trevor Gleeson, Mike Smith, David Ultra, Susan McNichols. That would make it official too. But it's so strange that it doesn't exist elsewhere - I wonder if it's even real at this point.

 

I've only found this on amazon.de and they have no stock. Doing a web search turns up nothing. It's like it never existed, but the listing on amazon.de says it was released on January 31st 2023. Can anyone help?

The authors (according to the listing) are Crewman Daniels, Rick Sternbach, Michael Okuda, Trevor Gleeson, Mike Smith, David Ultra, Susan McNichols. But it's independently published which makes no sense. Maybe it's a scam. Here's the Amazon link https://www.amazon.de/-/en/dp/B0BTKSP6QF/?coliid=I1TE4A8V7P0RQ3&colid=2P50FYXVDWCJ8&psc=0&ref_=list_c_wl_lv_ov_lig_dp_it

[–] FarraigePlaisteach 1 points 2 days ago

Yeah, I'm using Amperify app (iOS) and it's great. I'm very happy with my choice of Navidrome now.

[–] FarraigePlaisteach 2 points 2 days ago

My first day was like not having ADHD - at all. Never had that experience again unfortunately. So yes, I’m not surprised that it’s common.

[–] FarraigePlaisteach 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Clever. I hope they fix this properly though.

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Spoiler from Alien Romulus

 

I want to post a meme of a movie that came out in the last few months, but it does contain a spoiler. I'd like to be able to mark it as such so people can decide by the title (the name of the movie) whether or not they want to reveal it.

 

The overhead of maintaining Wordpress was a bit too much for us, and the cost of hosting was high considering how quiet the website was.

To reduce complexity I want to set them up with a static site generator and have that export to GitLab. This will reduce cost and remove the hassle around security and of constantly logging in to update plugins etc.

But one issue I can't figure out is how they will get help when I'm not around. With something hosted completely on the server they could go to upwork.com and hire someone if the website had issues. When it's all local on their computer, how can someone from Upwork help them while maintaining the integrity of their local installation?

[–] FarraigePlaisteach 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I'll check next time I see him but to me it looks like it could be Commercial Course.

Update: All we know is that it was to do with shorthand writing and typing. Apparently she had a typing speed of around 130 WPM, and that was on those clunkers of typewriters.

 

A local elderly man showed me this certificate which belonged to his mother and I had to take a picture. I'm sharing it with permission and the surname redacted. The design is quite beautiful and one of the things I miss about older Ireland, as well as the design of our slightly older currency.

Some backstory: This woman was treated horrifically by the church and had her child forcefully taken from her. Also, when she got this qualification she became one of the most proficient people in the local administration at her job but because she was a woman, she would never be promoted beyond the job she had at the time. Less capable men passed her by to become her boss.

This post originally was just to show the beautiful certificate but now I think the story is just as important. I'm glad that the vast majority of people in the country do not want to return to the dark ages.

 

Even for static sites, the client doesn't want to pay a dev to make a blog post for them so I usually set up Wordpress for them. It is a pain though. The constant updates and vulnerabilities are a fairly big undertaking if they're not used to it.

When the design and deployment is done, what system are you most confident handing over to your client to manage?

 
 

I’d like to get away from phones with a backlight, at least for my next non-smartphone.

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