“A bit loud” is understating it, those drives rip and tear (we use exos X18 drives). I pity the person trying to sleep next to those.
They are good though, while we had one (of 5) fail within the first week but that was quickly resolved.
All Linux iso’s, right?
A smart powerplug and/or a fingerbot would solve that problem I guess? But at that point it’s probably cheaper to buy a network connected picture frame.
You could use something like the Toshiba flash air?
Or the tld is .mobi
Systemd timer to poll upower when running on battery power, when battery is at 20%, use either system beep or set system volume and play a sound?
I love all the ideas you have! Explaining how computers work, on a basic technical level, is something everyone should know nowadays.
I would suggest to focus the programming on something small, fun and instantly rewarding. Something like Snake in Pygame is not overly complex and you can take it step by step, so that every student will have something to show at the end, with varying levels of complexity. I would advise against using templates for projects, a lot of courses do but in my opinion it makes it harder for the student to replicate the work on its own later on.
In terms of networking, setting up a small test network with a WEP access point, a WPS access point and a WPA2 access point and letting the students (in groups, probably) try to figure out how to access/crack the passwords for them. (WEP and WPS should be easy, but WPA2 would require the deauthing exploit, which is a tad more complex).
Also the idea of cheap usb drives, which they can put on a live distro (or make it come with one) is a great way to start the lesson. This way they can have a setup that’s detached from the usual limitations school pc’s give. (if that’s still a thing).
Do make sure to teach them the ethics around hacking, cracking and downloading. From what I remember, Germany used to be decently lax on all three, but started to crack down on it in the past 10 years. Teaching responsibility and what the consequences are is very important.
Extension on HTTP 418 I’m a Teapot
That’s way too far-fetched!
something like this? https://github.com/exelix11/SysDVR
My mind directly went to Laserdisc before I realized you were talking about the generic category 😅.
cd/dvd/blueray doesn’t become bad that fast, properly stored they can easely live to 50+ years (except the writeable variant). they are physically etched which helps with longevity.
VHS or other types of magnetic storage is more of a chore, they often don’t survive the passing of time.
Some Fighting, a pretty good story, awesome music and horrible driving.
It really isn’t for everyone imo but it’s a game kinda in it’s own genre.
Up, since I fill the dishwasher 😅. I have been trying to convince her to get a top tray dishwasher, but for now I’ve not won the battle. Personally I prefer the convenience of not accedentially having a utensil outside the basket and messing with the rotor.
This was one of the earliest discussions I had when I moved in with my partner. She had the utensils spoon - fork - knife and I had knife-fork-spoon. (She won btw)
yes, those two “autofixes” are “fixed” now. (it’s a opt-in setting)
Python is soon to be integrated into excel, I might not be a python fan but if it’s gonna replace vba I’m all for it.
I use a single gpu that I detach from my host and reattach in a vm when I start the vm (and vice versa). I don’t think windows will enjoy a sudden lack of gpu.
I use Trilium, it just scratched the need I had which obsidian and logseq couldn’t somehow.
Simplest solution would be to setup the nfs/smb as storage for backups and making a backup schedule. Datacenter -> Storage -> Add -> SMB/CIFS
Datacenter > Backup > Add