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While I do have a full "digital" DJ setup to nothing beats (no pun intended) the satisfaction of mixing the black circular slabs with no crutches available in the digital world.
Every mistake and imperfection of the groove is there for the listener to hear, with little room for error.
Linux & macOS people have zero support (outside hardware, corp VPN) and the password to the local admin account (thankfully Jamf does not reset sudoers file)
As more developers/operators opt for Linux or macOS I'm surprised support hasn't been expanded.
Each postcode would then have an optimum delivery route often devised by the postie's themselves.
I buy loads of DJ music on Bandcamp and "downsample" (I think the term is) to 16bit if they only offer 24bit for smaller size and wider compatability.
Initially he was concerned about the "new" interface after using Windows since 3.11 days, but within an hour he was happy doing his usual "basic tasks" (email, basic Excel, Word for letters, printing, etc). He was amazed both his printers (colour/scanner, b&w) worked with zero hassle after simply plugging them in.
Now he loves the ability to FaceTime anyone in the family (kids, grandkids, etc.) at the click of a button using the webcam plugged into the Mini, and really enjoys the sync of photos, emails, notes, etc.
I think he would have really struggled with Windows 11 so I was tempted by an older-person friendly Linux distro if macOS wasn't an option.
Best use of 5-10min intervals I can think of :)
Failing that, a second hand Pioneer DJM-250mk2 is the entry level digital vinyl controller which works (via hardware unlock) with Pioneer's Rekordbox software.
Welcome back :)
I appreciate it must be frustrating for Christians to see society forgetting what they consider should be the primary focus but surely there is some joy in seeing people caring for each other?
As a Brit, I feel Xmas meal is the one time when you might see new faces around the table as we make an effort to ensure nobody is eating alone.
Growing up it was not unusual for members of the local community to join us if they faced Xmas alone.
(At least that's what I remember reading - the band certainly changed it's name from Hybrid Theory)
Eventually we settled on industrial PCs, solid state media and FreeDOS.
It was significantly cheaper than replacing the oven at £1M each.... in 50 of their factories worldwide.
I can't _imagine_ an apple in my hand if you defined the colour, size or weight (for example, purple, 50cm diameter and 100Kg).
In my mind I am recalling a _memory_ of holding an apple in my hand - not imagining the one according to your specifications.
One example I can give is being tasked with rearranging desks in an office. I can't for the life of me _imagine_ what the desks would look like ahead of physically moving them into place.
I can make an educated guess based on their length/width but certainly not "picture" how they would look arranged without physically moving them.
It's like my brain BSODs when computing the image!
The same applies to people - I can only recall a memory of someone - not imagine them sitting on a bench in front of me. I might remember a memory of the person on _a_ bench but certainly not the one in front of me.
They've never used tools like Ansible (or Anaconda) or been in situations where they couldn't destroy the container and start afresh instantly.
Ansible-Lockdown is another excellent example of how Ansible can be used to harden servers via automation.
Every git branch and commit contains a Jira ID string, even down to "description" fields in resource properties or meta tags.
The idea is a future engineer who I will never meet has a starting point to understand the context of the change.
Projects on GitLab get a "release" too which contains the Jira ID, or possibly multiple in the auto-generated CHANGELOG.
It's not perfect and does require good discipline however I feel a professional responsibility to make the extra effort.
Vast majority of colleagues have no clue how to build & deploy their own code due to a very traditional siloed organisation (Ops people owned pipelines) - which is proving somewhat challenging!
We provide plenty of well designed pipelines in documentation to _hopefully_ inspire good practices... but time will tell...
So far it's all been Linux/Containers however we do have a handful of iOS and Windows projects to migrate in the pipeline (no pun intended)
In the codebase itself I add in-line comments pointing to precisely where AI was used.
AI has proven very useful for providing extensive in-line comments too as my employer is pushing hard for our Ops guys to learn IaC despite the vast majority having zero-to-none development experience.
Contextual comments explaining _what, why & how_ loops/conditionals/etc. work has (so far anyway) proven quite successful.
95% of the time it worked well and the milestones gave an opportunity to review progress with the client, perhaps even a change of direction. On several occasions it lead to extensions (more features) or new projects in the future.
As a self employed contractor (cloud infrastructure), who got badly burned in the past, the key was to have deliverables which were self contained but still required the next chunk of work to be of any use in the bigger picture.
The financial loss for me was only the most recent deliverable should the client decide to ghost me. I did happen unfortunately.
From my perspective, I liked working on multiple sequential deliverables rather than one final one. I appreciate that infrastructure might be more flexible than other areas and often contractors only have one final deliverable.