canutethegreat

I was working on a project (vision related) and doing fine then all of a sudden now I'm fucking grumpy! This is gonna be a bitchfest post.

nvidia sdmanager is a pile of absolute dog shit. I've worked with fresh-out-school morons that could develop something better than this dog shit. I've stepped in shit that worked better than this. You can't flash a goddamn thing...
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Tyranny is always present. Only the face of tyranny changes throughout time.

So apparently I hit the limit on financial aid that one is allowed to borrow. It isn't very much, just a little over $130k. I misunderstood and thought it was a per-program/degree limit, not a total lifetime, combined, amount. So now I'm trying to figure out how to finish.. I tried applying for a grad-plus loan, but because of old medical bills my credit is...
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I think I'm at that point in my life where if a bunch of suites showed up in a black van I would just go quietly.

I've always wondered why Star Wars has been more popular than Star Trek? Even here on SG, if you search for each you will find there are 174 photosets with 'Star Wars' in the results and only 17 with 'Star Trek' in the results.

Interesting. I don't really care either way, but still interesting.

I started using this text-to-speech app called speechify (I think I tried it a few years ago?) - anyway it has been quite helpful with getting some reading done. I was about 7 chapters behind but by setting the reading speed to 1.5x I was able to get through it very quickly. It is only a 3-day trial, so I'm trying to decide if I...
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I was re-creating an old site that is php based and it got me thinking about how many self-hosted projects seem to use php. I wonder why that is? Maybe for some it is because they are older projects? I've written web projects in php, ruby, python, js, perl, c, and the list goes on... I don't really care either way, just find it interesting.

What things were not possible before COVID?

I'll go first: calling in sick and actually staying home without a doctor's note.

I like how the dryer will read 1 minute remaining for 12-15 minutes. It is in its own reality that is detached from the real world.