Doug Boling

I have a bit of knowledge about Embedded Computing and the Internet of Things.

[Doug Boling @dboling]

Operating System? I didn’t need no stink’s operating system…

[NOVA @Its_Nova1012]

What was the first Operating System you ever used?

- Windows
- Linux
- MacOS

And what are you using now?

[Doug Boling @dboling]

@stevesi BTW, when Jobs said that, I just knew Microsoft would try to ‘copy’ Apple and shoehorn NT onto a phone. NT is a great OS but totally unsuited for low power, constrained systems.

[Doug Boling @dboling]

@stevesi This is a stunning and rather insulting statement. Microsoft’s Windows Mobile phones could print in the background years before the iPhone was introduced.

Perhaps this helps explain how Microsoft frittered away their lead Phones and abandoned their embedded operating systems.

[Doug Boling @dboling]

@UpdatingOnRome Lincoln

[Doug Boling @dboling]

Fascinated by the people how think this was fake. Just how did they get the kid to shoot past Trump and hit the other victim and then willingly volunteer to be shot dead by the secret service?

[Cheri Jacobus @CheriJacobus]

Slow down the video and it becomes even more clear how fake this was.

[Doug Boling @dboling]

They hit this dead on. Our TJ’s is exactly like this.

[Grits n Football @goodbreffis]

Behind the scenes of the architects behind Trader Joe’s parking lots. 😂

[Doug Boling @dboling]

Truth.

[mariana Z @mariana057]

The adult version of "head, shoulders, knees and toes" is "wallet, glasses, keys and phone."

[Doug Boling @dboling]

Truth.

[Andrew the Millwright @JdubAndrew]

Consider this: there is lag time between every engine start and oil pressure building up from the oil pump and reaching the Babbit bearings in your crank shaft and piston rods. Every start begins with 0 oil pressure to these bearings and shortens engine life before a rebuild is necessary.

[Mikhail Parakhin @MParakhin]

Vertical taskbar is the best for productivity. I fought hard against the decision to take it away back then - hopefully it will be undone.

[Doug Boling @dboling]

Wow! If true, I can finally upgrade. When I discussed this with MS folk just after 11 was released, they were actively dismissive of my desire for a side-docked taskbar.

It’s kind of crazy to waste precious vertical space on wide screen monitors.

[Thurrott Feed @Thurrottfeed]

Report: Windows 11 to Bring Back the Ability to Move and Resize the Taskbar https://t.co/LfXPrhEYm0

[Doug Boling @dboling]

It’s hard to think of an immigrant who has saved the US government more money in the last 100 years than Musk.

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

There is no single immigrant in America who has benefited more from the US taxpayer, had more money given to them by the US taxpayer, than Elon Musk.

[Doug Boling @dboling]

Because heaven forbid the troops get paid during this congressional dick measuring contest.

[Brianna Tucker @BriannaATucker]

NEW from me: The Pentagon accepted a $130M anonymous donation to pay active-duty troops — a move that experts say raises legal questions about private money funding military salaries.

https://t.co/WROnHc1cT6

[Doug Boling @dboling]

Take them *all* down. I’m tired of people ignoring the rules the rest of us follow.

[Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein]

SCOOP: Three Trump Cabinet Members Have Multiple Primary-Residence Mortgages https://t.co/dFdywmLT84 @RobertFaturechi @JustinElliott @Amierjeski

[Doug Boling @dboling]

@chucktodd @chucktodd, College football is currently the only major sport where every regular season game matters. This will just turn it in to basketball where the season doesn’t really start until March.
Total crap proposal.

[Doug Boling @dboling]

Amazing. Canadian gov now says you can’t walk in the woods because you might break your leg. What’s next, banning cars? You might get in an accident…

[Tablesalt 🇨🇦🇺🇸 @Tablesalt13]

🚨🚨BREAKING -- The wildfire narrative has changed

Liberal leaders have realized the "hiking causes fires" isnt working

NOW

They are telling Canadians that "we're banning you from the woods because you could break your leg" walking your dog. WHAT?!?

[Doug Boling @dboling]

@jamesmcpherson @SawyerMerritt @Starlink Perhaps, but I’ve noticed a huge improvement over the last month or so.

[Doug Boling @dboling]

I can verify this. Due to lots of trees, my Starlink was experiencing a few 15 second outages and lots of 2 sec. outages every 30 minutes. Not great for video conferencing. Now I have 1 or 2, 2 sec outages over a few hours.
Thanks Starlink!

[Sawyer Merritt @SawyerMerritt]

NEWS: SpaceX says a new @Starlink update means that the internet will keep working even if trees or other obstacles partially block your home’s view of the sky.

"As a Starlink terminal communicates with satellites overhead, it continuously builds a real-time obstruction map, allowing Starlink to dynamically understand its environment. With this information, it can proactively select the best and most stable connection. For dynamic obstructions, such as are encountered by mobile terminals, the system reactively switches in less than 1/10th of a second, allowing a connection to remain stable. The dynamic nature of Starlink combined with the many paths for the system to route traffic provide a high degree of resiliency in obstructed and changing environments.

Additionally, to help customers get the most out of their service, the Starlink app includes a built-in tool to preview the install location and guide customers to the best placement with the fewest obstructions. After setup, the Starlink app provides a live obstruction map that shows exactly where signal blockages are occurring and how they may affect your experience, so that users can make informed decisions about optimizing their installation. Starlink also measures uptime 10 times a second from every terminal, transparently reporting any outage that is longer than 1/10th of a second in the app. For well-installed, even partially obstructed terminals, this uptime is typically at the 99.9% level."

[Doug Boling @dboling]

This guy ignores the mountian ranges, earthquake faults, and the extraordinarily expensive land within and between the two cities. Actually, it’s a perfect case study for air travel.

[Hayden @the_transit_guy]

Today, Los Angeles and the Bay Area will see 130 flights in both directions, equivalent to a plane departing every 6.5 minutes for 18 hours a day. Hard to argue it's not a perfect candidate for fast trains.

[Doug Boling @dboling]

@davepl1968 Clarke was adamant that he had no intention of the letter play between HAL and IBM. And that had he realized the association, he would’ve named the HAL something different. It’s in Clarke’s “Lost Worlds of 2001“