Jim @sullybiker@sully.site

I have the good fortune through work to get to try a few bits of hardware here and there. Today's is the XPS13. I used the 2014 original for a long time. Build quality feels much improved (the original was pretty cheap'n'cheerful) but ordered this with Ubuntu as on OEM image, and there's problems with the Firefox snap almost immediately.

I'm surprised at the amount of Apple consoomer cheerleading on the fediverse. Maybe I shouldn't be.

One of my old PhDs is now faculty elsewhere and she's been in touch for a project. I always like working with these people. Best part of the job.

My boss is making ominous noises about AI and its impact on staffing, which means he's hearing that from his bosses.

Great.

Just watched Jamie Chadwick make history at #IndyNXT Road America. The first woman to win on a road course in the series history. Fantastic stuff, and a long way from her difficulties last year. She did the work over the winter.

Happy Friday everyone. Hope your weekends are good and you all get the rest you deserve.

Campus is at it's quietest in June. Although this ostensibly suits my grumpy introverted nature, I much prefer it when all the kids are about.

Absolute peak Reddit.

By this mentality, the entire shorts market would not exist. Investments go down as well as up. They even say that in the ads.

There is actually a movie about how the banks got cleaned out (along with the rest of the world). Internet investors are such fools.

It's only about 80F here but it's that horrific sort of humid where it feels like stepping into a sauna when the front door is opened.

So you could actually - if a home user - save yourself a pretty penny by ordering with Windows and doing what you want with it once you get it.

Looking at the Dell configurator for the XPS 13; they're being sneaky with the OS loadout. Time was Linux was free (for obvious reasons) now they are offering a ~$100-$150 dollar incentive to ship it with windows. #linux https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-laptops/new-xps-13/spd/xps-13-9340-laptop/usexcucto9340mtl01?ref=variantstack

My dog is just sitting staring at me, which usually means "There is food somewhere in this house, and you are not giving me it"

The TT is completely unique. Also completely bonkers It's like a throwback to older, much more dangerous times.
https://youtu.be/3CVAVAU5Tpg

Looking forward to reading this early (one of the very first) motorsport chassis design bibles