Random Nerd Rants

Author: fmneto

  • Learn less, do more

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    I don’t really have an idea for this post. I suppose this time of the year it should be about evaluating the year, pondering good and bad things that happened. I made a lot of progress with my work. Not the amount I would consider ideal, though – I’ve procrastinated an awful lot this year.…

  • Serious people are rare around here.

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    Today’s distance: 0 meters.Yesterday’s distance: 0 meters. Yesterday the heavens fell apart, and it rained all the day. It wasn’t even nearly possible to swim, so I didn’t go. Today, with an awful lot of stuff to do, I didn’t go either. Although I’m thinking about going later, since my work for the day is…

  • Following Dory’s advice

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    Today’s distance: 1500 meters. I decided several days ago to write here the distance I swam in the day. Obviously, I failed to do that until now. Also, I am aware that this may not be the perfect time to begin doing this, since I’m only going to be able to swim until next friday…

  • VT8233 on Linux – making S/PDIF work

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    I’m making this post hoping it might be useful in case someone googles for something related. A long time ago when I bought the parts for my current desktop at home I chose Asus’ excellent A7V600-X motherboard. It comes with a fancy S/PDIF output RCA jack, and I thought to myself, ‘sometime I should get…

  • Stairway to Heaven

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    Had I been there yesterday, I don’t know what could have happened. One thing is certain: there was no other place I’d rather be. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G_JTMuHOQk&rel=1]

  • Contradiction or hyprocrisy?

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    Interesting thing I saw on the way home: some guy to whom a mohawk is not enough. He decided to make dreadlocks on it, too. What can I say? He was the ugliest thing I’ve seen these days. I do not argue with taste, though. With 6 billion people in the planet, there’s a taste…

  • Briefly brief briefing.

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    This is not going to be a real update. This is going to be a shamelessly brief account of what happened in the last 43 days. I’m doing good in swimming. Although there are a lot of ways I can improve, things are going ok; 2000 meters and counting. Maybe I’ll begin to post here…