So, instead of using the proprietary D2XX (or some equivalent to it) I realized it was better to use the libFTDI on Linux and found a nice tutorial to test it using python: First a created the suggested rule to use the devices as normal user (assuming you already added your user to ...
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Most of us have seen teleprompters in action. The president or a newsreader stand in front of a screen that tells them what to say. When they need to read a long passage, they stand still while the words scroll by. Why would anyone do such a thing? I can understand why we have new...
A woman’s “I will be ready in 5 minutes” is the same as a man’s “I will be home in 5 minutes”. “We will see” means it’s probably not going to happen. Adults these days can barely do Math without using a calculator but are always claiming to have X amount of problems....
“Monty Python” has many famous skits. In this one, a man is having an interview for a job, but keeps getting interrupted by the interviewer’s strange manners. It’s a good thing real interviews aren’t like that! Play 14. “Scenes from a Hat” This clip is from the show “Whose...
Linuxis a versatile operating system with a vibrant community, and there are plenty of fun and quirky things you can do with it. Linux provides a lot of room for creativity and customization. In this comprehensive blog post, we'll introduce you to a collection of entertaining andfun Linux ...
Why Soviets have never land on the Moon, when they were much more ahead of Americans in space exploration (3 years in unmanned hard landing missions to the Moon)? Do you think they gave up just like that? Why don't we go to the Moon nowadays, it should be peace of cake compared ...
How do you feel about women’s rights? I like either side of them. From the moment I picked your book up until I put it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend to read it. I don’t have a photograph, but you can have my footprints. They’re upstairs in my socks...
Before we get to the interviews, I have a challenge for you, just for fun. At one point, in the mid-'90s, I tried to get a book published of these interviews. In order to do so, I had to get permission from the interviewees, as well as the station. All the powers that be at...
The "Philolegos", or in English "The Laughter Lover" is from somewhere between 400-500 AD and contains 265 ancient jokes. Here are two of them (when you read the first one, you might notice an uncanny resemblance to a certain dead parrot sketch by Monty Python): ...