_jholland
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Comment · 8 months ago
Alas I'm not a Magic player so I don't qualify for this role, but I love love love the `job-application` API endpoint
Comment · 10 months ago
Obligatory Tom7 reference: [Harder Drive: Hard drives we didn't want or need](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcJSW7Rprio)
He stores data in ICMP ping packets, but also Tetris board states, among others. If you are not familiar with Tom7, let this be an introduction to a heavyweight whimsical internet nerd
Comment · 1 year ago
Obligatory Tom7 recommendation: [How I ran the length of every street in Pittsburgh: PAC TOM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1c8i5SABqwU).
In this "expert mode running" video the protagonist, Tom Murphy VII, of computer science comedy YouTube fame, runs 3661 miles across 269 runs in this mammoth 16 year project to run every street in Pittsburgh, thus "completing" it Pac Man style.
If you are not familiar with Tom7 and his whimsy, I cannot recommend enough that you check his videos out.
Comment · 1 year ago
I have made it my mission to conquer SAP and gain control of our own critical financial data.
As a business, they uniquely leverage inefficient and clunky design to drive profit. Simply because they haven’t documented their systems sufficiently, it is “industry standard practice” to go straight to a £100/hr+ consultant to build what should be straightforward integrations and perform basic IT Admin procedures.
Through many painful late nights I have waded through their meticulously constructed labyrinth of undocumented parameters and gotchas built on foot-guns to eventually get to both build and configure an SAP instance from scratch and expose a complete API in Python.
It is for me a David and Goliath moment, carrying more value than the consultancy fees and software licences I've spared my company.
Comment · 2 years ago
Another great Harder Drive to add to the list: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JcJSW7Rprio
Tom7 made a similar one in Tetris as part of the above video
Comment · 2 years ago
Check out the Shut Up and Sit Down review of crokinole: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XMKzeg78peg&t=580s&pp=ygUJY3Jv...
Comment · 2 years ago
For a comprehensive exposition of the technical aspects of the AGC, look no further than the Ultimate Apollo Guidance Computer Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xx7Lfh5SKUQ
They not only do a brilliant job of exposing this niche system, but it is a foundational lecture for my knowledge of computer architecture in general
Comment · 3 years ago
This is great! It reminds me of a Tom7 video of a similar ilk: Anagrams, but where you can break apart letters: "Anagraphs" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTBAW-Eh0tM.
Similar to this, he produces a standard form for each word, but breaks each letter into letter pieces or 'atoms' which gives much more freedom for moving between words.
Definitely give it a watch. If you are not familiar with Tom7's videos, he has a hilarious whimsical style while also bringing to life completely out there ideas with some brilliant technical skill.
https://www.btgeddisonspropertyauctions.com/properties/20260...
It includes many more photos than the article, as well as floor plans for the subterranean areas