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20 votes
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Overclocking and water cooling a TI-84 graphing calculator (to play DOOM on it)
23 votes -
macOS 10.15.5 has a trivial bug or a ‘reprehensible’ security decision
7 votes -
If Trump kicks out Twitter, there's always Germany
7 votes -
Zuckerberg dismisses fact-checking after bragging about fact-checking
6 votes -
How do you design a Proof of Concept project for a new dev/test tool?
Input wanted for an article. Let's say that your company is considering the purchase of an expensive new application to help in the company's software development. The demo looks great, and the...
Input wanted for an article.
Let's say that your company is considering the purchase of an expensive new application to help in the company's software development. The demo looks great, and the feature list makes it sound perfect for your needs. So your Management arranges for a proof of concept license to find out if the software is worth the hefty investment. The boss comes to you to ask you to be in charge of the PoC project.
I'm aiming to write an article to help developers, devops, and testers determine if a given vendor's application meets the company's needs. The only assumption I'm making is that the software is expensive; if it's cheap, the easy answer is, "Buy a copy for a small team and see what they think." And I'm thinking in terms of development software rather than enterprise tools (e.g. cloud-based backup) though I suspect many of the practices are similar.
Aside: Note that this project is beyond "Decide if we need such a thing." In this scenario, everyone agrees that purchasing a tool is a good idea, and they agree on the baseline requirements. The issue is whether this is the right software for the job.
So, how do you go about it? I'm sure that it's more than "Get a copy and poke at it randomly." How did (or would) you go about designing a PoC project? If you've been involved in such a project in the past (particularly if the purchase wasn't ideal), what advice could someone have given you to help you make a better choice? I want to create a useful guide that applies to any "enterprise-class" purchase.
For example: Do you recommend that the PoC period be based on time (N months) or workload (N transactions)? How do you decide who should be on the PoC team? What's involved in putting together a comprehensive list of requirements (e.g. integrates with OurFavoredDatabase, meets performance goals of X), creating a test suite that exercises what the software dev product does, and evaluating the results? ...and what am I not thinking of, that I should?
7 votes -
Twitter allows new tweets to restrict replies to "everyone, people you follow, or only people you mention"
14 votes -
Reverse engineering a £339 5G bioshield
7 votes -
Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou loses key court battle as British Columbia judge rules extradition bid should proceed
7 votes -
GE switches off light bulb business after almost 130 years
7 votes -
WeCo - Cooperatively owned, democratically governed, open source social news
19 votes -
Celebrating ten years of WebM and WebRTC
6 votes -
speed.cloudflare.com
16 votes -
Plans for PeerTube v3 : global index, progressive fundraising, live streaming
16 votes -
How lockdown is changing shopping for good
8 votes -
The Norimaki Synthesizer is a lickable screen that can recreate almost any taste or flavor without eating food
12 votes -
Questions about graphics card failures
TL;DR: How long should a graphics card last? What can I do to make them last longer? This is perhaps an odd question to ask, but I've been a console gamer for most of my life and have only been...
TL;DR: How long should a graphics card last? What can I do to make them last longer?
This is perhaps an odd question to ask, but I've been a console gamer for most of my life and have only been all-in on PC gaming for maybe 1-2 years and I think I may be missing something.
So there has been about three times when I have spent money on a half-decent graphics card, and each time they have failed me. The first one was a genuine hardware failure, probably a memory failure judging from the artifacting. The second one failed for reasons I have been unable to figure out. It didn't appear to be overheating, but I was getting driver errors that suggested it were; reinstalling from scratch did nothing to fix it.
The last, most current one is the one that bugs me the most. I'm getting the same problems; driver crashes just like overheating, except this one has better temperature monitoring and I can see that isn't happening.
I previously thought that the reason why my graphics cards would always crap out on me was because those were cheaper cards from less reputable manufacturers, but this last one is really bugging me because it's relatively high end and from a reputable manufacturer - it's a Gigabyte Radeon RX 5700, complete with the giant AMD reference cooler. I'm getting it RMAed, but since I didn't keep the receipt I am still going to have to pay to fix it even though it should theoretically be under warranty.
I've done a ton of searching to find out how I can possibly solve this myself, but I am frankly astounded by how little information the drivers give out on Windows. I'm seeing that the device is being reported as unavailable but nothing whatsoever as to why.
To make matters worse, it seems like this isn't actually common for other people. Most people seem to be replacing their graphics card because they are obsolete, not because they physically fail.
So basically what I am asking is, how long is a graphics card actually supposed to last for? Do I just have astonishingly bad luck?
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The co-op that blocked the sale of the .org domain to private equity has a plan to democratise large parts of the internet
13 votes -
Looking for good quality sleep headphones
The cheap bluetooth sleep-mask with built-in headphones I ordered off Amazon stopped working (big surprise) and I'm in the market for something similar but of good quality. Requirements: Wireless...
The cheap bluetooth sleep-mask with built-in headphones I ordered off Amazon stopped working (big surprise) and I'm in the market for something similar but of good quality. Requirements:
- Wireless
- Comfortable to wear while I'm lying on my side
It doesn't have to be part of a sleep mask, and it doesn't even need to have great audio quality. I use it more for audiobooks and white noise than music. I just want something that's going to work with no issues and last for a while.
20 votes -
Real reasons why tech giants are hugging “remote work”
9 votes -
Suck on your AirPod to fix the volume
16 votes -
Apple reportedly weighing shifting some production from China to India
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Munich is shifting back from Microsoft to open source
14 votes -
Quickref is an experimental search engine for developers
18 votes -
Employee monitoring software surges as companies send staff home
18 votes -
Researchers claim new internet speed record of 44.2 Tbps over a standard optical fiber cable, using a single integrated chip
9 votes -
What's the last piece of technology that truly impressed you?
I recently got the Galaxy Fold and I am genuinely fascinated by it. A folding screen phone is just wild to me. It's a crazy concept and every time I pick up the Fold, I feel like I'm touching the...
I recently got the Galaxy Fold and I am genuinely fascinated by it. A folding screen phone is just wild to me. It's a crazy concept and every time I pick up the Fold, I feel like I'm touching the future.
It got me thinking about how technology is so ubiquitous nowadays that we take so much for granted. The fact that we have high speed Internet access from anywhere on earth was totally unthinkable 20 years ago, yet today it is a reality.
So when is the last time you were truly impressed by a technology or technological breakthrough?
33 votes -
Don't fall for Bloomberg's effusive Elon Musk profile
16 votes -
Nearly half of accounts tweeting about coronavirus are likely bots
12 votes -
Interview with Musk on his Twitter usage, selling off his possessions, and the historic upcoming launch
7 votes -
Nvidia’s AI recreates Pac-Man from scratch just by watching it being played
12 votes -
We have to talk about failed streaming app Quibi
17 votes -
Investigate bugs together
@b0rk: investigate bugs together
5 votes -
The mobile testing gotchas you need to know about
5 votes -
CNBC reporter makes fake news website with plagiarized content, gets approved by ad tech companies
10 votes -
Gopass - The team password manager
7 votes -
Grandmother ordered to delete Facebook photos under GDPR
12 votes -
America’s deadly obsession with intellectual property: Privatizing life-saving technology like vaccines and clean energy is bad both for the coronavirus and the climate crisis
9 votes -
The Joe Rogan Experience podcast will be exclusive to Spotify later this year, with a multi-year deal
17 votes -
Appropriate technology
6 votes -
Tracking the location history of military and intelligence personnel using the Untappd beer-rating app
11 votes -
The wonderful world of Chinese hi-fi - The world of good and cheap headphones from anonymous Chinese companies
20 votes -
The art, science and politics of electronic components
8 votes -
It's called artificial intelligence—but what *is* intelligence?
4 votes -
New York Times phasing out all third-party advertising data
21 votes -
Why NetNewsWire is fast
5 votes -
Introducing Signal PINs: A method of storing some account data (profile, settings, etc.) securely on Signal servers in case you lose or switch devices
16 votes -
Microsoft is bringing Linux GUI apps to Windows 10
16 votes -
DirectX is coming to the Windows Subsystem for Linux
7 votes -
Microsoft announces the Windows Package Manager preview
20 votes