vettnerk

fusker -k
...i like living dangerously

Pretty niche, but:
https://github.com/canboat/canboat

Allows me to interface a PC to a canbus in an efficient manner. I wrote an autopilot in perl using that, but I would like to see the project mature to the point where it is stable enough for production environments.

I didn't ask for this crossover. I demand it.

I've taken much pleasure in shitting on Microsoft and their products for decades, but I'm also the first one to admit the products that are actually good:

• Built-in antivirus (for the past 10 years, at least)
• Notepad. (Sometimes you don't want any features)
• Outlook Express (Newer equivalent is decent, but too buggy and bloated)
• Windows 7 (The pinnacle of an MS OS since MSDOS 6.22)

There are probably more, but those are the ones I remember off the top of my head.

Isn't that Trotsky behind him, though?

Gnurp

...as much as I love linux, I find that it's way too common to name software completely removed from its function.

Leaving the hospital with thousands of dollars gone is just US developers adding realism.

All of the Grand Theft Auto games have you respawn outside of a police station or a hospital.

I for one really do not care whether it's called Parmesan or Parmigiano Regiano. Good cheese is good cheese.

As someone who flies a lot as part of my job, I mostly use airline miles to upgrade my seat to business class. On a few occasions I cover the upgrade myself if the price is reasonable.

Why? Because as a somewhat tall guy, when I have a 10 hour flight a coach seat makes me ache for days. And if it's an overnight flight, a business class seat actually enables me to sleep.

On business trips that only last a couple of days, the project managers sometimes approves business class tickets, so that we're actually fit for work when arriving.

Any flights longer than 5-6 hours is usually when I begin to consider upgrading. Because then I have a chance to actually get some rest onboard instead of just sitting there, waiting.

EDIT: Business class comes with lounge access, and for some that's also a plus, but my frequent flier level already gives me lounge access all over the world, even when flying riffraff-class. Plus business class also comes with extra luggage allowance, but I have that by default too.