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Cake day: August 2nd, 2023
  • beckerist@lemmy.worldtolinuxmemes@lemmy.world•It's OK if you cry
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    11 months ago

    So this is random but I had a terrible wifi card (pci-e) that I bought off Newegg just a couple years ago. To get it to work in Windows I literally had to go to a website that was only Chinese, download a zip file, and extract a dll that would then work when pointed to. I figured this out from an obscure forum post that I can’t even find now.

    I just decided to reformat that sucker with Ubuntu for use as a media server and the driver was already ready to go. Already ready already!

    It also has a MIDI in card that was picked up immediately. Windows required a CD from 2016 to get working. This is most definitely an outdated meme.

  • beckerist@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.ml•It's my first day, how bad can it be?
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    11 months ago

    He actually played himself in the movie United 93. It was his first day on the job, but he was pretty experienced, he previously ran all of New York City’s air traffic.

    I saw an interview with him maybe 15 years ago (sorry I can’t find it now) but he grounded every plane in the US without approval from anyone above him on his first day as the FAA National Operation Manager (I believe he was at least 5 levels below the President).

    Pretty incredible story but he knew how to react and executed the plan well.

    edit: clarified some stuff and figured I should include his Wikipedia page too