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New comment by sejje in "Building an FPGA 3dfx Voodoo with Modern RTL Tools"

sejje — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 20:26:27 +0000

I wound up getting it working out-of-the-box with Mandrake Linux. I bought a copy at the local Office Max.

I believe I tried redhat, but had issues with that as well. I never went back to it--moved to debian and never looked back.

New comment by sejje in "Building an FPGA 3dfx Voodoo with Modern RTL Tools"

sejje — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 15:09:52 +0000

My first video card.

Getting it working in linux in ~1999 was really not easy, especially for a teenager with no linux experience.

My networking card wasn't working either, so I had to run to a friend's house for dial-up internet access, searching for help on Altavista.

Very cool project. Way above my head, still!

New comment by sejje in "Long Overlooked as Crucial to Life, Fungi Start to Get Their Due"

sejje — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 19:45:54 +0000

> 12 trillion species of fungi

Give it enough time, it could happen

New comment by sejje in "Hisense TVs force owners to watch intrusive ads"

sejje — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 19:39:39 +0000

"This will surely raise revenues and get me a promotion before I make a lateral move to a new company!"

New comment by sejje in "Swiss e-voting pilot can't count 2,048 ballots after decryption failure"

sejje — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 19:32:47 +0000

Perhaps those nations don't have laws against poll taxes; the US does.

New comment by sejje in "Swiss e-voting pilot can't count 2,048 ballots after decryption failure"

sejje — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 19:30:36 +0000

I was born before that and issued my SSN at birth.

New comment by sejje in "Swiss e-voting pilot can't count 2,048 ballots after decryption failure"

sejje — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 19:26:41 +0000

That's not the same as "disenfranchised" or "taking voters off the rolls," as it gets talked about (see both of the sibling comments to yours).

If they can't put up some minimal effort, what was their vote worth? I don't think the laziest folks probably vote in good policy.

New comment by sejje in "Swiss e-voting pilot can't count 2,048 ballots after decryption failure"

sejje — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 19:24:43 +0000

Look up the 25 states that already have voter ID laws, and corresponding free-id programs to avoid being considered a poll tax.

New comment by sejje in "Florida judge rules red light camera tickets are unconstitutional"

sejje — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 19:01:36 +0000

I couldn't, as a staffer--but yes, the organization could, and they did a couple of times that I know of.

One person had a $180 fine (half of that was mine) and they were asked not to come back when they refused to pay it.

Smaller amounts were ignored.

New comment by sejje in "Florida judge rules red light camera tickets are unconstitutional"

sejje — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 19:00:07 +0000

In some cases they weren't allowed back, but it was rare. Most people paid up when the director got involved.

New comment by sejje in "Florida judge rules red light camera tickets are unconstitutional"

sejje — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 18:59:25 +0000

Okay, well it should be about a 10 second green light, but it's more like 2 minutes.

This is a side street that in high traffic times might see 4 or 5 cars waiting.

New comment by sejje in "Florida judge rules red light camera tickets are unconstitutional"

sejje — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 22:20:49 +0000

I have noticed a severe uptick in bad semi-truck drivers on the interstate since COVID, I'll agree at least with that part.

The local cops here have always just run plates for stolen vehicles. Getting a ticket is almost unheard of. I don't know what their deal is, but you can speed right past them in the other lane, or if they're just parked on the corner.

I'm guessing you still can't pass them on a two-lane road without poking their ego.

New comment by sejje in "Florida judge rules red light camera tickets are unconstitutional"

sejje — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 22:17:30 +0000

Well, they're putting up the flock cameras, too. We have four in a local small town.

But I'm guessing you are only correct sometimes. I bet some of them can be live-viewed, or track license plates.

New comment by sejje in "Florida judge rules red light camera tickets are unconstitutional"

sejje — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 22:15:01 +0000

I haven't run into those (I mostly drive in rural areas--in fact, there's no stoplight in my county) -- but I do run into some lights that just change in the middle of the night, for no reason, and then take a really long time to change back to green, despite not even a single car being present / going through.

New comment by sejje in "Florida judge rules red light camera tickets are unconstitutional"

sejje — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 22:11:12 +0000

Time to paint your rear-end chrome.

New comment by sejje in "Florida judge rules red light camera tickets are unconstitutional"

sejje — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 22:06:01 +0000

It's a bit like the EU, in that way.

I don't believe the founders intended as much federal oversight as we currently have. It was supposed to be self-governing states with a few exceptions. So much of the constitution is to limit the feds.

New comment by sejje in "Florida judge rules red light camera tickets are unconstitutional"

sejje — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 21:54:02 +0000

I worked in childcare about 20 years ago, and we charged $1 per minute late.

We had to keep two staff there, and they would split the fine.

Many times we got stiffed.

Edit: for reference, our fee was about $14/day to keep the kid, so it was a pretty stiff penalty.

New comment by sejje in "Florida judge rules red light camera tickets are unconstitutional"

sejje — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 21:52:43 +0000

Hopefully other states don't follow this pattern; I don't think the government should be installing surveillance arrays, even if it's "for the children" or public safety.

Trading a little liberty for a little safety and all that.

New comment by sejje in "Florida judge rules red light camera tickets are unconstitutional"

sejje — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 21:50:24 +0000

Well, it's red-light running. But I don't think even rich people will just breeze through every red and pay the fines; it'll add up quickly.

New comment by sejje in "I ported Linux to the PS5 and turned it into a Steam Machine"

sejje — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 22:05:53 +0000

Same. I'm still going to get one someday.

I want to support gaming on linux, and the steam machine was what made it great.