eevBLAB #9 - Meet David - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 18, 2015, 10:21:26 am
content: Meet David2, the first EEVblog employee.

author: Radio Tech
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 18, 2015, 11:17:41 am
content: Good day David, Dave2, SeppyBout time you show up mate.Left handed screw driver

author: ElectroNub
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: April 18, 2015, 12:15:21 pm
content: hi david,are you the same person i saw turn that scope upside down on the shelf behind you?

author: Annakin4
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: April 18, 2015, 11:03:01 pm
content: I like David! I want to see a bit of him every once and a while! He seems pretty cool and who doesn't love the haircut?

author: nctnico
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 18, 2015, 11:10:15 pm
content: David hates Linux so therefore I vote for making him scrub the toilets with a tooth brush!

author: Excavatoree
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 18, 2015, 11:18:07 pm
content: Quote from: Annakin4 on April 18, 2015, 11:03:01 pmIn 50 or so years he'll be the Professor Poliakoff of electronics.

author: Falcon69
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 19, 2015, 01:09:46 am
content: huh?! They have right AND left handed screwdrivers?! I thought they only had right handed ones. Can you send me a left handed one? I want to see how it feels in my right hand.

author: bills
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 19, 2015, 01:26:08 am
content: Quote from: Falcon69 on April 19, 2015, 01:09:46 amAll of mine are left handed.

author: Philbywhizz
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: April 19, 2015, 02:24:31 am
content: Welcome David!

author: kizzap
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 19, 2015, 06:04:03 am
content: Mwahaha. I know what the project is!!!Twas revealed to us select people who frequent #eevblog on IRC on afternet.

author: funkyant
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 19, 2015, 11:28:51 am
content: Quote from: Annakin4 on April 18, 2015, 11:03:01 pmI second this

author: kcozens
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: April 19, 2015, 01:08:29 pm
content: Wow. Dave finally did it. He found a way to clone himself. Good on David for not having an interest in social media (e.g. Twitter, and Facebook) but too bad he isn't a Linux fan. Perhaps Dave will get David to turn that scope right side up at last before all the electrons fall out of it and it stops working.

author: Galenbo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 19, 2015, 06:46:31 pm
content: Quote from: Annakin4 on April 18, 2015, 11:03:01 pmI would describe it as: not having a haircut.

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 19, 2015, 07:05:19 pm
content: Quote from: Galenbo on April 19, 2015, 06:46:31 pmIt takes work to keep that Afro in shape, especially if you actually wash it regularly. You need about an hour each time just to do the drying, gel and combing. Here there are a lot of small roadside hair shops that will do it, and which also do extensions and weaves. The Marge Simpson look is quite common.

author: SL4P
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 19, 2015, 11:44:41 pm
content: OK - observations.With two Daves - the two-shot isscreamingout for aPOSITIVEfeedback tee-shirt.We can forgive the funky hair!Cheers & Welcome to thePEEpack (ProfessionalElectronicsEngineering)Cue background music: "Land Down Under"...

author: SL4P
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 19, 2015, 11:52:32 pm
content: Umm Dave - "You were holding it backwards." (C) Apple Inc

author: Muttley Snickers
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 20, 2015, 05:15:26 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on April 20, 2015, 04:59:37 amYou should ban him, not for the blasphemy, but for not turning the scope whilst he had the opportunity to do so.Muttley

author: george graves
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 20, 2015, 09:26:55 am
content: Sorry - I couldn't help myself - all in good fun of course.

author: nctnico
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 20, 2015, 10:01:14 am
content: 'The haircut' looks good on Dave

author: Seppy
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 21, 2015, 04:35:28 am
content: Quote from: Galenbo on April 19, 2015, 06:46:31 pmIts akward that I got a haircut before the video was released. Hmm whoops.Quote from: SL4P on April 19, 2015, 11:44:41 pmGenius!

author: ornea
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 21, 2015, 04:37:23 pm
content: Hello David.Welcome.You are right about Linux, but to quote a wise old sage ... "Use whichever OS best lends itself to the task"

author: cipher
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 23, 2015, 02:54:25 pm
content: Quote from: ornea on April 21, 2015, 04:37:23 pmIndeed.As a PC tech and Software Engineer I've used, installed, and developed on a wide variety of operating systems, from MacOS 6 through X, Windows 3.1 through 8, BSD distros such as FreeBSD and NetBSD, and Linux distros such as Debian, Red Hat, Fedora Core, Ubuntu, Mint, and Gentoo.I use Windows at work and home. My workplace is entrenched in Microsoft products (both user and development oriented), so I must use Windows at work.If my workplace didn't use Windows, I'd still use Windows over Parallels/Boot Camp or something like Wine/CrossOver to run Windows environment software and games. Why? Because it just works without tweaking configs or worrying about performance on Apple hardware or flaky stability of Windows environment emulation like in Linux. Perhaps that's the fault of the market being so focused on developing for Windows?The only alternative I see to negate the reliability issues in a Linux environment would be to run only Steam offered apps and games. But I wouldn't want to be tied down to just one portal company (no pun intended for "portal").

author: nctnico
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 23, 2015, 02:58:53 pm
content: Now we are done with talking about haircuts (David: when do we get to see the new haircut?)Windows runs just fine on a Virtual box in Linux. I'm using it all the time and I usually have 2 or 3 running at the same time for different projects/purposes. The best thing is that I can copy the virtual machines over to a new Linux PC without re-installing!

author: cipher
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 08, 2015, 01:37:00 pm
content: Quote from: nctnico on April 23, 2015, 02:58:53 pmHaving it run "just fine" does not mean perfectly. It's still not a true Windows environment from hardware to software. And when you're a developer like me that makes a huge difference. Network stability issues, driver framework issues, etc, etc.

author: nctnico
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 08, 2015, 10:52:56 pm
content: Don't twist my words! If you are pushing the limits you'll alway find a problem somewhere. I have tested running Windows from a virtual machine thouroughly over a period of 2 years before switching. Even timing sensitive things like programming microcontrollers (toggling pins on a USB device) works flawlessly. The biggest problem I found is disk flushing which stalls the VM for a while (depending on cache settings) but I solved that by using an SSD.

author: atferrari
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 09, 2015, 04:37:49 pm
content: Quote from: Galenbo on April 19, 2015, 06:46:31 pmStrictly speaking, yes!

author: abigbell
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: May 10, 2015, 10:00:33 am
content: hello Dave, I do love your videos, and I have beening sitting in my chair for a whole long day, just listening to your bubblings and teardowns ,and learn about lots of things, and thanks to you, tahnks to your sexy appearance and voice , my head is now dizzlingcan we have some soft sexy face and voice? I love Cate Blanchett!and I dont belive your audience are more than 50%, what the hell wowan want to know about any electronics?