<Flea86>
azonenberg: I would have the vm the other way around personally lol but that's just me :)
<azonenberg>
i consider linux a better and more stable host platform
<azonenberg>
then if i have to use winblows its in a vm
<Flea86>
I personnally cannot understand your aversion to winblows but I respect it
<Sync>
yeah but getting catia with proper FEM stuff running natively sucks azonenberg
<azonenberg>
Sync: oh, i agree
<azonenberg>
i've had experience with getting NX to run natively
<azonenberg>
huge pain
<azonenberg>
and its $$$$$ if you arent a student
<Sync>
yeah, this is why I run a w7 for that stuff
<Flea86>
Sync: and w7 isn't half-bad right?
<Sync>
it is okay, you can work with it
<azonenberg>
Flea86: i live in the command line so much and windows sucks at that
<azonenberg>
it emphasizes GUIs too much
<superkuh>
I am currently learning to use freecad. I am not suggesting it, just wondering if anyone has an opinion.
<Flea86>
azonenberg: Probably, but then I admit that i've only ever needed the command line while in safe mode :P I tend not to want to hack my os too much and focus more on my app tasks at hand.. :)
<azonenberg>
Flea86: i do most of my software dev in the command line though
<azonenberg>
used IDEs for ten years
<azonenberg>
finally coudlnt take it anymore
<Flea86>
I've never had a problem with IDE's.. (for me) I found it's simply a matter of finding the right one(s) for the job
<Flea86>
But then IDE's are also a matter of taste as well as functionality
<Flea86>
:)
<Sync>
powershell azonenberg
<Sync>
it works
<azonenberg>
Works, yes
<azonenberg>
but i dont like it
<XgF>
...and it only suppports (shock) one platform
<Flea86>
XgF: ARM?
<XgF>
I must be odd for having, in front of me, 1 each of Windows, Linux and Mac OS X
<XgF>
Flea86: Windows :p
<Flea86>
lol
<XgF>
Bourne Shell runs everywhere. Including Windows
* azonenberg
is sitting in front of five monitors, connected to a total of three computers
<azonenberg>
all running 64 bit linux
<Flea86>
wanted to write PIC instead of ARM but I'm not *that* much of a masochist :P
<azonenberg>
one of the screens has a fullscreen win7 VM
<XgF>
Heh. The Linux box is headless
<XgF>
(and serves a server role, but non-the-less lives under my desk)
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<XgF>
I finally gave up on Linux on my desktop when I got pissed off with how much of it came broken...
<XgF>
(Seriously, every Bluetooth dongle in the world uses the same interface, and yet I still can't browse my devices file systems outside a terminal?!)
* azonenberg
prefers to browse in a termianl
<azonenberg>
except for image files where thumbnailing is nice
<azonenberg>
but thats just me
<XgF>
Not when the interface is something along the lines of "obex --device a_mac_address --share 0 ls /Images"
<XgF>
It was around about the time that I gave up with the bullshit like that I invested in the Mac
<XgF>
(I suppose taking the exact oposite direction: A system which just works, at last!)
<XgF>
I kind of need the desktop for work now (Our lighting desks' offline programming tool & fixture personality editor only runs on Windows)
<barrettfriedman>
Does anyone have any experiences working with big university nanofabrication facilities?
<barrettfriedman>
Stanford has one (SNF). It's expensive, but I'm trying to learn all I can so I can maybe use it for something cool down the line.
<azonenberg>
I've used the MNCR at RPI
<azonenberg>
but not for too much
<barrettfriedman>
Oh hello azonenberg. I have been off for a while. My shell host got hacked a while ago...
<azonenberg>
i observed two people i knew running fab stuff, one because i helped on the project and wanted to see how it turned out and one was a friend asking me to help debug process issues
<azonenberg>
the only tools i've actually used myself were the electron microscope and wire bonder
<azonenberg>
for failure analysis and wafer test
<azonenberg>
correction, one of the electron microscopes lol
<barrettfriedman>
Oh you've done wire bonding? What would you say were some of the difficulties?
<azonenberg>
Done? Thats exaggerating it a bit
<azonenberg>
I've attempted to wedge bond
<azonenberg>
Yield was zero percent
<azonenberg>
none of the bonds held
<Flea86>
azonenberg: Have you considered making any organic (polymer) semiconductors? :)