Angry Tech Archives - Scott S Nelson

YouTube: Please bring back video speed control to the Roku app!

April 29, 2022July 5, 2022Scott S Nelson1 Comment

There is a support thread tracking the issue about not being able to manage playback speed using apps on devices other than Android (and only if not casting) at https://support.google.com/youtube/thread/153199802. I suggest following it for updates.

To get action on this, go to YouTube and submit feedback describing the issue and how it impacts your desire to use YouTube.

My use of YouTube is down 50% because of this issue. How about you?

If you don’t know where the feedback option is, please see the Featured Image for this post.

Fixing SourceTree Credentials on Mac After Password Change

March 9, 2021July 7, 2023Scott S NelsonLeave a comment

This happens every time I update my network password (as required every 60 days). It wasn’t until the third time that I made a note of what to do, and the fourth time where I posted it here so I can find it! I do not use a Mac regularly and freely admit I do not know the reason behind all of the steps (though I do for some, and won’t say which). I will say these steps worked consistently for the last 4 updates:

Log out of BitBucket from the browser

Do a full shut down of Source Tree

Back up and delete ~/Library/Application Support/SourceTree:

cd ~/Library/"Application Support"
mv SourceTree SourceTree.bak

Log in through the browser. Hopefully prompted with Captcha. May take a few tries (more consistent with Chrome than Safari).

Check something out through browser and enter new credentials when prompted. Remember to uncheck save credentials so it will use OAuth.

And yes, I know that this is unnecessary if using the command line. I like the Source Tree UI for managing conflicts and researching who made the change in the source that is currently driving me nuts 🙂

Why Fat Browser Clients are Evil

October 21, 2016Scott S NelsonLeave a comment

I spent nearly an hour trying to figure out what was wrong with the deployment package:

Import error message... — Import error message…

When I went to another tab in the browser, the answer became obvious:

What we have here is a failure to communicate!

Why I Still Prefer Java to C#

January 29, 2013Scott S NelsonLeave a comment

While C# is a pretty robust language, the following production code would never get past any Java IDE I have ever used:

private void VerifyPrePopulate(string ReportQtr, string VerifyType)
{
    try
    {

    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        lblErMsg.Text = "Error Message:" + ex.Message;
        lblErMsg.Visible = true;
    }
}

Today’s LinkedIn Answers-Inspired Rant

March 31, 2010Scott S NelsonLeave a comment

In response to the following question on LinkedIn today:

R&D time – how do folks manage it? – similar to Google’s 20% research time – free form, scheduled, pros-con’s – approved projects…looking for suggestions.

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The old rule of thumb was that a senior IT professional should be engaged in deliverables only 65% – 85% of the time (depending on budget and the intelligence of management). The “unproductive” time was when R&D occurred, along with training.

These days, most R&D I see happening is when it is built into a project plan (either through creative padding or selling the ROI in advance and within a short time frame).

What little R&D I do see happening between projects these days is structured by people too far removed the deliverable level. As such, the time lines are too aggressive and the focus towards mindless repetition of simple examples rather than understanding the technology by stretching it to see what it is capable and where else it will apply.

</RANT>