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modified 16-Sep-19 9:31am.
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I started searching for Desktop as a Service (DaaS) options.
I figured since it was 2021 there'd be a lot of companies that allow me to:
1) spin up a win10 desktop
2) RDP to the desktop and do my work.
I've been using DigitalOcean which is a complete Linux (Debian) OS running as a service for about 8 years now (only $4.99 a month) so I figured, "Hey, this is 2021 and I'm sure there's something like this for win10 desktop." With DigitalOcean you can get one of these up and running following their wizard in about 5 minutes. It's amazing.
Boy was a I wrong about DaaS. Very few choices (Amazon Workspaces seems to be the best / cheapest).
Many of them require at least 5 seats (most require 25 or more).
Others are $150 month for 1cpu & 4GB ram.
Many of these won't even tell you pricing: just request quote option.
Yes, I am very naive.
Questions
Do you have any experience with DaaS? What have you found?
Was thinking about how I might help small businesses move to RDP solutions.
The Dream: If you could spin up DaaS and then give people Google Docs then a lot of Small Businesses would have everything they need.
EDIT
I've also used MacinCloud - Rent a Mac in the Cloud! - Mac in Cloud[^] and was amazed at how great it worked. But Win10 / PCs -- you just don't find something this simple, it seems.
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raddevus wrote: If you could spin up DaaS and then give people Google Docs
Why do you need a "Daas" to give employees Google Docs, Google Sheets, etc.?
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Is always just a whim away...
A whim away, a whim away, a whim away...
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Thank you, I now have an ear worm that is likely to last until tea time. 
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Or until my next SOTW 
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I am afraid that your usual taste in music is somewhat different to mine. Although I have listened to a few of the tracks you recommend.
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That song works well on cats. They fall asleep instantly.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Quote: I'm gonna be iron like a lion in Zion
I'm gonna be iron like a lion in Zion
Iron lion Zion
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I've always liked this[^] version performed live by Rockapella[^].
Software Zen: delete this;
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I expected it to be more rock 
Nice version though 
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I'm building the drawing portions of my graphics library finally - the bit that lets you draw things like filled rectangles, ellipses and lines.
The library supports *any* pixel format as long as the pixel is less than or equal to 64 bits. You define what it looks like yourself.
But.
I have yet to build a "driver" portion that allows it to interface with some real display hardware.
So I've been using the library to draw lines and circles and stuff all over bitmaps, and then I'm rendering those bitmaps to "4 bit grayscale" ASCII art and rendering that to the console.
I didn't think making ascii bitmaps would be this much fun though. It's silly how much I'm enjoying "drawing" on the console screen.
This is one of those rare moments when testing made itself fun for me. I need more of these.
Edit: Here's a result - the size is necessary because ASCII - it's only 128x128 "pixels" minus a few rows i cropped:
template <typename BitmapType>
void dump_bitmap(const BitmapType& bmp) {
static const char *col_table = " .,-~;*+!=1%O@$#";
using gsc4 = pixel<channel_traits<channel_name::L,4>>;
for(int y = 0;y<bmp.dimensions().height;++y) {
for(int x = 0;x<bmp.dimensions().width;++x) {
const typename BitmapType::pixel_type px = bmp[point16(x,y)];
char sz[2];
sz[1]=0;
const auto px2 = px.template convert<gsc4>();
size_t i =px2.template channel<0>();
sz[0] = col_table[i];
printf("%s",sz);
}
printf("\r\n");
}
}
int main() {
static const size_t bit_depth = 24;
using bmp_type = bitmap<rgb_pixel<bit_depth>>;
using draw = draw<bmp_type>;
using color = color<typename bmp_type::pixel_type>;
size16 bmp_size(128,128);
uint8_t bmp_buf[bmp_type::sizeof_buffer(bmp_size)];
bmp_type bmp(bmp_size,bmp_buf);
bmp.clear(bmp.bounds());
srect16 b =srect16(spoint16(0,0),ssize16(bmp.dimensions().width,bmp.dimensions().height));
srect16 cr = b.inflate(-50,-50);
draw::filled_ellipse(bmp,cr,color::lawn_green);
draw::ellipse(bmp,cr,color::lavender_blush);
srect16 r = b.inflate(-4,0);
srect16 r2=r.inflate(-r.width()*.30,-r.height()*.30);
auto fr2 = r2.inflate(15,5);
draw::filled_rectangle(bmp,fr2,color::purple);
draw::rectangle(bmp,fr2,color::hot_pink);
draw::line(bmp,r,color::white,&r2);
draw::line(bmp,r.flip_horizontal(),color::white);
dump_bitmap(bmp);
return 0;
}
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Real programmers use butterflies
modified 13hrs ago.
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A long time ago in a building far, far away... (not really; the old building is next door to the current one)
Aaaaanywaaay, we make commercial ink-jet printers and the smaller models originally came with built-in hand-tweaked bitmap fonts. The first printer in the product line (early 90's) could only do 120x120 dpi resolution and later 120x240 resolution, so the character bitmaps needed to be adjusted by hand. This was especially true for bar codes which could be rendered unusable due to ink spread.
Our original font "source" files were simple ASCII text, with the bitmaps drawn using period (.) and at signs (@) and were edited using MS-DOS Edit. Yes, it was that long ago (early 90's). These source files were compiled into a binary form that could be downloaded to the printer or written directly to a monstrous 4MB PCMCIA Flash memory. Good times.
Software Zen: delete this;
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victim, brainwashed by starvation and 24/7 exposure to a playlist of Sander Rossel's favorite tunes: She did what she had to do to survive [^]; justice, in this case, is finding Her not guilty by reason of insanity.
We pray your Worships will recommend sending this Cat to a facility that will provide respite and therapy for restoring her divine Cat-nature to its usual radiant and playful state.
«One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali
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Quote: The feline felon was stopped outside the Nueva Esperanza jail
 What an incongruous name for a jail.
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Well the inmate can hope they will get out ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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You have too much time on your hands -
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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pkfox wrote: You have too much time on your hands
After so much time slipped through my fingers ... i'm glad some of it sticks .., now that i am past my use-by date.
«One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali
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You and me both
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Panama?
Leaves and vegetable matter. Guessing.. Psychotria viridis and a monoamine oxidase inhibitor.
Just guessing 
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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The cat was a mule?
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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BillWoodruff wrote: 24/7 exposure to a playlist of Sander Rossel's favorite tunes
Not even I would keep my sanity 
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Reminds me of the David Lynch version of Dune[^](*). The Harkonnens have Thufir Hawat hostage at one point and have injected him with a poison. He is connected to an IV that comes out of a tank containing a cat and a rat bound together in an apparatus that somehow manufactures an antidote for the poison. As long as Hawat takes care of his 'pets', he lives.
(*) Like it or hate it, you have to admire Lynch's chutzpah. He was the first to try and film the novel and visually it was pretty amazing. The acting by Everett McGill (Stilgar) and Kenneth McMillan (Baron Harkonnen) were good, and both Patrick Stewart (Gurney Hallock) and Sting (Feyd-Rautha) of all people make appearances.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Hi, I'm a fan of Lynch, starting with Blue Velvet (1986), and I think his Dune is superior to the remakes.
Enjoyed Twin Peaks back in the day, but, tried watching it again, and stopped.
fwiw: I perceive Lynch as not having "sold his soul" to the Hollywood Borg, like Tarentine and Robert Rodriguez.
«One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali
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