Alex63

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by Alex63 6y ago
I don't miss EDT so much, but I wish someone would create an OSS version of EVE/TPU. As a developer, that's one of the things I remember best about moving from RSTS to VMS. That and the "symbolic debugger".
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by Alex63 6y ago
+1 for surf. But I use it as part of a broader use of suckless tools, so not sure how it would feel if you are not using dwm & dmenu.
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by Alex63 6y ago
If we assume that income reflects society's demand for an individual's labor/skills/knowledge, and we arbitrarily increase income with no concomitant increase in demand then we have to assume something else is going to s
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by Alex63 6y ago
I think you'll find it is closed, unless you have an urgent need to cross (e.g., sick parent). If you do cross, you will have to self quarantine for 2 weeks (which kind of defeats the purpose of trying to help your sick relative). Last
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by Alex63 6y ago
Someone is going to be busy... Chariots of the Gods [1] The GMO Deception [2] How to End the Autism Epidemic [3] [1] https://www.amazon.com/Chariots-Gods-Erich-von-Daniken-ebook... [2] https://www.amazon.com&#x2F
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by Alex63 6y ago
If you are looking for salary growth, then moving into an Operations management role is probably your fastest path. If you want to stay involved in the technical side of service delivery, building on the investment you have already made in
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Where US wool comes from (2018)(outsideonline.com)
2 points by Alex63 6y ago|1 comments
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by Alex63 6y ago
Interesting insight into US wool sourcing.
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by Alex63 6y ago
This probably isn't the type of war story you were expecting, but... Many years ago I was the leader of an application maintenance team. The application had an n-tier client-server architecture. The database was DB2, running on an MVS
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by Alex63 6y ago
The Mythical Man Month , Brooks. Probably more than 200 pages, but you can read the chapters as stand-alone essays. There are other good books about programming as a social activity, but everyone who does development for a living should re
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by Alex63 6y ago
Not as thin, but you might find Steven Pinker's The Sense of Style interesting as a follow-up to S&W.
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by Alex63 6y ago
Hear, hear. The Diamond Age is probably my favourite: The Diamond Age +++ Snow Crash ++ Quicksilver/The Confusion/The System of the World ++ (I think it makes sense to rate them as a series) Anathem + Seveneves - C
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by Alex63 6y ago
The 'one file' installs the other tools for you. At least mine does. I move between machines regularly, and when I do I just install emacs according to the recommended method for the particular OS and copy my init.el file to the n
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by Alex63 6y ago
It's interesting to me that you say you did software development as a hobbyist before you made it your job. So presumably there was something that interested you enough to pursue it in your spare time. It would be interesting to know m
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by Alex63 6y ago
No criticism of TACP intended, but I don't think you would find it very helpful in learning "how to program like the pioneers did in the old days." I don't remember too many of my older colleagues in the 1980s having cop
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by Alex63 6y ago
I used COBOL on PDP 11/7X (RSTS/E) and VAXen (VMS) back in the 80s, and on IBM mainframes (I graduated in '85). I can't say that I was a big fan of the language, or the SCREEN SECTION specifically. The SCREEN SECTION is
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by Alex63 7y ago
Yep. I keep checking for availability announcements from Starlink. 5 Mbps ADSL was "acceptable" for casual use, but is not so good for working from home.
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by Alex63 7y ago
I'm slightly surprised (this being HN) that no one has noted that the Jamie Zawinski quoted in the article is the Jamie Zawinski (jwz, known for Xemacs and Xscreensaver) . Or is it just too obvious to mention? Regardless, his comment
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by Alex63 7y ago
But what do you do when the government is trying to shut down your access to banking (as in the case of gun sellers)?
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by Alex63 7y ago
Haven't tried SuperPutty, but I find that Putty + ConEmu is good for a tabbed UI.
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by Alex63 7y ago
Hear, hear! DA is my favorite; love the Turing machine castle.
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by Alex63 7y ago
Now that's a zip line!
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by Alex63 7y ago
>> I wish there were an equally clever idiom I could trot out when people criticise professions they probably know noting about. Isn't that "Pointy-Haired Boss syndrome"?
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by Alex63 7y ago
IMHO, for the same reason many of them are interested in Buddhism. I think many middle-upper class people struggle to understand why they are not happy in spite of their material wealth. Buddhism, Stoicism, and other philosophies offer answ
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by Alex63 7y ago
My knowledge of Stoicism (in the philosophical sense, not behavioral) is based on recently reading The Practicing Stoic, by Ward Farnsworth ( https://www.amazon.com/Practicing-Stoic-Philosophical-Users-... ). I recommend the
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by Alex63 7y ago
It's a tricky trade-off. The last couple of times we visited Disneyland, the crowds were so bad that it didn't feel worth it. However, I'm not sure I'm ready to pay $100+ per person per day for less congestion. I think I
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by Alex63 7y ago
Canada has free movement between provinces, including Quebec, which has a different language and a different legal system. Not arguing the larger point one way or the other, but wanted to add this data point.
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by Alex63 7y ago
I was taught (as a Canadian from an English family) that the only people who should be addressed as "doctor" in normal conversation are MDs and active/retired college/university professors. What is common etiquette today
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by Alex63 7y ago
I'm a fan of Standard Ebooks for my Kobo Aura One reader. Their EPUB versions look great.
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by Alex63 7y ago
Hear, hear. And not just taste as evidenced by his possessions, but also the good taste to appreciate her uncle and aunt. I think we should also give some weight to the good impressions that Georgiana and the housekeeper at Pemberly may hav

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