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721.
by JJMcJ 7y ago
Robert Heinlein had a story The Year Of the Jackpot, about exactly this. Ends with the Sun going nova.
722.
by JJMcJ 7y ago
> prototypes are rarely thrown away Fred Brooks' admonition to plan to throw one away almost never happens. Instead more and more features are force fit onto the prototype. For CSS/HTML, speaking of Fred Brooks, this is an es
723.
by JJMcJ 7y ago
I know of at least one company that had to replace some computers with out-of-support OS that was not Y2K compliant. Big companies (banks, insurance, health care) had elaborate contingency plans. There were some failures, but nothing to dis
724.
by JJMcJ 7y ago
Even the cheapest knives from the grocery store will take on an impressive edge if sharpened well.
725.
by JJMcJ 7y ago
Look at the Unlicense: https://unlicense.org/ It releases into the public domain, where possible, and has a paragraph that comes as close as possible to the public domain in jurisdictions where that release isn't possi
726.
by JJMcJ 7y ago
I would assume you might say "as a matter of principle", but that's just my guess.
727.
by JJMcJ 7y ago
Thanks for the correction. Got it from a web site on names. I guess they were sloppy on the phonetic rendering. Not enough due diligence on my part.
728.
by JJMcJ 7y ago
The Edsel was actually pretty standard design for the time. I think that may have been one of the things that hurt it.
729.
by JJMcJ 7y ago
If by bold you mean "looks like a stealth destroyer" then yes it's bold.
730.
by JJMcJ 7y ago
Did my due diligence, Jytte (pronounced You-tay) is a Danish women's name.
731.
by JJMcJ 7y ago
Jacket can be burdensome, if your shirts fit properly a tie isn't so bad, and, as Neil Stephenson pointed out in the book Cryptonomicon, well fitted dress slacks are actually quite comfortable. Most people get button up shirts with the
732.
by JJMcJ 7y ago
Do not work extended periods without getting paid. Especially if it's something approaching 40 hours a week.
733.
by JJMcJ 7y ago
> And Whereas it hath pleased the Great Governor of the World to incline the hearts of the legislatures From the Articles of Confederation. The present Constitution doesn't even have that much of reference, and that is by intention
734.
by JJMcJ 7y ago
Worked 4 x 9 at one job, so only 36 hours. Would have gladly worked 4 x 10 for the joy that having a day off added to my life.
735.
by JJMcJ 7y ago
One reason companies do things on "the basis of only three complaints". If three people complain, there might be hundreds or thousands who didn't bother.
736.
by JJMcJ 7y ago
This is very typical of all problems, not just software issues.
737.
by JJMcJ 7y ago
Old timers have told me of the "phases". Like load phase 1. Load data cards and start Phase 1. Punch cards are produced with modified data for phase 2. Load phase 2. Load Phase 2 data and start Phase 2. Run Phase 2. There wer
738.
by JJMcJ 7y ago
Forget something. For the i I l L | !, don't forget numeral one 1.
739.
by JJMcJ 7y ago
Questions to ask, always. Are capital and small letter I, large and small letter L, vertical bar |, and exclamation point !, clearly distinguishable. Same for zero, large and small o. Same for different brackets [ { ( <. Same for colon,
740.
by JJMcJ 7y ago
An oldie but a goodie.
741.
by JJMcJ 7y ago
Also the city of Santa Clara has no forested areas, avoiding the problems. The Berkeley campus is up against the East Bay hills and so there are trees all over near the campus.
742.
by JJMcJ 7y ago
Palo Alto also has municipal utilities. And the biggest, of course, is Los Angeles Department of Water and Power https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Department_of_Wate... PG&E seems to be particularly bad in
743.
by JJMcJ 7y ago
I live to use keyboard shortcuts, mostly TAB. It's amazing how many websites don't even have that working correctly. Or a page has exactly one text entry box and it doesn't have focus when page first renders. That's jus
744.
by JJMcJ 7y ago
In suburbs you will often have major boulevards, 6 lanes with 35 to 50 MPH (55 to 80 KPH approximately) speed limits and stop lights with half safe pedestrian crossings can be 1/2 a mile apart. It makes walking anywhere into anxious
745.
by JJMcJ 7y ago
People have been worried about this since the 70s, when it really took off, with financial maneuvering being more important than actual economic value.
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by JJMcJ 7y ago
Yields are a closely guarded secret for semi companies, since that determines the lowest price a company can sell at and still make some money. High interest during the 80s really hurt a lot of US companies, though. One example is Caterpil
747.
by JJMcJ 7y ago
It is a technical term: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autobiographical_memory Usually journal articles expect a certain common knowledge of their readers.
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by JJMcJ 7y ago
During late 80s/early 90s when Japanese memory chips were eating the world, one reason was their yields were much higher, so they could sell cheaper. Friends in semi industry said one major reason, cleanliness standards in Japanese fab
749.
by JJMcJ 7y ago
Remember the pull cord on the Toyota production line. A car comes by, doesn't look right, anyone could pull the cord and stop the line while the problem was understood.
750.
by JJMcJ 7y ago
Many centers have no entrances on the street. All of them face inwards to the parking area. Lip service - just fooling the planning departments which sometimes seem to fall for the dumbest ideas.

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