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by astrodust 2y ago
The Canadian Venture Exchange was absolute anarchy, and that was compared to the already lax Toronto exchange that had been chock full of sketchy mining stocks, the poster child of which was Bre-X. Which of course was from Calgary. https:&
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by astrodust 2y ago
You need problems to solve , but most importantly, problems that are highly relevant to you and your interests so you won't give up easily if they become unexpectedly difficult. You'll be forced to learn new approaches, new too
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by astrodust 2y ago
Back before documentation became available online, the technical books section at this store was perhaps the largest repository of technical documentation available in town. The selection was in a part of the store bigger than most mall boo
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by astrodust 2y ago
Windows 12: Farewell Tour
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by astrodust 2y ago
Dynamics of a small town versus a large metropolis. It's just that the small town back then had John Carmack diligently updating his finger profile as he was working on major projects.
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by astrodust 2y ago
I don't know. Collectors?
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by astrodust 2y ago
The "map" is straight up stolen from this: https://www.iclarified.com/17844/hand-drawn-floor-plan-of-ap...
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by astrodust 2y ago
You can re-ink a ribbon if you're adventurous, or you can find new ribbons for many popular typewriters. No harder than finding ink for a stamp.
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by astrodust 2y ago
Are the other 2% still with us?
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by astrodust 2y ago
That's like asking someone from an unconnected tribe why kids are doing stupid stuff on TikTok.
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by astrodust 2y ago
The hardest part is not the cable, or even the installation thereof, it's finding a contiguous right-of-way you can install it on, or having to fuss around with thousands of land owners who want their cut for the rights. This is why mo
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by astrodust 2y ago
It is nearly impossible to delete an accepted answer you don't want to have any more. I've had several which are wildly out of date and incorrect now and I don't want to update them, but the mods refuse to remove them.
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by astrodust 2y ago
Don't worry, hedge funds will snap up those as soon as they realize the potential they've created.
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by astrodust 2y ago
"I think HTML sucks" is a bogus argument. Why not HTML? At least it isn't RTF or some wonky SGML evolutionary dead-end.
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by astrodust 2y ago
"It cannot cost that much to start a vet clinic" implies vets are cheap. There is not an infinite supply of vets, especially those free from debt and who can borrow enough to start a practice.
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by astrodust 2y ago
MIME is needed, and with MIME, HTML is basically right there, so people are going to use it.
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by astrodust 2y ago
I assume you haven't read nearly enough Douglas Adams.
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by astrodust 2y ago
It's easy to say this, but can you imagine the hodge-podge of proprietary garbage we'd have to deal with if you couldn't email a simple file attachment to someone?
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by astrodust 2y ago
Alas! https://www.caniemail.com/search/?s=strongbad
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by astrodust 2y ago
Credit was on display down in the cellar in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard'.
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by astrodust 2y ago
The character design is. The image, however, is clearly Disney flavoured if not traced directly. His version, for example, does not have the distinctive bow. The art style is also completely different.
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by astrodust 2y ago
I was just thinking that's "cease and desist" bait right there.
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by astrodust 2y ago
Related documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyCcvPfT_jU
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by astrodust 2y ago
You have to wonder if working for four or five different companies while, allegedly, being on _all the drugs_ has an impact on his performance. If Musk ran Apple we'd still be waiting on the iPhone XS, though he'd insist it'l
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by astrodust 2y ago
Cool, a tiny, corrupt government that's functionally useless, and services are provided by corporations that can easily outmaneuver these feeble governments, including the under-funded courts. Sounds great!
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by astrodust 2y ago
That's just the thing. You don't know if it was fixed or not, so you really can't trust the information given. Their old PHP database material used to be utterly rife with SQL injection. Perhaps they've fixed some of t
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by astrodust 2y ago
Just look at the wear on your keys. Based on a keyboard's wear pattern you can often tell what someone does for their job, even down to the programming language used or specific apps.
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by astrodust 2y ago
w3schools getting bumped down to number two source of outdated, inaccurate results. Impressive.
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by astrodust 2y ago
Make an offer.
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by astrodust 2y ago
So not unlike America during the robber baron era!

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