bluedino

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   by bluedino 2y ago

   Here's what I don't get about TCS: I worked for a local Fortune 100 company, and 20 years ago they started outsourcing IT-related jobs to TCS (and a couple smaller staffing companies). Mostly in India and South America. Then about
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   by bluedino 2y ago

   1. Ska 2. Wikipedia says acid funk/jazz 3. Alternative 4. ? 5. Piano light rock 6. Alternative ish, kind of phish-ish? 7. Industrial 8. Alternative rock 9. Alternative rock 10. Alternative rock 11. Grunge 12. Grunge
3. 513.▲
   by bluedino 2y ago

   Or the logic created by other staff that's long gone. "This is wrong!" Well, we actually do it that way because Frank told us to do it that way "Frank isn't even here anymore! That doesn't make sense! Let'
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   by bluedino 2y ago

   The old Carmack .plan We are not going to do another dos game. No amount of flaming hate mail is going to change my mind on this (PLEASE don't!). The advantages of good TCP/IP support, dynamic linking, powerfull virtual memory, d
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   by bluedino 2y ago

   Run a mile in 4 minutes. Eat 83 hot dogs in 10 minutes. Everything is impossible until someone comes along that's crazy enough to do it.
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   by bluedino 2y ago

   I worked at Best Buy in those days. EVERYTHING was translucent. But there were some problems. The accessory companies didn't match that Mac Bondi Blue very well. And they didn't match Blueberry, Lime, or Tangerine well either. So
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   by bluedino 2y ago

   Amazon and eBay should crack down on this crap. I bought some tools on Amazon, sent them back because of quality issues, and left a 1 star review (they don't allow zero star reviews but that's another issue). Sure enough I get an
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   by bluedino 2y ago

   I guess you could argue something along the lines of people never staying long enough to build complex things from start to finish. New people moving in and working on the project without the proper understanding, not caring since it will b
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   by bluedino 2y ago

   I'm saying the prices are what's been made worse. But suppliers haven't converted over so that doesn't help the shortage.
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    by bluedino 2y ago

    Meanwhile, chicken prices haven't increased at KFC, Hooters, or Popeyes.
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    by bluedino 2y ago

    Michigan here, this is has been made worse by a new law requiring all eggs to be 'cage-free'. I think I paid $9 for the cheap store-brand eggs (18) last week. And that is, if they even have any eggs at the store. I've been to
12. 522.▲
    by bluedino 2y ago

    We should have plenty of people that play video games.
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    by bluedino 2y ago

    I'm on 7 for that kind of stuff because of Windows 11 not letting me change the display resolution, and 10 contains just enough extra crap...
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    by bluedino 2y ago

    Michigan really only has lake effect snow on the western shore
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    by bluedino 2y ago

    Isn't Techsmith (Camtasia) down there somewhere?
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    by bluedino 2y ago

    Fair point
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    by bluedino 2y ago

    They don't know how to use Linux they just know Kali
18. 528.▲
    by bluedino 2y ago

    Reminds me of when they do 'firewall updates' at work, and many of the common open-source repositories/hosting etc are blocked. I understand than some malicious software may use things like curl , but it's also annoying
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    by bluedino 2y ago

    I use a free office suite at home because I don't want to pay $99/year to edit resumes and the occasional other document. It works, but its clunky, you have font shenanigans, it just overall feels weird and not smooth... Then agai
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    by bluedino 2y ago

    Let's go 20.
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    by bluedino 2y ago

    It was a security nightmare, but it was so close to what we're still using today it's not even funny.
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    by bluedino 2y ago

    How could the people of Chicago possibly think a casino is going to improve things?
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    by bluedino 2y ago

    It's all about straddling the line of 'do you want to know how it works', and 'do you want to get your task done'. The second developer gets all the glory.
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    by bluedino 2y ago

    So if early Amazon employees built their own desks out of doors, what did they use for chairs?
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    by bluedino 2y ago

    > especially when set up on its simpler text only interface. That's part of it. Classic NotePad is just plain simple.
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    by bluedino 2y ago

    I don't think I find any useful, recent answers
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    by bluedino 2y ago

    In my area we have FB marketplace. People have been doing grocery shopping, delivery, etc for a long time. Heck there's a whole underground restaurant system as well.
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    by bluedino 2y ago

    Does AMD build a DGX-like device? https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/data-center/dgx-platform/?ncid=... We are trialing some AMD GPUs right now, otherwise we are all NVIDIA.
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    by bluedino 2y ago

    > The question should be "why isn't everyone obese, given the huge amount of calories available to humans?" We're close. According to the CDC, approximately 73.6% of American adults are considered overweight, includi
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    by bluedino 2y ago

    Expand on this please?