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by bluedino 3y ago
True, but by comparison Microsoft BASIC was, for lack of a better word, useless for anything serious. Plus, don't forget hobbyists would 'borrow' software from each other, you'd get a free (possibly older version) of a c
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by bluedino 3y ago
>> But what kid growing up in the 80s would go out of their way to purchase a Pascal compiler On the IBM PC, Turbo Pascal was cheap and hugely popular in the late 80's and early 90's for hobbyists. Mind-blowingly faster tha
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by bluedino 3y ago
What does Xerox do these days? Do they just sell/service copiers and printers? Gartner has discontinued printer, copier and MFP market coverage. Their website lists printers, copiers, and supplies, as well as 'Print Solutions&#x27
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by bluedino 3y ago
>> I used to use dillo on my main desktop too, for browsing documentation that wasn't too heavy on CSS Hah! I used an old Dell laptop that had a 1400x1050 (?) screen for this exact purpose with Dillo. I was so mad that software s
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by bluedino 3y ago
Almost 15 years old, but check out the Netflix 'Culture' slides https://www.slideshare.net/reed2001/culture-1798664
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by bluedino 3y ago
When I see a job posting with no wage information, I assume they are paying 50% of what a similar job pays on the mid-to high end. So for a job that you'd see list at $140-180k, I'm guessing they are looking to pay $60-80k. It jus
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by bluedino 3y ago
Netflix lists jobs on LinkedIn with a range of $100-700k
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by bluedino 3y ago
Power C is still around! http://www.mixsoftware.com/product/powerc.htm I remember their ads in the backs of the magazines at the time, but never used the compiler.
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by bluedino 3y ago
Emails in my profile, feel free to reach out
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by bluedino 3y ago
Was it Taligent where Steve Jobs was talking about being at a trade show or demo and they wrote all this code for a half hour and didn't even have a window on the screen so he just left?
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by bluedino 3y ago
I started in HPC about 2 years ago on a ~500 node cluster at a Fortune 100 company. I was really just looking for a job where I was doing Linux 100% of the time, and it's been fun so far. But it wasn't what I thought it would be.
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by bluedino 3y ago
No mention of the Microsoft C and Pascal IDE. They were somewhat similar to the QBASIC editor. Not as popular as the Borland counterparts
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by bluedino 3y ago
I just meant in general personal development - you definitely don't need any certifications to start a SaaS
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by bluedino 3y ago
Focusing on more than one thing is easily the best way to get nothing done. Certification: Cisco, Red Hat, AWS, Azure. Pick one and finish it. Then do more. Having basic certifications in all of them sounds like a good idea, but employers d
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by bluedino 3y ago
A long, long time ago: Me: Look at this dot! Mom: You put a dot on the screen? Me: Yes! Now hit the keys! You can move it!
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by bluedino 3y ago
Why single out finance? Matching fleece jacket crews with the bro vibe could be from any company.
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by bluedino 3y ago
A lot of automotive factories in the US do a week or two shutdown over the holidays, but it's a "temporary layoff", not paid time off.
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by bluedino 3y ago
Engine, sure, but a Nissan/Datsun manual transmission is only like 80lbs, if that.
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by bluedino 3y ago
For a lower-end, easily available chocolate in the US, I'd recommend Dove
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by bluedino 3y ago
Why does a doctor or lawyer get a pass? Plenty of admins etc are just cramming exams as well, I'm sure there are plenty of doctors out there that are as bad as some of the programmers/admins out there. Hopefully not as many, or as
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by bluedino 3y ago
I interviewed recently at a large GPU-related company, and the interviewer setup a bunch of softball questions. What's your favorite editor, what language do you like using for scripting, what's your favorite Linux distribution, d
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by bluedino 3y ago
It's sort of funny, I know of two "software engineers" that work at GM (on what exactly, I don't know, but it's embedded). One I worked with at a previous job. He went to a prestigious US military academy for comput
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by bluedino 3y ago
https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/5086/what...
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by bluedino 3y ago
Was there any reason you didn't use two 8-core desktops, for example?
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by bluedino 3y ago
Microsoft Windows will let you multitask DOS applications
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by bluedino 3y ago
Funny, I remember this specific joke from my childhood. My dad would bring home photocopied jokes or cartoons from work. It's funny to imagine someone making 50 copies of one of these, then passing them out around their workplaces laug
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by bluedino 3y ago
We went from 5 bowling alleys in the area down to 1 in the last couple years. They took out of lanes and put in axe throwing, ticket dispensing games, and bumper cars. They got rid of all the pool tables, too :(
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by bluedino 3y ago
"Don't practice until you get it right, practice until you don't get it wrong"
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by bluedino 3y ago
I always wonder why randomart (or an improved version) never seemed to catch on
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by bluedino 3y ago
I had tried Windows on my 386 and it was slow as dirt compared to the AOL DOS version. I always wondered why it was so fast.

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