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by cr0sh 7y ago
Somewhere I have a copy of a BASIC program I typed into my TRS-80 Color Computer as a kid, from an issue of K-Power magazine. I don't recall if it was one of the full issues, or one of the "insert issues" found within Family
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by cr0sh 7y ago
Here in Phoenix, APS (and maybe SRP too, but I have never been their customer) who supplies our power has this extra charge on the bill (I forget what they call it) that doesn't seem to be tied to anything - and randomly fluctuates per
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by cr0sh 7y ago
I don't know if this is still done in grade schools or not, but long ago when I was in grade school, teachers would pass out strips of paper for reading - and as a bookmark. The idea that the student would hold it under the sentence in
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by cr0sh 7y ago
I like your "dream machines" - reminds me of one of mine: 8 stacked cube ThermalTake V1 aka megacube (supposedly they are designed to do this) best mini-itx mobo in each with highest-end CPU per and max RAM; 7 as netboot, 1 as mas
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by cr0sh 7y ago
Most of the stuff I learn, I try to keep it in my mind. Not perfect, but it has worked for people for a very long time, it's fairly portable, has low power usage, but retention isn't great, and i/o bandwidth is poor to say th
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by cr0sh 7y ago
For those of us without macs or ios - what would you recommend (if anything) for replacement of Alfred for Windows or Linux? Or is there another kind of application you'd like to be able to use (that may or may not exist yet) in place
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by cr0sh 7y ago
I basically missed the whole thing. Partially because of my location (Phoenix isn't exactly a hub of tech startups - while there is more activity now somewhat, back then it was much different), and partially because I stuck with my emp
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by cr0sh 7y ago
As a subscriber, this is nice to hear about; I was actually thinking about creating my own (however that is done - I know it is possible in some manner as a subscriber) - but I'm not an audio expert so I would probably have screwed it
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by cr0sh 7y ago
You are aware that there are more articles on this topic than that singular one presented, right? This whole issue was discussed almost to literal death on various discussion boards years ago. An objective view of this issue doesn't pa
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by cr0sh 7y ago
We have the technology today to do this right - make the green and yellow lights have a countdown number, or blink slowly then quicker as time gets shorter (not sure if that might cause a person to have a seizure though for those prone?) Th
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by cr0sh 7y ago
I haven't looked over the whole site, but I find it curious that this wasn't mentioned here (or possibly there): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_We_May_Think Because it seems this is yet (another) iteration
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by cr0sh 7y ago
> I've wondered before if I didn't fit a culture because I'm not the stereotypical software person. Note the following isn't directed toward you specifically, but because you mentioned that you think you're not t
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by cr0sh 7y ago
> If I had to say one text that is the fundamental one, I would go with a paper: “On Computable Numbers, with an Application to the Entscheidungsproblem” [1], by Alan Turing Certainly that one, but I would add a couple of others: "
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by cr0sh 7y ago
> I do remember thinking it's odd that a line has exactly 80 characters Maybe you know this now, but for those that don't: The limitation is due to punch cards - specifically IBM-format punch cards (which was pretty much the st
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by cr0sh 7y ago
I wouldn't even bother trying. Instead, look for inexpensive small bipolar stepper motors with a small angle per step, or invest in microstepping drivers. A couple of these coupled to an Arduino GRBL CAD shield (cheap as well), with ap
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by cr0sh 7y ago
> to provide some motivations to politicians to help simplify the tax code? You speak of NJ, NY, taxes, "mistakes", fines, potential "audits" by the IRS, then wonder why politicians would want to simplify and improve
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by cr0sh 7y ago
> the general stance is Trump is horrible, not because of his policies, but because of the low impact of his policies Low impact? What were they hoping for, global thermonuclear war? US Civil War 2? If wayoutthere's post is to be ta
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by cr0sh 7y ago
The fun, and funny, and maybe (probably) even terrible, thing about javascript is that while it -is- functional, and (IIRC) always has been, historically it wasn't originally used that way! Only relatively recently have programmers emb
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by cr0sh 7y ago
Not sure why you're being downvoted, but I owned a copy of AMOS and AMOS 3D after it came out, and I certainly don't recall anybody using it for much that I recall, other than a few homebrew games and such. Certainly not any demos
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by cr0sh 7y ago
Remember, those who yell the loudest about something, are usually guilty of indulging in it the most.
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by cr0sh 7y ago
> I also have reservations on how peoples information is collected and stored when they buy said porn pass which could have far reaching negative consequences. I'd wager a good deal of money on betting that the conservative minded
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by cr0sh 7y ago
I'll take up the challenge: Fridge - well, the standard compressor powered refrigeration system is essentially a heat moving system. What we are doing is moving heat from the inside of the system (which is insulated and mostly "is
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by cr0sh 7y ago
> I think it would have been very easy for Edison to profit from AC had he not been so stubborn. I've often wondered what could have happened had they became partners or even friends. What Tesla would have made of, say, the Edison E
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by cr0sh 7y ago
Amazon still isn't quite there - that "house kit" is offered by a third party, and I am not sure anyone rational would just drop that kind of money on a credit card for a third party on Amazon... Now, if it said "fulfill
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by cr0sh 7y ago
> presumably because each of the myriad of investors assumed that somebody else was checking things Would that be something akin to the "bystander effect"?
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by cr0sh 7y ago
> You are in competition with your peers I am? I honestly don't care what they do, how much they make, etc; if they are doing better (financially), great for them. Myself? I'm what I call "Dave Ramsey Debt-Free" - I h
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by cr0sh 7y ago
> The truth is that no one will ever employ you at 30%. Yeah they will - you just haven't figured it out yet (but you can - if you're willing). /Bob Dobbs can show you the way...
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by cr0sh 7y ago
> Since then I've learned how the algorithm works, and it's beautifully simple to the point where I can't believe it wasn't discovered long before. This is actually the case for many such discoveries - once you unders
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by cr0sh 7y ago
Here ya go: https://www.cs.princeton.edu/~chazelle/courses/BIB/BabbageEn... If you google "Lego Babbage" or similar, his machine seems to be something of a phenom...
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by cr0sh 7y ago
> When people come to my company looking for a job I only hire them when they have the skill and are nice persons to be around, I'm not interested in whatever diploma or certificates. I don't own or run a company, so my comment

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