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by jpindar 7y ago
I have some experience at porting ancient software to more modern languages, and I found it very satisfying. Maintaining it as it is, without the authority to document and refactor it might not be as much fun though.
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by jpindar 7y ago
Same here.
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by jpindar 7y ago
That's a good thing! The state governors at least nominally care about their people.
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It's under active development, including adding features to stay mostly compatible with Second Life. Bakes on mesh will probably be the next big feature. Firestorm is probably the most popular viewer. I think BulletSim is now the defau
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by jpindar 7y ago
Or the open source equivalent, Open Simulator. https://opensimworld.com/dir http://opensimulator.org
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by jpindar 7y ago
I just got some from Walmart, which took exactly a week to arrive. Not bad under the circumstances. If what you're looking for is out of stock, just keep checking it, they seem to be restocking quickly enough.
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by jpindar 7y ago
New York hospitals have already had to bring in refrigerated trailers to store the bodies.
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by jpindar 7y ago
Have you tried home brewing supply shops? I've found that winemaking yeast works for baking.
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by jpindar 7y ago
This isn't StackExchange, we're allowed to just discuss our opinions.
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Some states are not allowing evictions, foreclosures, or utility disconnections at least for the time being. How long this will last, and what happens afterward is yet to be determined.
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by jpindar 7y ago
Also https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258525804_Testing_t...
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by jpindar 7y ago
As of last night, Musk does not believe there is a shortage. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1240486275892662273
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They've put tariffs on raw materials and sub-assemblies, which is making it less economical to manufacture things in the US.
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by jpindar 7y ago
My Nextdoor is also a great source of information about which local stores still have things in stock, which businesses are changing their hours, etc.
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by jpindar 7y ago
Right now, being able to stay in your home IS healthcare.
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Our grandfathers wanted to eat and drink with their families, but they ate k-rations with their fellow soldiers. They got called to war. We are called to sit on our couches. We can do this.
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by jpindar 7y ago
He was talking about the old BASICs with line numbers, GOTOs, all global variables, and no functions or really any structures.
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Trump Caught Google Off Guard with a Bogus Coronavirus Site Announcement(wired.com)
14 points by jpindar 7y ago|2 comments
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Catholic churches will just add more masses. The schedules are flexible (any time from Saturday afternoon to Sunday evening counts as Sunday mass) and masses can be made much shorter than they usually are.
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Uber and Lyft: Fine, We'll Pay Workers Quarantined with Coronavirus(gizmodo.com)
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The best, and the worst, of the coronavirus dashboards(technologyreview.com)
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by jpindar 7y ago
I can access my Hue bulbs over the internet without using Phillips' servers. I doubt Phillips' app will do this, but there are other apps that will, such as Hue Pro. https://play.google.com/store/apps/de
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by jpindar 7y ago
There are many, many apps for Hue lights. The one I use most is Hue Pro by Prismatic LLC. I like its highly customizable widgets. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.benchevoor...
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You don't need their app, there are many, many others.
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All that's being disabled is external control through Phillips' servers. If you're willing to set up port forwarding (and DDNS if needed) there are apps that allow you to enter both internal and external addresses, so you can
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The data page seems to be more up to date than the map. https://ncov2019.live/data
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by jpindar 7y ago
Making sense is not a priority for this administration.
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by jpindar 7y ago
Why do people say that warm weather will help, when there are many cases in tropical countries now?
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This site seems to stay up to date, and it says there are currently 8 in Santa Clara and 2 in San Mateo. https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.h...
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by jpindar 7y ago
Atmel Studio. It was very easy to set up, and can call AVRdude for uploading. It has the ability to import typical Arduino projects, so you can either keep using the Arduino libraries or convert the project to pure C/C++.

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