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691.
by mark-r 5y ago
I had a garage door problem with the sun too. I tried the toilet paper roll trick, but it was only partially effective. Finally had to replace the sensor.
692.
by mark-r 5y ago
When I was a kid I went on a winter campout with the Boy Scouts. We had about a half-dozen canvas tents of that shape, arranged in a semicircle. The awnings were all stretched out and connected to tarps that enclosed the other half of the s
693.
by mark-r 5y ago
I'm really happy to see I wasn't the only one who got their programming start on graph paper. Lost all my old sources though.
694.
by mark-r 5y ago
I wonder in general what are the odds of finding a better job? Are they 50/50 or do they skew one way or the other?
695.
by mark-r 5y ago
I thought it was an essential trait of programmers to never be satisfied with something.
696.
by mark-r 5y ago
I used to think the same, until the last layoff wave took me out.
697.
by mark-r 5y ago
Sometimes you're forced to work with older technology, and it's nice that you can still find answers to questions that many would consider obsolete. I'd hate to see a clean-up effort that makes that information go away forev
698.
by mark-r 5y ago
I don't see how you can call it "hogging". Having a high reputation doesn't prevent anyone else from getting a high reputation too. For me the reputation points are a proxy for how helpful I've been to other people
699.
by mark-r 5y ago
My wife asked me to stop drinking while she was pregnant, and I complied. I think it backfired though, because I drank more after she gave birth than I ever did before.
700.
by mark-r 5y ago
You're correct that the cell phone has killed off the low end. People used to believe that they needed a proper camera to get their casual snapshots, but more and more they realize the camera built into their phone is perfectly adequa
701.
by mark-r 5y ago
Note that much of the demand for professional equipment isn't coming from actual professionals, just from ambitious amateurs who want good stuff.
702.
by mark-r 5y ago
The cause and effect you imply here are backwards I think. The products are better to justify their higher price, not higher priced because they're better. The first sentence has it right - if you're faced with lower volumes,
703.
by mark-r 5y ago
That's right, I think it was part of Shrek. I think my favorite was "Pleasant Valley Sunday". Although I did end up picking up a second greatest hits CD because the first didn't have "I'm Not Your Steppin&#x27
704.
by mark-r 5y ago
They introduced the world to the concept of renting your software instead of buying it. I will hate them forever for it.
705.
by mark-r 5y ago
What do you think is the percentage of HN readers who know who the Monkees were? I'm old enough to remember their show when it first aired.
706.
by mark-r 5y ago
The power of Excel is underestimated by everybody, except those that use it day in and day out.
707.
by mark-r 5y ago
This assumes that you've noticed the problem before irreparable damage occurs, and you're familiar enough with motors to know what to look for and where to find parts. Neither was true in my case.
708.
by mark-r 5y ago
When my first electric razor stopped working, I decided to open it up and figure out why. It turns out the connection from power to the motor rotor was by graphite rods, similar to pencil leads. It's certain that the graphite was des
709.
by mark-r 5y ago
When I was a kid, our family went to a drive-in theater in the family station wagon. I decided to watch by sticking my head out the back window. My dad decided to close the window; thankfully he realized my head was there before he finish
710.
by mark-r 5y ago
An update is just as likely to break something as it is to fix something.
711.
by mark-r 6y ago
It is absolutely a regular movie review. I had no idea Roger Ebert's name was still being used after his death, but he was one of the most highly regarded movie critics ever. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_E
712.
by mark-r 6y ago
You can always just send the output to a block of memory that is reserved for debugging, and dump out that block when necessary.
713.
by mark-r 6y ago
Google is infamous for making it impossible to reach a real human. Their DNA is all about automating all the things.
714.
by mark-r 6y ago
That was worth it just for the link to the brilliant Steve Yegge.
715.
by mark-r 6y ago
I was once called by a former employer to see if I would do some consulting on a RSX-11M system I used to work on. When I realized I didn't even remember how to log on, I turned them down.
716.
by mark-r 6y ago
https://xkcd.com/538/
717.
by mark-r 6y ago
I've had a Thinkvision 1920x1200 IPS for years. I'd love to get a higher resolution replacement, but nothing modern has that 1.6 aspect ratio that I've found to be so practical.
718.
by mark-r 6y ago
I always have trouble with the official story of the blue LED, because I had a 1985 Volkswagen Golf that had a blue LED for the high-beam indicator. It might not have been as bright as today's blue LEDs, but it was bright enough to be
719.
by mark-r 6y ago
I have an old Vectrex video game that I got as they were closing them out. Amazing machines because they had the monitor built in, you didn't have to connect them to a TV. Because the monitor was built in they could drive it any way
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by mark-r 6y ago
That ship hasn't just sailed, it's been around the world a few times.

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