mech422

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by mech422 7y ago
My condolences to his family, and his extended family at Visionary Realms.
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by mech422 7y ago
AS/400's were physical boxes - I worked on them back in the late 80s, as well as system/36(38?). They even had a PL/1 compiler, if you couldn't stomach RPG :-D
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by mech422 7y ago
They're still made... Unicomp ( https://www.pckeyboard.com/ ) bought the equipment ( from IBM?) and makes 'original' buckling spring keyboards now. They also have some nice 'upgrades' for them lik
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by mech422 7y ago
I learned to type on manual typewriters, so I like a _heavy_ switch... Box Navy Blue, Box jade, or sages are my current favorite. Cherry Green just wasn't tactile or clicky enough for me.
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by mech422 7y ago
I'm guessing by the '20 minutes' part they're referring to moding the stabilizers: https://youtu.be/cD5Zj-ZgMLA Not hard to do, and it changes the sound/feel of them in a way a lot of people appreci
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by mech422 7y ago
The remote jobs have stock and often sign on bonuses, just like on-site jobs. AWS offers a full package (at the same rate ) for both on-site and remote. Other people I've worked for do similar (I've worked 100% from home for 20 y
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by mech422 7y ago
Actually - thats total compensation. Its usually around $150-175K cash + stock. And 150K remote jobs are definitely available...AWS was just hiring TAMs at that range. AWS does require travel to onboard new clients though - so its more l
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by mech422 7y ago
I find the same...I have a lifetime of equipment, specifically configured for how I work in my home office. Everything from ergo keyboards to multiple os/servers/monitors. I hate working on any other setup - typical office gear ju
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by mech422 7y ago
I thought the Mines of Moria was the most atmospheric zone I've seen in an MMO. Really captured the creepy, ancient ruins feeling...Oh! Give monster play a try! Its a rather unique take on PVP where you can actually play as the hero
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by mech422 7y ago
that's why you need lots of sub-systems...so everyone can find a few they enjoy. The effort to implement a sub-system is a one-time cost, as opposed to the on-going cost of content creation. Also, a lot of players in full MMORPGs (as
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by mech422 7y ago
You forgot the sarcasm tags... +1 cuz I think I've seen the exact answer on SE.
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by mech422 7y ago
Older MMOs still have a ton of stuff to do, outside of grinding - EverQuest 2 and Lord of the Rings online are two I can always find something to do in.. I think a large part of the problem can be solved by adding more 'sub-systems&#x2
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by mech422 7y ago
I find Lord of the Rings Online to have some of the best story driven questing. The story line is interesting, the quests are fairly varied and the 'ohh...' factor when you walk into well known places like Moria is awesome!
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by mech422 7y ago
Same here - over 50, remote worker - no complaints... I hear about age discrimination on here a lot, but I can't honestly say I know any coder impacted by it. Even my friends in silicon valley are still employed in their 50s. I wonder
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by mech422 7y ago
51 here - 40+ years coding - haven't had any issues with my age yet...
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by mech422 7y ago
>My knowledge of the intricacies of the 65C02 in the 80s, working with DEC VAX and Stratus VOS in the 90s VOS rocked! Loved the old Stratus boxes :-)
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by mech422 7y ago
20 years into work from home... 10 years of it after leaving the valley. There really is no comparison. Less cost, less stress, and more productive. Bonus is valley companies tend to pay the same salary regardless of the jobs on-site/r
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by mech422 7y ago
TBH - I much preferred alta vista's search language to google's 'best guess' approach. I also dislike gmail's UI. I mostly stay with it because of inertia these days. DDG is nice - but needs a larger search index.
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by mech422 8y ago
Amazon is the one that continues to amaze me. People forget the original pitch to investors was _LOSE_ money for 5 years until they either drove competitors out of business, or became the single largest e-commerce provider. I've neve
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by mech422 9y ago
wow - biased much ? personally, having lived near the coast and now living in an inland desert - I can say I vastly prefer the desert. 'everybody' indeed...
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by mech422 10y ago
I have both HP g6 blades and Dell C6100 blades at home...you can get both for about $200/node with 2xquad core and 24G of Ram. The only real issues with them are the NOISE and the electric usage. 16 nodes sounds like your living in a