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by neverartful 2y ago
I have no idea, but it wouldn't surprise me if there were.
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by neverartful 2y ago
This is my big fear about pervasive use of AI. I'm afraid that companies, policy makers, regulators, etc. all start letting AI make important decisions without any human understanding of the reasoning behind the decision and the human
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by neverartful 2y ago
Intel has had some big failures (or missed opportunities) over the years. Just going from memory - Pentium 4 architecture, not recognizing market opportunities with ARM, Itanium, AMD beating them to 64 bits on x86, AMD beating them to chipl
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by neverartful 2y ago
I worked onsite at 'the castle' in San Antonio as an Intel employee as part of the OSIC (OpenStack Innovation Center) collaboration between Intel and Rackspace. There was a tremendous amount of OpenStack talent there at the time.
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by neverartful 2y ago
One of the interesting things about these systems is that the early versions (like shown in the ads), didn't have a single CPU chip package. The CPU was on a card and was comprised of various chips and circuitry that you could see (not
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by neverartful 2y ago
Yes, the sysadmin tool was awesome. There were 2 versions: one graphical (smit) and the other text/console based (smitty). Both versions had the same capabilities.
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by neverartful 2y ago
I think that many rural homes were still in the process of getting electricity around 1950 and that there were some that still used kerosene lamps for lighting.
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by neverartful 2y ago
I don't know. I suspect that a good percentage of the roofing was probably done by carpenters at that time.
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by neverartful 2y ago
The use of pneumatic nailers has substantially reduced the time required to frame a house. Regarding labor costs and productivity, there is vastly more specialization in building a house now than there was in 1950. I suspect that in 1950 yo
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by neverartful 2y ago
Agreed! I wish Apple was more thoughtful about generating so much e-waste. The Mac Pro Tower (2006-2012) is a great example of where I thought they might have been on the right track.
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by neverartful 2y ago
What are some of your favorite CDs from the 80s regarding sound quality?
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by neverartful 2y ago
I once bought an Apple XServe and had the same experience. I sometimes don't always learn my lesson though. Years later I bought a Dell tower server. It wasn't as bad as a rack server, but still too much heat and noise. It's
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by neverartful 2y ago
I think it depends on the type of tool. If it's a specialty tool that I don't expect to use more than once or twice, I'll go for cheaper model. On the other hand, if it's something that I expect to use a lot then buying
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by neverartful 2y ago
My Bose QC15 headphones (bought around 2009) are probably my best tech purchase ever. I've had to replace the foam ear pad pieces twice, but otherwise they're fantastic. These are wired (no bluetooth).
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by neverartful 2y ago
Unless the company you're applying to has a strong proven track record for helping those with disabilities I would suggest to not disclose it. It only takes one person in your management chain to discriminate against you.
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by neverartful 2y ago
Why do the water systems need to be connected to the internet at all? If the systems are completely disconnected from the internet there shouldn't be much cybersecurity risk. Of course there still needs to be proper precautions to prev
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by neverartful 2y ago
Tiny Tim's "Tiptoe through the tulips" beats that by a country mile. Watch it on youtube and be horrified.
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by neverartful 2y ago
Thanks for mentioning this! I watched the first part and just started on part 2. Very interesting!
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by neverartful 2y ago
The square brackets can be a huge impediment when first working on Obj-C (it was to me). I found that after some period of time to acclimate they eventually felt 'normal'.
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by neverartful 2y ago
I too am back in Objective-C and being away from it for a long while and I'm also enjoying it. For the most part, I really like Objective-C. I think it's a very pragmatic language. My current project is macOS, but the vast majorit
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by neverartful 2y ago
Initially, I asked everyone I knew if they knew of any welders in the area who weren't self taught. None of them knew anyone. I then decided to post an ad on Craigslist. In my ad, I stated that I had no equipment but was interested in
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by neverartful 2y ago
Welding is a hobby I picked up a couple of years ago. It is indeed like magic!
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by neverartful 2y ago
Nice!! Any difficulties with birds or squirrels doing the harvest for you?
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by neverartful 2y ago
Since Steve Jobs is no longer with us to say it, I'll fill in for him. You're holding your head wrong.
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by neverartful 2y ago
"computers that might last a long time if taken care of" Any examples? Do all computers have capacitors that will die within a certain number of years?
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by neverartful 2y ago
In the case of SQLite, I'd say incredibly poor (to the extent that the person who made the decision should be fired).
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by neverartful 2y ago
When I was a kid living in Louisiana (a state well-known for political shenanigans), they had big mechanical voting machines for elections. The machines were very large and heavy and were stored in warehouses. Probably not much fun for the
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by neverartful 2y ago
I agree with most of this. I believe that mainframes have an advantage when you look at environmental factors (power consumption and cooling).
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by neverartful 2y ago
The mainframe itself (or any other platform for that matter) is not magical with regards to latency. It's all about proper architecture for the workload. Mainframes do provide a nice environment for being able to push huge volumes of I
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by neverartful 2y ago
From TFA: "Overall, Z is growing very healthily. LinuxONE is the fastest area of growth for us right now." However, he didn't elaborate or give any examples. If I were the interviewer, I would have followed it with: "Oh?

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