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by ongytenes 2y ago
I been writing programs for over 50 years and I shuddered at the thought of doing it on a phone. My first thought, he must be a masochist. Then I thought he might not had anything better to work on. I'm a touch typist who doesn't
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by ongytenes 2y ago
I was called by an NPO and had to drive 500 miles to fix their Y2K problem. Their custom software was written in Savvy from the mid 1980s. The problem that faced them was the get time and date function returned punctuation instead of numbe
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by ongytenes 2y ago
I'm afraid this is going to be like the calculator event. Before electronic calculators happened, kids at least learned to mentally do basic math. Now we have whole generations incapable of making change without a calculator. I met a
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by ongytenes 2y ago
I remember reading in Nature of a young bull elephant charging a safari vehicle, frightening everyone. Just before he reached them, he dropped to his front knees and dug his tusks into the ground. Then he made rumbling noises similar to l
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by ongytenes 2y ago
Goes to show, if you want a job done right, you often end up having to do it yourself.
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by ongytenes 2y ago
Goes to show, when you want a job done right, you often end up having to do it yourself.
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by ongytenes 2y ago
Followed the link but it was flagged as spam with the message "Document Unavailable".
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by ongytenes 2y ago
What happened? Followed the link and got Publication Not Available The page you are attempting to access is unavailable.
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by ongytenes 3y ago
Looking forward to it once it is refined. It still creates some strange artifacts. Within the HN message, the demo image of the baby raccoon in priest robes, one can count five paws.
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by ongytenes 3y ago
A friend of mine told me he prefers Apple because "it just works". The only Apple I used never had this problem. But then again, the first thing I did with it was replace the OS with Linux. :-P
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by ongytenes 3y ago
The day is comming... Man: Today I found out my toothbrush has been infected by a virus. Wife: Did you tried soaking it in bleach to sterilize it? Man: It wasn't that kind of virus. It was a computer virus. Wife: !??? .
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by ongytenes 3y ago
My friends are getting old and I bought them remote control for lights this Christmas that don't require an internet connection.
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by ongytenes 3y ago
From my experience, the somewhat clear plastic tubing that is often used is subject to becoming brittle and crack over time. I replaced mine with copper. Haven't had any problem since with it.
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by ongytenes 3y ago
I have a Whirldpool that quits cooling about every three years. I've fixed it each time. The problem is a inverter/frequency shifter keeps burning out. The compressor, an Embraco, is a 230 vac, 3 phase requires a inverter to conve
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by ongytenes 3y ago
I use to prank the telemarketers but unable to with robo callers. One a woman called wanting me to switch long distance carriers. I halfway listened to her spill for twenty minutes while watching TV. Finally she wanted me to switch. Told h
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by ongytenes 3y ago
Crashed once in Nassau when I was a kid. Brakes failed on the left side on a Beechcraft Model 18, spun the plane around on touchdown. Slid sideways down the runway, broke the landing gear then rolled breaking the left wing. Everyone splashe
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by ongytenes 3y ago
Question is... would using an AI as a muse lead to more creativity or dulling a personal creativity? It is one thing where people would hang out and spitball ideas that led to inspiration. But I wonder if people in the future will become to
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by ongytenes 3y ago
If it isn't broke don't fix it... I use to use Canon printers and in the 90s, as computers were becoming more powerful, they moved the "smarts" into the drivers inside the computer reducing cost. The printer no longer ac
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by ongytenes 3y ago
Back in 2005 I was working for Dupont and had a mandatory hearing test. I asked for the results and was told that was the property of the company and I couldn't have access to it. I felt at the time it unethical to withhold information
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by ongytenes 3y ago
Would be interesting to see a fork implementing SQLite. Time would tell how well it would compete with the standard.
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by ongytenes 3y ago
I do not consider this to be an upgrade. An upgrade would be like actually changing one part for a new improved one. This may be a physical part or new operating system. But when everything has been purchased, already paid for, and in plac
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by ongytenes 3y ago
This is NOT a service. It is EXTORTION! I I have a XM radio in my car and I pay a monthly fee that is a service as I am buying content. But to pay monthly fees to continue the operation or enhance the operation an OWNED product is extortion
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by ongytenes 4y ago
Same as how theatres were able to charge outrageous prices. Comes down to control. If people are unable to bring their own food, and their sugar drops, then they got to pay the price. It is a type of extortion.
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by ongytenes 4y ago
Like theaters charging outrageous prices. Comes down to control. They block people from bringing their own snacks so they got people over the barrel. If your sugar is dropping, and you need a bite, you've got to pay the price. It is a