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by sema4hacker 3y ago
A couple of years ago, when I was eating out regularly, I stumbled upon a great waiter who gave excellent service. Asked for his table every time, tipped generously, and immediately he began suggesting and comping our table any desserts we
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by sema4hacker 3y ago
During 1978-1979 single-handedly writing all of the data processing programs necessary to automate all departments in a 150-employee manufacturer of computer terminals on a 32KB RAM 50MB HD multiuser Pick O/S Microdata: order entry, pu
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by sema4hacker 3y ago
I had a couple of knee jerk reactions to graffiti some years ago. In 2007 I read that Santa Barbara spent $100k-$200k a year on graffiti removal. So I suggested: Create a graffiti park. Simply choose an existing city or county park or lo
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by sema4hacker 3y ago
You're right! It was https://www.abebooks.com/9780912528250/Keep-Honda-Alive-Manu... My wife and I actually managed a DIY clutch job thanks to that book, which was far better than any other service manual I ever
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by sema4hacker 3y ago
The Elements of Programming Style by Kernighan and Plauger Software Tools by Kernighan and Plauger The Psychology of Computer Programming by Weinberg A cartoon-illustrated DIY Honda Civic repair book from the 80's I no longer remember
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by sema4hacker 3y ago
It's kind of a stretch to say an exchange of two comments is a feud.
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by sema4hacker 4y ago
Because it's not "commentary", it's "propaganda".
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by sema4hacker 4y ago
Retired now, but was a self-employed programmer for 35 years. Fortunate to get away from consulting and contract work (not recommended) and into developing and selling my own software product (highly recommended). Marketing was much tough
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by sema4hacker 4y ago
On Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/762560153
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by sema4hacker 4y ago
The "Notice of Filing..." at https://restructuring.ra.kroll.com/FTX/ says While Singh, Wang, and Ellison have pleaded guilty pursuant to cooperation agreements with the Justice Department, it is generally
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by sema4hacker 4y ago
I'm not sure I can define the difference between plagiarism and appropriation, but I know it when I see it. Lichtenstein should have been ashamed of himself.
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by sema4hacker 4y ago
https://youtu.be/SDOLzyE8WkE includes a number of other shocks the USA gives visitors: 00:17 America's size 00:35 casual dress 00:56 cheese, accents 01:10 car requirement, college cost 01:37 customer service 02:18 dive
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by sema4hacker 4y ago
It's not clear at all why the dots in the illustration are positioned exactly where they are.
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by sema4hacker 4y ago
Jimmy Kimmel's 117 nicknames for Trump: https://youtu.be/lnvSKEdtbxA https://youtu.be/m-UFsiy-dtM https://youtu.be/WfYrJC-qaxI
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by sema4hacker 4y ago
https://www.w3schools.com
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by sema4hacker 4y ago
My programming background started with FORTRAN and WATFIV and PL/C in high school, then mostly ALGOL W in college, then back to FORTRAN and Pick BASIC business data processing in the real world. I finally went out on my own and had a
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by sema4hacker 4y ago
A fast Windows self-contained native DLL to input the path to a jpeg file and output the jpeg with background removed, like https://github.com/danielgatis/rembg does or https://www.adobe.com/express&#x2
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Show HN: HighwayChicken and InterstellarChicken Source Released
1 points by sema4hacker 4y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: Isn't it time for a new AI acronym?
2 points by sema4hacker 4y ago|2 comments
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Show HN: The first time my ChatGPT questions generated error messages
1 points by sema4hacker 4y ago|2 comments
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by sema4hacker 4y ago
Cortana might be dead, but the Windows 11 Control Panel still won't let me uninstall it.
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Show HN: ChatGPT vs. Turing's 1950 Examples
16 points by sema4hacker 4y ago|4 comments
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by sema4hacker 4y ago
My first job as a programmer was in 1976/77 for a consulting shop for $17,726 = $90,300 now. Then I worked for a CRT terminal manufacturer... 1978: $19,568 = $93,304 now, 1979: $25,667 = $111,997 now, 1980: $33,164 = $127,034 now, 198
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Ask HN: Is there a list of vendors selling unbloated Windows?
2 points by sema4hacker 4y ago|4 comments
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by sema4hacker 4y ago
Finally found the Python rembg library. It works and is easily embedded.
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by sema4hacker 4y ago
MrBeast thumbnails from the future might be accurate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_0M_5tgLT8
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by sema4hacker 4y ago
Not a free site, and the github version install instructions failed while trying to install pytorch (I'm not real familiar with the Python environment).
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Ask HN: What did you use for free bulk photo background removal?
3 points by sema4hacker 4y ago|4 comments
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by sema4hacker 4y ago
It doesn't answer your question, but here's how I escaped a printer-less environment decades ago and became much more productive: My first salaried job in the 70's was being hired as the fourth programmer in a tiny Palo Alto
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by sema4hacker 4y ago
In paragraph 2: > ...VCs are working to inflate new bubbles around other, much-hyped technologies, such as the Metaverse and Web3, which is a part of the wider excitement around blockchain technologies. That made me give up on the articl

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