unkeptbarista

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by unkeptbarista 2mo ago
I had an interviewer once interrupt me and say that there was no way I could remember the techincal details of a 10 year old project I was the architect for, thus any details I did offer would likely be lies. Needless to say, I didn't
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by unkeptbarista 4mo ago
Kiki's themes can be edited to suit one's personal tastes. The theme .css files are about 120 lines long.
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by unkeptbarista 6mo ago
There is a network of Memory Labs (1) and many more that are not part of the network. Check your local libraries to see if they have one. The Kansas City area has one at the Johnson County library. 1) https://memorylabnetwork.git
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by unkeptbarista 6mo ago
I too had a crossing of paths with one of the micro kids. She was descibed in the book as the lone female engineer on the team. She is a very sharp and talented individual and was a pleasure to work with.
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by unkeptbarista 9mo ago
I once worked at a shop that supported their product on a variety of Windows, UNIX, and Linux platforms. Most of the development was done on Windows, but there were some there that favored Linux and a few, Solaris. The machines running HPUX
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by unkeptbarista 10mo ago
I'm not sure I'm the best person for advice on this matter, or maybe it is great advice for some. I took a leap, believed in myself, and it worked out okay. I'm self taught when it comes to computers and software development.
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by unkeptbarista 10mo ago
Doing embedded development using C. Thoroughly enjoy it. I was once in a group that was switched away from the work we were doing and repurposed to do web work. It was a bad experience, but not because it was web work. The code base we were
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by unkeptbarista 10mo ago
Happy Thanksgiving all. Mostly a lurker. Been here over 10 years, but created my HN account 9 years ago. HN has been an invaluable source for me over they years.
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by unkeptbarista 2y ago
There is such a sci-fi plot. Unfortunately, I don't recall the story's title or the author. What I do recall was the use of gravitational lensing (a neutron star) to observe an alien world in the years just before the alien's
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by unkeptbarista 2y ago
I had the pleasure of meeting (virtually) Andrew through his work with the Squeak community. I also ran into Robert Woodhead (also virtually) through the game StarWeb[1] which he played and contributed to[2]. [1] http://www.rickl
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by unkeptbarista 2y ago
I find this basics of this story believable. I worked at a place that manufactured IR lasers, and where the owner (the "Doctor" as we called him) set up similiar impromptu demonstrations that went awry. Thankfully no one was injur
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by unkeptbarista 3y ago
I had not heard of uiua before, but I'm familiar with both APL and stack languages, so it should fun to explore it its capabilities.
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by unkeptbarista 4y ago
I think it displayed correctly for me. Still I switched to reader mode for comfort, due to the small font size and narrow column.
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by unkeptbarista 4y ago
Ditto here. C, Pascal and Forth were what I was using in those days. I did some 6502, 6800 and 68000 assembly, but only when needed.
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by unkeptbarista 4y ago
I was fortunate enough to start learning C, in 1983, using one of the compilers reviewed in that issue. BDS C for CPM. Learning C definitely paid off. Here it is nearly 40 years later, and I'm still using C for embedded development.
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by unkeptbarista 5y ago
I'll admit that I was assuming that since many civilizations at that time knew how to make gold and silver filigree, that copper wire was also possible. One can probably replace the copper wire with gold wire, but you might have a hard
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by unkeptbarista 5y ago
Pretty sure the Greeks have all the materials for these. Create batteries from dissimilar metals, using clay pots, weak organic acids, and copper wire. Once you have batteries, wind copper wire around a small, rough rod of iron to create a
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by unkeptbarista 5y ago
In all the years I've used Consumer Reports I've never seen them rate moving services. I just jumped on their site now, and there are no reviews for moving services.
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by unkeptbarista 5y ago
I've been wearing hearing aids for almost 8 years. The brain training process is real and I'm glad the audiologist explained it.
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by unkeptbarista 5y ago
My personal favorite was "Something Wicked This Way Comes".
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by unkeptbarista 5y ago
Yes, that is what it's talking about.
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by unkeptbarista 6y ago
Just so it's clear, that truly frightening stuff is on haven.org, and not on the OP's havenweb.org site.
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by unkeptbarista 6y ago
Good memory, there was a Megamax C, but I never used it. When Lightspeed C (renamed to Think C) came out most of the Mac developers I knew that used C switched to it. I was still writing in MPW Pascal, and would continue to use it for profe
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by unkeptbarista 6y ago
The action is easy to miss after nearly two minutes of nothing happening. If you fast forward you might not see it at all. 1:54 What I believe is the signal flash near the fencing. Lower left of the video. 2:06 You will see sparks from a bu
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by unkeptbarista 6y ago
Well done. My first experience was with Smalltalk/V. I still have my well worn copy of the blue book.
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by unkeptbarista 10y ago
I'll counter with: 1) Dune - Frank Herbert 2) Mote in God's Eye - Niven & Pournelle 3) The Lord of Light - Roger Zelanzy 4) Xeelee Series - Stephen Baxter (Or the Manifold: books) 5) The Well World Saga - Jack L. Chalker (Stic
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by unkeptbarista 10y ago
There is a urban fantasy novel by Mike Sheldon based on the two oldest quit rents mentioned in this article. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6673065-sixty-one-nails