zoward

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   by zoward 6mo ago

   It means that if I pick up a random USB cable and plug it into a USB port I have no idea how well it will work or even if it will work at all. It's like the U in USB stands for Unpredictable.
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   by zoward 4y ago

   When I was 19, I met Marvin Minsky at a local convention. I was a CS major, and he assured me I'd be out of a job in 10 years. I'm in my late 50's now, having spent the last 35 years programming, and am now leisurely planni
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   by zoward 5y ago

   A lot of Lenovo laptops have one USB-C port which doubles as the power cable. I'm typing on a Thinkpad right now with that very configuration. My daughter's Chrmoebook is the same way. She bent the USB-C port on it and now it wo
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   by zoward 6y ago

   An even more general problem is that we as humans use pattern-matching as a cerebral tool to navigate our environment, and sometimes the patterns aren't what they appear to be. The Norway problem is the programming equivalent of an op