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I was born at the perfect time to pursue a career in full-stack software development. I grew up programming 8-bit computers, then learned Unix in college. I entered the workforce at the emergence of Windows for Workgroups and Linux, and I'll be retiring right about the time the AI's make me redundant. Also, the year Social Security goes broke.
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Months and months of planning by lots and lots of middle management can save literally hours of programming.
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Give a man a program, and you'll frustrate him for a day. Teach a man to program, and you'll frustrate him for a lifetime.
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I've put all of my skill points into arguing with blinking lights.
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But I say unto you, that whosoever looketh on a new piece of Apple gear, to lust after it, hath committed purchase of it already in his heart.
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Don't say you're easy on me; you're about as easy as a nuclear war.
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I sold the Renoir and the TV set; don't wanna be around when this gets out.
Duran Duran, The Reflex
Author Archives: David K.
Uncle Buck’s Niece
The movie Uncle Buck was released in 1989. Like other John Hughes movies, I enjoyed it, but the real highlight for me was the girl played Uncle Buck’s niece, Jean Luisa Kelly. To me, she was nearly the epitome of … Continue reading
Why I Ripped The Same CD 300 Times
CDs store digital data, but the interface between CDs, lasers, and optical diodes is very analog. Read errors can be caused by anything from dirty media, to scratches on the protective polycarbonate layer, to vibration from the optical drive itself. … Continue reading
Demagnetizing CDs?! – YouTube
Follow up to this. It’s just a scam. Everything in the marketing copy is a lie. Nothing about it will do anything to the sound produced by the disc. Yet there are still articles at the top of Goole search … Continue reading
New research reveals age of universe estimated to be 26.7 billion years old
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society suggests that the age of universe may be nearly twice as old Source: New research reveals age of universe estimated to be 26.7 billion years old Here we go again: “We were wrong. … Continue reading
iOS 17 Includes ‘Grid Forecast’ Feature to Let You Know When ‘Cleaner’ Energy is Available
Source: iOS 17 Includes ‘Grid Forecast’ Feature to Let You Know When ‘Cleaner’ Energy is Available This makes about as much sense as Microsoft automatically setting all the power options in Windows to be the most conservative and least performant, … Continue reading
Pluralistic: “Efficiency” left the Big Three vulnerable to smart UAW tactics (21 Sept 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
In this project, they are greatly aided by Big Car’s own relentless pursuit of profit. The automakers – like every monopolized, financialized sector – have stripped all the buffers and slack out of their operations. Inventory on hand is kept … Continue reading
Men now avoid women at work – another sign we’re being punished for #MeToo | Life and style | The Guardian
A new study has found US men appear to be following Mike Pence’s lead. Maybe they’re angry that #MeToo ever happened. Source: Men now avoid women at work – another sign we’re being punished for #MeToo | Life and style … Continue reading
All Your Base Are Belong to Us
If you have a corporate- or school-issued computer, you have no control over it. Unless you wipe it and reinstall the OS, and even then, of course, they could leave things in the BIOS, and probably do. Then again, you … Continue reading
The Government Controls the Horizontal and the Vertical
Welcome to today’s proof that the government “controls the horizontal and the vertical,” as the old TV show, the Outer Limits, used to say. I have all of this crap turned off. They pushed it through to everyone in the … Continue reading
Microincentives and Enshittification – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
That increased profitability can only come from enshittification. Every product manager on Google Search spends their workdays figuring out how to remove a Jenga block. Source: Microincentives and Enshittification – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow Internally, every powerful person … Continue reading