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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.
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Category Archives: Politics
Why I Did Not Go To Jail – Andreessen Horowitz
Jordan came back with an answer that I did not expect: “Ben, I’ve gone over the law six times and there’s no way that this practice is strictly within the bounds of the law. I’m not sure how PwC justified … Continue reading
When did writing in major newspapers become so bad? – Machine Learning Everything
Maybe the convoluted writing with indiscernible insider nods is intentional to keep people like me out. Source: When did writing in major newspapers become so bad? – Machine Learning Everything I think he’s onto something here. Like the way spam … Continue reading
British Press Reacts to U.K. Press Has Hysterical Reaction to Oprah’s Interview With Meghan Markle and Prince Harry | Hollywood Reporter
Good Morning Britain host Piers Morgan, another long-time and very public critic of Markle, opened his show by repeatedly suggesting that Prince Harry had “spray-gunned” his family with the revelatory interview and that is was “so disloyal.” “He’s been spray-gunning … Continue reading
Far-right Misinformation is Facebook’s most engaging content – Protocol — The people, power and politics of tech
Facebook, for its part, seems to be increasingly interested in limiting the rampant political polarization of its platform. Last month, Mark Zuckerberg announced that the company was launching an experiment to limit the amount of political news in some users’ … Continue reading
Rush Limbaugh, conservative talk radio pioneer, dead at 70 | Fox News
Rush Limbaugh, the monumentally influential media icon who transformed talk radio and politics in his decades behind the microphone, helping shape the modern-day Republican Party, died Wednesday at the age of 70 after a battle with lung cancer, his family announced. Source: … Continue reading
The New Domestic War on Terror is Coming – Glenn Greenwald
No speculation is needed. Those who wield power are demanding it. The only question is how much opposition they will encounter. Source: The New Domestic War on Terror is Coming – Glenn Greenwald Glenn wrote a long article about how … Continue reading
The Debt Question Facing Janet Yellen: How Much Is Too Much? – WSJ
A big question hangs over Janet Yellen this week at her confirmation hearing to become U.S. Treasury secretary: How much debt is too much? In the past four years, U.S. government debt held by the public has increased by … Continue reading
Our paranoid friend who fears Facebook’s power – Philip Greenspun’s Weblog
As a demonstration of how irrationally paranoid this guy is for imagining that a combination of political rulers and corporate cronies would suppress his speech via deplatforming, Facebook has deplatformed him… Source: Our paranoid friend who fears Facebook’s power – … Continue reading