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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
Category Archives: Technology
Ubiquiti and Networking Nirvana
For years, I’ve struggled with getting good networking at my house. We had our previous house custom built, and I had it wired thoroughly with CAT5 and RG-6. In my current house, there are coax drops in every room, but … Continue reading
The Pixar Story (2007)
Source: The Pixar Story (2007) I just watched this documentary, and it was terrific, as a movie, and a biopic. A couple of things stuck out to me during the viewing. The first was how Steve Jobs funded Pixar, to … Continue reading
Reddit’s disrespectful design
An overview of Reddits seemingly counter-productive changes. Source: Reddit’s disrespectful design The author says, “I’ve stopped using Reddit mostly because I no longer wanted to support a site that has aggressively started to employ disrespectful design patterns.” Excuse me, but … Continue reading
IT Project “Thermocline”
Source: https://brucefwebster.com/2008/04/15/the-wetware-crisis-the-themocline-of-truth A thermocline is a distinct temperature barrier between a surface layer of warmer water and the colder, deeper water underneath. It can exist in both lakes and oceans. A thermocline can prevent dissolved oxygen from getting to the … Continue reading
Home Assistant
Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first. Source: Home Assistant I’ve been through MythTV, Plex, Zimba, and OwnCloud, and eventually just given up on each of these self-hosting categories, and fallen back to using established service … Continue reading
Ads, ads, and more ads
I read that Matt Damon’s new movie is generating Oscar buzz, so I moseyed over to IMDB to watch the trailer, but it won’t play because of my ad blocker. Let me get this straight. I’m TRYING to watch an … Continue reading
Windows 11 screenshots leak, show new Start menu and more
Screenshots reveal new Start menu and taskbar design. Source: Windows 11 screenshots leak, show new Start menu and more All I can say is, gosh, that Taskbar looks an awful lot like the one in macOS. Also — and I’m … Continue reading
I miss the old internet | Science Fiction and Fantasy World
I could say that Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, and Google helped ruin the internet, but really it was that everyone started using it. The internet used to be a haven for nerds, geeks, artists, and bohemian misfits until the cool kids … Continue reading
iOS 15, Humane
Apple could help us set conditions for how and when we use certain apps. This way, we could set boundaries for ourselves, on our own terms. For example if you’re struggling to use Tinder responsibly, you could create a condition … Continue reading
Amazon Faced 75,000 Arbitration Demands. Now It Says: Fine, Sue Us – WSJ
Companies have spent more than a decade forcing employees and customers to resolve disputes outside the traditional court system, using secretive arbitration proceedings that typically don’t allow plaintiffs to team up and extract big-money payments akin to a class action. … Continue reading