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There’s also something psychologically risky about cloning: If the new cat behaves differently (which it will), you’re forced into one of two painful positions: “This isn’t really …

AI coding assistants significantly accelerate repetitive tasks, but they lack true contextual reasoning, long-term architectural insight, and accountability. Human developers remai…

I wrote a Missile Command game in VB3, that was a very long time ago. I think I sold just over 400 copies, mostly from Compuserve. Link: (the web emulator is very slow) https://cla…

I was an "operator" on a Tandem NonStop. First was Pitney Bowes, I preferred the night shift. In the computer room, there was a Tandem, and a UNIVAC. My job was mostly swapping dis…

10 hours of Nyan Cat for your pleasure. :) https://youtu.be/jIQ6UV2onyI

I was down in the Dallas/Fort Worth area in 2008 for BGG (Board Game Geek convention). I tracked down the address to the id office, and got John Carmack to sign my id ball cap (had…

In Ontario at least, and I'm sure in many (all?) provinces, there is rent control. Ontario rent increase for 2024 is 2.5% https://www.ontario.ca/page/residential-rent-increases

I set my phone on DND when I go to bed. The only notifications I let through the DND are my security cameras (internal), and 2 phone numbers, my sister, and my business partner.

I have a good friend who WAS observant of the Sabath when we were roommates. His new girlfriend, who was also Jewish, lived in the same apartment building 1 floor down. He'd freque…

That was a very funny read! Thanks!

In Canada you can record someone (phone call, in person, etc) if just one party consents to the recording. In other words, if I'm a phone call with someone, even if there are sever…

I got started with Visual Basic 2.0 I wrote a shareware game in VB3 in the early 1990's called "Nisus Missile Master", a Missile Command clone. If I remember correctly, I sold just…

Excellent post! 100% agree.

We (my business partner and I) have a small company writing software in a niche industry. A consulting company has approached us to purchase a specific product we developed, for ex…

I'm in the same boat as you. I live in Southern Ontario (Canada) in a small town (10-14 thousand people). I have a 1000sq/ft apartment, 2 bedrooms, central air/heating . Moved in 1…

I have 10-year-old Brother MFC-9970CDW, purchased June 12, 2012. Replaced a couple of toner cartridges over the years, and that's it. Still going strong.

Another project to fully restore the original Star Wars trilogy is 4K77/4K80/4K83 [1] [1] https://www.thestarwarstrilogy.com/

At those ranges you'd likely have to take into account the Coriolis Effect as well.

Same here too.... 8% CPU and 95-100% GPU usage (Firefox, latest version/patch)

From an IGN article in 2017 Nintendo Switch Cartridges Taste Terrible https://www.ign.com/articles/2017/03/02/nintendo-switch-cart...

There is an excellent documentary on the Boeing 787 on Amazon Prime Video. Very detailed on how it is built, what materials, engines, everything. It's called "The Great Boeing 787"…

Related: https://elifesciences.org/articles/64047

The original full video: https://youtu.be/DtnYpSRSnew

With Chrome (at least on Windows), if you use task manager to kill the Chrome process, then run Chrome again, it will ask you if you want to restore the tabs. It will remember all …

Actually he wants minimum 8 figures. https://milk.com/value/