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Agreed. It's also worth pointing out that Effective C is the most current in terms of being up to date with present-day C standards. K&R is so obsolete it's now wrong about some th…

A big part of the aforementioned book is the manner in which differing steels produce a burr, or even micro-burr that can be mistaken for an edge, but cuts poorly and/or deteriorat…

>>I wish someone would do a similar study for wood plane irons/blades (including their different steel types) versus various grinding techniques, I think you're looking for the boo…

Your comment can only be truly appreciated by plumbing the bizarre depths of "high-end audio" where nitwits (errr... customers) will pay $700 for a 6' Kapton-insulated power cord f…

This is a fun book. I've read the 'Early Access' e-book and I think it should appeal to both engineers and hobbyists. I particularly enjoyed that they devoted a chapter to how they…

Sounds like 60-80 hour weeks to me. However, ime, not always for nothing. Back when I was willing to work those kinds of hours I was well compensated for it.

I don't buy everything in dead-tree format, but I always have a few books for evening reading in bed. (My reading is almost exclusively tech books.)

Your employee is a good person - let's just call her 'honest'. And you are a liar. Any questions? Make all the excuses you want, your company policy is dishonesty, and I hope you f…

99% of them had the last name 'Pelosi'... They are the government, so clearly there is no will to do anything about it. The same cretins are re-elected (perhaps because the single,…

Enhancing government surveillance while solving zero problems. Seems par for the course for "California Governor" (Gavin Newsom)

I favor Amazon on this. No company has a "right" to sell on Amazon, so they're free to go and advertise elsewhere. If they want to use Amazon's enormous market presence a few conce…

"... all university rankings are essentially worthless. They’re based on data that have very little to do with the academic merit of an institution . . . " So much this. The bigges…

Your age is off just a bit - I almost thought you might be the founder of a trio of C64 (and C Pet) programmers with the same idea. It was an exciting time to be 'into' computers!

I avoid Altera altogether because Intel doesn't seem to care much about them. Quartus has either been abandoned, or received the barest minimum updates. Setting up a new system is …

I ordered one just a couple of months ago and received a ship notice a week or two ago. (Delivery expected next week!). It appears they're shipping.

My first digital camera was a Kodak. Purchased around '97(?) for the princely sum of $1000. It was 1.1Mp IIRC and took excellent photos for the time. It also consumed AA batteries …

You'll never hold on to everything, but if you achieved understanding once, it will come back pretty quickly. The good news is that what you know/knew about electronics doesn't age…

Yes! Solid guidelines that will last ages. This is the sort of practical company I would be looking to work for, if I were looking for work. It's refreshing to see a company that i…

I have a similar tool called a 'Speedy Sharp' - I think it was about $5. I like it for hasty sharpening at the expense of removing what I'd consider 'too much' metal. Much more tha…

I strongly commend "The Technique of Clear Writing" by Robert Gunning. I don't think it's in print anymore, but copies are still inexpensively available through Amazon and elsewher…

I think the idea of fertilization is that "depleted" farm land may be rejuvenated - which seems to be working. Can you expound on how we are (irreversibly) over-utilizing land? - T…

Really no different than a flesh-and-blood editor questioning copyright. This is not the dystopian future you're looking for...