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Irene was pregnant? Good for her!

And on Saturday, I bought a package of four 1/3 lb burger patties (ground chuck) for $7.99 and a package of burger buns for under $2 at a gas station. Kwik-Trip FTW. That price dep…

And here I was stupidly thinking that making meals at home was the default and eating out/getting takeout was the exception.

That has only been true in the largest corporation I've worked for (around $4bn annually). Even then, we (devs) had to challenge inconsistencies in requirements or incomplete speci…

The code in cars is, by definition.

Not really. In those safety-critical areas, the code really is no different. What is significantly different is the surrounding process. I had to make some software changes to an o…

I just learned about Alpha-Gal Syndrome yesterday through a Radiolab podcast. It was really interesting, but they didn't mention that it was spreading. I guess I shouldn't be surpr…

Why is that a problem? I love a good medium-rare prime steak, but I also used to live near a restaurant called Best Steak House, which was anything but. However, they delivered a p…

> There's nothing sacred about human-written code I suspect that there is a lifetime of knowledge and experience wrapped up in that statement and I agree wholeheartedly. I love wri…

I can believe that. When we (devs) implemented an interactive design/coding screening questionnaire, we had an uphill battle to get HR to approve us giving it to candidates. Appare…

I am positive that I have answered exactly this set of questions as part of a screening test to be allowed to take a Management Certificate course about 15 years ago.

I don't miss those days. Constantly having chips in the eraser while you debugged the running version on the board and then finally programming an OTP (One-Time Programmable) devic…

Before PLCs were popular, technicians built automation systems using various types of relays. The documentation was done using "ladder diagrams" and the procedure was known as "lad…

You may have a unique perspective on that, though...

I think that age started over 100 years ago.

IIRC, at least 15 years ago, that's exactly what they did. They published a tool suite that your driver should pass before submission because otherwise it would fail when they got …

Mine up until a few months ago. Didn't really care because you'd have to stop literally in front of my house to access it. And living on a street with only about 4 properties, that…

Not while Goodwill and eBay exist.

Even that's probably way overkill.

That's an escape, not a release.

That hasn't been the case for at least 20 years. And I'm being generous.

Yes. I live in a rural area. The two closest businesses (within 5 miles) are bars. IIRC, both have tie rails so you can ride your horse there. The horse will know the way home, so …

Exactly! It might be a "dangerous fallacy" (?) but people will still do it and you can't stop them.

I think you might be surprised to find out how many "real businesses" can't "just reinvest capital" and have to keep struggling on with what they have.

I'm going to forget some details, but he was not using hobby level CNC products. I still have a Kollmorgen AKD motion controller that he sent me as a test bench. Most of the old to…