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And contact lenses too. A HBS case study I remember from grad school: "Optical Distortion, Inc" A new product, contact lenses for chickens, is to be introduced by a small firm form…

Thanks for reminding me that I haven't been to the Lost Art Press site in a while. I have a few of their books; they are fantastic. If you are interested in quality woodworking too…

These were my go-to guys for sciencey stocking stuffers at Christmas for my kids. Their catalog was always a joy to read, with excellent puns. Like the guy who wrote the linked art…

You're spot on. The IBM XT was introduced immediately after I graduated and went to work. My employer's employees got a 20% discount from IBM, as IBM was a client. I bought an XT (…

Zuar | Sr. Software Developer (Python) | Austin, TX or Remote (US only) | Full Time We're a rapidly growing profitable startup in the ETL space. Our seven person development team i…

One of my favorites is "Zippy the pinhead" quotes (M-x yow). I believe this has been removed due to copyright issues, but it is still available if you look. Zippy's quotes could be…

Not the OP, but my experience with Lyme 25+ years ago in New Jersey was similar. I took oral and IV antibiotics over multiple years. The antibiotics I recall taking are Claforan, C…

In the Texas Hill Country bluebirds used to be common. I'm not claiming that their decline is due to house sparrows, but it's clear that house sparrows can be quite harmful to many…

Nor did I. I've been using gimp a few times a year for 15+ years -- i.e., never enough to build much muscle memory. Your suggestions will make a huge difference for me.

I was first exposed to Awk when I started work at Bell Labs in the late 80s. Until then, I'd been using either Lisp or C exclusively and was really blown away by how simple some th…

Probably not. A hardware description language (HDL) is used to program the behavior of the FPGA (that's the FP in FPGA). The HDL is usually stored in flash or EEPROM. As you mentio…

Same thought here. I was imagining that some sort of timing analysis / fingerprinting could possibly be going on. But to what end? A valid password is a valid password whether it c…

In my opinion, the title is a little unfortunate. I almost didn't click on it, as I was expecting a video of someone putting an apple laptop in a blender or some such. It isn't tha…

The laptop is really a bit of a red herring. If the person is the sort that would be inclined to retaliate against the company, they could have taken a copy of the pii whether or n…

Here are a couple of ideas, none of which do exactly what you want. However, they may give you some ideas... PDFMiner[1] is a python toolkit for PDF. Among other things, it extract…

Dude, you are too young at 29 to consider yourself a failure. You're not even half done. I see nothing but good advice so far -- challenge, exercise, lighten up on yourself. Howeve…

Not sure what type of diagrams you are looking for, but PlantUML has a handwritten 'skin' for the usual UML diagrams. http://plantuml.com/handwritten.html

The best way to make “your house pet’s life more wonderful” is to ensure that it is consistently obedient at any time without having to resort to bribery. IMO, the best training gu…

Could more accurately titled: "Free Demos of BobCAD CAD-CAM Software that You Can Purchase from BobCAD".

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but it appears that users will continue to be able to export all of their data (not just contacts) after tomorrow. The link provided in the above po…

10+ years ago, a software development manager that worked for me had obvious problems with public speaking, even to small in-house groups (5+ people). She attended Toastmasters and…

No idea about your background/skillset, buy you might want to consider volunteering with an organization that pairs technical folks with disabled people to build custom solutions t…

Pretty much the same story for me. When I first joined the Labs, I got a 5630 (the successor to the 5620), also called the 630 MTG. At the time, it was an impressive piece of equip…

Anyone with an interest in the Holmdel facility will likely enjoy this photo album of the now-empty site. http://www.newenglandruins.com/bell-labs It was an impressive building at …

I've been using Pelican for over a year and have been pleased. It's mature, but still has active development and a strong community. A few major features: * markup languages (reStr…