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In high school our computer class was in BASIC. They taught us to swap two variables A & B like this: h = a a = b b = h But I knew the BASIC we used had the SWAP command. On an exa…

I should do an AMA at some point. There was a pseudo-AMA on reddit a while back: https://www.reddit.com/r/bestof/comments/1z0yx7/first_person...

The fact that you made a game on a device that "wasn't for games" is even cooler.

I'm not sure how much he actually used it after I wrote it for him, to be honest! But we did have access to daily newspapers, and some of us got weekly stock charts called "Daily C…

I served 60 months of the 70 month sentence. I had a computer restriction, so I couldn't be around a computer. Since I wasn't able to use computers or the Internet for that time, I…

My TI-85 story. While I was in prison, around 1996 or 1997, I found out a friend had a TI-85 calculator. I realized it was programmable, so I borrowed it over the weekend and wrote…

At a glance, I'm a bit skeptical. It looks like they're cherry picking the high point for rent (the COVID spike). > "Rents fell. In December 2021, Austin’s median rent was $1,546, …

I'd love it if the mouseover text would be these titles.

Is there a phone number associated with the account? How does GitHub want you to prove that you're you?

I wonder if it's analagous to spread spectrum[1] with radio comms. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spread_spectrum

> I'm wondering if there's a good way to trade on Bitcoin's volatility? It is with options on MicroStrategy (MSTR). I think one strategy is holding MSTR and selling calls (i.e. cov…

I went through similar crap with University of Texas at Austin when I wrote Classgrabber around 2002. Universities are pathetic when it comes to this stuff. If a CS student (or any…

Wow, QModem! I wish a had a screenshot of my main QModem page with the top BBSs & dialups in my list. I never met John Friel, but his software changed my life.

Enforcement blocked today by a court: https://www.cir-usa.org/2024/12/judge-orders-nationwide-inju...

Then I ask the same question you just sidestepped: how will the ex-CIA agents maintain privacy/secrecy after the Act?

I see no comments so far about the Corporate Transparency Act[1] and how it affects privacy with LLCs, etc. The US government will soon have a database of all (complying) beneficia…

Is this from personal knowledge? If so, can you explain how you know this? I ask because I lived there for 5 years, and anytime I sold dollars for pesos, the cuevas (the place that…

It's weird they mentioned something about how you can do 8K video editing with Premier Pro, but didn't mention Final Cut Pro X. Are they killing FCPX?

Does Coke Zero or Pepsi Black taste any better to you? I don't like diet coke or diet pepsi, but I do like the newer coke zero.

Why doesn't Google Maps (or Waze) offer 3 choices: 1. Fastest route 2. Shortest route 3. Safest route The insurance companies would love it, and I'd love it. The data is out there.…

> what was the strap thing? The instructor in that video was poking fun of the other instructor (who will show up in the next video) because he has a gut, and the stick in the rear…

I definitely plan to edit the remaining footage and put it on youtube.. I will try to find the time over the winter holidays. Editing takes me a ton of time. My recommendation is, …

Once you have 1000 hours of real experience (hopefully in different types, not all in the same Cessna 172), 20 hours should be plenty for an L-39 type. Guys with previous military …

I was visiting Monaco once and noticed that no one had laundry hanging on the balcony. In Beausoleil, France, literally on the other side of the street from Monaco, they had hangin…

This may be a dumb question, but could it be to help deaf people who know sign language but can't read/write?