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Honestly, when I read this book in 1982 or so it changed the trajectory of my life and career. It is an story of a bet-the-business project that occurred in real life. After readin…

During a trip to Venice I had the good fortune of touring http://www.giuman.it/ and it was highly educational. Bringing the furnaces up to temperature takes time and turning them o…

One should note the officers in the missile silo at the opening of the film: Michael Madsen of Reservoir Dogs and Kill Bill, and John Spencer of L.A. Law and of course, The West Wi…

Second this. My father passed suddenly and the recordings we made a year before while looking at newly digitized family movies are a treasure. I get to hear his voice. Mom passed 3…

I think this the text of the as yet unnumbered HR. https://docs.house.gov/meetings/FA/FA00/20250917/118618/BILL...

It is a 7 year old article without specifying alternatives to an "already solved problem." So HN, what are the best alternatives available today and why?

They want leverage

Yep. I converted a business from to Postgres in 2004 and never looked back. Stable, reliable, no surprises. Postgres is the answer until proven otherwise.

There was a similar journey for our family after our parents passed and indeed, the photos with people doing ordinary things are the ones we share and enjoy. The Grand Canyon has a…

Here is a screenshot of Pacific Palisades property taxes https://imgur.com/a/1G6pLap More exploration can be done here https://www.officialdata.org/ca-property-tax/#34.04626347956.…

I'd recommend Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. It covers the trials and tribulations as well as the brilliance and ruthless tactics taken to build Standard Oil.

"Why yes, I am a third world dictator."

Had to dig around to find this https://www.thespacereview.com/article/1197/1

Ha ha, too funny.

My sunbeam automatic toaster is working just fine thank you very much. :-)

Thanks for the story about your friend Geof. It was touching and made this archive just that much more valuable. Hope you have a few more good memories today.

If you have an interest in FRC, consider becoming a mentor at a local program in your area. I've mentored Team 812 in La Jolla California for about 14 years. It's incredibly reward…

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Thank you! I love the history of this phrase https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festina_lente

I suspect designers rather than engineers. General Motors has always been the bigger fins are better company.

Just to confirm my understanding, if I set up a BIMI TXT record with an svg image path, but without a VMC gmail will mark the inbound message as spam even if DMARC is set up correc…

My father, an attorney, made extensive use of the magcard selectric. He did wills and trusts which required revision based on client feedback or life changes. The ability to edit t…

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Yeah, I totally agree. Those other factors are internal optimizations. What gets me is when a team wants to switch horses to new tech and do a forklift upgrade just to implement so…

* This * - The users don't care about the tech. They care about the result.