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edw519

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    Comment #38558985

    Thank you, Hunor. I found your CodePen. Wow. Looks like I'll be busy today :-)

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    Comment #38558610

    This is fantastic! I especially like the examples with curves, which I continue to struggle with, along with clipping. Personally, I'm partial to path which can do almost anything …

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    Comment #38530730

    I have been a professional programmer for 44 years and have NEVER had "job market anxiety". Why? Because I sincerely believe that there is zero correlation between the job market a…

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    Comment #38501026

    Thanks, aredirect! My next phase is to put the PICK-generated svg into codepen and provide links to show how to draw the art with code.

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    Comment #38501010

    I used my work email and then forwarded it to my g mail. If you have concerns about doing that, you can just download it from my website at http://eddiots.com/UVTE_WINDOWS_11.4.1.z…

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    Comment #38499567

    Thanks, Mister_Snuggles, for reminding me I'm not the only one left. I HAVE to code in PICK. "Unless it comes out of your soul like a rocket, unless being still would drive you to …

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    Comment #38499274

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pick_operating_system This has accounted for about 90% of everything I've built since 1985. Pick code generates my side project: https://eddiots.com/1…

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    Comment #38476227

    LIFE LESSONS FROM A 68 YEAR OLD. November 30, 2023 1. Don’t exercise to be strong. Exercise to be healthy. 2. The best place for ideas is where ever works best for you. 3. What she…

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    Comment #38190285

    I have another (more fun) way to say almost the same thing as OP: https://eddiots.com/

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    Comment #37326907

    Finally, by far, most people hate Scrum with passion. I got so tired of hating Scrum with passion, that I pulled a 179 and wrote a comic book about it. In your honor for your coura…

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    Comment #36775115

    Nice catch, ExtraRoulette! You're the first to notice. This project is new. My plan was to write a "comic generator", where I would just input parameters and it would generate the …

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    Comment #36773598

    Do you think it's common? Yes. I see it more and more these days, especially among recruiters and HR departments. I believe there's an inverse correlation between the value one pla…

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    Comment #36758720

    Fixed (removed, deprecated). Thank you, svilen_dobrev.

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    Comment #36756515

    Thanks again, jacquesm for the kind words. If you inspired others as well as you insprire me, you would change the world. Oh wait. You already are. And you already are.

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    Comment #36756503

    Thanks mda, for the great feedback. (The greatness of feedback is not correlated with its positivity or negativity.) I sort of anticipated this. I wrote the comic below just for ti…

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    Comment #36750750

    Thank you, Swayvil.

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    Comment #36750748

    Thanks, andersrs! I added a "Show SVG Markup" button toward the bottom of every page so you can see how I did it. This may be a little less overwhelming for some people that View P…

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    Comment #36750543

    Fixed. Sorry about that. Please try again and let me know. It's Sunday. I should be drinking beer and watching sports but I'm married to my fantasy project so these things happen. …

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    Comment #36750107

    Thank you, ExtraRoulette! Don't underestimate yourself. My version of wandaWant would never admit that anything went over her head. She'd just pretend that she knew what we were ta…

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    Comment #36749898

    Thank you, pseufaux! You didn't miss anything. I just added this: http://eddiots.com/rss.xml Is this sufficient or would it be better if I added anything else?

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    Comment #36749888

    Thank you, ichik! I just added this: http://eddiots.com/rss.xml Is this sufficient or would it be better if I added anything else?

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    Comment #36745708

    Thank you, dasi003! That's pretty much what I'm intending. I love your summary.