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Something attacked my computer. I shut the page, and some old one popped up. I shut it, and they popped up again I shut my browser, and Notepad++ was filling with I closed Notepad+…

I went out to talk with a guy, back in about 1995, in Chicago, fired up APL on his notebook, loaded the JPMorgan Risk Metrics data set, fiddled a bit, and reduced the thing to a on…

I chatted with Gemini about it seems close: """It sounds like you were using the Jacquard J100 or J500 specifically as a "shared-logic" workstation. ... The Software: AM Jacquard "…

I worked on an early spreadsheet and word-processing system at Lehman Brothers back in about 1984. The system was called Jacquard. The investment bankers built comparative financia…

I bought the book "A SUMERIAN OBSERVATION OF THE KÖFELS’ IMPACT EVENT" by Mark Hempsell, and Alan Bond. Tried to do a film adaptation, about 10 years ago. One part in Sumer and ano…

My early boss had a different approach. If you want a promotion, you need to have people in place who can do your job. That was touchy. If I had people capable of doing my job, wha…

Obviously, he's never been to Rikers.

I was going to mention APL, then decided to scroll through the discussion.

Chrome in Windows 11

I had a look, then heard the fan on my pc ramp up... 32.0 GB (27.8 GB usable) AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS w/ Radeon 780M Graphics 3.80 GHz

This is why I get outside and sweat every day.

Get a set of dominoes. Make up games with them.

I remember, in the mid 90s getting up at 6:00 am, taking a taxi to LGA and catching a 7:00 am Shuttle to Washingto DC so I could be at a 9:00 am meeting.

I play string bass. Many suggest you focus your attention through the thumb of your left hand as you practice.

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Ever seen The Monuments Men? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monuments_Men

I think Mark Ripptoe is the best guy on what and how to do it. His explanation of what to do and the details of how to do it in his book Starting Strength are astonishingly detaile…

I'm gonna use this: "Thou art a jammy bugger!"

Dolly Parton

A bit of battlefield preparation for the coming massive insurance rate increase for eastern coastal cities? perhaps.

I live in Nashville now. That job was on Wall Street. I am not religious.

Years ago, I had an issue with a coworker. My mentor told me to pray for them. I cursed him but did it anyway. About six months later, a different coworker came to me and asked, "H…