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hh2222

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    Comment #48093514

    Perhaps this is why BASIC originally used LET in the form LET X = X + 1, to imply a calculation rather than equality.

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    Comment #43655382

    There was a time when I had to goto the bank in person during business hours and interact with a teller. There was zero chance of getting hacked, the tellers knew me, and I had to …

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    Comment #43626944

    The 360 played a pivotal role in the Apollo program.

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    Comment #43585892

    Wrote floating point routines in assembler back in college. When you get it, it's one of those aha moments.

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    Comment #43146732

    Accessibility wise, for those people with impaired vision, a larger mouse cursor obscures the tool tip text making it unreadable.

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    Comment #26880307

    > try to go back 30 seconds with it, it's nearly impossible. Tip: press the mike button and say "go back 30 seconds" ... or "open netflix" etc.

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    Comment #24519994

    Modern hospitals have tested manual downtime processes in place.

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    Comment #24420614

    Try searching for “apple 2e“ on either Duckduckgo or Google.

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    Comment #23268233

    Have an original IBM PC sitting here. It has a 5 pin DIN plug on the back to connect a casette tape drive. I also recall BASICA.COM on diskette leveraged the BASIC routines in the …

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    Comment #15751702

    The CEO and company management should eat their own dogfood. Their personal data should be stored in the same insecure systems as their victims.

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    Comment #15287796

    If it keeps my device free of malware, that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make.

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    Comment #15221263

    I'd recommend adding fuses. One between the panel and charge controller, and one on V+ to the battery.

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    Comment #15049884

    Major bummer ... not compatible with iOS 9 on older devices.

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    Comment #14998159

    Works fine on iPad Safari.

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    Comment #14265119

    The ultimate recyclable toy!

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    Comment #14054112

    Yes, you can still access newsgroups through Google, just search for your favorite group, e.g. comp.lang.lisp.

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    Comment #13942125

    I recall using some open source Delphi software that allowed auto reload of an ISAPI.DLL just by replacing the DLL in the folder. That saved an iisreset. Never got a chance to than…

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    Comment #13932009

    Canadian here, please use USPS when sending us stuff because they don't charge a $40 made up customs handling fee at the door like Fedex and UPS do.

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    Comment #13871404

    With a little luck, maybe Microsoft is already working on React Native support for Window's phone.

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    Comment #13751915

    Cities and communities can also contract the RCMP instead of managing their own police forces.

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    Comment #13593946

    That will likely cut down on flight deck videos on youtube.

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    Comment #13566099

    And since the airlines want you to upgrade to first or business class, they have little incentive to make economy class bearable.

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    Comment #13566081

    That's one opinion, the Concorde was a success in many ways.