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Most of the Growler "magic" is in pods carried on external hardpoints, but you couldn't just upload the EW pods onto a FA-18F Super Hornet and have a Growler. The cannon in the nos…

"Isn't this just LapLink with a Thunderbolt cable" was my immediate thought when I read this. If you're around long enough everything is shiny and new, even the things that you tho…

My first IT job was supporting Point of Sale systems for service stations and other retail outlets. The company had some clients in really remote areas, and we provided 24 hour pho…

Am I the only one struggling with the "Controllers" folder not being an 8.3 filename, and therefore couldn't actually exist on MSDOS? To use "Controllers" you'd need a file system …

Yeah a "why didn't I" thought occurred to me while I was writing the comment above. All I can say is that it was a long time ago now (15 years), and the notion of leaving notes in …

I had this happen _several times_ at an agency I used to work at. I stumbled across some really bad code in their main product, got irate and asked "who wrote this shit?". Ran git …

If there's no stack size limit, there's no stack overflow. And if there's no Stack Overflow where do we get our codez?

Dark modes for me help fight the "staring into the sun" effect I get from predominantly white screens, but obviously it's not a fix for everyone. Matte displays, definitely want to…

I’ve lived with Kerotoconus for the last 20 years, and professional developer for 25+ years. I’ve worn hard contact lenses for most of that time (various types), and had a corneal …

A couple of years ago I was staring down the barrel of giving up a 20 year career in software development due to a degenerative eye condition. I can't tell you how many hours I was…

I've been using Pin since very early days. Dev experience is great, the API is well thought out and documented. Your fear about Pin being bought by an Australian financial institut…