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"I'm behind on my beatings."

I did my MS-CS in Bozeman. I'm super excited to see MSU on HN FP as well! Very cool!

My college classes used to post grades, on paper, taped to the wall, listed by SSN.

I want to hack this to drive around the office and find an AP based on signal strength. Bloodhound mode!

Root word comes from the Greek mythological giant. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argus_Panoptes

I'm a big fan of Ada. I first encountered exceptions in Ada. When I first saw Python, way back in version 1.5, I was happy to see exceptions.

California.

Are the private schools forced to take any students? Or can they cherry pick just the best students? Do they reject anyone that needs an IEP? Public schools are legally obligated t…

>When you treat every negative outcome as a system failure, the answer is more systems. Holy crap, I'm going to save that quote forever. I have a co-worker who treats every line of…

That makes sense. Phones would drive smaller USB and laptops likely drove smaller DisplayPort.

That does make sense. Ethernet is easily replace by WiFi. There's no easy replacement for USB (can't charge a phone over Bluetooth (yet)).

Crimping our own cables is more common in data center or IT. Normal people wouldn't cut their own cables. I've given up cutting my own cables for home use (fixing busted heads) bec…

Why is the Ethernet jack still a huge monstrosity? I see these small boards appearing and the ridiculous sized Ethernet jack looms over the PCB. https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/1…

There's no laws about it. It's mostly a "handshake agreement" enforced via the WiFi Alliance. You go through the WFA certification process to get the "WiFi Certified" sticker. http…

I wrote printer code for 10+ years. I appreciate how hard the technical problems are but vendors make it so much worse. I loathe printers. Printers peaked with the LaserJet III.

> the two-pizza rule: Or just me.

Crowdstrike also has an Ubuntu Linux version. We're required to install it at work.

I came to work over a vacation to fix a critical customer issue. The company rewarded me with a $50 gift card.

Decompiling the microcode blob might run afoul of intellectual property laws. A clean room implementation needs to be done without reading any of the product's actual code.

When I first started using UNIX (Ultrix on a DECStation), I was floored by the wizardry of "hackers" sending me email from Santa Claus. Mind blown!

>Yeah, I wonder how the EU will deal with people who use that law to hide evidence of their misdeeds... Here in the US, we elect them to public office.

I also read _The New Turing Omnibus_ as a young CS student. I really enjoyed reading about all those different areas of Computer Science.

Depending on your use case, Cam Scanner (I'm on Android), works very well for the occasional document picture.

Out of 10, right? Out of 10?

We had that same burn-out measurement tool in HP-UX, SCO, and SunOS!