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Shel Silverstein’s Homework Machine, a short poem from 1981, feels like it somehow snuck a peek at the future of AI

I recommend these two books for 6502 assembly: https://archive.org/details/ataribooks-machine-language-for-... and https://archive.org/details/ataribooks-the-second-book-of-ma... T…

I would argue that we have that today in the form of the Apple MacMini ( https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/mac-mini ) -- the Commodore 64 was priced at around $300 in 1984 or $950…

Looks like you are linking to static libraries. You should link to DLL not to static libraries - this is will cut down on the application size dramatically.

Yes - you are completely right. I just looked up my receipt for my C64 and it was Dec. of 1984. Still have it all! So long ago, yet seems like yesterday :)

My uncle bought a TI-99/4A when Texas Instruments were blowing them out for $49 around the summer of 1987 or so. Played Parsec with the voice module and that was it - I was hooked.…

Location: Wayne, New Jersey Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Technologies: C, C++, Python, JavaScript/NodeJS/React, Ruby, Java, Linux / UNIX, Windows SDK, AWS, Networking, JIRA,…

Location: Wayne, New Jersey Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Technologies: C, C++, Python, JavaScript/NodeJS/React, Ruby, Java, Linux / UNIX, Windows SDK, AWS, Networking, JIRA,…

So many memories. This game was a masterpiece. I spent three weeks missing class (nearly failing my compiler construction class) and broke up with a girlfriend playing this game. G…

This is not going to change anything - Apple makes $109,229 per second ( https://tipalti.com/profit-per-second/ ) - this so called penalty is 3.8 hours of Apple's profit. This is e…

Apple didn't bring programming to the masses - for the following reason: - Just to expensive. The Apple Macintosh in January 1984 cost $2500 - thats $7000 dollars in todays money! …

Microsoft killed VB for one very simple reason: They were terrified of Java and the JVM that went along with it, as it would make their cash cow - Windows possibly redundant. They …

My simple rules about money and investing for the future: - Max out 401K and place it in S&P 500 mutual fund - Take an additional 15% and but into an S&P 500 mutual fund - Don't lo…

Yes - I meant $37,500

The full auto pilot option is $15,000 additional

Sorry meant to say $37,500

Sorry for the confusion everyone - I meant to say $37,500

Electric cars are still a luxury good. I can afford to buy a Tesla Model that equipped with AWD, and auto pilot (for me the marquee feature on the Tesla) comes in at 67,000 before …

https://insightfultroll.com/ Just random stuff I come across and my thoughts on it - more of entries that have interested me and so I have a log of it over time. More for me then o…

I have been think about this also. I am about to turn 50 in six months, and probably will not have the opportunity to have children (I am not dating 20-30 year olds). I see more of…

Ha! You are right - I still can't type :)

I have been in the software industry for 30 years as of this month. I have never had a gap of longer then 6 months and the shortest time with a company was 4 years 8 months and the…

That db product was Paradox I believe. Yes Microsoft had a lot to do with it. Microsoft in its embrace and extend strategy would keep adding / mucking around with the C/C++ compile…