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...and power, backup power, HVAC, physical security...

I went to a high school 1974-80 that was close to the University of Waterloo in Ontario Canada. Even then they were a big computer school. Through my high school, I had access to t…

Absolutely not. Not on the client side anyway. I know of one application by a large multinational that requires java in the browser to run. Almost impossible to run now because of …

There are many Americans who are terrified of flying into a foreign city. With a cruise out of Miami, they never have to step on foreign soil.

I don't believe they will go back to paper records. However, I could see certain professions operating with simplified "air gapped" systems. Not connected to the Internet at all. I…

No they are not. However they do mention that 40,000 people died in car incidents last year. But the 17 involving a Telsa is where we need to pay attention. LOL

...fixed weights to the steering wheel I have to wonder what else the driver was doing. Perhaps sleeping or playing a game on their phone. I am glad they threw the book at this per…

You are not technically fired. At the company I worked for, you are immediately walked to the door and you will not be able do any more work for the company. You will get your two …

Yes. Looks like I slipped a few decimal points.

The best I could find was a Dhrystone Benchmark of about 800MIPS for the PDP11/70. The Raspberry PI3 is rated 2,411MIPS. This emulator must be much faster than the original PDP11 e…

Research what France does. They recycle the waste because it is not waste, it just needs processing and can be used again. https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/frances-efficiency-i…

I have done work on a power system for a data center in a previous life. It is not easy to shut power off in a data center. They are designed that way intentionally. Yes, it is fai…

Apparently buying a Standard Range+ Model 3 for $39k is next to impossible.

EnergyChaser, LLC | Frontend Web Developer | Pittsburgh, PA | Full-time ONSITE EnergyChaser is a B2B SaaS company that continuously collects utility sub-meter data and then analyze…

I have purchased some ACER laptops for a charity and a customer I support. I used to consider ACER to be one of the good guys and more open source/Linux friendly. I will NEVER trus…

Egregious with their evasion for lots of money and then running off to foreign lands to evade. When the catch up to you, you are going away for a long time.

By being extremely frugal. Did you read the part of the article where the owner does not live in the house. The owner lives in a "cheap studio apartment nearby with their two young…

If Steve Jobs was still alive, I would agree with you. Steve Jobs = Elon Musk in a different market. Without someone in control who can make major decisions quickly, capital will n…

That was the first thing I saw that was wrong. All account balances should normally be positive. Depending on what side of the balance sheet they are, a debit or credit could incre…

Your formula is not correct. If you want to do it that way, it should be assets - liabilities - equity = 0. Think of it this way. When you start a company, you invest $100. For the…

If you are talking pre-1970, they looked pretty much the same!

I think that was the GE model. Here is the Westinghouse version. https://nationalswitchgear.com/Products/WH-TYPE-W2-CIRCUIT-B...

renting small servers...much more sense even for small companies No. At one time over 10 years ago, I had a dedicated server with one of the hosting companies. They charged me $225…

That is all true but then you need to pay for the services and equipment as well as have the expertise on staff to configure and manage the equipment. As far as reliability, you ca…

I agree but now the cost climbs. I am not saying AWS is cheap. Just that you need to look at all the services and components that support a server in a rack.