Vic 20 was my first. I watched my dad struggle with and eventually give up on assembly. Something-something and the microbots. I was fearful of it until I took Assembly at Uni. That 2nd/3rd year class was where the final puzzle piece of how computers work fell in place for me.

My first job was writing assembly tests for a DSP hardware design team. Fell in love. Never looked back.

I want to go to Bovine University!

Could probably replace managers with AI, but being trained on most managers would mean it would be equally bad at its job.

I think the most likely is for the artists jobs to go away as art doesn’t have to be exact, but code does.

No one was able to replicate the level of health complications from the movie. Apparently he was a raging alcoholic.

Alcohol kills. McDonalds is just sorta bad.

The Princess Bride

If you have seen it. You are happy to watch again. If you haven’t, you will love it.

I once interviewed at a (very) big usenet provider. The job was perl, I knew perl, must be fun.

No.

The job was to implement the byzantine B.S. “discounts” and plan-pricing “deals” that the sales team came up with to most effectively screw the customer.

I declined.

Haven’t used an alarm in many years. It is something you can train and get better at, just actively tell yourself when you want to wake up. Boom, magic.

I also used CHDK on my way old PowerShot elph. Amazed this stuff is still going.

Unfortunately the target audience is also toddlers, so it is very effective.

If you code adding the current branch to your shell prompt will change your world.

Also, if you are getting good use out of find, you should learn to pipe the output to GNU parallel. Put those cores to work!

Darktable is great stuff. Handles my huge picture collection with ease.

Cool tutorial, and I loved the link to the explaination of the phenomenon.

Where?

Can I get this reading for free? I’m a dog influencer and the exposure you will het from my fans will explode your crystal ball.

Sounds like let’s play material. At least i know now not to attempt it.

The people demand the rest of the essay!

It’s always better to regret something you have done than something you haven’t.

By the way, if you see your mother this weekend, tell her “Satan! Satan! Satan!”

The one constant in all of your failed relationships is you.

I <3 the Internet

Yeah, I check in often, and the lines of communication are open. Helps to have no lying (in general), but especailly to my kids (which unfortunately needs to be said because so many people feel like it is ok).

I’m disappointed this conversation went this way. I’m way over on the “lecturing my kids” side of life. A discussion of what this meme means to those “being lectured” could provide insight to others.

I’m already going to check my lecture-meter to make sure I’m not boring my kids to death.