No?

Probably just as well. Slashdot has apparently completed it's descent into irrelevancy.

Just the other day someone told me that he was a database programmer. So, i asked him which database. He said, "Access". I snickered (and remebered Brent Ozar's tweet on the subject).

As i turn 49, i felt the urge to post, because i always post on my birthday. Except i don't. Going through the list (link takes you through your own posts, as adding a username does not work), i found:

News: I'm thirty and related ramblings
Verbiage: So, 32 is here
Verbiage: Ding! I just hit 33.
Verbiage: 42 is here

Really? That's it? I'm such a lazy bum. But, i don't have to do it anyway. It's just something i value.

I always seem to remember the 30 post because my b-in-law commented that he liked the line, "I went from being a twenty-something to a thirty-nothing". In a sense, any time someone says a "line" is a good one, i'll think myself special for coming up with it. Heh. Half the time i don't even need anyone else to tell me, i guess i just forget about those "inspirations" more quickly.

As for "I, myself, seem to be about fourteen or fifteen, but wiser for the wear. If not for my experiences, I doubt I'd be much different." I cannnot say that anymore. Midlife changes you, and i am definitely different. But that feeling does persist to some extent anyway. It must be partially true.

In the 32 post, i didn't care so much. Same. Birthdays are just dates on the calendar, and perhaps a time to reflect. Not much more.

33: asks "Ah, to be forty, to be over the hill. Will it be then that i can finally enjoy life?" Heh.

42 just laments, and i feel the same now.

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Regarding age, my thoughts are now about 50. I didn't really feel 40 until i was 43 or so. But i've felt 50 for a few years already. I'm not a young chicken, even if at time i wish i were like one. Age is just a number, but it's also an indicator of the journey.

I've been on slashdot for about 25 years now. Wow. I even got that 25 years on ebay email with a $25 coupon.

So, i'm writing a program/dll to make API calls to a data provider. For the API itself, disregarding authentication, i have only implemented GETs. Well, i just did a POST and after verifying it worked, i thought to myself, "that was my first post". At which point, i felt a strong need to post that here.

There is a Michigan Left directly opposite the exit of a busy parking lot. It's difficult to explain a mindset, but there are three major reasons you exit: to go straight to the turnaround, to turn right onto the street, to turn right and get on the freeway. All three options are common.

The turnaround has a sign that says, "turn right only". I argued with a friend if that meant, "do not go straight" or if it meant "if you turn, it must be to the right" because it is one way traffic. Turn signs here are confusingly placed; even when you get on the freeway there's a no left turn sign. What's up with that?

Anyway. i went straight out of the parking lot today (just like the guy before me did a minute or two earlier) and a cop stopped me, telling me i couldn't do that. I told him, everyone does it and there are two lanes in the turn (no line marker, but you could easily fit two cars in there with room to spare) and there is only one lane leading up to it. (It is obviously made to do this, because of the placement of the turnaround (which came second) and the two lanes.) He told me the width was there for long cars and i almost did not give him enough room to make the turn. (He was in an unmarked car, though from the looks of it, i figured he was probably a cop anyway. I did the turn right in front of him, because i thought it was legal.) He also explain the solid white line barred the maneuver. He was nice the entire time, and i was not argumentative. Anyway, i got a ticket for "improper lane usage". The remarks read (in all caps):

Drove across NB Greenfield RD from private drive to get to turn around lane 4 lanes over over solid white line

That sounds pretty bad. Heh.

Anyway. the street is shared by two cities, and northbound isn't in his, so, i wonder how he could give me the ticket anyway. That is, the violation itself was in a different city that he is supposed to patrol.

The court date is in 14 days. I have to speak to a lawyer and see what's going on. At the very least, i can finally get clarity on two things: can a cop of one city give tickets in another, and is that straight across drive allowed.

Did you Demonrats really just nominate the creepy pedo / hair sniffing / dementia patient Joe Biden?

You know, the guy who creates characters like bad dude "Corn Pop" when he's not getting overly touchy with kids? You did. You really did it.

Thanks for making this easy.

The rat-faced, Alfred E. Neumann wannabe Pete Bootyjudge dropped out.

How will Demonrats decide which commie to vote for now?

Step 1: Give the Democratic Nomination to Mini-Mike Bloomberg
Step 2: The country unites behind Trump, who wins in a landslide as both Democrats and Republicans alike seem to hate Mini-Mike "NO SODA FOR YOU!" Bloomberg.
Step 3: Reap the economic rewards of 4 more years of Trumponomics, which has given us an excellent (if not quite historic yet) economy.

So c'mon Demonrats. Do the right thing - none of the Demonrats running have a chance of beating Trump - Crazy Bernie is a pinko commie, Pocahontas is female Bernie, Bootyjudge is just a more masculine Beto, Biden's gone completely insane, and Klobuchar's run out of stuff to throw at staffers.

So do the right thing, Demonrats. Vote for Mini-Mike.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFSxi96o43Q

Honestly I haven't decided yet.

Trump 2020

It seems right to post this here, where it all started. Farewell, ~talinom.

... there was a "Circle".

Not sure why I thought of it, but figured I'd throw a shout-out and see who's still around and kicking.

So who's still out there? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?

The Cambridge volume has been released. A bit expensive, so i will either have to wait for the price to come down or to borrow it from a library that may have it.

I started this search on 9/10/13, and now it ends about 5.5 years later. Time passes and things happen, i guess.

Project Gutenberg finally has De Temperamentis available for reading. It took nearly 5 years but its done. Wow.

The Cambrige volume has a release date of February 2019, but is still not out. I assume it will be done very soon.

and there you are