I was there Frodo⦠I was there when the great companies fell, and stories related to Microsoft had the Bill Gates Borg iconâ¦

Oh, and for the âoeOMG Ponies!â Rebrand.

The thing that killed print journalism and newspapers in general is Craigslist and eBay. The main revenue stream that kept newsrooms open was the classified ads section. It obviously wasnâ(TM)t the entire revenue stream, but it was a solid, dependable revenue source.

Be seeing you.

So... was anyone sculpting Devil's Tower out of mashed potatoes?

I mean, we're still using it, because our perpetual licences still work.

Once the wheels fall off, we're probably switching to proxmox.

Donâ(TM)t forget Lower Decks.

Eh, the way I look at it is this... Through the winter, I'm already driving to work in the dark, and driving home in the dark (I generally work 0800-1630). With this change, I'm still driving to work in the dark, but at least I'll have daylight in the evening when it's useful to me.

Iâ(TM)ve given up bourbon, and thatâ(TM)s a sacrifice Iâ(TM)m willing to make. Plus Okanagan Spirits BRBN makes a fantastic Old Fashioned.

Iâ(TM)m forced to use a specific travel agent for my corporate travel by policy. They are the most useless wastes of oxygen I have had the misfortune of dealing with. 90% of the time I wind up doing their job for them, finding better routine, avoiding known problematic airports (especially in winter) and finding flights that are more beneficial for me.

Plus, when things inevitably go sideways during travel, because Iâ(TM)ve booked things through a travel agent, those useless idiots are the ones that have to fix it, rather than the resources I have available to me at the airport due to my frequent flyer status.

I have a number of friends who are general contractors and absolutely love their F150 lightnings. They're pretty much the perfect vehicle for a contractor. Aside from being relatively cheap to operate, they are the perfect tool crib. Charge the vehicle overnight, drive to the jobsite in the morning, use it as a tool crib to recharge/power your tools, drive it home, plug in, rinse, repeat.

I know youâ(TM)re being snarky, but technically speaking, the pope is only considered to be infallible when speaking âoeEx Cathedraâ ie âoefrom the chair.â It has only happened once since 1870, and under current doctrine must be a statement related to a matter of faith or doctrine.

Realistically, these kinds of issues will rarely be commented on by the pope, and even if they are they would only be a (well respected) opinion.

The whole point of HomeKit is that it doesn't require cloud infrastructure to operate locally. When you are home and do a homekit application, it happens directly, not through a cloud service.

I was a âoegive me gas, or give me deathâ kind of guy until I picked up an induction cooktop for my sailboat.

That thing is amazing. The only thing it really falls down at is where you want to go low and slow. But thatâ(TM)s probably more to do with it being a cheap plug in unit rather than the technology itself.

Unfortunately, running the 30A circuit for a full sized unit in my condo is virtually impossible. Also, induction doesnâ(TM)t help with baking tasks.

Print Classifieds were one of the larger revenue sources for newspapers. Craigslist and eBay pretty much gutted that revenue source. Without the revenue, the industry has withered away.

The reality is that a good, solid CS education has generally involved very little programming. CS, at its core, is applied math, logic, and various conceptual architectures, algorithms, etc

Yes, you pick up programming because you have to do the course in something, but with a solid programming, the language and technology itself doesn’t really matter. Hell, by the time people graduate, most technologies they have learned are obsolete. But the concepts, the actual knowledge is there. If you just teach the technology, that’s pointless.