When I was at UCSC in the early '80s (specifically '82-'84), there was a minor rebellion among CS students. The curriculum was mostly theoretical, with very few practical options. Programming (in Pascal!) was taught, as a means to learning/implementing theory -- i.e. automata theory, language theory, etc...

The students wanted more practical courses, such as VAX assembly. Of course, in hindsight, the department knew what it was doing.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

The difference is that this article is running in a VMWare instance.

Much as I like VirtualBox, they have a big problem... named Oracle. We've seen what Oracle has done with Java. Who is to say they won't do the same to VBox?

And tomorrow, this satirical bug report will be sent to Stenberg by some AI bot.

I used to go to a certain Starbucks regularly on my way to work (I know... sue me). One morning I walked in, and when I got to the counter, I was given my regular order, before I could even say anything.

Of course, they weren't reading my social media (it didn't exist at the time). But what's happening here is really just good customer service.

T-Rex complained about there not being enough hours in a day to do everything. Wished days were about 1/2 hour longer!!!

Yep, I'd been doing it wrong for years. I was using plastic bags because I thought they were recyclable. My daughter started working for the city and told me they weren't.

Now I use paper bags in the recycle bin in the house.

I expect the fertility rate in the US to rise due to the following:

• * Lack of contraception (I expect SCOTUS to reverse Griswold)
• * Increased child mortality due to lower vaccination rates, and epidemics of "eliminated" childhood diseases
• * Lack of education as more school boards are taken over by religious fundamentalists.

Orion is not Starliner.

It wasn't nicknamed the "Senate Launch System" for nothing.

About 10(?) years ago, I was at a Gabriel Iglesias show at PHX (known at the time as Talking Stick) Arena.

He had literally just asked everyone in the arena to turn off their cell phones, when every single phone in the arena went off... Amber Alert. It was the funniest thing I had ever seen.

Instead of "move to higher ground", try "Get the f**k away from the Guadalupe River RIGHT NOW!"

I have the same combination on my luggage!

So pre-1930. That would go over really well today.

[ObDisclaimer]: I actually do like some of that stuff, especially the jazz.

Voldemort is a software developer?