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Comment Steve Ciarcia (Score 3, Interesting) 65

I still have my well worn copy of Steve Ciarcia's "Build Your Own Z80 Computer" and I'd go to the Library all the time to read Byte Magazine's Circuit Cellar. I miss early computer culture, but I wish we had the easy custom PCB manufacturing of today back then.

Comment If you are sick, for christ sake stay home (Score 5, Insightful) 314

I don't want what you have. If you are sick stay home. This should have been obvious pre-covid, but now? Seriously, if you have any symptoms then don't come to work. If you are at the office, or on the train, or wherever, and you are coughing and sneezing, I'm not going to be thinking wow, what a dedicated person... I'm going to think what a jerk.

Comment This is surprising (Score 2) 46

I would think Boston would be the perfect testbed as driving here is an absolute nightmare. With constant random road construction, inconsistent road markings, pedestrians crossing whenever they feel like, bikers not following the rules, a plethora of potholes, and other drivers who drive like idiots. if you can get a car to drive autonomously here, it should be easy anywhere else.

Comment Re:You mean just as dishonest? (Score 0, Flamebait) 104

Most people struggle with basic math already, and you want to heap more on that? Stupid.

Indeed. Get rid of math. Who is ever going to need it anyway? And you can't do science without math, so get rid of that. That just leads to the global warning hoax and the questioning of God. God Guns and Guts! No need to teach history as it will just repeat itself. Everyone can get it on the next time around. Language is just going to change over time, so don't teach english. And why learn about other people. That has nothing to do with me, so get rid of social studies.

So where does that leave us? What can we teach that everyone will understand? Probably everyone can dig ditches. A shovel for every student I say. No need to waste tax dollars teaching useless skills. If parents want more they can spend their own money if they want their kid to get anything extra. They are just going to send their kid to some fancy gold plated highfalutin private academy anyway.

Comment Rufus? (Score 3, Interesting) 207

I've been annoyed by the microsoft login thing for a while and I discovered Rufus, the tool for creating a bootable USB install media from an ISO. During the process of creating the USB rufus can disable some of the annoying things about windows, like creating a local user and removing the need for a microsoft.com account.

Comment Re: Ductility (Score 4, Funny) 85

I mean, until the extraordinary evidence arrives, of course itâ(TM)s horse muck.

Wouldn't it be more accurate to say that it exists in a state of both horse muck and not horse muck until said evidence arrives? Only then does the wave function collapse and you know if you have a box full of horse muck... or not.

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