tmjva - Slashdot User

Comment A Worthless Phrase (Score 1) 147

by tmjva on Sunday April 23, 2023 @02:01PM (#63471214) Attached to: Is It Time to Stop Saying 'Learn to Code'?

It is a worthless phrase now. Most Gen-Z types don't have the discipline to code. Now they can get some AI can do it for them, they don't need to learn it. (Still on FORTRAN/77 here. But doing mostly 4th-GL report writing.)

Comment Satellite Cyber Attacks (Score 1) 38

by tmjva on Sunday April 23, 2023 @01:42PM (#63471184) Attached to: China Building Cyberweapons To Hijack Enemy Satellites, Says US Leak

Been collecting the humor on this since yesterday from friends: Can you imagine the cyber attack venues? An U.S. intrepid satellite operator (let's say an Air National Guardsman or a soon to retire Navy Chief) gets the following phishing emails: "Click here to refuel your satellite." "Nigerian prince satellite funds are locked, Need $1000 to open and account to transfer funds." "Your satellite's warranty is about to expire. Click here to renew your coverage." This one is linkedin style: "BeiDou wants to join your network, click here accept invitation." "Your satellite has been locked; please send 30,000 bitcoin to ..." "Please move your satellite; it's blocking my Netflix connection."

Comment Do What Congress Does Best (Score 1) 88

by tmjva on Monday March 27, 2023 @07:25PM (#63404704) Attached to: Instead of Banning TikTok, Should We Regulate It Aggressively?

Nah, don't REGULATE it, TAX it!

Comment And They Called Me Out of Retirement (Score 1) 123

by tmjva on Monday March 27, 2023 @07:22PM (#63404692) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Can an Aging Project Manager Return to Coding Unpopular Legacy Codebases?

It was just like in the movies. A car drove up to my house while outside tending to my garden. A man in a suit stepped out and said “We need you.” So I said: “I’m retired, I don’t do that anymore.” But then he says “it’s FORTRAN/77it’s back” . So I'm like, “Mother of God”

I'm 67, just wait, they won't find anyone else.

Comment Obviously Smaller (Score 1) 288

by tmjva on Thursday March 16, 2023 @01:21PM (#63376101) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: What Exactly Are 'Microservices'?

No doubt simply smaller that Macro or Mini services!

Comment A New Supplement? (Score 1) 138

by tmjva on Sunday March 05, 2023 @02:13PM (#63344783) Attached to: Solar Geoengineering 'Only Option' To Cool Planet Within Years, UN Says

And I thought Terraforming Mars was a good game! This would make a great game extension.

Comment Doorstop (Score 1) 183

by tmjva on Sunday March 05, 2023 @02:11PM (#63344777) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Can You Use an Unsafe Computer Safely?

Should be good for a doostop. Only tripping over it would be unsafe.

Comment Re:What's Holding Back Wind Energy in the US? (Score 1) 209

by tmjva on Sunday January 29, 2023 @04:54PM (#63249339) Attached to: What's Holding Back Wind Energy in the US?

The answer my friend, is blowing in the wind, the answer is blowing in the wind.

Comment Alexa! (Score 1) 202

by tmjva on Saturday January 21, 2023 @04:27PM (#63228236) Attached to: The Lights Have Been On At a Massachusetts School For Over a Year Because No One Can Turn Them Off

"Alexa, turn off the lights."

Comment What Could Possibly Go Wrong? (Score 1) 184

by tmjva on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @06:59PM (#63128606) Attached to: In Fusion Breakthrough, US Scientists Reportedly Produce Reaction With Net Energy Gain

A humorous take on this from xkcd: https://xkcd.com/2710/

Comment Say the First Two words Three Times Real Fast (Score 1) 31

by tmjva on Monday December 12, 2022 @02:38PM (#63124882) Attached to: Xbox Boss Says Sony Wants To 'Grow By Making Xbox Smaller'

Xbox boss, Xbox boss, Xbox boss. (Like the old "toyboat" gag.)

Comment The Theorist is Correct (Score 1) 177

by tmjva on Monday December 12, 2022 @02:31PM (#63124848) Attached to: Why the Laws of Physics Don't Actually Exist

Not because of who or what he is. It is plainly obvious, the laws don't exist because no legislature has passed them! Nor even voted on them. Even if they did, such laws may get vetoed anyway.

Comment Poirot and Tisane (Score 1) 235

by tmjva on Monday September 26, 2022 @09:21AM (#62914415) Attached to: Belgium Shuts Down Nuclear Reactor For First Time

On what hot plate will Poirot warm his water for his French style tisane tea? He'll have to to a cafe in France.

Comment Verizon? (Score 1) 49

by tmjva on Monday September 26, 2022 @09:15AM (#62914389) Attached to: James Earl Jones Signs Off on Using Recordings to Recreate Darth Vader's Voice with AI

Well, at least we don't hear him in Verizon adverts any more.

Comment Except WWIII (Score 1) 42

by tmjva on Monday September 26, 2022 @09:09AM (#62914365) Attached to: Accused Russian RSOCKS Botmaster Arrested, Requests Extradition To US

If I recall correctly, the U.S. in WWII we also took prison volunteers. But it would have to be really bad, like WWIII. And it wasn't too long algo, (Vietnam) and young convict of a minor crime would be offerred by a judge to either join the Marines, or get jail time. (43 years ago? I guess that is a long time after all.)

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