A friend told me that pay-per-play is where the money is, as opposed to buying.

Software has been moving towards subscription-based models because they generate more profit. Just like PC Lint (after Jim Gimbel retired and sold it to Vector Informatik -- I'm still using version 9.0), which has turned into a subscription service. People who do C/C++ programming on a non-regular basis and do not need the newest version, why upgrade? The same thing for Boundchecker or Timeslips. Timeslips is fully SaaS, as opposed to just a subscription that presumably dials home to check whether it has been paid for.

But with full SaaS, where your information is on someone else's servers, you run into security and privacy issues. Which are not the same as the security and IT issues when running on your own servers. Full Saas does offer convenience, but at a price.

They keep saying that XXX will eliminate the need for people to code. Code generates, Dan Brikline demo to convert demos to code, Microsoft Visual C, now AI.

In 1982, I was working for someone who insisted on flow charts, which practically was code-level. But even then, you had coders also doing programming and system design. You can have systems pump out code from designs, but the code would be essential template-level code. But you still need the system to be designed, the code needs to be checked, and designs need to be checked.

He didn't really build a teleporter, he just put together the pieces.

We had to melt sand using a magnifying glass to make our own chips

My high school partnered with MIT in the late 70s because of busing in Boston.

As a result, we had 16 LA 36 decwriters,, 1 VT52, and a 2 Tektronix terminals hooked up to a PDP 11/34 running RSTS/e with 128k of ram. They also had a SOL 20.

The problem is not the facial recognition software. The problem is between the keyboard and the chair.

I think the police should use facial recognition software, if needed, as STEP 1 OF MANY!

Then, compare photos and physical characteristics. Then do something called detective work.

If we lock up shoplifters, there will be less shoplifting.

Linus' response sounds like a response to a Karen.

I can understand that response. I can appreciate the inverse; as engineers, we always look for inefficiencies and failure points. But we always have to consider the real-world implications. Is it worth optimizing a keyboard input routine that handles a keystroke in 1ns vs. 1 ms?

I was thinking the same as, but I RFAd and read the case. Under Rodriguez v. United States, 575 U.S. 348 (2015), the Court ruled that a search warrant was required. However, he was a parolee, and as a part of his parole, he was subject to warrantless searches. His condition of parole included :

"You shall surrender any digital/electronic device and provide a pass key/code to unlock the device to any law enforcement officer for inspection other than what is visible on the display screen.

This includes any digital/electronic device in your vicinity. Failure to comply can result in your arrest pending further investigation and/or confiscation of any device pending investigation.

It depends on the Z80 card. I used the Applicard Z80B in my Apple ][+ clone. When booting, it would download the BIOS and BDOS into the 6502 and run that portion. It also used the 6502 memory as a print buffer. I had an additional 128k as a ramdisk.

Won't you need to understand French?

This gives a new meaning to Found On Road Dead.

Once the homeless person was in the car, it should have driven him to the police station (or donut shop, if closer) to be arrested.

Looks cool.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/38533...

So, my 2003 flip-phone is now returning to being leading edge?