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I have anxiety now...

Sander Rossel — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 09:25:00 GMT

The Problem with Time & Timezones - Computerphile - YouTube[^]

And yeah, been there done that (luckily not all the exceptions discussed in this video...)

Best,
Sander

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Techno-melon!

David O'Neil — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 04:44:00 GMT

I'd never heard of someone playing a watermelon before! MEZERG - WATERMELON 🍉[^]

Our Forgotten Astronomy | Object Oriented Programming with C++ | Wordle solver

Wordle 1,131

Shane0103 — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 04:07:00 GMT

Wordle 1,131 5/6

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Sometimes delivery companies do surprise me ... and sometimes they don't.

OriginalGriff — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 19:19:00 GMT

Ordered some lead-in stands yesterday, and got a message from the courier early this morning that it would be delivered between 09:08 and 12:08 - what a surprise, it was delivered at 16:20.
But it doesn't surprise me given I live in a week rural location...

Then at 11:00 this morning I placed an order for next day delivery and it was delivered at 20:04 ... that was a surprise as I got an order confirmation 10 minutes becks the courier knocked on the door!
Ì can kinda understand that in a city, but it here?

Colour me impressed with Amazon (and unimpressed with DHL)

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Why corporate IT must be destroyed

Gary Wheeler — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 15:24:00 GMT

A while back one of the muckety-mucks in our corporate IT sent an email saying we were now required to switch to the new Outlook.

My experience since then is that the new Outlook was written by an amoeba swimming in cheap tequila . You can't arrange the message list like you want. The date format in the list is obnoxiously cute (last week, yesterday afternoon, just in time for tea,...). The folder list can't be ordered except alphabetically. Links in emails can only be created. Clicking on them does nothing. When composing a message you can't edit a link you created. You can't start the new Outlook automatically. The actual executable can't be run via a shortcut in the Startup group, which means you have to start it manually Every. ing. Time. You. Log. In.

I just found out they back-pedaled on the requirement: "Use the new Teams and the old Outlook".

Grrr...

Software Zen: delete this;

When You Can Cross the Sprite Frame Boundary You Will Have Learned Grasshopper

BernardIE5317 — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 05:29:00 GMT

Nintendo’s Light Gun - YouTube[^]

"Much becomes obvious in hindsight, ... Yet it is striking how in both physics and mathematics there is a lack of proportion between the effort needed to understand something for the first time and the simplicity and naturalness of the solution once all the required stages have been completed." - Giorgio Parisi, recipient of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics"

Wordle 1,130

StarNamer@work — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 23:25:00 GMT

Wordle 1,130 4/6*

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Dune

BernardIE5317 — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 14:50:00 GMT

Greetings & Kind Regards
I just now completed viewing Dune II. It occurred to me two solutions exist which would solve the problem the Fremen have id est the domination of their home world. Neither involves the shedding of blood or war. It is merely a chemistry problem.

[edit Monday, July 22, 2024] Does no one here have an interest in chemistry or is it a trivial and obvious solution.

"Shut up and calculate." - apparently N.David Mermin possibly Richard Feynman

I was sent this, and...

OriginalGriff — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 06:08:00 GMT

The real problem with a Zombie Apocalypse[^]

Wordle 1,129

Shane0103 — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 03:54:00 GMT

Wordle 1,129 4/6

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How do you deal with technical debt?

Richard Andrew x64 — Sun, 21 Jul 2024 20:02:00 GMT

My development colleague is a strong proponent of getting it done cheap and dirty, and this style incurs a lot of technical debt.

Any tips on how you think I could address this point with him?

The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.

Philosophizing with my compiler

honey the codewitch — Sun, 21 Jul 2024 14:40:00 GMT

I argued with my compiler by quoting Nietzsche at it: "All things are subject to interpretation - whichever interpretation prevails is a function of power, not truth".

It wasn't impressed. It refused to compile my code.

Apparently my compiler is more powerful than I am.

Maybe I'll see how it feels about Foucault - challenge the grand narratives of C++.

It is one of those days. I'm going to produce weird code.

Check out my IoT graphics library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx
And my IoT UI/User Experience library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix

Wordle 1,128

OriginalGriff — Sun, 21 Jul 2024 04:32:00 GMT

Wordle 1,128 4/6*

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Maybe a lesser-known computer futurist

PIEBALDconsult — Sun, 21 Jul 2024 03:58:00 GMT

As a big DEC fanboi, I often have to quote...
"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."
Ken Olsen, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) 1977
(As I did a few moments ago on another thread.)

But earlier this month I read a book by John Kemeny -- creator of BASIC. "Man and the Computer", 1972

He makes some predictions through the year 2000. Some pretty much correct, others not so much.

Mainly he predicts people using teletypes or terminals at home to dial into their networks to work on a dozen or so central computers.

Where he was wrong was that home computers were about to be a reality -- and few people would use a dumb terminal at home.

But still, technology aside, he describes such activities as using a computer to order groceries for home delivery. And E-mail, news reports, etc.

Damnable weather!

honey the codewitch — Sun, 21 Jul 2024 02:33:00 GMT

It's too hot. I've got an article baked up (in my head) but I can't write it until I test what I built - a little GPS based speedometer, locator, and trip counter for a bicycle.

It's too hot to think about getting the gadget together to strap it to the bike.

It's too hot to ride a bike.

I'd really like something to do right now though.

That terrible orb in the sky! *shakes fist*

Check out my IoT graphics library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx
And my IoT UI/User Experience library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix

Uh, no thanks, Google

PIEBALDconsult — Sat, 20 Jul 2024 17:41:00 GMT

" About Google
Our mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.
"

That is exactly what we don't want you to do.

Do you trust the "Cloud"?

Cp-Coder — Sat, 20 Jul 2024 12:26:00 GMT

In view of the catastrophic global IT mess: Do you still trust the cloud? I never have and never will.

Yes, I do save some non critical data there, but is is fully backed up in local storage. I will never get in a position where cloud failures can harm me.

Ok, I have had my coffee, so you can all come out now!

Why don't the British drink cold beer?

honey the codewitch — Sat, 20 Jul 2024 12:07:00 GMT

Because Lucas makes refrigerators, too.

Check out my IoT graphics library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx
And my IoT UI/User Experience library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix

Wordle 1,127

OriginalGriff — Sat, 20 Jul 2024 04:41:00 GMT

Wordle 1,127 4/6*

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my printer sent me a message "cartridge rans out of paper"

Southmountain — Sat, 20 Jul 2024 04:38:00 GMT

my printer is LexMark (model:MB2236adwe). I just changed its cartridges a month ago.
today it sent a message "cartridge out of ink". I have this laser printer for 10+ years.

I know the cartridge is brand new, does the imaging unit need to be replaced?

diligent hands rule....