LarryMade2

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by LarryMade2 1mo ago
You don't "own" the hardware or the platform, you may create the code but you depend on the whims of others whether it is deployed and continues to work on such devices. Best bet is to do mobile web development, most of the p
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by LarryMade2 2mo ago
Happens in Software and Hardware too. Company develops product A with a crack team of developers, cutting edge stuff. Product is shipped, so the star developers go off to another project or are put in lousy roles and leave. Product doesn&
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by LarryMade2 2mo ago
I do resource directories so have many bits of useful information, a big target for search engines. Most of my filtering is just to keep the bots from clicking on some forms and excluding them from visitor logs. No problem with most crawle
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by LarryMade2 3mo ago
Consistency and accuracy - especially in financial matters is very important. Having things go bad because of a click or aberrant hallucination would ruin small business. And who is liable when things either go south or providing guarante
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by LarryMade2 4mo ago
Simon's BASIC was buggy. Some worked great some didn't work well at all (like line renumber) IIRC there was an updated version out there.. Second, I think the power of the 64 was its' limited BASIC but it was a good start (s
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by LarryMade2 6mo ago
LibreOffice Draw is quite capable. Though for some better formatting (linked text boxes) you might have to use Writer, which is still good abut a bit more klunky as you are fighting the formatting of the writer document layer if you want v
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by LarryMade2 6mo ago
I ran a BBS for 17 years used a Commodore 64 1) I was more into messaging so I would log in and read and post in the forums. Sometimes if they have a good files area might download some programs, and play a game or two (usually some simple
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by LarryMade2 6mo ago
Currently we have a cycle of obsoleting hardware necessitating re-inventing software for the new platforms. So technically, yes.
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by LarryMade2 7mo ago
I don't think it's complicated but I think it simplifies a complex problem I had. A thing for storing and comparing schedules a weekly schedule is turned into a run-length list (the week is in minutes 0 to 10079 - so 540,1020,1980
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by LarryMade2 8mo ago
If you have something specific in mind list out your specifics or if you can input images along with prompts, add a good example drawing or image to help it.
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by LarryMade2 8mo ago
"MacOS ships with an outdated version of Python" - heh, heard that phrase many times over the years. it's amazing Apple still includes it.
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by LarryMade2 9mo ago
I can see companies could get away with it from new coders who don't understand the repercussions of releasing )buggy code or know much of long-term maintenance. You know, this sounds familiar - the big outsourcing boon to less expensi
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by LarryMade2 10mo ago
Fred Saberhagen Octagon - an AI backdoor created by the early inventors of computers is inadvertently "activated" by a youth.
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by LarryMade2 10mo ago
These are all entertaining: Definitely the Wizardry series by Rick Cook https://www.fantasticfiction.com/c/rick-cook/wizardry/ Programming meets magical realms James Hogan Inherit the Stars - Has supercompute
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by LarryMade2 10mo ago
Dual 24" monitors (decent quality IPS), one uses an HDMI KVM to switch between different/retro systems, Recently upgraded from VGA to HDMI switchbox, the difference was worth the cost to buy some [X] to HDMI adapters. Now there&
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by LarryMade2 11mo ago
It probably recognized they were available, on Windows 11 it hides recommended hardware drivers in: windows updates -> advanced features -> optional updates - drivers and other updates
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by LarryMade2 11mo ago
In the 90s connectivity was not that great, we were getting into the internet but mainly that was geeks and big businesses. Costs to have reliable connections were still high (fast wasn't in the mindset early on), and remote access wa
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by LarryMade2 11mo ago
Maybe two stop bits news https://twostopbits.com/news source: https://github.com/jgrahamc/twostopbits
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by LarryMade2 1y ago
One of the more wild ones not pictured was with the Mac Appearance Manager in MacOS 8 and 9: https://www.macintoshrepository.org/2549-appearance-manager-... Just in time for the Memphis style
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by LarryMade2 1y ago
There is not really one solution - you need to answer some specific needs to help determine the best fit. What do you want as output? Do you want it web based? Do you want it to run on which platforms? (important if it's iOS and Androi
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by LarryMade2 1y ago
It was Gemini, I picked the point of least resistance. I've heard Claude does better but haven't looked at it.
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by LarryMade2 1y ago
I tried it - didn't like it. Had an LLM work on a backup script since I don't use Bash very often. Took a bunch of learning the quirks of bash to get the code working properly. While I'll say it got me started, it wasn&#x27
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by LarryMade2 1y ago
Here's a few: Brainstorm - shows the progression of developing technology (in this case a device that can record and playback a subjects' experiences.) Real Genius - College antics with a bunch of kids developing a stronger laser
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by LarryMade2 1y ago
One that I see that looks promising is CZUR scanners, they are relatively low-cost and have a lot of ease-of-use features like OCR, page separation (scanning an open book and creating two pages), auto rotation, curl flattening (corrects war
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by LarryMade2 1y ago
Chatbots aren't Jarvis from Iron Man - They are Cliff Claven from Cheers.
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by LarryMade2 1y ago
I think there are probably some out there, likely would have started out as a niche contract job (like say fast food POS systems) and have built up from there. Though its really hard to make something like that "great" unless you
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by LarryMade2 1y ago
Suggestions for old Mac Apps to look out for: - WriteNow! a very nice word processor that was originally developed for Next computers, before word took over it was the favorite. - ClarisWorks/AppleWorks - One of the better pre office i
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by LarryMade2 1y ago
I tink this was the one on pontoons - https://archive.org/details/More_BASIC_Computer_Games/page/n...
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by LarryMade2 1y ago
Install Windows 11 for them.
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by LarryMade2 1y ago
How about wordle x 8 - Octordle - https://www.britannica.com/games/octordle/?mode=daily

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