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by RNeff 4y ago
from wikipedia: Quibi (/ˈkwɪbi/ KWIB-ee) was a short-lived American short-form streaming platform that generated content for viewing on mobile devices. It was founded in Los Angeles in August 2018 as NewTV by Jeffrey Katzenberg an
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by RNeff 4y ago
Languages spread when there is an obvious advantage to using the language. Java, in the beginning, was obviously better because it was multi platform, free, was sort of object oriented, and had an interface to C (to connect to existing libr
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by RNeff 4y ago
1. AR glasses with face recognition. See the coded reputation / reviews / truthfulness / relationship status / political views of the person. 2. Software for computers / smart TVs / cell phones that completely
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by RNeff 4y ago
Missing: 1. How to select a programming language. What features are important to develop correct programs. This is a very emotional topic. Formal specification languages. 2. How to certify great programmers. Finding the 10Xer. Not hiring th
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by RNeff 4y ago
Build an effective solution for remote work for developers. Then expand the solution to other employees that are not 'hands on' in a particular place. Something better than zoom and slack. Use multiple displays, cameras, speakers.
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by RNeff 4y ago
In the beginning there was the command line. A keyboard input to a type on paper output. Then UNIX. The first editor was 'ed' (edit). It was line based, designed for a keyboard onto paper output. It was enhanced to become 'ex
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by RNeff 4y ago
https://www.transformca.org/ Working on transportation and siting new construction. They have a online tool to evaluate future projects: https://www.transformca.org/landing-page/greentrip Located in Oa
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by RNeff 5y ago
Neuromancer (1984)by William Gibson, the original cyberpunk novel Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson, where Metaverse came from Rainbow Bridge by Vernor Vinge, lots of AR stuff Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, book is different than movie
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by RNeff 5y ago
With stack ranking, team members compete, not cooperate. They will make other members look bad, with trash talk, not responding to slack and email, ans actual code sabotage. Some team members act like the chariot race in Ben Hur. Remember t
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by RNeff 5y ago
try bookfinder.com it is the largest search engine for books.
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by RNeff 5y ago
Try "Computing: a Concise History" by Paul Ceruzzi is inexpensive. Best bet is visit the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA. There is "A New History of Modern Computing" that came out last year by Ceruzzi and T
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by RNeff 5y ago
Some friends owned and operated an ice cream franchise for a couple of years. 1. Employees would not show up and not call. No one would be running the store; you may have to work 10/7 or 12/7. 2. Prices are set by the national of
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by RNeff 5y ago
Someone should sue the Texas Electric Power Companies. Supplying electrical power to a clinic is obviously "aiding and abetting their operations.
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by RNeff 5y ago
Right how, Aug 18, 5:00 pm PDT, the book Fall is $ 1.99 on the Amazon Kindle store. You can read it on Windows, Android, IOS with the correct app.
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by RNeff 5y ago
My small town in northern SF Bay Area has two apartment complex projects totaling over 600 apartments approved and signed off. Neither project can find financing. Projects have been on hold for three or four years. Just no funding. State is
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by RNeff 5y ago
The main problem in CS is "how to develop correct programs". H ow to write programs without bugs. This is a hard problem that everyone just ignores.
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by RNeff 5y ago
At the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA, most of the exhibits are the "most powerful or advanced computer in its time". There are parts of ENIAC, SAGE, Whirlwind. There is a CDC 6600, Cray 1, Cray 2, Cray XMP, various
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by RNeff 5y ago
UML failed because there was no way to track changes; no way to 'diff' two versions of a design. And no way to display the 'diff' effectively. Tracking source code changes is the basis of Software Engineering. Git is one
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by RNeff 5y ago
Our strategy was to get a 30 year, with the lower payments. When we both had jobs, we would pay extra per month to be close to 15 year mortgage. If one of us was laid off, we pay the 30 year (on the loan) amount. We watched the rates, and r
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by RNeff 5y ago
The University of California has already cloned itself. There are 10 campuses, 280,000 students, 227,000 faculty and staff. There is a common top level administration. There are grand goals for inclusion. Many undergraduate classes use comm
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by RNeff 5y ago
Computer Science is a huge field: algorithms, Operating Systems, AI, networking, distributed, graphics, UI, hardware, compilers, databases, Websites, robots, games, vision, security, and many other topics. This is all implemented in softwa
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by RNeff 6y ago
398 jobs are in Palo Alto, CA, which is the heart of Silicon Valley. California prohibits non-compete agreements, so it is much easier to hire in CA. Silicon Valley has a huge number of experienced software engineers / programmers. The
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by RNeff 6y ago
I brought in Java to our multi-company DARPA software project with the first public release, Alpha-something. 1. It was free. 2. Jave code ran unchanged on Sun/Solaris, Windows (95?), and Mac OS. 3. There were GUI components that would
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by RNeff 6y ago
Surf's up. Time to hit the beach. I'll work on my tech stuff after lunch. Now I am too tired. Take a nap. Back to the bar on the beach to eat, drink, watch the tourists in tiny swim suits. What glorious weather!
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by RNeff 6y ago
Quora has a program where they pay people a tiny amount to post questions. So there are a lot of stupid questions that could be easily answered with a google / wikipedia / imdb search. My favorite question, a triple stupid questio
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by RNeff 6y ago
http://www.openculture.com/ has many lists of free books, audio, movies, images. Project Gutenberg: www.gutenberg.org Also look at https://www.forgottenbooks.com/en and, of course, archive.org which has
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by RNeff 6y ago
Program verification. How to design and implement correct programs.
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by RNeff 6y ago
The Hewlett Packard calculators had their binary code inserted into the ROMs as part of the fabrication of the chip. The code was written in assembly language, then heavily tested on hardware simulators. The original HP-35 had a bug in the
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by RNeff 6y ago
A developer advocate is an extrovert that likes teaching, explaining, answering questions, writing intro docs and code examples; that wants the users to succeed. They also report back to the project managers and programmers about problems:
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by RNeff 6y ago
Big company buys your company. B.C. pays stated price per share for all shares, and all vested options. All unvested options disappear.

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