Neal's site is one of the quirkiest but most engaging websites I know.
I think the idea is that anything that happens will make gas prices go up.
https://www.b4x.com/ Anywhere Software has several Basic variants, for different platforms: * Android: B4A (free) * Java (i.e. multi-platform): B4J (free) * Arduino: B4R (free) * iOS: B4I (paid) They include the…
That was true even into the Delphi days. Around 2007 I was able to compile about 400,000 lines of code in 2-3 seconds on my desktop.
My favourite article he wrote was "Stranger in a Strange Land", about Homer Sarasohn (not Deming) rebuilding the Japanese electronics industry -- and to some extent, culture! -- after the war.…
> And I realized that when I asked Claude for a bunch of ideas and then I selected the best one based on my experience, I was exercising that exact skill. I wasn't exercising the skill of coming up with the solution…
Yes, scrolling with the arrow keys does nothing for several presses, then jumps, then acts normally, then jumps again. Really stupid and annoying. Also, Alt-Left Arrow doesn't return me to the previous page (Hacker…
Wow, I've had that wrong for several decades. Thanks for the correction!
I have probably watched this movie a dozen times, and I delight in all the tiny, barely-acknowledged references throughout. The Italian and French soldiers walking into the bar, and the Italian not able to get a word in…
The launch price for the 64 was $600, but by June 1983 it had dropped to $300 and was often on sale for less (I paid $250).
I started with the VIC-20, and I'm now 62. After years of resisting the draw to turn my hobby into a career, I started working as a software developer almost 30 years ago. I feared that I might lose the joy, but (for…
I had to keep accessibility in mind a lot in my previous job (web development for a university). The thing that I consistently found was that, the more accessible a website was, the better the experience for everyone,…
Here (in Canada), we are paying about USD$65/month for 500Mbps down and 500Mbps up. Our only choice is Xplornet (the provincial government sold monopoly rights to each area of the province) but I think their prices are…
You are right, there is cable as well. I'm in an area that does not have cable, so our internet is all fibre. Still, cable can get up to 1Gbps, and probably higher, so it's a distinction without a difference. The push…
Quebec has high-speed internet available to all residents. Either fibre to the home, or subsidized StarLink. Canada as a whole is expected to have 90% high speed internet by the end of 2026, and 100% by 2030.
And the nearest star to our solar system is 4.3 light years away. Coincidence? :-)
Energy may not be so much of an issue here in Quebec, where electricity is USD$0.05/kWh (residential rate) and 99%+ of it comes from hydroelectric power.
Recently there has been a push to farm "dry-land" salmon. In other words, the salmon live in large tanks on land, rather than in pens in the sea. At the moment a company is trying to start one of these close to me. Some…
That's kind of how Nintendo worked the Wii (with "worse" hardware) against the PlayStation and XBox.
I don't find Costco necessarily cheaper than anywhere else. For example, if I'm careful and search flyers, local supermarkets will often have better prices. For me, Costco has good prices, an excellent return policy,…
A few years ago I visited a small coffee plantation in Panama. The owner told us that Costco was the best customer for coffee growers by far, in terms of fair price, reliability, and prompt payment.
There has been a vaccine for dogs and cats for a while now, not sure why it hasn't been released for humans yet. Lyme can be really horrible. Some people we know have a 30-something son who was very active (camping,…
I learned to love WordPerfect. I still miss the ability to "Reveal Codes" and see exactly where it had placed the non-printing codes to turn on/off bold, italics, to change margins, etc. When MS Word screws your entire…
Not to mention raising local temperatures by as much as 16°F https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/30/climate/data-centers-are-...
It used to be a thing in India, I have read, that people would want to associate themselves with a prestigious university, even if they dropped out. It would be written like this (made-up example): B.A. Political…
Neal's site is one of the quirkiest but most engaging websites I know.
I think the idea is that anything that happens will make gas prices go up.
https://www.b4x.com/ Anywhere Software has several Basic variants, for different platforms: * Android: B4A (free) * Java (i.e. multi-platform): B4J (free) * Arduino: B4R (free) * iOS: B4I (paid) They include the…
That was true even into the Delphi days. Around 2007 I was able to compile about 400,000 lines of code in 2-3 seconds on my desktop.
My favourite article he wrote was "Stranger in a Strange Land", about Homer Sarasohn (not Deming) rebuilding the Japanese electronics industry -- and to some extent, culture! -- after the war.…
> And I realized that when I asked Claude for a bunch of ideas and then I selected the best one based on my experience, I was exercising that exact skill. I wasn't exercising the skill of coming up with the solution…
Yes, scrolling with the arrow keys does nothing for several presses, then jumps, then acts normally, then jumps again. Really stupid and annoying. Also, Alt-Left Arrow doesn't return me to the previous page (Hacker…
Wow, I've had that wrong for several decades. Thanks for the correction!
I have probably watched this movie a dozen times, and I delight in all the tiny, barely-acknowledged references throughout. The Italian and French soldiers walking into the bar, and the Italian not able to get a word in…
The launch price for the 64 was $600, but by June 1983 it had dropped to $300 and was often on sale for less (I paid $250).
I started with the VIC-20, and I'm now 62. After years of resisting the draw to turn my hobby into a career, I started working as a software developer almost 30 years ago. I feared that I might lose the joy, but (for…
I had to keep accessibility in mind a lot in my previous job (web development for a university). The thing that I consistently found was that, the more accessible a website was, the better the experience for everyone,…
Here (in Canada), we are paying about USD$65/month for 500Mbps down and 500Mbps up. Our only choice is Xplornet (the provincial government sold monopoly rights to each area of the province) but I think their prices are…
You are right, there is cable as well. I'm in an area that does not have cable, so our internet is all fibre. Still, cable can get up to 1Gbps, and probably higher, so it's a distinction without a difference. The push…
Quebec has high-speed internet available to all residents. Either fibre to the home, or subsidized StarLink. Canada as a whole is expected to have 90% high speed internet by the end of 2026, and 100% by 2030.
And the nearest star to our solar system is 4.3 light years away. Coincidence? :-)
Energy may not be so much of an issue here in Quebec, where electricity is USD$0.05/kWh (residential rate) and 99%+ of it comes from hydroelectric power.
Recently there has been a push to farm "dry-land" salmon. In other words, the salmon live in large tanks on land, rather than in pens in the sea. At the moment a company is trying to start one of these close to me. Some…
That's kind of how Nintendo worked the Wii (with "worse" hardware) against the PlayStation and XBox.
I don't find Costco necessarily cheaper than anywhere else. For example, if I'm careful and search flyers, local supermarkets will often have better prices. For me, Costco has good prices, an excellent return policy,…
A few years ago I visited a small coffee plantation in Panama. The owner told us that Costco was the best customer for coffee growers by far, in terms of fair price, reliability, and prompt payment.
There has been a vaccine for dogs and cats for a while now, not sure why it hasn't been released for humans yet. Lyme can be really horrible. Some people we know have a 30-something son who was very active (camping,…
I learned to love WordPerfect. I still miss the ability to "Reveal Codes" and see exactly where it had placed the non-printing codes to turn on/off bold, italics, to change margins, etc. When MS Word screws your entire…
Not to mention raising local temperatures by as much as 16°F https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/30/climate/data-centers-are-...
It used to be a thing in India, I have read, that people would want to associate themselves with a prestigious university, even if they dropped out. It would be written like this (made-up example): B.A. Political…