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Comment · 1 month ago
This has worked fine for Lotus products such as the Elise
Comment · 2 years ago
Early Macs are not really multitasking in the sense that newer machines are. Each running application has to hand back control to the operating system as a part of its main loop (think like video game main loop if you are familiar with that)

In the same way, disk operations themselves are generally blocking and will hand back control to the OS and apps during their read/write cycles so that other things can happen on the computer.

Comment · 2 years ago
Here is my experience, having worked on a competing low-code/no-code platform for several years:

- can be great for quickly getting a proof of concept up and running

- may suit your needs indefinitely if your scale remains small

- will likely scale very poorly as needs or applications grow due to the fact that they generally obfuscate computational complexity

- can be a lot more difficult to style or brand properly

Comment · 2 years ago
Neat idea, I wonder how it’s handling communications under the hood. Tcp/ip stack? Serial? It will be interesting to toy with if the author decides to release it and the source code
Comment · 2 years ago
Lots and lots of Bolts on there if you take a look
Comment · 2 years ago
Nice work! If DeskHop could be made to work with a Bluetooth mouse, it would be even better. FWIW I was looking for a similar solution recently. I've got a magic trackpad, keyboard, bluetooth mouse, and monitor. I'd like to swap between 2 computers somewhat easily.
Comment · 3 years ago
Comment · 3 years ago
Yep, not worth the additional discount for me. I'm not giving AT&T my bank account information or any authorizations around it
Comment · 3 years ago
I certainly didn't mean to suggest that having a GitHub profile could be a negative. My point isn't about identifying red flags, but about pointing out areas that could be improved to make one's profile stand out - especially in the case of the person I was responding to. As someone who reviews numerous resumes, I'm providing insight into what I typically look for when I peruse a candidate's GitHub account, based on my personal experience. I don't disqualify someone based on their GitHub activity, but I do use it as an additional datapoint to help identify those who might stand out from their peers.
Comment · 3 years ago
Comment · 3 years ago
My buddy has an 89 Prelude that got stolen a couple of times. It basically got driven around and left with an empty tank around town both times and no signs of break in. I think the keys are relatively common for those so maybe the thief has one.

Anyways, I installed a switch up under his dash the disconnects the fuel pump +12v wire. It takes just a moment to flick the switch if you know where it is, and afterwards, the engine will crank and crank and crank and sort of sound like it wants to start at first, but never do anything. It would probably take several minutes to find it if you had to look for the switch, especially if it were at night and you were trying to steal the car. Seems like a good lower tech deterrent to me! The car has not been stolen since.

Comment · 3 years ago
I have never sent or received a DM on twitter
Comment · 3 years ago
I'm currently working on replacing the factory KJet on a 83 308 QV engine that's been swapped into a 77 308 GTB to a MegaSquirt 3 unit, with coil on plugs from a newer Corvette. Full fuel and ignition mapping control! It's been relatively straightforward so far, someone even makes a crank trigger setup for these cars, I've mostly just worried about keeping the work tidy. I am planning on adding a Rotrex C38-71 supercharger once the modern fuel injection conversion is complete.
Comment · 3 years ago
Happens with their toner cartridges on laser printers too. I bought an HP laser, used some toner carts off Amazon, then got a software update and it wouldn’t recognize the toner carts. Had to replace them with HP cartridges from Staples at much higher cost to get back up and running, which I guess was their goal. Wouldn’t buy another one.
Comment · 3 years ago
My first job was writing VBA programs on top of extremely complicated Excel 97 spreadsheets to prevent input errors and provide a cleaner UI. Unfortunately I don’t think I’ve ever been as productive as I was at that job. It was just so straightforward to crank out decent looking forms and so intuitive for a fresh new dev

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