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Comment · 7 days ago

If I had a time machine, one of the places I'd go back and visit is Lollapalooza 2007 to see the pyramid. That show changed how EDM shows would be staged and presented for the future.

Comment · 9 days ago

  Additionally, challenges with attention and organization may affect the ability to adhere to medical treatment plans as well as engagement with health-promoting practices and health care services, further increasing vulnerability to adverse health conditions and associated mortality in this population.

As someone who has the inattentive type, the difficulty for me was just getting annual physicals. There was always something more important to do. When I finally did go, the doc found an elevated PSA level and further investigation resulted in treatment for prostate cancer.

I had a good outcome from my treatment, but it probably would have been better/easier had I been going to the doctor regularly with likelihood of earlier detection. But I wasn't on ADHD medication back then.

I urge y'all to force yourself into getting a physical. If you have a family history of cancer get tested for the BRCA2 gene[0], and insist that the doc screen your PSA levels starting at age 40 (50-55 otherwise).

[0] https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3720154/

Comment · 9 days ago

Oracle is the one with the debt. OpenAI has an order/contract (promise) to someone else.

Presumably there are penalties if OpenAI were to cancel that order (I am confident that Oracle's army of lawyers made sure to include that). That's the unmovable rock on OpenAI's books, not the data center.

Comment · 15 days ago

Should you choose to, you can make a gift towards paying the public debt:

https://www.pay.gov/public/form/start/23779454

In 2022, this amounted to $180,310 - so not even a drop in the bucket.

https://www.treasurydirect.gov/government/public-debt-report...

Comment · 28 days ago

They also had secretaries (even more-so at the executive level) who would proof-read the letter and return it to the boss for their revision and/or signature. Contrast that with today where it's easy for someone to click send and off it goes, incomplete thoughts and grammar errors and all.

If you want to improve your communications - when you finish writing your email, leave it as a draft for 30-40 minutes. Then go back an re-read it with a fresh viewpoint.

If I can suggest - the USAF has a manual for this, which guides you in being clear, concise, and specific:

https://static.e-publishing.af.mil/production/1/saf_aa/publi...

Comment · 29 days ago

If you haven't clicked the link .. that is one thick circuit board. They didn't give a dimension, but it looks to be at least 1cm.

Comment · 1 month ago

Especially since the systems of the time used wide ribbon cables to connect the hard drive & CD-ROM.

Comment · 1 month ago

I was thinking that for this new generation, "Superscalar" doesn't cover it anymore, except as a generic term for the design technique. "Ultrascalar"? "Superscalar Pro"?

Comment · 1 month ago

I had heard of MC Frontalot but never listened to any of his raps - But I should have:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVm8oZx9WSM

Also relevant to today's AI concerns:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWnV3HVro_0

Comment · 1 month ago

It's still mostly a research tool. Don't be too harsh on an early system like this. One day it (may) become widely available and used by millions.

Comment · 1 month ago

I regret not having the time to stop by the Connections Museum in Seattle when I was there. They're working on a new museum in Denver.

Their YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@ConnectionsMuseum

Comment · 2 months ago

Depends on whether the devs included keyboard accelerator mappings. With the rise of "touch focused apps", it's becoming rare.

Comment · 2 months ago

I saw the same thing at Best Buy. They switched from a traditional cash register to a web application on a PC. And all the clerks carefully (and slowly) navigated their mice to click on everything.

What was worse was their mouse platform wasn't level. So every time they let go, it would drift downwards and they'd have to go through the "where's my mouse pointer" wiggle again.

Comment · 2 months ago

That's pretty shocking.

Comment · 2 months ago

If you want to visit, here's the location.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/tvGDn6rruL5HKH5LA

You might also want to visit the Stumphouse Mountain Tunnel in SC (about 2 hours away because mountain roads are scenic but not fast). It was started being dug by hand before the Civil War as a railroad tunnel to connect Charleston SC to the Midwest but never completed.

https://visitoconeesc.com/stumphouse-park/

Clemson University used it for a while to age their blue cheese. They have more info about the history of the tunnel on their site:

https://www.clemson.edu/bluecheese/history.html