jcstauffer

My family had one of these when I was growing up (in gray - not the great blue color you linked to).

When I was 11-12 and didn't have a computer, I used it to type up BASIC programs that I either took to school to type into the Apple ][ there, or just imagined how they worked...

Sort of the opposite of your plan, I guess...

I would hope that there is more process in place protecting against downtime than code review - for example automated tests across several levels, burn-in testing, etc.

People are not reliable enough to leave them as the only protection against system failure...

I'd like to get a heat pump to replace my existing baseboard hot-water system (currently powered by an oil furnace) without converting to a heated air system.

From what I've read, that's not quite feasible yet, since current systems can't produce a high enough temperature.

What are the prospects of that technology becoming viable in the next few years?

I particularly like how they neutrally listed all the assets and lines of credit of Voyager Digital (the loan holder) without mentioning that they add up to just $655M (< $670MM), meaning that they are now insolvent.

When I registered for Lufthansa FF, the form was just numbers. My birthdate has two single-digit numbers in it, and I ended up with Month-Date backwards (US vs. rest of the world conventions - e.g., 4/8 is either April 8, or Aug 4).

It wasn't an issue, but a minor annoyance to fix it every time I traveled, so that it matched my travel documents.

Until a couple of years ago, when I was traveling back from Germany and the flight crew thought it would be nice to surprise me with a bottle of champagne at midnight on my "birthday".

They were so proud of doing this over the top "random kindness" (it was pretty thoughtful), and couldn't figure out why I was confused and annoyed. I still feel bad for not acting more excited or grateful...

Windows may still dominate, but 75% is far below the 90% it was 10 years ago, while MacOS has nearly doubled in the same timeframe.

As someone who can remember this never changing, that's a pretty steep slope...

I recall when they didn't put them on the passenger side.

When my son was a toddler, he referred to all heavy equipment (bulldozers, etc.) as "Err-err"'s - referring to the primary sound they make.

One of my fondest memories of this time was him walking backwards down the hall making the "err err" sound of a bulldozer backing up...

In fact, as noted above, the article was originally written in the 90s, and this line about Trump was in the original version written long before even Apprentice days.

Trump has been a punchline since long before he decided to run for president.

As others mentioned, I've also heard this as a lawyer taking claim from the chaos.

I also heard this from a friend that heard it from Ronald Reagan, who claimed it was his favorite joke.

Or Blondie?

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