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Darren Stone, Vancouver, BC, Canada
"Once men turned their thinking over to
machines in the hope that this would
set them free. But that only permitted
other men with machines to enslave
them." - Frank P. Herbert, Jr., 1965
"The programmer, like the poet, works
only slightly removed from pure
thought-stuff. He builds his castles
in the air, from air, creating by
exertion of the imagination."
- Fred P. Brooks, Jr., 1975recent activity (1,004 total)
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I'll assume the two stakeholder groups referred to are travellers and CBSA. I believe they should let the advocacy and informative message run. The message is sensational, but no more so than any…
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> "Anvils were also traditionally fired on St. Clement's Day, honoring Pope Clement I, the patron saint of blacksmiths and metalworkers." Hm. Obscure. Intriguing. Okay. Then briefly …
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Thanks. I generally use an accountant because with some investments and side businesses I am (overly?) concerned about making an error. I'm considering SimpleTax this year.[0] No affiliation but …
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It's painful here in Canada, too. I read passages like this about civilized countries, also heavily socialized like my country, and am envious: > "Netherlands, the procedure is simple ...…
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That's an excellent description of why I recall the days of inherent constraint as fondly as I do. I was an 8-bit console programmer back in the day. I've also worked in a later era of sop…
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And with this news, millions of French now become aware of these tempting sites they wouldn't otherwise even know about. (And Google methods of alternative access.) #streisandeffect
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Neat idea. But while I don't know the instantaneous toxicity of liquid explosives, I'll conjecture that a suicide bomber might have the commitment and stomach for a wee sip of his boom juice…
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In the very first sentence, I appreciate what I think is an intentional use of five digit year formatting. The Long Now Foundation isn’t getting caught with its pants down in an amateur Y10K bug! …
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Designing for time scales that dwarf the designers' lifetimes is fascinating. Another one is The 10,000 Year Clock by The Long Now Foundation.[1] A huge clock is being built into a mountain owned…
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> Once you see a person executed you're no longer the same person. If witnessing what your society does in your name causes you distress, it's worth some contemplation, don't you thi…
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An impressive trick at Commodore users group meetings was to run Fast Hack'em for the 1541. This was a low-level floppy copier that ran on one or more 1541s, without the need for a host C64 once …