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carldaddy··on The end of Reddit? Why the blackout is still going – and what happens next
My Reddit newsfeed is currently just r/casio, so I've been looking at lots of watches.
carldaddy··on Farewell American Computer Magazines
Is there any online content today similar to these magazines?
carldaddy··on How is it even possible to cheat on a musical performance practical exam?
In college the night before a big computer programming project was due, all of us students met in the computer lab and basically copied one student who had his working. The Professor obviously noticed and told us all to do it again.
carldaddy··on I use cheap notebooks
Not notebooks but my Dad never let us kids use his guitars because they were too nice. So we never learned guitar. I picked it up later in life and now leave them out for my kids to mess with. Sure, they'll be out of tune and the pick will go missing, but I feel it's more important that they get used as much as possible for everyone. No point in leaving stuff stored away.
carldaddy··on If operating systems were beers (1995)
I love these old looking websites.
carldaddy··on Show HN: Science and math-flavored programming problems for beginners
I agree. I wish school would have merged things like space and programming. I would have been really into it.
carldaddy··on Microsoft Is Dead (2007)
My team tried it out at the beginning of Covid. It performed really bad for me. I've heard it's better now, but that experience really turned me off to it.
carldaddy··on Guitar Center files for bankruptcy
I'm just glad to see there are so many fellow guitar players on HN.
carldaddy··on The No-Code Generation is arriving
In my experience, the business users that are supposed to use the “no code” platforms give up and it goes back to the IT department to use.
carldaddy··on A Picture of Java in 2020
VSCode is 100% free. IntelliJ has a free and enterprise license. I could download the free one, but I feel like I'm missing out on features and would rather go with the option that has everything free. Then I don't have to worry about it. Even though it may not be as good.
carldaddy··on Facebook Campus
My wife started selling stuff on Marketplace for fun and it's basically become a side business for her. It's crazy how successful it's become.
carldaddy··on Reddit ban users for upvoting certain posts/comments
Sometimes I accidentally click the upvote button.
carldaddy··on Celebrate Woz's 70th
Jobs and Wozniak were both masters of their own domain.
carldaddy··on Toshiba formally and finally exits laptop business
My first laptop for college was a Toshiba Satellite. This would have been around 2006. It was a great machine at a reasonable price. Never had any issues with it until the battery died like 8 years later.
carldaddy··on Show HN: Wiby – A Minimalist’s Search Engine
Wiby.org is my homepage. I occasionally click "surprise me..." to view 90s style websites. I find them more interesting than scrolling though modern stuff.
carldaddy··on Brython – A Python 3 implementation for client-side web programming
I will never understand why people think it's easier to use the same language across every domain.
carldaddy··on Space Jam's 1996 website is still alive
Thanks for the story! Also, I wish 'webmaster' was still a title used in the industry.
carldaddy··on How the 2021 Ford F-150's onboard generator works
Because of a growing family I bought a van recently. I thought I would hate it because of it's size but I actually love it. It's like driving a fortress around. Third row folds down so it's also like a cargo van. I don't think I could go back to a small sedan.
carldaddy··on The Return of the 90s Web
Maybe https://wiby.me/ ? I love surfing this on my free time.
carldaddy··on Remembering Windows 2000
Would Microsoft consider putting in the classic desktop in Windows 10 if enough people wanted it?
carldaddy··on Show HN: An assembler for the LC-3 fictitious computer
The LC-3 was part of my computer architecture course in my CS program over a decade ago. Glad to see it’s still being used.
carldaddy··on Ask HN: What website, from your early days on the net, do you miss?
GameWinners.com. Great source for video game cheats. But the best part for me was the chat room. I would say crazy things to people. Good times.

Also GeoCities. I wouldn't gone into web development without it.

carldaddy··on Open access to ACM Digital Library during coronavirus pandemic
Is ACM membership useful for just typical developers not in research or grad school?
carldaddy··on Build an 8-bit home computer with 5 chips
This looks really neat. What homebrew computer kits do all of you recommend for someone that has never done this before? I would like to build a computer and program on it. I've done web dev only.
carldaddy··on CSS Zen Garden
I feel the same way. It's probably because I'm 90s kid and nostalgia, but I wish web standards were taken seriously.