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I hope not! There are far too many idiots driving who don't pay attention. Certainly don't need to put them in the sky.

Nice! I recently built an invoice generator (not open sourced) for my own needs. I built mine because I needed something when I discontinued a SaaS that had provided it. Mine is written in C# and uses a JSON file to define the contents of the invoice. It's run from the command-line and just produces the PDF.

They might be singing this song now. (To the tune of 'Yesterday' from the Beatles).

    Yesterday,
    All those backups seemed a waste of pay.
    Now my database has gone away.
    Oh I believe in yesterday.

    Suddenly,
    There’s not half the files there used to be,
    And there’s a deadline
    hanging over me.
    The system crashed so suddenly.

    I pushed something wrong
    What it was I could not say.
    Now my data’s gone
    and I long for yesterday-ay-ay-ay.

    Yesterday,
    The need for back-ups seemed so far away.
    Thought all my data was here to stay,
    Now I believe in yesterday.

They don't refuse to pick COBOL, they refuse to consider COBOL.

Interesting! Can you elaborate?

Hope you don't have expectations (over the long run) for high availability. At some point that server will come down (planned or unplanned).

If you could wave a magic wand and suddenly all Unix systems (and variants such as Linux) could be instantly changed to suit your wishes, what would you wish for?

For me, it would be:

    - removal of 'root' user and replaced with various predefined sysadmin groups and standardized audit logs for each group
    - get a batch processing system (similar in spirit to z/OS but without JCL). It should allow you to see a list of the jobs you've submitted, cancel individual jobs, re-order existing jobs that haven't started, have a standard place to see stdout/stderr logs.
    - get something like AIX's smit/smitty for sysadmin tasks
    - have either ZFS built-in or something with equivalent functionality
    - sensible and easy-to-use containerized/jailing capabilities
    - built-in support for append-only file permissions
    - ability to quickly/easily adjust priorities for all processes belonging to a user
    - ability to quickly/easily cap a user's processes cpu/ram resources (without having to use a container/jail)

I agree. I always cringe when I see a job posting where they're wanting to hire a "passionate" xxx engineer. I always think to myself, "no, you really don't. you want to hire a dispassionate engineer who is objective". It's very difficult to be objective when you're passionate about something (especially a technology). And then what do you do with that passionate person when the organization gets rid of the technology that they're passionate about?

ETA - fixed spelling error

At what cost politically? I would expect political battles to be far more intense than any of the technical ones.

Yes! The combination of fpc, LCL, and Lazarus running on Windows/macOS/Linux is a powerful combination.

If you're thinking of hurricanes (and you may not be), the location is far enough away from the coast that they wouldn't be a significant problem.

Maybe it was a personal goal?

Correction - POWER architecture runs exclusively on 'i' and 'p' series. 'z' series is mainframe.

No such thing as a POWER mainframe. IBM's POWER lines (i and p) are different from their mainframe line (z).

This part is worth repeating:

Be aware this equipment is not pleasant to be around (loud, hot)

I had the same thought. A table indeed!

Ouch!! Pascal's lack of popularity certainly isn't due to the fact that it supports such nice enumerated types (or sets for that matter). I think he was just pointing out that such nice things have existed (and been known to exist) for a long time and that it's odd that a new language couldn't have borrowed the feature.

Sure there are but running older browsers is a security risk. The older it is the more vulnerable it is.

Yeah, I think that JetBrains might be able to do some really cool stuff with Object Pascal. I don't know if they have the chops to take on cross-platform UI like what Lazarus did with LCL, but it would be awesome.

It seems the CPS folks need to dial down their knee-jerk reactions a bit. Some people will still complain to them with both legitimate and non-legitimate claims. CPS folks need some training on knowing the difference.

True! Unfortunately, an enterprise machine is more likely to have considerable power draw and quite possibly be much louder. I have a 2013 Apple Mac Pro (trashcan) that uses ECC. They're also cheap, small, and quiet.

The published technical specs indicate that the maximum RAM is 16gb (2x 8gb).

https://www.delltechnologies.com/asset/pl-pl/products/thin-c...

Have you tried it with 32gb? If so, was this 2x 16gb or 1x 32gb?

Cool! Please add link to that page from your github project's main page.

I hate when someone's software advertises itself as 'blazingly fast' and then provides NO DATA to back up the claim. It's possible that it really is blazingly fast, but to make the claim and provide no data is sad. In God we trust - all others please bring data.

There were also MFM and RLL hard drives. I don't recall if they were pre-IDE or something different altogether. It's been a long time.

What a cool idea! I'll join if my schedule allows. Thanks for doing this.

It's not an either/or situation. I'm sure they would have BOTH pistols and rifles.

I know that the pipeline pigs existed at least as far back as the early 90s (maybe even long before then).

You read more into my comments than you should have. I'll expand on my points:

    1) OSHA - I'm delighted and proud that we have OSHA! OSHA regulations have saved lives and prevented serious accidents/sicknesses and continue to do so. Does Vietnam, China, India, etc. have comparable regulations? I don't know the answer to this question, but my guess is largely 'no'. There is a cost associated with OSHA compliance and it's worth it. Is it ok that a factory worker is killed or maimed in some other country for your low prices?
    2) Decline of shop classes - I don't know why they're not as prevalent as they used to be. To be honest, a shop class of 2025 should not look the same as a shop class of 1970. In my opinion, a modern shop/industrial class would include robotics, 3D printing, programmable logic controllers (PLCs), etc. I honestly don't see how anyone would consider this to be a bad thing.
    3) Litigious society - I'm not passing judgement, just calling it like I see it. Many lawsuits are deserved and many likely result in better processes and procedures. I don't have an axe to grind, just stating that the US probably has more lawsuits and judgements than most other countries.
    4) Drug addictions - I don't think that drug addictions are good for anyone. I know that this is a very complicated topic. I'm just pointing out that it may be more difficult to hire manufacturing workers in the US who don't use illegal drugs than in other countries.
    5) Fat, dumb, and happy society - I'm just calling it as I see it. A huge part is because as a country we don't eat healthy enough and get enough exercise. Look at the skyrocketing cases of diabetes. It's a huge problem. Dumb because it seems we continue watering down our schools to make it easier for kids to get through.

If you read everything I wrote above, please tell me where I'm right-wing or left-wing. Of the 5 factors I listed, the only one that I would advocate for a policy change is (2). I would like to see broad funding for shop/industrial classes in high schools throughout the country. Again, these shops would not look like they did in 1970, although they would likely still have some of the same tools. However, they would also have modernized, high-tech ones like robotics, 3D printing, etc.

Where am I so off-base? Where did I make value judgements (aside from fat, dumb, lazy one) about Americans? Am I promoting some right-wing agenda with my comments? I believe that these are honest points that should be discussed and debated.

In my opinion, the following are additional factors that are often overlooked when discussing the competitiveness of USA manufacturing:

    1) OSHA - if you have more than 10 employees, you're subject to OSHA regulations. Do other countries have comparable regulations for keeping their workers safe and healthy?
    2) Decline of shop classes - shop/industrial classes used to be widespread in high schools. Not as much these days. Why?
    3) Litigious society - our society is quick to sue and the legal standard used in civil trials is "more likely than not".
    4) Drug addictions - look at any job posting for manufacturing, labor, construction, etc. and you'll see mention about drug screening.
    5) Fat, dumb, and happy society - we care more about Super Bowl Sunday, Hollywood, reality shows, etc. On average, we're lazy and care more about being entertained.