If you're interested, you should shop over at Hobby King and get the bulk pricing (ie, make a large order), and look for the Chinese clones like Walkera. Get a cheap Turnigy radio and you're going to get flying for much cheaper.
Our parents should hang out together. My parents put a copy of "The Stork Didn't Bring You" in my library... It's a book from the 1940s, probably loaned to them from a priest down the street.
I've never really heard of him until about a month ago, for some reason I noticed his user name and all the replies he generated. I can certainly see how he rubs people the wrong way, I read his stuff here and on his site and just roll my eyes. Although I gotta say he does recommend good books now and then! He turned me on to Chaos Monkeys, which I dutifully checked out from the library. It is well-written and enjoyable!
I'll for sure check out his other recommendations, even if I don't always agree with the *way* he presents his ideas.
But I don't agree with the flood of penis pictures directed at him.... You know, there's banter and derision, but those pics cross a certain line. If someone had directed that at me using my real name, I'd be displeased as well...
Yeah and 6 weeks to 8 months shipping... I go to eBay for super low-price quasi-disposable stuff for my hobbies. I got some silicone heat-shrink tubing just to try it out, took almost two months to get here but there was no way I was paying more than 5$ in any case.
That's a good approach for every job AFAIK. I keep a written paper log book of what I'm asked to do by who and when, and what I did about it. People see that on my desk and it seems to send the correct message of "you won't be able to pin your mistakes on me!"
That's harsh. In my case it was my mother... Actually, both my parents had basically 19th century outlooks and couldn't grasp what I was doing in front of the computer all day. (A VIC-20). In fact, they had to be persuaded by a neighbor to get me that VIC in the first place. I never got a single word of encouragement or support. My parents were simply bewildered by anything more complex than a radio or a turntable. And this made them angry I guess.
They were also angry at each other, and took that out on me, in between yelling at me for being lazy instead of working in the yard. I'm still working on the emotional trauma now.
oh God... That program was called MLX, and I still remember hearing that buzz tone when the checksum didn't check out. I once forced my little brother to read the lines to me as I typed them in, it seemed to have gone faster IIRC.
Really? Every human's retina has the same layout of rods and cones and they connect to the exact same neurons through the optic nerve to the visual cortex?
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What about ATRAC players? I was playing that game in 1993 as I was lugging around my Sony MZ-1.
http://www.minidisc.org/part_S...
My first MP3 player was some sort of iRiver chunky thing with a hard drive. It was clunky and big and unattractive.
Now I just use my 5 year old LG phone.
So I went from being far ahead of the game to just using the cheapest old thing I can find.
Well, I do mind getting older, because it's not just the eyesight. It's everything. Our twenties is our peak, and to deny this is insanity.
If you're interested, you should shop over at Hobby King and get the bulk pricing (ie, make a large order), and look for the Chinese clones like Walkera. Get a cheap Turnigy radio and you're going to get flying for much cheaper.
Our parents should hang out together. My parents put a copy of "The Stork Didn't Bring You" in my library... It's a book from the 1940s, probably loaned to them from a priest down the street.
https://archive.org/stream/sto...
I've never really heard of him until about a month ago, for some reason I noticed his user name and all the replies he generated. I can certainly see how he rubs people the wrong way, I read his stuff here and on his site and just roll my eyes. Although I gotta say he does recommend good books now and then! He turned me on to Chaos Monkeys, which I dutifully checked out from the library. It is well-written and enjoyable!
I'll for sure check out his other recommendations, even if I don't always agree with the *way* he presents his ideas.
But I don't agree with the flood of penis pictures directed at him.... You know, there's banter and derision, but those pics cross a certain line. If someone had directed that at me using my real name, I'd be displeased as well...
Well, you can say what you want, but he's putting up a good fight!
Amiga.
Another company that will require registration to get their datasheets?
Like The Starlost episode Mr. Smith of Manchester ...
https://youtu.be/JP18WQfEtyM?t...
'70s cheese
Dude, change the font of your website, it's a crime against humanity.
Yeah and 6 weeks to 8 months shipping ... I go to eBay for super low-price quasi-disposable stuff for my hobbies. I got some silicone heat-shrink tubing just to try it out, took almost two months to get here but there was no way I was paying more than 5$ in any case.
That's a good approach for every job AFAIK. I keep a written paper log book of what I'm asked to do by who and when, and what I did about it. People see that on my desk and it seems to send the correct message of "you won't be able to pin your mistakes on me!"
That's harsh. In my case it was my mother... Actually, both my parents had basically 19th century outlooks and couldn't grasp what I was doing in front of the computer all day. (A VIC-20).
In fact, they had to be persuaded by a neighbor to get me that VIC in the first place. I never got a single word of encouragement or support. My parents were simply bewildered by anything more complex than a radio or a turntable. And this made them angry I guess.
They were also angry at each other, and took that out on me, in between yelling at me for being lazy instead of working in the yard. I'm still working on the emotional trauma now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
I quite enjoy this.
Well, you can write programs at home and not be a professional programmer. I guess that's all he said.
Do you want to be? You talk a lot about programs you write.
There's a reason people don't .... It's terrible. LabView is a mess, and AmigaVISION was charming ... 25 years ago.
I'm in Canada. We had Target for about 4 months. Guess it wasn't around long enough!
I'm not a THC fan. I'll get drunk with you though. I'm a friendly drunk, not a violent one.
I listen to the Jimmy Dore Show and Joe Rogan.
Except I'd trust Target...
a couple of years ago when the Canadian dollar was stronger. It's all I need.
oh God... That program was called MLX, and I still remember hearing that buzz tone when the checksum didn't check out. I once forced my little brother to read the lines to me as I typed them in, it seemed to have gone faster IIRC.
I should know people willing to give me a million dollars US. Get working on that!
Really? Every human's retina has the same layout of rods and cones and they connect to the exact same neurons through the optic nerve to the visual cortex?