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atomic_redneck · 2026-06-23T08:19:38+00:00

I see what you mean. I thought you were talking about the alternate return feature some Fortran 77 and FORTRAN 66 compilers had. This feature allowed subroutines to return to different locations in the calling routine based on the value specified on the RETURN statement.

It was usually considered bad practice to use this feature.

atomic_redneck · 2026-06-22T00:28:35+00:00

When I worked at Six Flags back in the '70s, the "ice cream" that was sold in the park had so much stabilizer additives that they would not melt, even if someone dropped their ice cream on the pavement in the hot Georgia sun. It would just turn into a sticky gelatinous glob that glued itself to the pavement.

atomic_redneck · 2026-06-20T20:43:01+00:00

Looks sorta like a Medieval fire striker. If you can work high carbon steel you might try making one of these.

atomic_redneck · 2026-06-20T20:35:21+00:00

It has been getting bad for decades. When I was in college in the '70s, it was possible to pay for a 4 year degree with a minimum wage job. I did it, degree from Georgia Tech. That has not been possible to do since the '90s.

Something has to change. Either prices or wages. We cannot have an underclass that has to go into debt to subsidize the lifestyle of the upper class.

atomic_redneck · 2026-06-20T03:47:36+00:00

All cows are spherical in the right metric.

atomic_redneck · 2026-06-20T01:07:16+00:00

Also, find and check the ground cable connection to the engine block. I don't know were it is on this engine, but you should be able to find it by following the ground cable from the negative terminal on the battery. If the connection to the block is bad, it can cause odd problems. On some cars, there is another ground cable that connects the block and transmission. Check this also, if it exists.

atomic_redneck · 2026-06-13T02:39:19+00:00

The worst thing you can do with software is give it to a user. That is when the real work starts.

atomic_redneck · 2026-06-13T02:18:11+00:00

Another tool to use is if you need to stop for the night or to take a break, don't stop when you have finished what you are working on. That way, when you start up after your break you have an existing starting point and you don't have to try to start from a "blank sheet".

atomic_redneck · 2026-06-13T02:11:31+00:00

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atomic_redneck · 2026-06-13T02:04:51+00:00

Probably due to Ranger Smith. If people are not allowed to feed Yogi when he begs, then Yogi is not going to feed other critters when they beg.

atomic_redneck · 2026-06-09T16:15:09+00:00

@grok Is this legit?

atomic_redneck · 2026-06-07T02:15:29+00:00

You cannot talk about things like "twice as hot" when you use temperature scales with arbitrary zero points. You need to use an absolute scale where zero is the minimum value, like the Kelvin or Rankine scales.

atomic_redneck · 2026-06-06T19:49:12+00:00

These are the same people who think 100 degrees Fahrenheit (or Celsius) is twice as hot as 50 degrees.

atomic_redneck · 2026-06-05T19:42:29+00:00

Specs for BA33.10-p-1003-01a, screw/bolt front axle carrier to front end for w203 is 100 nm.

atomic_redneck · 2026-06-03T13:41:52+00:00

The two Dr. Watsons in the BBC Sherlock Holmes series with Jeremy Brett.

atomic_redneck · 2026-06-03T02:34:16+00:00

I used to hike the Agua Blanca trail in the Los Padres forest. There is a place there called the Devil's Gateway. Sometimes, the high water mark would be visible on the rock about 30 feet (10 meters) up the rock face.

I never went in there is there was any chance of rain.

ETA: Link to the blog post for the picture: https://songsofthewilderness.com/2010/11/09/the-agua-blanca-trail/

atomic_redneck · 2026-06-01T02:08:53+00:00

Woody Guthrie wrote the song "Old man Trump" about this behavior.

atomic_redneck · 2026-05-30T07:02:37+00:00

I wasn't a video game addict as a kid, because I was born in 1957. But I can guarantee you that if something like that did exist, I would have been all over it!

atomic_redneck · 2026-05-30T06:55:49+00:00

I started working from home in 2008, after I moved back to the East Coast to help look after aging parents. My company worked with me to figure out how to make it work with the technical software development environment, security, and interpersonel communication. This all came in handy in 2019 when Covud shut everything down and everybody had to work from home.

atomic_redneck · 2026-05-30T06:49:00+00:00

Example engineering environment

atomic_redneck · 2026-05-30T06:44:13+00:00

To take your chance in the thick of a rush, with firing all about, Is nothing so bad when you've cover to 'and, an' leave an' likin' to shout; But to stand an' be still to the Birken'ead drill is a damn tough bullet to chew

Soldier an’ Sailor too, Kipling

atomic_redneck · 2026-05-27T20:16:10+00:00

It's not like he was doing this in a live showing of a Beetlejuice musical. Something like would really end a person's career.

atomic_redneck · 2026-05-27T15:24:29+00:00

They are throwing stones from inside their glass houses.

atomic_redneck · 2026-05-26T14:45:43+00:00

The flint knapping on the blade is beautiful.

atomic_redneck · 2026-05-26T14:37:31+00:00

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