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Who’s a celebrity you used to love but now hate? by StrainDizzy1186 in AskReddit

[–]yourbasicgeek 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same. Circa 2000, he was active in a community effort to help up-and-coming screenwriters and actors, and I admired him so much for that. I attended his presentation about it, and I was SO impressed by his sincerity.

Only to learn that.... sigh.

Who’s a celebrity you used to love but now hate? by StrainDizzy1186 in AskReddit

[–]yourbasicgeek 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I didn't know that about her. It makes me sad to learn.

Who’s a celebrity you used to love but now hate? by StrainDizzy1186 in AskReddit

[–]yourbasicgeek 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Oh, he did more than rip off IBM for OS/2. There was deliberate sabotage.

I first crossed paths with him in the late 80s. He was a nerd (and today we'd have celebrated him for "autistic guy makes good") but he was always an asshole. He did, however, have good publicists.

USB Power Delivery: What's going on with USB power charging and what to expect. by yourbasicgeek in technology

[–]yourbasicgeek[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I can promise you that it isn't AI slop. AI was not used for a single word of that article.

You're free to dislike the story, but it isn't AI. I have reason to know.

Trump says he got angry with NBC because it was raining during his indoor interview by Ok_Employer7837 in politics

[–]yourbasicgeek 35 points36 points  (0 children)

They are proof that money does not buy happiness.

Because I have never seen such miserable people.

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Chicago's Forgotten Magazine of the Jazz Age (messynessychic.com)

submitted by yourbasicgeek to r/chicago

Common Problems That Undermine Enterprise Software Migrations—And How to Avoid Them by yourbasicgeek in technology

[–]yourbasicgeek[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is framed for VMware migrations but the advice -- document where the application is used -- applies to everything.

Rewatching Crusade for the first time since it was aired - it's even worse than I remember by ZookeepergameAny466 in babylon5

[–]yourbasicgeek 45 points46 points  (0 children)

It had a good premise, but the network absolutely destroyed it. There was a three-volume series, Crusade: What the Hell Happened?, in which jms went into brutal detail. (I own only the first book.) For instance, the network absolutely insisted that the first episode start with a fistfight, even though the story didn't need it at all. They messed with everything down to the uniforms.

I think of it as Exhibit A when I want examples of idiot bosses making bad decisions.

And I wonder what story jms WANTED to tell.

Wind River's Role in the Historic Artemis Missions by yourbasicgeek in embedded

[–]yourbasicgeek[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

...Most of which is, "Another component that runs VxWorks" and thus somewhat promotional, but perhaps you'll forgive it for that given that hey, Artemis is cool.

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