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Kuron

ToDo List

9th July 2023

Long ago, somebody in the Blitz community made a wonderful ToDo List/Task List type of program and released it for free. It was written in B+. Since losing most of my stuff, I no longer have access to it and was looking for something suitable that gelled*snip*


Kuron

What is your current fave snack?

9th July 2023

I saw these in the store yesterday and had to try some. Very good. Subtle flavoring and a very light snack. Something I would buy again, but only every couple of months. Of course with snacks like this I only eat about 4 or 6 and that is it for the day*snip*


Kuron

Hiding Content

9th July 2023

Feature request: A way to easily click a post to only be viewable by registered members. A request, NOT a demand.


Kuron

Tetris

8th July 2023

I know I need to turn in my nerd card for this one, but I was never a fan of Tetris, but did enjoy the video above.


Kuron

Giving Up the Code

8th July 2023

we were worried for nothing, they have promised not to steal our jobs or rebel against us:
(Linkage)
Meanwhile, since 2020 we have been living through every 60s and 70s dystopian SciFi movie. Now getting close to moving into the 80s and the Robopocaly*snip*


Kuron

QOTD - July 2023

8th July 2023

In no particular order:
Story Time with Dutch Mantell
Jim Cornette Experience
Jim Cornette's Drive Thru
Kliq THIS
Chrome Cast
Three Sides of the Coin
Unshackled


Kuron

SpinalWatch

8th July 2023

*whacks spinal* Bad Spinal!
I never use any official version control, just frequent saves and renames before any major new changes, so I end up with a directory full or near duplicate files.


Kuron

Typing Training

8th July 2023

[quote]because my head's about 5 or 6 words ahead, and my handwriting struggles to catch up. I think that's what my typing's doing of late.[/quote]
That really summed it up for me for about two decades now. Brain is faster than the hands. Th*snip*


Kuron

Typing Training

8th July 2023

Remember way back in the day, one of the BASIC code books for the CoCo2 had a typing speed testing program. No idea of thee accuracy, but I got over 90 words per minute. CoCo2 actually had a fairly decent keyboard, so it may have been close...
I think t*snip*


Kuron

Mice: MS vs Logitech

8th July 2023

Interesting article...
(Linkage)
I have a wired Apple keyboard new in the box that I bought about nine years ago. Extremely good keyboard. And it will be used for my audio/video editing system.
Current fave keyboards:
(Linkage) (Linkage)
I am a*snip*


Kuron

QOTD - July 2023

7th July 2023

If I am not listening to Christian talk radio, I am listening to country music, oldies rock or gospel music.


Kuron

Plastic Lids

7th July 2023

Here, Oregon... When I moved here in some ways it was like stepping back into the 70s. Many of the stores only had paper bags... And you had to pay for bags most places.
We quit using paper bags here in the USA in the 70s. One can a soup would be enoug*snip*


Kuron

Typing Training

7th July 2023

When I was a wee lass and our school had just gotten Apple 2 computers, our English teacher gave us a printout of the QWERTY keyboard and we had to memorize it before the class was allowed to touch the computers. I already had a computer at home (TI-99/4A*snip*


Kuron

Plastic Lids

7th July 2023

Tubeless rolls? There go all the free chew/play toys for pet hamsters and rabbits.


Kuron

Dall-e 2

6th July 2023

[quote]There is a new U.S copyright law. Anything created by machine intelligence is non copyrightable.[/quote]
I would love to see a lawyer make a case for it being copyrightable under the ''work for hire'' clause.


Kuron

Giving Up the Code

6th July 2023

Meanwhile, Ole' Kuron is happily driving his 40 year old Toyota pickup, which is damn near theft-proof as nobody can drive a manual transmission anymore. Most advanced tech it has is I put a new $25 car radio in it that can play MP3s and has Bluetooth*snip*


Kuron

Giving Up the Code

6th July 2023

Hell, literally just read VW is testing driverless delivery vans in Austin, Texas.
Short of posting on SoCoder, we are being replaced for everything else.


Kuron

Kids in the Neighbourhood

6th July 2023

Here, had they tried to climb it and fell off, you would have been sued.


Kuron

Twitter/Mastodon Thread

6th July 2023

[quote]'Everyone running back to Twitter after trying Threads for five minutes': Social media erupts with memes slamming Zuckerberg's new app to rival Elon's - as they complain about 'bugs' and 'lack of basic features'[/quot*snip*


Kuron

Giving Up the Code

6th July 2023

[quote]I guess I'd best find the monies tolearn to drive a car or something to get a delivery driver thing of something as a backup?[/quote]
We already have driverless taxis in California, from what I understand. Driverless semis/tractor trailers wha*snip*


Kuron

Twitter/Mastodon Thread

6th July 2023

[quote]Yes, ''threads'' are indeed read-only without the app.[/quote]
I could not afford to use ''threads''. Stupid to pay for a phone with a data plan just to use an app that I could not even see on a phone screen.


Kuron

Twitter/Mastodon Thread

5th July 2023

Sadly MeWe makes you pay for a page if you are a business, on top of the normal price for a regular person.
[update]-=-=-[/update]
Finally got my Mastodon header image fixed so it displays properly on all of my systems. Took a bit of work, for some reas*snip*


Kuron

Robot Bodyguard

5th July 2023

Very fake looking to me, but would love to have a robot capable of all it claims that one can do.


Kuron

Twitter/Mastodon Thread

5th July 2023

I am considering paying for mewe, but it would be a cold day in hell before I ever gave $$ to Mark Fuckerberg or Elon Musk. Can't see paying for Cohost, really doesn't offer much.


Kuron

Robot Bodyguard

5th July 2023

King of Bahrain arrives in Dubai with his Robot bodyguard. Talk about the 4th Industrial Revolution. It can speak 6 languages. It can rescue him literally carry him from mobs. It can physically fight, chase, shoot. Its armed with an electric teaser, an und*snip*

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