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cjwl

@cjwl.bsky.social

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Software Developer. Bought K&R first edition new. Created Cocotron. Travel, bicycling and public transportation enthusiast. 🇺🇸🇬🇧 coarse location: Amherst, MA

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cjwl @cjwl.bsky.social · 7h

This. It’s all about capturing a user base with some bullshit product and getting acquired by a larger company.

cjwl @cjwl.bsky.social · 9h

Same! never heard of this, also interesting that rats aren’t big rabies carriers while bats are.

cjwl @cjwl.bsky.social · 11h

No Ebola? jezuz

cjwl @cjwl.bsky.social · 14h

We don’t have good language to differentiate an 8million pop. city vs an 800k pop. city and mentally bucket them as similar.

cjwl @cjwl.bsky.social · 15h

‘Altered States’ in the theater when I was 12, not sure what my brother was thinking

a close up of a statue with powdered sugar on top

ALT: a close up of a statue with powdered sugar on top

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cjwl @cjwl.bsky.social · 1d

cjwl @cjwl.bsky.social · 2d

x86 and other CPUs with segments were at odds with C’s pointers

cjwl @cjwl.bsky.social · 3d

Hrm, is this just an availability problem? First C compiler I used was Mark William C for CPM-86, 64k memory model.

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cjwl @cjwl.bsky.social · 5d

I was thinking about this the other day, GOP today makes Quayle and Bob Dole look like f’ing saints.

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cjwl @cjwl.bsky.social · 5d

I think vehicles are contributing to this as well, being more buffered from your environment through height, sound insulation, size makes you less connected to the environment around you. It *feels* more annoying to drive a large vehicle because there is more in the way.

cjwl @cjwl.bsky.social · 5d

WTF

cjwl @cjwl.bsky.social · 5d

Adding machine

cjwl @cjwl.bsky.social · 6d

If a device can communicate with AWS it’s got enough transistors in it to work offline reliably. It’s just ridiculous this is a thing.

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cjwl @cjwl.bsky.social · 6d

“what if Uday Hussein ran a Ramada Inn.” lol, perfect references.

cjwl @cjwl.bsky.social · 6d

Beautiful

cjwl @cjwl.bsky.social · 6d

There is a good B1M episode covering the Eglinton light rail system project delays, nothing is going to mitigate this soon.

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cjwl @cjwl.bsky.social · 7d

Dealers export trade-ins heavily to keep the used car market in worse condition, but I agree far more people should be in old Hondas and Toyotas.

cjwl @cjwl.bsky.social · 8d

Weird, no handicap permit parking spots?

cjwl @cjwl.bsky.social · 8d

I’m a little curious how structural integrity is maintained when you just rip off walls like that

cjwl @cjwl.bsky.social · 8d

Yes

cjwl @cjwl.bsky.social · 8d

My adult son has been in a walker or wheelchair his entire life, I’ve been directly familiar with accessibility issues for 20 years and shopping carts aren’t even on my list.

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cjwl @cjwl.bsky.social · 8d

There was a time these didn't exist (not too long ago really), but yes, they became popular due to the high moral standards of customers! lol.

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cjwl @cjwl.bsky.social · 8d

New passenger routes can be built but there is little political ability to do this.

cjwl @cjwl.bsky.social · 9d

small dents in cars vs lives. Hrmmmm