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  • Reply To: Living With Broken Software

    Just got another 'broken' piece of email.  Obviousy a scam showing an invoice for over $400.00 of BitCoin from Pay Pal.  Dead givaway, I hope, is that the date is ...

  • Reply To: Living With Broken Software

    Kevin, I have had that occur most of the time for at least the last couple years.  So now we have an indication it's not just you and not just...

  • Reply To: Living With Broken Software

    Just a couple days ago I downloaded a little trial package from NCH Software for a specific need I have to batch flip about 6000 TIFF files now and more...

  • Reply To: The Ultimate Home Office

    Well, zaydenwood42, you ask for it, so here goes.  I was fortunate in that my wife operated a graphic design business at home for ten yeas or so, after taking...

  • Reply To: Sources of Inspiration

    I've been reflecting on this article while enjoying my morning coffee, and conclude that my inspiration comes from trying to understand cause and effect and perspective.  Maybe this is why...

    • This reply was modified 3 years, 1 months ago by skeleton567.
  • Reply To: How Normal Is Your World?

    Jeff, thank you for your kind words.  And I always enjoy hearing your words on SSC.

    Your wish makes me think:  I'd rather be an octogenarian than an oxygenarian.  Now see...

  • Reply To: How Normal Is Your World?

    My 'normal' continues, or maybe it's close to normal.  Spring is near, and I've had a few nice afternoons on the patio with my sweet wife for our wine and...

  • Reply To: With the Rise of AI Chat, are Experts Still Needed?

    If you are talking to your computer....you need to get a life.

    The closest I come to this is telling some gadget called Alexa to 'Call Ethel' who has her hangout...

  • Reply To: Outsourcing Operations

    My job was outsourced, I went to work for the outsourcing company, worked at my same desk, and got a raise.  How did THAT work?

  • Reply To: Coding Magic Values

    I wonder why it's called a 'variable'.

  • Reply To: The Challenge of Deleting Data

    We used to use magnetic tape for arhiving data and avoided needing to delete it OR to pay ongoing costs for online storage.  It probably saved us lots of  money. ...

    • This reply was modified 3 years, 2 months ago by skeleton567.
  • Reply To: Fear of "What If"

    I read this this morning when I woke up about 3:00 am and picked up my phone. It got me thinking and I mulled this over for the next hour....

  • Reply To: Exit Lines

    My take on 'exit lines':  Don't say anything that might preclude you from being invited back.'

    In my last position as a DBA the company was going through a downsizing/outsourcing period,...

  • Reply To: The Tech That is Gone

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor wrote:

    pietlinden wrote:

    Me too. It's weird, but I find the act of writing (not typing) helps me remember better. And I doodle to make sense of and plan things (like...

  • Reply To: The Tech That is Gone

    Jeff Moden wrote:

    Some old tech that I wish would come back is people that actually know how to ask a question and then read the answer and act upon it correctly....

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