Blech.

While I can appreciate the motivation, it is always best to stick to widely recognized standards as far as programming languages go.

I've used TaxAct for years, out of familiarity more than anything, but find its user interface about as appealing as a dog's breakfast.

A Windows 10 update removed ALL of the graphics drivers for my son's GTX-1080. This despite trying to block them as much as possible.

Fortunately it was a small matter for the tech-savvy kid to reinstall them, and if not, I could have managed, but imaging if we had been clueless consumers spending significant cash on a gaming PC, that Microsoft now "broke".

I think the next time it happens I will send them a bill for our time: I consult at $350 an he at $175 an hour.

Decades old. Heh, I work in a place these days where the code (mostly C and C++) has roots in Fortran. The database APIs (all homegrown, natch, since SQL didn't exist 'then') are, er, interesting, and unless you've experienced unstructured Fortran, you won't understand WHY things are the way they are.

Clearly someone who has not experienced APL, wherein one can invert a matrix in three keystrokes, one of which is a backspace: quad, backspace, divide; also known as "quad-divide" or "domino". What? You don't have a quad key on your keyboard?

Slashdot is a website composed of comments from a wide variety of people. Since the first year of Slashdot, I have seen a variation of this reply over and over again, almost as prevalent as hot grits, natalie portman, and first post. That sweet cry of Hypocrisy! as if the commentor has discovered some conspiracy by a non living entity website.

I was a big fan of Arrowbridge duing the BBS days. Reminds me of the old top down rogue like games. Richard Garriott recently had a contest to port his first BASIC game to a web platform.

http://www.kirith.com/DND1/pure-js/

You have to use the name SHAVS to play the game (that is what was in the original source code).
And hit No for instructions.

Indeed. A warning is certainly appropriate, but news is news, however horrific it might be.

As a former H1-B visa holder, current lawful permanent resident, and eligible for U.S. citizenship, you should know that the LAW requirs H1-Bs to be paid at least 90% of the prevailing wage, the employer to handle their INS legal expenses, AND bear the cost of sending them and their family home when they are layed off or their visa expires. H1-Bs generally cost MORE than locals, with all the extra hassles.

Now, where I would likely agree with you is that many companies BREAK those laws to bring in cheap labor, something which I would opose as well.

Yes, it's called "Disorderly Conduct", and is a misdemeanor most places.

HOWEVER, which that might explain a violent response, it does not excuse it: if you assault or kill someone because of what they say to you, even though their actions are criminal, so is your violent response. The proper response is a harassment charge.

Furthermore, that covers speech directed at you, not indirect speech intended for anyone who cares to listen: If I call a black man a nigger, I can certainly expect a punch (or worse). But, at least in the U.S., with it's First Amendment, I can write all the books and cartoons about niggers I want, without breaking any laws. Your recourse, if I offend you is simply to shun me.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/da...

Symform, not Synapse.

I once interviewed for a company, Synapse, IIRC, planning to do just that, using error correction to deal with lost/offline shards of data.

Kudos.

The first computer I built used a 6809 and ran either Flex or a homebrew monitor.

I have PLENTY of experience with AMOS on 68k systems. As Caroll Oconnor and Jean Stapleton sang: "Those were the days!"

Some of us might consider that a feature.