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dyerjohn | 2 years ago | on: Twenty years maintaining the WiX Toolset

LOL! I was asking Gemini Wix questions. The answers were wrong! When I pointed that out I got apologies and more code that didn't work. As with most newbies, I finally trial and error'ed my way out. I want to know how the "experts" have figured out how to use Wix. What is it that I should know but don't about learning Wix?

dyerjohn | 2 years ago | on: The analog computer for the Nike missile system (2001)

Have you toured the Battleship NJ? The firing computer is a mechanical analog computer. It's wild to see what can be done with some precision ground gears.

dyerjohn | 2 years ago | on: The Therac-25 Incident

I remember starting to use software to stop a machine when the door was opened. A more experienced engineer stopped that and we added relay hard logic. That was 40 years ago, it's clear as day. Exactly the same issue with the Therac-25.

dyerjohn | 2 years ago | on: The Piccadilly line’s new air conditioned trains

I love how British articles have no problem using words like "Moquette" Does everyone in Great Britain know the definition?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moquette

dyerjohn | 3 years ago | on: User Manual for the Harvard Mark 1 Electro-Mechanical Computer (1946)

What we really want is audio of a relay computer working. It must have been quite the sound!!

dyerjohn | 3 years ago | on: Show HN: Filesystem Watcher

"Watcher is extremely efficient. In most cases, even when scanning millions of paths, this library uses a near-zero amount of resources." Yea, maybe or maybe not and my first guess is maybe not.

This needs at least some bullet points on HOW it does this so efficiently so that I'll keep looking. A blanket statement like this means "they hope it is efficient" or "They want it to be efficient" or "It's good in some scenarios but not others".

With those additional bits, I have a reason to dig around the source.

dyerjohn | 3 years ago | on: Ask HN: Where is the ARM desktop PC?

As a backend windows dev, how the hell is that even possible with just scrolling?

dyerjohn | 4 years ago | on: PA is Full of Bologna... Lebanon Bologna (2010)

Leb-nin, Excellent! Exactly right : )