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New comment by jbschirtzinger in "Koko, a gorilla who could do sign language, has died at 46"

jbschirtzinger — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 15:23:07 +0000

I was very sad to hear this. I still remember in Elementary school encountering the book "Koko's kitten".

New comment by jbschirtzinger in "I Quit My Job to Live on Donations to Zig"

jbschirtzinger — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 19:15:47 +0000

I run a small church. It's pretty much the same idea, except for YHVH.

New comment by jbschirtzinger in "Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire GitHub"

jbschirtzinger — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 00:28:58 +0000

I surely become tired of becoming the product for someone else's overly inflated bottom line after having an option to feel it is "safe" to be a part of a community...

New comment by jbschirtzinger in "There are real reasons for Linux to replace ifconfig, netstat, etc"

jbschirtzinger — Fri, 25 May 2018 13:47:23 +0000

While this article makes a case for the new command, the reality is simple. I personally learned ifconfig continually in my life and so I learned how to read it and interpret what it was trying to say. It output its commands in a fairly easy to parse way. The new command, while I am sure is progressive and forward thinking, feels clunky. I often have to try to remember the name of the command itself as it is not obvious. It is a good example of a command not really doing the function of making the job easier on the network admin in favor of accommodating new conceptions of features. All the thousands of hours I spent on ifconfig are, basically, useless unless I want to be antiquated and have useless debates about standards. Basically, I just want the computer to do what I tell it with as little extra trouble as possible.

New comment by jbschirtzinger in "Why did I spend 1.5 months creating a Gameboy emulator? (2017)"

jbschirtzinger — Wed, 23 May 2018 15:50:14 +0000

I think most projects where a person is trying to learn something such that it builds on something else are often not understood by a person who is not on the same path. In the end, the tapestry formed is only understood by the one doing the journey and then in hindsight it all makes perfect sense.

New comment by jbschirtzinger in "CRPG Book Released"

jbschirtzinger — Mon, 05 Feb 2018 15:59:27 +0000

Cool book. I would be interested in knowing what software was used to make it.

New comment by jbschirtzinger in "Traceroute Mapper – Show Your Traceroute on a Map"

jbschirtzinger — Mon, 08 May 2017 15:40:32 +0000

Is it possible to make this a local app so you don't have to use the web?