Chris Nelson
@chrisnelsonpe.bsky.social
Professional software engineer, husband, father, grandfather, wood worker.
Gawd, that was painful. I finished it but sometimes wish I hadn't. 🤷🏻♂️
January 29, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Gawd, that was painful. I finished it but sometimes wish I hadn't. 🤷🏻♂️
I've got three of those on my shelf to this day. 😀
One more I couldn't have gotten this far without. Seems I opened it every time I needed to write a client or server.
One more I couldn't have gotten this far without. Seems I opened it every time I needed to write a client or server.
January 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I've got three of those on my shelf to this day. 😀
One more I couldn't have gotten this far without. Seems I opened it every time I needed to write a client or server.
One more I couldn't have gotten this far without. Seems I opened it every time I needed to write a client or server.
Pretty sure I have 3 on my shelf right now!
January 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Pretty sure I have 3 on my shelf right now!
For a long time I expressed my Mac aversion by saying I wouldn't trust a computer that didn't trust me with more than one mouse button!
January 5, 2025 at 2:12 PM
For a long time I expressed my Mac aversion by saying I wouldn't trust a computer that didn't trust me with more than one mouse button!
My first semester in college, I was swamped and didn't think I had time for pleasure reading. Then I picked up a novel and my grades went up.
January 2, 2025 at 1:36 PM
My first semester in college, I was swamped and didn't think I had time for pleasure reading. Then I picked up a novel and my grades went up.
My daughter used her student/alumni email account until her college shutdown. 😯
January 2, 2025 at 12:52 PM
My daughter used her student/alumni email account until her college shutdown. 😯
Yeah. I don't think a Linux user would mistake their phone for a Linux system. 😆
December 31, 2024 at 10:02 PM
Yeah. I don't think a Linux user would mistake their phone for a Linux system. 😆
As a toddler, my granddaughter could mash in my keyboard and turn the display upside down. Did it several times. 😯 Using the mouse on an inverted display to navigate to the setting to put it back was a challenge
December 31, 2024 at 9:30 PM
As a toddler, my granddaughter could mash in my keyboard and turn the display upside down. Did it several times. 😯 Using the mouse on an inverted display to navigate to the setting to put it back was a challenge
Android is based on Linux. Are you saying it is so different that mobile is displacing Linux? Seems more like it is adopting/adapting Linux.
December 31, 2024 at 9:28 PM
Android is based on Linux. Are you saying it is so different that mobile is displacing Linux? Seems more like it is adopting/adapting Linux.
An early Fortran compiler from IBM didn't protect constants so, INTEGER 1 = 2 compiled with interesting results. 😯
December 23, 2024 at 1:11 PM
An early Fortran compiler from IBM didn't protect constants so, INTEGER 1 = 2 compiled with interesting results. 😯
Not sure where I first heard, "If the code and the comments disagree, they are both wrong." 😉
December 23, 2024 at 1:08 PM
Not sure where I first heard, "If the code and the comments disagree, they are both wrong." 😉
I love the saying that a junior developer fixes a bug by adding code, a senior developer fixes a bug by removing code. 😀
December 20, 2024 at 3:20 AM
I love the saying that a junior developer fixes a bug by adding code, a senior developer fixes a bug by removing code. 😀
I have definitely had solutions to complex problems come out of my pillow! I often review a hard problem at the end of the day in the hope that a solution will emerge from my sleeping unconscious.
December 14, 2024 at 12:58 PM
I have definitely had solutions to complex problems come out of my pillow! I often review a hard problem at the end of the day in the hope that a solution will emerge from my sleeping unconscious.
When redirection first came to DOS, there were no real pipes so the OS created intermediate files and that should have worked just fine. 😀
December 14, 2024 at 12:48 AM
When redirection first came to DOS, there were no real pipes so the OS created intermediate files and that should have worked just fine. 😀