Don Benson

Professional Software Engineer / Amateur Trumpet Player. Some days it feels like those adjectives should be reversed.

[Don Benson @hurcane]

@svpino @AlfredoD365T Assembly is a bad analogy because compilers are deterministic. Coding agents are getting better, but they still are based on probabilities. If the code is going to users or will have shared maintenance with a team, I am reviewing everything that AI generates.

[Don Benson @hurcane]

@smileln7 The letter A in BLACK forms the smallest triangle. It is not filled, so describing its color is ambiguous. If you classify using the edges, it is black. If you classify by the interior, it is white.

[Don Benson @hurcane]

@lisavsworld Using phone or a laptop/desktop computer? I started in line on my phone but switched to a laptop to get the tickets.

[Don Benson @hurcane]

For those waiting to buy presale Laufey tickets at Blossom, the line is working. Just got 3 tickets at 11:55 AM and there were still a good quantity of seats available in the pavilion.

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@MadScientistFF The Aristocats - jarring to realize that was over 50 years ago

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@strikingthings @Codecademy Extended Color Basic (TRS-80 Color Computer)

[Don Benson @hurcane]

@midlifemixtape @HumanityCritic Freshman at Michigan. I was walking back to my dorm room after class and saw an unusual amount of people hanging out in the TV lounge. Very sad day.

[Don Benson @hurcane]

@ErikEJ @VisualStudio Recently discovered these tools for an ERP project that is slowly migrating from its VB6 roots. The refresh feature has saved countless hours of work.

[Don Benson @hurcane]

@MrOH1O Final 31-10. Halftime scores are not a prediction. Was also a road game.

[Don Benson @hurcane]

Bummed that the Cleveland Orchestra Harry Potter event is canceled. We'll just have to watch the movie at home.

[Don Benson @hurcane]

@terrajobst A significant concept in my domain is bills of materials for hydraulic systems. We have a few dozen visitors that eloquently capture various perspectives of the bill of materials. I do think the pattern is easily misapplied.

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THEY WON!!!

[Don Benson @hurcane]

I hope my child will get to celebrate an award at the Dazzle Awards. She played piano for Chicago.

[Don Benson @hurcane]

@KimMaida I edited Crystal Canyon code from the school library using a paper terminal and an acoustic coupler.

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@KimMaida I made my programs run faster with POKE 65495,0

[Don Benson @hurcane]

@strikingthings Of course, it was a lot harder to drop the needle on the gap between tracks, even if you had a tone arm with a drop lever.

[Don Benson @hurcane]

Code comments hand-written by pen? I guess this isn't too far removed from when we used markers to label floppy disks and cassette tapes.

[Microsoft @Microsoft]

BASIC for the Altair 4K and 8K was Microsoft’s first shipping product, and its first format was paper tape. 🤯 Pictured below is an actual copy of the original software.

[Ken Pringle @MrKenPringle]

How I feel every time I can’t find the exit in a Vegas casino:

#PepsiHalftime #SuperBowl

[Don Benson @hurcane]

How many times for you has this been the commit message posted 10 minutes after the previous commit? I think I need a ulong data type to keep track for myself.

[Don Benson @hurcane]

@strikingthings Sally, this kind of thing seems to be happening on a daily basis in 2020.