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The man is 97 years old and still builds cars.
I don't have many famous people I deeply admire, but he is one. He built the set cars for bladerunner and several other movies. That's how you know him.
He said the day he's done learning he'll pull the dirt over him himself. I can so relate to that. He also said loving what you do is the key to life.
I will probably die somewhat younger than he does, on account of my vices, but I will be working until I do. I love what I do.
Check out my IoT graphics library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx
And my IoT UI/User Experience library here:
https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix
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... sorry CP, but do you really like to let 16,006,341 members in the dark?
Also advertising seems to be down, very bad sign...
modified 43 mins ago.
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That's a total count and not an active count (this is where someone argues with me). As far as adverts being down, I've been saying for years now CP needs some lovin' (this is where someone argues with me). Anyone who knows anything about tech should know they offloaded those ads a while back... which isn't a bad thing as long as its maintained. So to be fair, the blank ad may not be CP directly... but there still needs to be better quality control IMO. You'll have more generic type ads than back in the day, for instance. But, the ads have gotten better to be fair.
Anyway, the fact that people are surprised by anything going on here is what I find amazing quite frankly... talk about refusing to accept the truth. We're supposed to be the pros but I know for me CP is a place to go where people argue. You post a question? Someone's gonna argue. You can't not post a programming question in the lounge. Someone's gonna argue. You say anything people don't want to hear. Someone's gonna argue.
I've talked about the decline of Apple a decade ago during its height... more arguments. I talk about the stagnation of CP... more arguments by people who's career I know is stale and have no experience. I could go on, but I'm already too grumpy when I post.
How does that relate? CP has been on the decline for years... save for the AI stuff. Stagnation is decline. Welcome to life. And every so often I'll drop hints, knowing full well what it'll lead to. And, I say this out of love. Love doesn't mean you live in a lie and let stuff die... that's fakeness and weakness masquerading as concern. It means you care enough about something to speak the truth. Clearly CP is my home too, but the fact that any of this comes as a shock to some is what I find amazing. But, that's cool... don't need no truth as long as we can play video games and argue.
And yes I sound jaded, so sorry... it's not you... it's just my association with being here. I love this site and always will. But it's times like these I wish tech was way more mature than it is, or perhaps people in general, and I'm just grumpy after decades of arguments (which are usually online). So, I'm complaining.  But, I doubt I'm the only one needing serious change.
Anyway, all of this isn't necessarily bad, despite me being grumpy. Decline and rebirth is the natural cycle of life. One of two things is gonna happen, some peeps behind CP swap out and it's replaced with new vigor. Or it just fades away. Just like I'm old and grumpy on these sites after decades of arguing, I'm sure the folks running this show need a change. Can't blame them at all.
Since none of us run CP, here's the best we can do...
1) If you want to help, go answer questions and/or write some articles.
That's it. That's all we have control over.
Also, whatever happens to CP... nobody is letting you down. Life is about change. Accept it. As for me personally, my wish is the folks behind CP have an amazing future ahead of them wherever life takes them. It would be nice if CP kept on going, but IMO it needs a breath of fresh air regardless. Hell even Coke and Pepsi get a facelift every few decades. But, whatever happens don't go trying to guilt peeps if they need to take a different journey at this point in their life.
Jeremy Falcon
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Are you in love with yourself in any way? 
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I can now lift £100 worth of groceries with one hand ... I couldn't do that 45 years ago!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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OriginalGriff wrote: I couldn't do that 45 years ago!
Around here (US) that was like 2 or 3 years ago. 
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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 Inflation almost makes it lighter than air.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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I was considerably stronger, but I took a bath.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr.PhD P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Remember, it's always "I" before "E" except after "C"
Except when your weird foreign neighbour Keith receives eight counterfeit beige sleighs from feisty caffeinated weightlifters.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I pay obeisance to your skill.
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Or you have to sign my name.
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Learned this rule in 3rd grade.
The British have an interesting definition according to dictionary.com
feint - "printing the narrowest rule used in the production of ruled paper"
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/feint[^]
Learned this rule in 3rd grade
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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One proposal in the earlier thread is to have a rota of setters instead of WSO - this begs the question, who is willing to be a setter on a rota basis - I'm in
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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I can do the odd week here or there.
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In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Yep, count me in.
Set up a new User Group for setters - they ask to join you and get accepted.
That gives you both a forum to formalize the rota, and a pool of users to call on.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I'll be in it.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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While I applaud the initiative, the optimist in me cannot help but wonder if it's any use, given the current zombie management of CP. 
Mircea
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I must have missed something here. I know that Chris and Matt have left, but I don't think the hamsters have been left completely unattended. What do you know here that I don't?
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I don’t have any inside information, but I just notice that there has been not even an official peep about all these changes. Past (sad) experiences make me think of some corporate overlords who don’t know what to do with a newly acquired property. We’ll see…
BTW I think it’s safe to add Kent to the MIA gang.
Mircea
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Who are the MIA gang ?
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Chris, Matthew and Kent seem to be all missing in action
Mircea
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Excuse my ignorance:
What is CCC?
What is WSO?
What is DD?
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Cryptic Crossword Clues - it's the way we prove we aren't LLMs
Winner Stays On; the arcane tradition, often seen in pool halls, where the winner stays on the table. By on, we don't actually mean that they have to climb on the table. That tends to be frowned upon.
Dalek Dave. A Dr Who fanatic who wanted to stand for election in UK local elections. He was an accountant and CCC fan, who stumbled into CP one day and decided it was much more interesting than working for a living, so he squatted in the lounge. (My apologies to those who just had an unpleasant mental image of this).
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