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Thanks for the recommendation! I bought and finished the ebook. I didn't know Bob Noyce of Intel, together with Jack Kilby, was the integrated circuit inventor.
I was also from electronics school. All my classmates were reluctant in it because their grades did not meet the cutoff points of their choice course. I enrolled in electronics because I wanted to be an inventor like Thomas Edison. That was before I knew of his bad reputation. I was not good on hands-on activities like soldering and wiring, so I transitioned to a software development job in the end.
Good that George Boole and Claude Shannon are mentioned. It makes me want to learn boolean algebra and information theory.
I was the one who gave you a 5 for this recommendation.
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Shao Voon Wong wrote: Thanks for the recommendation! I bought and finished the ebook.
Glad you enjoyed the book. I am really enjoying the book too -- almost done.
Shao Voon Wong wrote: I was not good on hands-on activities like soldering and wiring, so I transitioned to a software development job in the end.
I'm not great at it either but I really like working on electronics projects for something different (than software).
Shao Voon Wong wrote: Good that George Boole and Claude Shannon are mentioned. It makes me want to learn boolean algebra and information theory.
I'm like that too. I read about something and an author makes it sound interesting and off I go to read about the other thing.
There's a really great (recent) book on Claude Shannon: A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age, Jimmy Soni, Rob Goodman, eBook - Amazon.com[^]
It's another really well-written and interesting book.
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Clickety[^]
Any bullets? Fortunately I got only few.
Hellboy - I was one more random fan expected to see Hellboy 3. It didn't happen. But instead got this 
Glass - Split was good. It increased unbreakable expectations & forced me to watch this. Disappointed
Rambo: Last Blood - This one actually expected bullet. It was only available movie at that showtime during our unplanned visit to nearby mall. I liked the previous movie(Rambo) for action sequences.
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I take it Cats was a total disaster?
Did a little mechanic work today.
Put a rear end in a recliner!
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CGI alone was turn-off (from trailer)
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Yeah it didn't look very appealing. Really like Judy Dench (sp.) though.
Did a little mechanic work today.
Put a rear end in a recliner!
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thatraja wrote: CGI alone was turn-off (from trailer)
Exactly. Very creepy. 
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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I've got the feline that you're purrfectly right on that one! 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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It's rigged.
The "Worst Actor" class should just be one name, repeated a dozen times:
Nicolas Cage
Nicolas Cage
Nicolas Cage
Nicolas Cage
Nicolas Cage
Nicolas Cage
Nicolas Cage
Nicolas Cage
Nicolas Cage
Nicolas Cage
Nicolas Cage
Nicolas Cage
And he shouldn't even win that.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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Mr. Cage survived being shot down in a prisoner transport plane, and then survived a terrorist organization on, "The Rock." Give the man a break; he's had it rough. 
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They should just give him a lifetime achievement award and move on.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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Per the immediately previous post[^] I have by way of contrast:
Yesterday I went into the yard to do some electrical work. The sun was shining as brightly as it can this time of year for this latitude (NYC area). I found it too warm and proceeded to work shirtless. Almost mid-January, too. Quite amazing.
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Been in the 80s here all week...North and Central Florida (We were camping in Myakka State Park, near Sarasota)
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Mike Hankey wrote: Been in the 80s here all week...North and Central Florida
Florida? If I didn't know better, and perhaps I don't, I would almost imagine you were gloating.
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Not at all, it's unusually warm for this time of year.
Did a little mechanic work today.
Put a rear end in a recliner!
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W∴ Balboos wrote: shirtless
Why?
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Because :
Quote: I found it too warm
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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Ahhhh, thanks for clearing that up.  
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
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Perhaps the words ". . . found it too warm . . ." in the original post would give a hint.
But in reality, NY State supreme court ruled that where anyone can go go topless then everyone can go topless. &nbps; Helps me remember why it's good to live in a beach-resort-city.
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W∴ Balboos wrote: . found it too warm . . ." in the original post would give a hint.
And wearing a t-shirt adds too much heat?
I'm glad I'm not your neighbor.
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
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After the various recent death posts...when I saw that subject line...I was kinda expecting a former Python might have kicked the bucket.
Don't do that.
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Not to worry.
I'd leave that sort of post for the UK side of the Atlantic.
Sounds like you "expected the unexpected" - always a dilemma.
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but also it's cold. 
Steve Wozniak is the only thing at Apple that isn't evil.
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So go play in the warm snow.
I think you can find some here[^]
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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I too would like to play in the snow. There's not been a good snow in several years where I'm at. 
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