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    jtr1962 replied to the thread Oldest?.
    My mother also had a computer course using punch cards when I was in grade school. No idea why as her major was sociology. I had punch...
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    jtr1962 replied to the thread Something Random.
    The bottom line is they all stupidly over invested on AI without seeing if the market was willing to pay enough for AI to get returns on...
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    jtr1962 reacted to Mercutio's post in the thread Something Random with Like Like.
    My partner is pretty pissed about Nixon's loss, especially given that the Ds won literally everything else they could've hoped to get. I...
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    jtr1962 replied to the thread Something Random.
    Anyway, it was a great night. I was watching the election results until 5AM. The blue tsunami exceeded my wildest expectations. Trump...
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    jtr1962 reacted to Gödel's post in the thread Something Random with Like Like.
    As a great man (or was it a grate man) once said: "It's morning again in America".
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    Florida was disappointing, but we definitely moved the needle and made them work for it. Nixon VASTLY overperformed given her...
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    jtr1962 reacted to Mercutio's post in the thread Something Random with Like Like.
    I had to stay up to see the Michigan election result, but this morning I saw that Democrats won Texas outright and that is absolutely...
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    jtr1962 replied to the thread Something Random.
    The tariffs need to go also. They cost me 80% of my business income. I thought Republicans were for free trade? At least until they all...
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    jtr1962 replied to the thread I do want to buy a used car.
    So are you keeping it or not? It sounds to me like you're not happy with it at all.
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    jtr1962 replied to the thread Oldest?.
    I recall only using only the video card RAM for a word processor which could use the extra memory. You're right, it's not the most...
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    jtr1962 reacted to sedrosken's post in the thread Oldest? with Like Like.
    So for the 486 that's mostly true; early 486SXes were DXes that failed QA testing on the FPU. They just had that portion lasered off and...
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    jtr1962 replied to the thread Oldest?.
    I remember doing all that when I got my first PC-a 40 MHz 386. I later installed a math coprocessor. That made a huge difference with...
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    jtr1962 replied to the thread Oldest?.
    I think Tannin hit 50 not long after I joined this site, so mid 70s is probably where he is now. I'm 64 on November 30.
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    jtr1962 replied to the thread I do want to buy a used car.
    Yeah, I've heard those kinds of stories. This is why it's not good to be an early adopter of anything new. You're essentially paying to...
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    jtr1962 replied to the thread I do want to buy a used car.
    The ones with LiFePO4 cells do better in winter. They generally have less range, but the gap is rapidly narrowing. If you ever want to...
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