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howard941on Tech terms I was pronouncing wrong

"Euler" instead of "Oiler"

howard941on Ask HN: Should I learn COBOL at 14yo in 2025?

Good question for a HN poll

howard941on Officials Believe Order Lets Immigration Agents Enter Homes Without Warrants

https://archive.ph/3FdBF

howard941on The F-35 as a Subscription Service

Your link points to a much better, more interesting, article

howard941on Why Airline Pilots Feel Pushed to Hide Their Mental Illness

https://archive.ph/zTcpx

howard941on A Secret Mortgage Blacklist Is Leaving Homeowners Stuck with Unsellable Condos

Personal animus and conflicts are likely in the very small world of a condo association meeting

howard941on Elderly patients can deteriorate in the ER. This team works to get them out

Wish granted. Many if not most hospitals in W central Fla have urgent care facilities right next door, and beyond. The local big hospital has about half a dozen freestanding urgent care operations scattered about the county.

howard941on Jet fuel spills into North Sea after tanker collision

Aggressor ship's name checks out

howard941on DOGE's government cuts may hurt business, companies warn investors

https://archive.ph/okSlz

howard941on Elon Musk Wants to Privatize the Postal Service and Amtrak

I find they move along but there's just too few of them. There are 6 stalls at my local PO of which only 2 are staffed. Who would have thought that understaffing would cause problems?

howard941on Legal Betrayal Erased My Startup Legacy and Why Co-Founders Must Beware

Good point

howard941on Legal Betrayal Erased My Startup Legacy and Why Co-Founders Must Beware

The link goes to an empty page

howard941on Asus Eee PC

This puppy ran X on FreeBSD beautifully, touchpad and all. Very handy for toting around to work offsite.

howard941on Just Before It Was a Cult Film, 'Rocky Horror Show' Was a Broadway Flop

https://archive.ph/bbkVU

howard941on Judge wants lawyer fined $15K for using AI slop in filing

Rule 11 sanctions are supposed to hurt. This one needs to, as an example. It's not like it's hard to look up the cases you cite.

howard941on US FAA says 240 flights disrupted by explosion of Musk's SpaceX Starship

Texas is the wrong place to launch this thing from. Somewhere along the east coast would be safer/better but more expensive.

howard941on What if America turned off Britain's weapons?

The more nukes hanging over the fireplace in the first act increases the likelihood of their use in later acts. More nukes are on the way, it's inevitable.

howard941on The US stops sharing air quality data from embassies worldwide

Flagging. Try browsing the site in chronological order with showdead on.

howard941on Dow tumbles 800 points as Trump confirms tariffs on Mexico/Canada start Tuesday

Until 800==650 the headline's off

howard941on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2025)

Embedded Firmware Engineer

Location: Sarasota

Remote: Preferred

Willing to relocate: No thank you

Full time or freelancing

Technologies: C; Sensors; Communications; Drone/UAV/robotics: New product development; Sustainment; Embedded/firmware/bare metal, FreeRTOS, NuttX; *nix/RF/crypto; Kinetis KE Cortex M0+ & M4, Nordic Semi's M4 SOC, ST's M4 ARMs, Espressif's ESP8266, Microchip dsPIC; realtime; IAR, gcc via MCUXpresso & Kinetis Dev and TrueStudio & unix like systems; MPLAB-X IDE; Embedded FreeBSD; Embedded Linux on for ex. Raspberry Pi / Broadcom BCM2837; PX4 drone NuttX on STM32F4; gdb; clang; UML; debugging development prototype hardware; embedded HTTP server; grid support power generation systems; TCP and UDP over IP; Ethernet; power line communications; RS-485; RV-C CANBUS; Bluetooth LE; LoRa; Battery powered devices; storage scopes; visual studio; Java w/Android Studio; GNSS. Licensed attorney & pilot (ASEL/IA); amateur radio extra class

Resume: Please request by email

Email: hginfla@gmail.com

howard941on Amid Texas's measles outbreak, vaccine resistance hardens in Seminole

https://archive.ph/ysTBG

howard941on Pentagon orders up to 3k troops, Stryker combat vehicles to border

https://archive.ph/EXIV8

howard941on The Press Falls to Another Record Low in Public Trust

My point is that he's biased off to the right

howard941on The Press Falls to Another Record Low in Public Trust

The bio left out the part mentioning he's a regular Fox News contributor.

howard941on Bald eagles are thriving again after near extinction

Lots of them in west central Florida, at least around the golf courses and wooded areas.

howard941on Florida insurers steered money to investors while claiming losses, study says

Uninsured/underinsured is not required in Florida. It's good to have because it's the only coverage that actually benefits the insured - but it's not required. And it's not cheap.

howard941on CDC Posts, Then Deletes, Data on Bird Flu Spread Between Cats and People

Actual link https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/health/cdc-bird-flu-cats-...

howard941on 'It's a money game to them':son takes on UnitedHealth over elderly father's care

COBRA is not cheaper than exchange plans. Medicaid is not universal; in many places - Florida for ex - it isn't available to most men, to other-than-the-elderly, and other-than-children.

What's this about getting a COBRA subsidy if you're fired? Where did you hear that?

howard941on The young, inexperienced engineers aiding DOGE

Thank you for the interesting referral to Wang Ching-wei. I'd not been aware of him.

howard941on The young, inexperienced engineers aiding DOGE

I don't think history shows that the young are harder to corrupt. I'll grant you idealism but might that be a consequence of naivete and inexperience?

At any rate ISTM that "Wild in the Streets" and "Logan's Run" weren't instruction films.