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Goodbye binary! Hello tertiary or quaternary! One of my engineering professors told us that the person that could invent a computer that ran on more than two states would be very rich!
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People still do hire COBOL programmers... (a language that was stopped being used on new products in the 80s) Python is a good general purpose language. Anyone using a computer daily should probably learn a little bit - even just to understand it. But you might be surprised how you can automate stuff. I'd say coding a ML algorithm can be rather tricky...training one is much easier. I've never done either myself, but have told my kids that AI/ML/CV are huge and growing fields and I'd probably go that direction if I were in college. Going to tour a factory with a friend of mine that does factory automation and Computer Vision. Very cool stuff.
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Another idea is to get an ARDUINO or a raspberry pi if you haven't gotten one already. There are a lot of cool things you can do with both of them and even some of the basic younger kids stuff are rather fun to do. Google does have a summer camp for coding that is geared more towards high school aged people. https://buildyourfuture.withgoogle.com/programs/computer-science-summer-institute/ Thanks for the Google idea. I've not seen that one. We do have a Pi - part of the electronics/python course they did. He generally runs Minecraft on it...
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While a degree in computer science would be good he should also do hackathons and other events depending on what he is interested in. A coding boot camp would also be beneficial if he hasn't had much in terms of coding experience. I've looked at a couple coding boot camps, but they tend to be for younger kids (he is 15). I've introduced him to Python in a home electronics/robotics/coding course and he will probably take Java next year in PSEO. I'm mainly trying to show him and his older brother (17 - looking more at engineering) the breadth of options in the field. I was completely lost when I started out going to college....
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So very close, but not quite the right experience. But maybe I'll show this to my HS son. He is looking to go this direction (Computer Science) and it is always interesting to look at job options.
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All I can think of when reading these posts is, "Your Nobody called today... She hung up when I asked her name. Well, I wonder if she thinks she's being clever? Oooo Oooo" This earworm provided to you today by Sylvia
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Oh, I knew they'd get their cut as an investment. I was just wondering if they taxed it differently or more heavily than the standard short-term (<1 year) and long-term tax rates. Along those lines, do these currencies have any interest or dividends? Or is it just the value of the holding only?
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I was helping my son do his taxes last night (his first time) and I noticed that TurboTax had a special question specifically asking if he invested in BitCoin (which he hadn't). Beyond normal investment rules, does anyone know if there is something unique about Bitcoin and taxes?
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I used to live in Winona, MN (small college town with 30k residents including college students - less than 20k without). I was flying home one time and talking to the guy next to me. He said that he was a salesman for a flour company. Their biggest customer was Little Caesar's pizza. Odd facts that you find about your community without knowing... I have no point, except that it was my convergence of flour and pizza story. .
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When did "proofing" become a US English term? I was watching a British cooking when I first heard it then suddenly it pops up everywhere.
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Texas Roadhouse atmosphere is one of the worst, IMO. I guess if you don't want to speak to anyone you are sitting with, it is great (way too loud - and yes, I know it is a roadhouse). I do agree on the sides, however. Those tend to be hard to make in smaller batches. But I keep experimenting with those, too. I've looked into dry aging my own beef. There are some interesting traditional and new techniques (one-way plastic bags?). But I tend to purchase my beef by the 1/2 cow from a farmer I know. The butcher hangs it for 2-3 weeks - not quite the same as an aged steak process - but the results are way better than store-bought. I have a nice balance of effort and result that beat anything less than the linen restaurant experiences.
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For the same reason you pick up food/drinks/etc. anywhere else....convenience and not needing to spend $50+ for all the supplies. You could cook up your own steak for a fraction of the cost versus what Texas Roadhouse charges (and make it taste way better), but there is a reason the Texas Roadhouse parking lot is always loaded when I drive by. Why pay $3 for a soda from McDonalds when you could almost buy a 12 pack for that at the store? I don't remember the last time I've ordered a steak at a restaurant as I'm always disappointed. On a business trip, I might do a very high end place, but never something like Texas Roadhouse. FYI, I have my own branding iron with my initials for my steaks (pretentious, yes, but it was a gift from my wife).
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[sarcasm]Yeah, just what WI needed... more alcohol options... [/sarcasm]
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If you mean you want to stay with Spectrum but buy your own hardware, I'd check with Spectrum first (their website might have the instructions too). Normally there are HW requirements for the modem you get and they will need to send a service person out to set it up for you. They might have instructions for how you can do it yourself, but either way the new HW must be setup in their system to allow the new HW to login. Personally, I would buy a separate modem and wifi for performance, but that does get more complicated for the tech setup. I ended up turning off the wifi from my DSL modem (which I still rent from them) and connecting my own. When my kids came home from school, we were always lagging on 20 mbps DSL. I ended up using Google WIFI. It has a main WIFI hub that you plug direct into the DSL modem ethernet port and two satellite extensions (mesh network technically) that allow better reception around my house. That actually allowed 4 kids, wife and myself (often with streaming TV on) to work on 20 mbps. Then when COVID hit, I had to bump up to 30 mbps since zoom calls where a bit more bandwidth hogish. But you can also purchase a simpler single WIFI setup that you would plug direct into the modem and follow their setup instructions. Replacing the WIFI alone won't save you the money, but it might fix the lag. Do you know what WIFI version your modem supports (802.11x where x is b, g, n, or other letters)?
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Well, I'm paying $50/month for 30mb (DSL), so double the cost for 2.5-6x the speed...
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Ordered it for my condo in Montana and we were told 80mb speeds initially, pushing towards 200 by the end of summer. Tech guy is hooking it up this week. I can report back then Can I ask how much that costs?
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Is talking about salad in a Pizza thread a bannable offense?
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Blasphemous! It's a pizza pie! When I was in college, Eduardo's was our favorite celebration place. A bit too expensive for regular visits (in college), but loved it for those special occasions. Unfortunately, they've closed. A couple of years ago, we tried Giordano's in the Twin Cities and it just wasn't the same.
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I typically link my smart TV as a wireless display from my PC, so everyone can see it easily. If you have a streaming stick, any WIN10 PC should be able to do the same (not that I know all streaming sticks, but I'd assume they can).
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For Jackbox games, you can also get a Steam account (they are free). It runs on a PC and maybe other platforms (I use a PC).
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I'm glad to hear that! But I'm not a fan of RR pizza...and I can't resist a good pun. I hope there was no offense. I joke with my Viking fan friends about them having lost their taste, too. .
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That's just because you have no taste!
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Ok, so I had Jets pizza last night and I found it oddly excellent and bad at the same time. The edges were excellent - no wasted crust, special flavorings for the crust. BBQ chicken pizza was really good. But I found the regular sauce to be very bland. So if you were eating the middle of the pizza, it was really missing good pizza flavor. Toppings were fine, but they really need better sauce. I ended up adding some Italian seasonings and it was much better. Certainly better than Pizza hut or the like, but with the premium price, too.
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A friend of mine owns several Papa Murphy's pizza stores. They are early/mid-50s and "retired" to AZ a few years ago - still worked the store's finances from AZ during the winter. Just recently, they sold their summer home on a golf course ($1M+?) and live full time in an RV now - AZ in the winter, MN in the summers.
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Many homes that aren't dumps in that $300-500K price range are often sold or have offers/inquiries before they every actually hit the market around here - even during dead of winter. I should've clarified where I live too... I'm about 25 miles south of the metro (Lakeville/Prior Lake). Probably in the last "suburb" heading south of the cities. When I moved in, my neighbor had goats. So the price range I mentioned was for here and south of here - which becomes farm land. I wouldn't touch anything close to downtown or the nicer suburbs (Minnetonka, Eden Prairie, etc...) for the prices I mentioned. For reference, brand new cookie-cutter 3-4 bed room houses on a 1/4 acre lot run $400-500k in Lakeville, which is why the cap on used is around $350k.
