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Today's Task

Posted by MichaelDavidCrawford on Sunday September 23 2018, @09:48PM (#3545)
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Code

I'm hosting a friend for free on the VM that I get for free.

My friend has oodles of domains, which I regard as a waste of money but he pointed out "It's my money, not yours".

More importantly, just one guy can't develop so many websites all at the same time - but it's _his_ time not mine.

Today I will configure all his domains and put up a "Hey Is This Thing On" page at each of them. He's got like twenty domains.

After that I'll continue to fiddle with the two week free trial that SEMRush gave me. I'm definitely going to pay for a SEMRush subscription however I don't know when as money has been quite tight since my July Manic Episode.

I Bear A Heavy Burden

Posted by MichaelDavidCrawford on Sunday September 23 2018, @02:46AM (#3544)
4 Comments
Code

Because my bag is full of Magazines Of Ill Repute.

Sexy "Handmaid's Tale" Halloween Costume, Outrage Ensues

Posted by takyon on Sunday September 23 2018, @01:30AM (#3543)
26 Comments

Kavanaugh, His Wife, and His Accuser Receive Death Threats

Posted by takyon on Friday September 21 2018, @09:43PM (#3541)
8 Comments
Answers

Brett Kavanaugh, wife and Christine Blasey Ford all receiving death threats: GRAPHIC LANGUAGE

It's 2018. Why is a public figure receiving death threats "news"? There must be individuals out there making death threats to several people every day (hundreds per year), and the chance of them getting caught and brought to trial is minimal.

Pointing out that you receive death threats or mere angry emails does not mean you should get any sympathy. It was news a decade or two ago, but no longer. The Internet is a whirlwind of hate, and as long as (relative) anonymity exists, it will stay that way. And that anonymity is more valuable than the chance to get rid of (a % of) routine death threats.

import xml.sax

Posted by MichaelDavidCrawford on Thursday September 20 2018, @05:01PM (#3537)
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Code

sax = xml.sax

parser = sax.make_parser()

print parser

print "Parsing good.html"

parser.parse( "TestData/good.html" )

print "Parsing bad.html"

parser.parse( "TestData/good.html" )

===

But seriously folks - I've found a 100% bugs in the W3C HTML5 validator - it doesn't catch a certain unclosed tag. It also doesn't catch a bad entity, but I don't know maybe HTML 5 is OK with ampersands that mark the start of a query parameter.

I'll report this later today.

I have no son

Posted by takyon on Wednesday September 19 2018, @06:02PM (#3533)
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Kavanaugh's #MeToo Moment: Approved by Jesus?

Posted by takyon on Monday September 17 2018, @01:51PM (#3531)
12 Comments
Career & Education

Potential Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh is having his Anita Hill moment. The White House expects that Christine Blasey Ford will testify in some capacity at Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing. White House counselor Kellyanne Conway says "This woman should not be insulted, and she should not be ignored."

Obviously, Kavanaugh could still make it onto the Supreme Court. But perhaps the President will have to look to the bench instead. How about Amy Coney Barrett? She's a woman, and the dogma lives loudly in her.

Remember, for every member of the Administration you defeat, there is an evangelical waiting in the wings. ✞👼

Trump picked the wrong judge (July 9)

The long silences of Christine Blasey Ford and Dianne Feinstein

Grammarly Advertises Too Damn Much

Posted by MichaelDavidCrawford on Monday September 17 2018, @10:18AM (#3530)
5 Comments
Business

Dear Mister Support,

Please stop your incessant advertising.

If you are unable to do so, please find some way to avoid advertising to those of us who scored five out of five on the English Advanced Placement Exam. I was the only one in my high school class to have gotten such a five.

I am a very passionate and dedicated writer.

I used to be the principal coder for Working Software's Spellswell. I never used Spellswell for its intended purpose.

Helpfully,

Michael David Crawford
http://www.warplife.com/mdc/essays/

PS: Noted Grammar NAZI Binky Melnik pointed out that I have a problem with, commas. Over time I am revising all of my essays and articles to reflect Ms. Melnik's sage advice.

I Never Wanted Daily Reports For Kickstarter.com. Here's Why

Posted by MichaelDavidCrawford on Monday September 17 2018, @09:52AM (#3529)
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Business

I used your inlink count service to help me decide whether to pursue my crowdfunding campaign with KickStarter or with Indiegogo. Each has significant strengths and weaknesses.

Now that I've made my choice, all your daily report eMails do is to irritate me. I'm sure you have a fine service but at this time I have no need for any SEO.

It's just not the right time for that yet, though I expect I'll need it starting late in the Fall.

Is it possible to simply delete my account?

Thanks! Mike

==========

I'll be using Indiegogo. I'll get back to you later as to why I chose Indiegogo over Kickstarter.

AMD 64-Core Epyc to More Than Double Performance?

Posted by takyon on Sunday September 16 2018, @02:29PM (#3527)
9 Comments
Hardware

Alleged AMD EPYC ‘Rome’ 7nm Based 64 Core Processor Performance Leaks Out – Scores an Incredible 12,500 Points in Cinebench Multi-Tasking Benchmark

If the "leak" is true, then it looks like AMD will double cores on the "7nm" node as well as increase IPC compared to "14nm" and "12nm". Leading to a more-than-double performance increase in some cases. Assuming your OS, software, or benchmark can use all 64 cores/128 threads.

That also means that the consumer desktop Ryzen chips could be boosted to a maximum of 16 cores, from 8. Which makes sense given that Threadripper 2 was raised from 16 to 32 max cores, probably to make room for the new Ryzens.

16 cores at $500? $350? Could happen.