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What part of home computing has literally received no innovation over the past handful of decades (or backwards innovation!) and still feels like it's still stuck in the 1990s? Inkjet printers? Computer speakers? Keyboards and mice? iPhone text messages on Microsoft Windows? (OK, so iPhones didn't even exist back then, …
While working at the computer, I often watch YouTube live stream webcams. Three of my favorites at the moment are: [Venice Beach](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LXQWU67Ufk?autoplay=1&mute=1) (those people are healthy! So many walk, run and bike; [Bryant Park NYC](https://youtu.be/809RMryNnlM?autoplay=1&mute=1) Winter Village (where hundreds of people love to ice skate; and [Santa Claus Village](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp4RRAEgpeU?autoplay=1&mute=1), Rovaniemi, …
Here are my downloads and impressions in order of preference so far. The season just started though. * **Genshiken Nidaime**: By far my most anticipated of the new series. I regularly reread the Genshiken manga and fully intend to follow this one to the end. * **Watashi ga Motenai no …
What do you miss most about the early Internet that today's generation will never experience? I'm going to answer this question from the perspective of a web entrepreneur. I miss most the wonder of it all. Everything was new. It was easier than ever to build something from scratch and …
There are certain words and phrases that drive me absolutely bat-shit crazy. Some have been around for decades and others are relatively new. "It is what it is". Not the worst of the bunch but mostly useless. Any portmanteau beginning with "bro", e.g. "bromance". "Pre-owned", "pre-loved", etc. Used is still …
I'd tell you a UDP joke but you might not get it.
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Is everyone familiar with this game? Just reply with the first word that comes to your mind when you think of the last word posted. You can't respond to the post with a comment, just the word that comes to your mind. It can only be a word or a …
For me, it's jQuery, of course. It just works and I don't think it's as much of a performance hit as everyone seems to think. Google Analytics 4 comes in a close second, because, well, it's GA4. Need I say more?
Back in the day, I was a high schooler and daniweb.com was a website about my Yorkie and Maltese!! However, I couldn't help my nerdiness and interest in web development, and there was an "HTML Tutor" section as well. (Also, please just tell us about it without this turning into …
A decade ago, I remember coding bootcamps were all the rage. They were only a few months long and guaranteed entry-level programming jobs, and I feel like everyone and their mother was eager to sign up. Unfortunately, it was also my experience that they churned out newbies who knew the …
My favourite anime is overlord and My favourite manga is brawling go. This is one of the best anime and manga. **AND** What is your Favorite Anime/Manga?
I have JSON chat data from WhatsApp and Telegram. Any suggestions for a reliable converter? I came across SysTools JSON Converter, wondering if it supports this.Has anyone used this tool?
Hello, As a public service announcement, test your home for radon. Radon enters through the ground and is radioactive and high levels of radon are the leading cause of non-smoking lung cancer. Unfortunately, not many people know they need to get their home tested. (We didn't!) We recently found that …
What part of today's vast tech world do you think your younger self would find completely unbelievable? At first I was thinking AI, but then I realized that little me saw *real* AI in sci-fi tv shows all the time. I think what caught the world off-guard is how it …
I’m looking for recommendations for binge-worthy tv shows, ideally in the sci-fi or fantasy genre.
Ignore the topic of this thread. I literally didn't know what to call it. What everyday thing will seem primitive in 20 years? Steering wheels on cars? Or how about pens? P.S. Nevermind. The system yelled at me for having a title too short so I expanded it to basically …
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There was a topic posted recently (I forgot where) where I had mentioned that literally everything in my house is a smart app, from the oven to my electric wheelchair. I figured I'd keep that conversation going. Do smart appliances actually make life better or just add more points of …
Which video game or tech universe would you live in if you actually could? Star Trek Voyager-era San Francisco?
Any predictions for the next Macromedia/Adobe Flash?
In the vein of a bunch of TV shows I've been watching recently (Humans, Pantheon, etc.), would you upload your brain to the cloud if it meant immortality but no physical body?
Random hypothetical here, folks: Sure, we have archive.org for websites, but should modern day civilization archive software in the same way that we have books that are hundreds of years old preserved for future generations?
What tech trends currently happening today do you think will look completely ridiculous in ten years? Can you think of any trends from the past 10-20 years that look ridiculous *today*? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ur_Mdg4SzQ
Once harm has been done, even a fool understands it. -- Homer
I've noticed a number of posts made by people that just joined DaniWeb, never to be seen again. Some make a similar post under a different name with a different tag. Usually they're 'educational' posts; ask a question then answer it. I love the glowing reply by another freshly minted …
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What do you like to spend your money on? What would you do if you had unlimited money? Let's assume, for instance, that we take all forms of charity off the table. That leaves us with what are your own desires to spend money on for yourself or your family? …
A question for my fellow sci-fi aficionados: Which sci-fi technology do yo most wish were real? We already have [the holodeck](https://virtuix.com/) after all.
I've been spring cleaning lately and recently came across my Psion Series 7 and all its accessories, so it got me thinking about old hardware that people still use. OMG did I **love** my Psion Series 3a, 3c, and 5 throughout middle and high school. I was super nerdy and …
ChatGPT told me a good discussion starter is to ask who here remembers programming from magazines and typing in code line by line. What does that mean?! I type my code line by line. As best as I know, everyone did that before AI, and that wasn't too long ago. …
I asked ChatGPT to give me some interesting ideas for questions to ask here on DaniWeb, and one of the questions that it came up with was to ask if you've ever been *personally* victimized by a semicolon? OK, so I have a lot of questions about this. Firstly, why …
So, back in the 1990s, I was a teenager with a home network. All of my computers had names that ended in "-putie". My laptop was Portaputie. My server was Servaputie. My primary coding linux box was Codaputie. And so on. If my friends came over with their laptop (or, …
What's the one software that you wish still existed from decades ago? I used to practically live in Sim City but, alas, there have been no modern versions.
Does it count that I didn't expect Blu-ray to win the Blu-ray vs HD-DVD war? (Not that Blu-rays are even a thing nowadays either.) I feel like this question is an exercise in checking my stock portfolio and seeing what tech stocks I invested in and ended up taking a …
Am I the only one here who *hates* dark mode with a passion? Also, I *know* I had promised everyone a dark mode version of DaniWeb years ago. My apologies.
What are some good methods and ways for a Japanese student to study and learn written and spoken English, with emphasis on composition, in order to prepare for English Language exams in four months, to be able to enter a top rated Japanese High School? Thank you in advance for …
What sound immediately brings you back? Dial-up modem sound? You've Got Mail? ICQ's "uh-oh"? (Fun fact: I still remember my ICQ number: 27179987)? Windows boot-up chime (or whatever it was; I forget it's been so long)? BTW, those are all of mine :)
This question reminds me of the millions of people who thought cloud computing meant something having to do with the clouds and the sky. (Perhaps they were thinking satellites?) For me, it was cryptocurrency. I really wish I had gotten onto the Bitcoin train when it first hit the station. …
Other than AI, that is. (Rant: Who here things the AI bubble is going to burst soon, though?)
My [latest post](https://www.daniweb.com/community-center/geeks-lounge/threads/543752/irrational-reasons-for-using-things#post2303317) got me thinking about self-driving cars and so I thought I'd ask the community if you'd ever consider using one and/or purchasing one. What do you think of Teslas in particular? My understanding is that they're currently the closest to being able to sell a completely autonomous …
The story of my life as a CTO at a really small company (under 10 employees) in an R&D department I genuinely enjoy: Clients often spot a new, shiny feature and, instead of paying for it as a subscription, they ask us to build it for them with a one-time …
Huge gripe I'm having at the moment: Why for heaven's sake can you not merge two trees on Ancestry.com?!
Completely off-topic and random, but just letting everyone know I'm having a super drowsy weekend, despite getting lots of sleep, and have been on the hunt doing lots of interviews to find a full-time caretaker for myself, given all my health challenges. Yawnnnn!!
Hey guys! I thought this might be a good way to get to know each other's hobbies and interests. Any fun projects you're currently working on for fun on the side? (Let's please not turn this into a spam fest. Please avoid promoting or talking about your company/website.)
What’s the most underrated programming language, and why do you think it deserves more love? Of course, my first instinct is to say PHP because it gets such a bad rap. However, I wouldn't exactly call it *underrated* because it powers well over half of the web today! It only …
What do you always forget how to do, no matter how many times you’ve done it? This is an easy one for me: [SPHINX!](https://www.daniweb.com/programming/threads/543652/what-is-the-oldest-or-most-outdated-tech-you-ve-ever-had-to-maintain) I keep for the life of me forgetting how to upload changes to the config file to the Sphinx server and then re-run the search indexer. …
I don't have a good example here because I have always flat-out refused to be tech support for family and friends (I think I was the only one of my nerd friends who didn't get sucked into that endless black hole in high school), but I feel like a lot …
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