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Re:Prolog Coding Horror on Monday May 18, 2026 @04:28PM (#48185136)
Many years ago I used Prolog (BIM Prolog, I believe ) since it was used as an event correlation engine in Tivoli Enterprise Console (IBM). Fun to assert predicates for complex correlation logic.
An insurance company I did some work for had a bell go off for your two coffee breaks and lunchtime. You spent half of your lunchtime waiting for elevators.
Re:The golden age of computer user groups on Friday August 21, 2020 @04:59PM (#24238836)
Fond memories of the old Commodore 64 group that I attended back in the '80s
Re:Unauthorized Bread: Jailbreaking IoT toasters on Thursday July 30, 2020 @03:43PM (#24002136)
Sitting next to a Brother MFC-8600 that is 20 years old and still printing away. Haven't faxed anything in 5 years though ;-)