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On 5/29/20 3:03 PM, Charles Wilt wrote:
Hey, I'm on [Stack Overflow]...
https://stackoverflow.com/users/2933177/charles
As is our favorite compiler developer...
https://stackoverflow.com/users/4143022/barbara-morris
I've seen others...
https://stackoverflow.com/tags/rpgle/topusers
As it happens, I also regularly use several of the Stack Exchange
forums, including not only "Stack Overflow," but also "Ask Different,"
"Server Fault," "Space Exploration," "Super User," "Unix & Linux,"
"Database Administrators," and I vaguely recall using "English Language
and Usage" at some point.
And I also regularly do copy-and-paste, usually with my own code. It can
come back to bite me if I miss something that should have been altered
when repurposing the code, but it also means I'm using tested code, and
I'm not re-inventing any wheels.
On 5/29/20 3:56 PM, Vlad Korge wrote:
The key word here is "museum", unfortunately.
Uh, San Francisco's Exploratorium and California Academy of Sciences are
museums. So are the California Science Center, the Natural History
Museum of Los Angeles County, and the Page Museum, all in Los Angeles.
So is Seattle's Pacific Science Center, Boston's Museum of Science,
Portland Oregon's OMSI, San Jose's Tech, and Santa Barbara's MOXI. And
they all attract children, teens, and young adults in droves, because
they all have active, participatory experiences that make their
respective subjects fun. The Chicago Museum of Science and Industry (the
biggest of Chicago's "Big Three") isn't just a museum; it's a theme park
for geeks!
As to the IPM, well, the legacy that endowed it was very specific in its
decree that we be a *working museum.* And so we are not merely a series
of static displays; as much of the vintage equipment we exhibit as
possible is kept in working order. There are many places where you can
go to see a Linotype machine on static display. There are even some
where you can see one "dry-cycled" as a demonstration. We have two in
working order, and on any given weekend (when we're not shut down for
COVID-19) one of them is hot and casting, and you can walk away with a
slug that was cast while you watch, and a still-wet souvenir card you
helped print.
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JHHL
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