Since we don't have consent on naming and a group of software engineers could never agree on a common name, how about a Nota? A group of None Of The Above.

and some times, that little string sellotape is what break the camel's back. Humpty-dumpty can not be fixed any more.

Guilty as charged. If the baby is dirty beyond washed, might just as well rid the baby and keep the water clean.

How about this: Do you know you have bad teeth? Who do you trust? I mean if it is has cavities or hurt then it is obvious. Sometime my dentist just schedule me for a crown because some of my teeth are spaced too far apart. Or claims that it has cavity, but it looks normal on the x-ray.

I spent mostly my career in government (Federal research), I'm not sure I would classify it as boring. Sure the deadlines are not as stringent, but some of the capability that I had to come up with are challenging compare to the private sector. Most of my development in private sector are implement known technologies. In research my development involve more theoretical and computational, much more challenging in my view. :^)

Any one still has a working Apple II(c,e) computer. I have two but they both are not functioning any more. Not sure I ready to believe delay in solid state.

I don't know. I would like the entire world have access to it. Have your heard the Chinese are going to dominate the world, because of their shear numbers. There are lots space out in the cosmos to uncrowded. :-D

Oh boy. Trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. Either the square peg need to be shaped to round or the round hole need to cut into square. I understand your dilemma. The hardware is a square and you want to be catchy round process. Don't fight it mate. Keep them separate. :sigh:

I get your point. Coding is my hobby and I too passed up on management offer. The idea of going to work and just talk to people, sitting through mind numbing meetings after meetings and writing reports is not my idea of fun. For retirement, as the way economy is going, most of us would not be able to retire. Social Security may be dried up by the time we get to call it permanent vacation. I will work until I dropped dead on my keyboard. :laugh:

Monetary concept may not live pass the next 100 years. ;)

Some may not want to live pass tomorrow. Me? I would love to live several hundred million years. Imagine what you could've accomplished. Mere 70-80 years is really a blink. You spent 30 years learning to barely walk. And spent another 35 years just to get establish and then you ran out of time to do what you really born to do. If scientists figured out how to prolong cell delay (hence live longer), they would have figured out how to cure most diseases too.

Meh, if I live that long, I would've figured out how to replace parts of my body with synthetics anyway, save the brain off course.

You bet. Take a pair of scissors and cut a notch off a floppy too.

That's not funny. We used to make a living with those little knowledge. :^)

You bet. If the leaves start drooping, add a bit of H202 (hydrogen peroxide) to the water will do nicely.

I used to have 4 32" monitors setup in a vertical side-by-side on my desk. Each costs over $2K. Visual Studio doesn't play nice if you need to expand across monitors, it shudders. Got rid of all those and opt for a 55" 4K Samsung border-less, curved. Much better and smoother with VS. Beside it admires everyone walked by and it only cost 800 bucks. And much happier. :laugh:

Several of us around number of cubicles decided we don't need ceiling lighting. We have the custodian remove all the tubes. BTW, I'm sitting by the window. Using two of those giant green leaves found at IKEA to build a canopy around my monitors. Works great! :)

Yoda. Or should I credit George Lucas for what he wrote: "Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try." This is my model and hero. :-D

Company A didn't happen to be Amazon, is it?

I'm with you. I have no loyalty for any company. They need my skills and I sell my time + skills to make my living. If I don't produce they will ex me. If I find better option, I will leave. Simple as that.