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GitHub Copilot is Not Autopilot
GitHub Copilot team members often say “GitHub Copilot is Not Autopilot.” They repeat this phrase often in YouTube videos on their channel. But what does it really mean?
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What Apollo Program Success Can Teach Indy Developers in the 2020s
On December 18, 2023, I found “What made Apollo a success?” on Hacker News. It was a simple link to this 86-page compilation of eight articles from the March 1970 issue of Astronautics & Aeronautics, a publication of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. George M. Low was the manager of the Apollo Spacecraft…
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George Low, the RPI President Who Changed World History
Today is the anniversary of a huge day in world history. Fifty years ago at about this time of day, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the Moon. Mike Collins kept the Command Module operating until they got…
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Unifying My Photos and Videos on iCloud
I've owned a digital camera since at least 2004. I bought my first iPhone on Day 1, June 29, 2007. Before I bought my first megapixel digital camera, I was buying Kodak Photo CDs: I have at least 23 of…
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I'm Supporting Jean-François Gosselin for Mayor of Québec
Earlier in October, I learned that Jean-François Gosselin, a fellow RPI Hockey alumnus, is running for Mayor of Québec City, Canada. I looked around for a web page written in English that described his candidacy, and when I couldn't find…
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Building up Photos for RinkAtlas
For the past year, I've been taking photos of many of the hockey arenas I've visited in the United States and Canada, with the intent of adding them to my arena database called RinkAtlas. The current version of RinkAtlas is…
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In Memory of Friends Lost on 09/11
Every year since September 11, 2001 I've mentioned the following people who were victims of the terrorist attacks, in the hope that some of my friends will remember them:World Trade Center: Vito DeLeo, mechanic at World Trade Center, USA Hockey…
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25 Years of NJ High School Hockey Officiating
Yesterday I was honored to receive a service award from the Metropolitan New York-New Jersey Chapter of the National Ice Hockey Officials Association. I have been an on-ice official in this organization for 25 years. I joined the Metro NY…
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Why Shirley Ann Jackson Has My Support as Rensselaer President
Here's a critical piece from The Chronicle of Higher Education on Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson, the President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ("Behind RPI's Highly Paid Chief, Tales of an Imperial Air and Cowed Staff"). In case you are wondering, here…
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Jimmy's Morning as the Weather Kid on WXTU
Our son Jimmy was chosen to be the Weather Kid on The Doc and Andie Show on 92.5 WXTU in Philadelphia this morning. He had a lot of fun and did a great job. Jimmy had to get up at…