Re: Only kinda OT

2022-01-08 Thread Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode
Mark: > It cannot hurt to be prepared for something unusual > in the first half of this century. WW3 appears imminent; before/after 2030 is the big question! (That greatly impacts the tech and resources involved.) Good LC "calcportunity" - I may have a go later this year. Needs the right data in

Re: Only kinda OT

2022-01-08 Thread Mark Smith via use-livecode
Recent history suggestions that the first half of a century is a messy period: we had 2 world wars, and a great depression at the beginning of the last one. People are predicting that great conflict and economic uncertainty lie ahead. It cannot hurt to be prepared for something unusual in the fi

Re: Only kinda OT

2022-01-08 Thread Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode
Mark: MIT study that predicted that Society will collapse in 2040 Bob: I thought it was 1984. Or 2000. Not sure. Not OT if they used LC for the prediction! :) Best wishes, Curry Kenworthy WordLib: Import MS Word and OpenOffice files in LiveCode! "Dominate documents with WordLib and LC"

Re: Only kinda OT

2022-01-08 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I thought it was 1984. Or 2000. Not sure. Bob S On Dec 29, 2021, at 1:54 PM, Mark Smith via use-livecode mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> wrote: MIT study that predicted that Society will collapse in 2040 ___ use-livecode mailing list use-live

Re: Only kinda OT

2021-12-30 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
You're supposed to put a piece of cardboard over the right side of the screen when viewing YouTube. Solves everything. It was funny, when I watched the video the first time my reaction was "huh??" And then I remembered the title and everything clicked into place and I thought it was hystericall

Re: Only kinda OT

2021-12-30 Thread Martin Koob via use-livecode
a software developer walks into a bar and orders a list. Martin > On Dec 29, 2021, at 4:54 PM, Mark Smith via use-livecode > wrote: > > Oh Jacque, it may have been short but then there was the tantalizing link to > Ray Dalio’s Last Warning: “Most People have no idea what’s coming”. And the

Re: Only kinda OT

2021-12-29 Thread Mark Smith via use-livecode
Oh Jacque, it may have been short but then there was the tantalizing link to Ray Dalio’s Last Warning: “Most People have no idea what’s coming”. And then the one about the “Most Powerful Computers you never heard of”. Oh, and the MIT study that predicted that Society will collapse in 2040 (this

Only kinda OT

2021-12-29 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
It's short: -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to su