Al Lowe on model trains, funny deaths and working with Disney
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jfengel today at 9:17 PM
It might be time for HN to shift to a font that distinguishes better between "Al" and "AI".
bigstrat2003 today at 10:40 PM
That was a great interview. I didn't realize model trains had so much computer stuff going on inside them these days! Maybe I should get into the hobby now that I'm an adult with space at home and disposable income.
deepthaw today at 6:43 PM
I first really started to learn how to use computers playing Leisure Suit Larry on a friend's dad's computer. Started with copying save-games to/from floppy disks, to using MS-DOS in general, to BASIC, etc. and so forth.
It's interesting how much of the humor in those games flew way over my head yet I still had a blast playing them. And looking back as an adult, the "risque" stuff was tame as hell but still fun. Sigh, good times.
mrighele today at 5:27 PM
I never realized that Al Lowe was involved with Donald Duckโs Playground, I loved it as a child. I guess I have to be thankful to him for two things now.
tombert today at 5:34 PM
Al Lowe is actually a pretty nice dude.
Iโm not entirely sure why I did this, but when I was an adjunct for a few semesters, I emailed him for advice on teaching since he did the transition from teacher->programmer and I did the opposite.
He responded back very quickly with very helpful advice [1] and was very understanding and nice. I like him.
[1] I donโt want to share the emails since they are a bit personal, but the TL;DR was that he recommended I consider finding some training on how to be a teacher.
js4ever today at 6:12 PM
Al model train ... I was not expecting that article... To much AI in my life
unixhero today at 6:59 PM
What about Larry 4 Roar and Al