RegBarclay

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by RegBarclay 5y ago
Dates are a pain. The date bug I committed with the longest tail was daylight time. It was all good until we got to a day with 25 hours when we "fell back."
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by RegBarclay 5y ago
Dad's 85. He was 82 when it became clear he was having significant problems, but mom had been saying he was having lesser problems before that. My aunt has just turned 80. Grandma died at 87. I'm not sure exactly when she became s
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by RegBarclay 5y ago
I'd like to see a study on those with naturally low cholesterol. My dad and I (and some of his ancestors) have very low cholesterol and great LDL and HDL numbers without any medication or special diet. Dad's been told he has reall
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by RegBarclay 5y ago
Those checks are prepayment of a child tax credit. In my case, it just increases what I'll owe when I file my taxes.
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by RegBarclay 5y ago
Adjusting inflation pressure is a feature. I run my tires higher than the vehicle recommendation but still below the sidewall limit for improved fuel economy. Airing down for sand is a thing too.
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by RegBarclay 5y ago
I see Pinky and the Brain. I upvote. I see Postmodern Jukebox. I upvote. Thanks for the smile to start off my Monday.
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by RegBarclay 5y ago
One of the best Soviet airplane rivalry stories is the Tupolev Tu-4 - a bolt for bolt copy of the US B-29. A good telling of the story here: https://wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com/2019/06/29/b-29-to-bull/
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by RegBarclay 5y ago
HIV is a different family of viruses, so the comparison to the corona family of viruses doesn't apply.
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by RegBarclay 5y ago
Obligatory Louis CK riff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdFB7q89_3U
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by RegBarclay 5y ago
I was 23 in 1991. It was OK, but just yesterday I was talking with a twentysomething guy who was playing for me a song he'd written using GarageBand on his phone. I told him, man, I wish I'd had YouTube and GarageBand when I was
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by RegBarclay 5y ago
I didn't at all hear scorn for different goals: "So maybe not all of this advice I’ve given applies to you if your priorities are different. Also, maybe I am not qualified to talk about how to deal with some situations like having
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by RegBarclay 5y ago
I've laid a little block and brick for myself. I found it kind of fun and pretty rewarding work. As soon as I saw the headline and started pre-thinking about the content, I immediately thought, "well, the mortar for one thing...&q
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by RegBarclay 5y ago
There are basic technical hurdles for a lot of users too. My wife recently took a professional certification exam at home. She is an RN. We had to borrow my son's desktop gaming system, set it up in the kitchen, and jump some technical
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by RegBarclay 5y ago
Her defense in a defamation lawsuit was that she was using hyperbole in offering an opinion. She's not the only commentary show host to use that defense, but she's the most notable one on the left that a lot of people like to over
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by RegBarclay 5y ago
Rachel Maddow has done the same, but I know way too many people who trust what she says.
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by RegBarclay 5y ago
Looks like we HN doesn't like Seinfeld.
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by RegBarclay 5y ago
Surprised no one has made the Seinfeld Soup Nazi comparison yet.
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The mRNA vaccine revolution is just beginning(wired.co.uk)
2 points by RegBarclay 5y ago|0 comments
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by RegBarclay 6y ago
I was interested in that aspect of the story when I clicked into it, but I'm not really disappointed that it wasn't covered. Turns out it wasn't really the point anyway. That said, he could easily have a generator rigged up t
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by RegBarclay 6y ago
This is still how it is in rural areas. We have a mail lady. I've seen multiple vehicles -- some of them Jeeps. We don't get the LLVs out our way. On the USPS Creed, I was a paperboy when I was a teen and always chuckled at that.
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by RegBarclay 6y ago
As the developer tooling improves and parts of my job get easier, I sometimes think I may be out of a job someday. But then I talk to some users or other non-devs about technical issues and realize I will always have a job.
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by RegBarclay 6y ago
UPS Freight was an acquisition of Overnite Transportation several years ago. Not sure how much real integration between the companies ever happened beyond branding.
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by RegBarclay 6y ago
What if the private entity is censoring at the behest of the government?
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by RegBarclay 6y ago
I'm also in the "why don't you take it first" group personally because I'm not at very high risk personally. But my 80-something mother is bucking the vaccine and she should absolutely take it ASAP because of her ag
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by RegBarclay 6y ago
I love my Kindle. I'm out of space for physical books and just love the reading experience on the Kindle. I think it works because it's a distraction-free device. It does one thing and it does it well.
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by RegBarclay 6y ago
I changed jobs to join a remote team. Equipment was shipped to my home. I've never met any of my team in person and won't until COVID limitations are resolved and the home office goes back to bringing everybody in for team buildi
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by RegBarclay 6y ago
So far, there's always been a caveat. Kudos to Quanta for being up front with it in the headline and being punny with it too.
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by RegBarclay 6y ago
Auto flushing toilets are water wasters too when they misread and flush 2 or 3 times while the user hasn't left the seat.
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Scientists Discover Antibody Highly Effective in Preventing/Treating Covid(pittwire.pitt.edu)
3 points by RegBarclay 6y ago|0 comments
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by RegBarclay 6y ago
They lost me at "We need more drama..." No, I do not think we need more drama.

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