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by ddingus 3y ago
I wanted an Apple ][ as well, but also got an Atari 800xl. It did make sense for cost reasons, same as you. A bit later on, I did end up with an Apple and have both today in working condition. I am glad I got the Atari first. There was a
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by ddingus 4y ago
@dang Somehow, that post got mangled and I missed the edit window. Please delete it, and thanks in advance.
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by ddingus 4y ago
I agree with you in that there is no Apple monopoly. What people are seeing may be something monopoly like because Apple is able to attract an affluent user base and then keep most of it over very long periods of time. In some ways, from A
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by ddingus 4y ago
I've had two Macbooks (2012 MBP, M1 Air) with no issues. I've had Lenovo laptops going back to 2005 with most of those machines running great --almost as great as the Apple machines do. Got a coffee spill on my 2012 MBP and Apple
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by ddingus 4y ago
You are doing a fine job in this thread. It is hard to think outside our own experiences. This passerby appreciates your efforts to get others to do just that.
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by ddingus 4y ago
Yeah. Having discovered this dynamic through careful observation of my animals, story seems appropriate. A session with the cat yields: Who: Me What: Trip away from pack When: Today, more days maybe Where: Various places, work, car, out
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by ddingus 4y ago
Animals do tell stories. Let's take a dog for example: The dog is out in the wild, away from it's pack. Ever see your dog smell something, or find something it finds interesting? Often, they will rub on it, or roll around in it
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by ddingus 4y ago
Why would this be a surprise? Is the payment for the service of gold check consideration, or for a gold check? Perhaps that question is where surprise comes from.
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by ddingus 4y ago
Older person here: yes, vaping is at least two orders better than smoking. There is no need to resolve the differences, I am simply contributing to this discussion as an older data point in agreement with younger perspectives on this.
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by ddingus 4y ago
I do. Tons of people do. As for new stuff, this is how I generally do it: Interact with friends and others near me. We trade all the time, recommend all the time. This is my long standing favorite. Community discussion. Here, for one.
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by ddingus 4y ago
Exactly! I am annoyed at this move to toss bricks on the road to hobble a clear leader
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by ddingus 4y ago
That was my first thought too. Very interesting. There are specific regions that repeat, but the overall image does not.
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by ddingus 4y ago
Underlying nature... You mean as people? That's a fluid thing. We do not have to run it like we do, and I feel we shouldn't. So no. It is a contrived thing. Can be changed, should be. However, at this moment it is also what we
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by ddingus 4y ago
I don't see nature as a pure meritocracy myself. I have had a large number of people express the desire for "the system" to be a pure, very functional meritocracy, and I myself envisioned it more that way much earlier in lif
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by ddingus 4y ago
It is both empowering and negative.[0] I got the same mentoring early in life. Networking matters. And yeah the system sucks and is a poor meritocracy, if that itself is even the better state of affairs. Regardless, we live in the system
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by ddingus 4y ago
I am noticing a lot of videos and images from this period are now gone... The upside is people could redo the effects for a new crowd who may have heard about them without seeing them.
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by ddingus 4y ago
It flickers on a 50/60Hz CRT. As a kid, I toyed with "extra colors" quite a lot on C64, Atari, Color Computer 3. There are three basic methods: One is discussed here, cycle between two colors. Low contrast changes are best.
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by ddingus 4y ago
Meta: I missed my edit window, and apologize for the reply on my own post here. Soon, I will just start asking them to input something that takes work: "Please input $0.57, thank you SO MUCH!"[0] I expect the "custom amount
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by ddingus 4y ago
I have started inputting a custom amount. Recently, I've noticed some places keeping the machine out of my hands and flat out asking, "what should I do here?" It's way over the top aggressive now.
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by ddingus 4y ago
I have. It is hard. It gets easier the second time. I have no data on a third. No regrets.
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by ddingus 4y ago
Absolutely. "Revenue driving" is one metric. Another one is, "cost reduction", and still another on is overall zeal for the work. A good conversation can hit any and all these metrics. And it all adds right up too. I c
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by ddingus 4y ago
Naysayers and passersby: I get it. No worries. So, sell me! Please take a moment and let's see what, "won't be used against the people" looks like. No joke. I will read with great interest.
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by ddingus 4y ago
I am rapidly arriving at the same conclusion
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by ddingus 4y ago
Been thinking about all this recently, and it's related to starting up something new. Here's a few thoughts I believe resonate with your comment. (I'm just hoping for some discussion to consider) "the moat" = that
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by ddingus 4y ago
It has some history, definition of terms, connections to other tech, opinion / advocacy, all wrapped up into one "something." Seems more than a documentary. Can totally be a video essay.
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by ddingus 4y ago
Your question turned out to be intriguing! I thought I did not have a reason to employ a name or even think of productions like this as a format. But, as you point out, the right name is unclear, and just calling it "a video" begs
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by ddingus 4y ago
I dumped a bunch of albums, and a few CD's, to Hi-Fi VHS. A while back, I stumbled onto a compatible VCR at a yard sale for a couple bucks. Yes, those gaps are annoying as all get out. Tracking has to be dialed right in to recover th
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by ddingus 4y ago
Good grief!! This behavior has been going on forever. Way back in 1978, I ended up with a calculator and was in 4th grade. Maybe 3rd grade now that I think about it. We were working on the standard addition and subtraction operations, alo
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by ddingus 4y ago
Not the same thing.
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by ddingus 4y ago
It is not theft. You really need to use the right word, and that word is infringement. Theft requires someone somewhere be denied something they own and that does not happen when an unauthorized copy is performed. Using the right words migh

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