dogman1050

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by dogman1050 2y ago
I still have it in my lab, right next to a PDP-11/05. I don't think I have a composite input monitor or NTSC TV around anymore to use as a display. I could rig something up.
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by dogman1050 2y ago
You too? I've always found it and other fractals disturbing in an undefined way. Maybe like a feeling of an infinite evil that persists in spite of me knowing it's just math. Anyway, I first generated Mandlebrot sets in 1981 on
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by dogman1050 2y ago
Only since I got COVID in 2022. That and sharp cheeses. I did pick up a taste for buffalo chicken though, which I previously found disgusting.
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by dogman1050 2y ago
The stars puzzle helped me find a speck of dirt on my phone screen.
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by dogman1050 2y ago
In addition to disabling automatic updates, I disable the Play Store app except when I choose to update or download an app, then disable it again. It's a minor inconvenience, but it gives me a feeling of control over my device.
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by dogman1050 2y ago
Both the lack of hydration and morphine were his choice, and he was lucid. My brother was angry that Dad decided to "give up." I wasn't, but was horrified at the ease with which the staff complied and knew exactly what to do.
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by dogman1050 2y ago
I have, thanks. I'll always remember his last words to me, "You're a prince."
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by dogman1050 2y ago
After watching my father die with COPD, it because obvious that euthanasia happens in the US all the time. He opted out of lung-reduction surgery and was ready to die. So the hospital withheld IV hydration and provided a morphine drip and h
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by dogman1050 2y ago
My ring finger is on my mind presently. It's turned into a trigger finger from riding a stiff clutch motorcycle for a week nine months ago. If bent too close to my palm it doesn't come back without help. It's interfering with
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by dogman1050 2y ago
Ken Kesey - "Sometimes a Great Notion" A very rich, very human story generally about what drives people, with a river as an unrelenting foe. I think.
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by dogman1050 3y ago
And so they are, my apologies.
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by dogman1050 3y ago
Am I in a minority in not knowing TeX well enough to follow this article? It was invented the year I graduated engineering uni and in my career, I didn't need to read many academic papers. It seems that simple algebraic (or "Exc
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by dogman1050 3y ago
I used to report spam calls, but quit when I received one from my own number, the number of the phone on which I received the call.
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by dogman1050 3y ago
I have a PDP-11/05 with 16KB core in my home lab. Haven't powered it up in a decade since getting rid of my Teletype ASR 33 for space reasons. I need to cobble up a 20mA current loop interface to talk to it. This PiDP-11 is much
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by dogman1050 3y ago
I have both of mine in little ziplock bags given to me by the oral surgeons. I don't know why I save them.
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by dogman1050 3y ago
For me, the best would be what Jack Nicholson said to Helen Hunt in "As Good As It Gets": "You make me want to be a better man."
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by dogman1050 3y ago
This is great! When I look at each picture with one eye simultaneously, I see the image in 3d.
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by dogman1050 4y ago
This is the only book I've ever thrown away. I bought it while an engineering undergrad and couldn't stay interested. I tried again 10 years later and gave up. Tried it again when I was about 40 and decided I would never get throu
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by dogman1050 4y ago
Probably not exactly what your looking for, but our home has a number of lights on timers that turn on at roughly dusk and turn off at our nominal bed time. I adjust them a few times a year as the days get longer and shorter. My wife of 40
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by dogman1050 5y ago
A circa 1950 15-inch floor model Atlas drill press. Passed down to me by the son of the original owner. Simple and robust. My 1987 Porsche 911. The design and build quality is visible and tactile. Air-cooled, simple, albeit not effortless t
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by dogman1050 6y ago
It's easier to understand if you've attended a live race. The visual, aural and olfactory impressions of the cars are breathtaking. That, and the fact that the drivers are largely trying to cover ground as fast as they can witho