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I have been using lynx for almost 3 decades. It is still my primary browser. All of my bookmarks are stored in lynx. When necessary, I can spawn my defined x-www-browser from inside lynx, as when typing this comment. The two together are qu
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I'm not exactly sure how we stumbled upon it but it is now a fixture in our New Years Eve celebration. The two of us huddled before the TV we only turn on once per year and eating black-eyed peas for luck in the middle of Texas...
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But don't forget that some older individuals, such as myself, lose the ability to easily absorb B12. And a B12 deficiency is not a pleasant thing. Somewhat along the lines of the onset of Parkinson's or ALS. Consequently I take a
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https://every.sdf.org/US_ASCII/Geekish/various/knuth-macilro...
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Unlike most religions, the Unix Philosophy actually produces positive and tangible results...
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I enjoy in Source Code Pro that every character is unambiguous...
97.
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I prefer Source Code Pro for the terminal: https://adobe-fonts.github.io/source-code-pro/
98.
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There are two things I appreciate finding in my low-tech textual browsing. First, an RSS feed listed amongst the commercial links for a site. Secondly, a link to the actual content at the top of the page bypassing all the menu clutter...
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A different metric: If you lack for nothing you are wealthy. If you yearn for more you are poor...
100.
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And don't forget the invisible $0 field in awk...
101.
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At least now I know I'm not the oldest one here (barely)... =)
102.
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If I may interrupt here, I found the small, faint type on the site an annoyance...
103.
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Plain vanilla html on something that has already been around for over 30 years? https://sdf.org/
104.
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I spent about 25 years in the bar business and the metric is pretty simple. If you and/or others think you have a problem with alcohol, you probably have a problem with alcohol. So best not to drink if you can manage it. Not everyone i
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A veteran of the late 60's and early 70's here. Psilocybin was indeed my favorite recreational drug. No waking up with an acid hangover and feeling like your dog had died. No fear and loathing. The most complex and beautiful baroq
106.
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"Pure" ASCII would be 7-bit US-ASCII derived directly from the teletypewriter command set. It consists of exactly 128 character codes, of which roughly 30% are unprintable. Anything beyond that, such as code page 437, are not &quo
107.
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We didn't evolve there so we most likely couldn't survive there. And these planets are so distant we will almost certainly never visit there. Essentially nothing more than entertaining pipe dreams...
108.
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Nethack or go home... https://nethackwiki.com/wiki/Main_Page
109.
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Sorry. I was too busy playing a DOS port of Nethack I found on a dial-up BBS...
110.
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The Islamic calendar is lunar. Pretty sure they account for more than .01% of humanity...
111.
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Heh! I am the author of that particular calendar. That was long ago. The original is on my website along with a Lunar-Sol calendar...
112.
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Those fall during the year-end holidays. The numbers and volume are always aberrant then anyway so what's another day or so...
113.
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There are industries that employ 13 period accounting. I encountered it in the bar and restaurant sector. Weeks are accurate, repetitive measures for them. Months and quarters are too variable to be of much use. However the practice does ma
114.
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i haven't seen that message for years. A dedicated range game and pets to not mix well. My config file sets pettype to none...
115.
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Toujours gai...
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Archy and Mehitabel are kindred spirits as well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archy_and_Mehitabel
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We have been together for over four decades and are cautiously optimistic it might work out...
118.
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I used gopher for a number of years, mostly as a hobby. Here is a proxy server if you want to look around: https://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/gw
119.
by every 4y ago
My wife and I met over 4 decades ago here [1]. She was the food buyer and I a weekly dinner chef... [1] https://collegehouses.org/listings/21st/
120.
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On my desk sits a paperweight. It is a segment of some ancient undersea cable. About 2 inches in diameter, sheathed in lead with eight main wires and numerous smaller ones in a circular arrangement. Weighs a ton. My dad worked for AT&T

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