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by jimmydddd 3mo ago
And while I was taught repeatedly in school that all the Irish folks came to the US due to the potato famine, I don't ever recall anyone mentioning the forced exporation of other food to India, etc. Didn't learn it until I was li
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by jimmydddd 3mo ago
I used to have a 45 minute driving commute each way to and from work. I listened to many non-fiction audio books (on cassette!)during that time and would often listen to them over and over many times. 20 years later I can still quote long
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by jimmydddd 3mo ago
Do NYC grocery stores publish pricing info in an easily accessible format?
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by jimmydddd 4mo ago
Exactly! Everyone's been conditioned that Data Centers = higher electric bills for residents. Of course, another option is for politicians to put any added costs on the data center companies. One tech guy even proposed, in order to
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by jimmydddd 4mo ago
Definitely not a perfect memory. But yeah, I can't say I've ever been "touched" or "moved" by a movie. I'm usually looking at my watch trying to figure out how much longer I have to sit there. :-)
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by jimmydddd 4mo ago
Why do you guys "buy" movies? Like, you plan to watch the movie many, many times in the future? How many times do you watch a movie? Just curious, because I've never had a desire to watch a movie more than once.
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by jimmydddd 4mo ago
Are there supposed to be article titles? It just looks like giberish to me?
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by jimmydddd 4mo ago
This is great. The 8-bit aesthetic fits great with baseball. Reminds me a little of the old Backyard Baseball video game. I was thinking about using the feed to ring a bell in my home every time my team (NY Mets) scores a run. But this a
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by jimmydddd 4mo ago
Yes, but Hans, that one rogue guy in engineering, did get assigned 100% of the blame from the PR dept.
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by jimmydddd 4mo ago
My son had a Mac for college. But then the accounting department gave out assignments that required a PC based software package. And it took quite a while to crunch numbers. So I ended up having to get him a relatively high end PC laptop
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by jimmydddd 4mo ago
I just got a refurbished Surface laptop for like $350 on Amazon. I only bought it for traveling, but after I set it up for work, I've been using it now for three weeks and it's a pretty nice machine. I don't do gaming or gra
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by jimmydddd 4mo ago
I wonder if the AI's that replace us will be periodically web surfing and checking HN as part of their daily work flow?
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by jimmydddd 4mo ago
I think it's just the culture. I'm old. I used to regularly read long books. Now I can't even get through a 20 minute video unless I'm walking or driving. I mean I could if I had to, but I wouldn't do it for fun.
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by jimmydddd 4mo ago
It took me years to notice that folks who confidently made stuff up or provided incorrect info in meetings were looked upon favorably. No one ever knew or cared that the thing the person said was incorrect. Just the confident way they sai
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by jimmydddd 4mo ago
This reminded me of my dad. Years ago, as a sort of hobby, my dad used to change up his middle initial when he gave out his name info. E.g., John X. Smith, John Y. Smith, John Z. Smith. Then when he received (then snail mail) solicitations
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by jimmydddd 5mo ago
Another attorney here. I understand your plight. But I can't believe law firms are sending out briefs and opinions without carefully checking all of the citations. I mean, even when Lexis or Westlaw identifies an (actual) case on poi
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by jimmydddd 5mo ago
Great job. Hilarious and fun. Who's real and who's an NPC?
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by jimmydddd 5mo ago
Thanks! This is great.
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by jimmydddd 5mo ago
And on the flip side, while Turner was politically progressive, with his personal behavior, he was a hard drinking, loud talking guy who would likely have been villanized by the woke CNN of the early 2020's.
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by jimmydddd 5mo ago
The book has an unfortunate title. It sounds transactional and manipulative. It could just as well have been named something like "How to communicate well with people."
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by jimmydddd 5mo ago
Back in the early 1980's, a high school friend from a semi-wealthy family received a money from his parents to buy his first car to drive to school. They were expecting him to buy a new Honda or Toyota, but he proudly showed up at hom
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by jimmydddd 6mo ago
Sorry. Why can't an indivudual bad actor site be targeted without affecting non bad actor sites? Why does the blocking have to be so broad?
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by jimmydddd 6mo ago
Makes sense. The dude probably didn't care about the software. He was just trying to check an item off of his task list for the day.
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by jimmydddd 6mo ago
I just stopped reading books a few years ago. I just drink a cup of coffee and stare at the wall. Much more relaxing.
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by jimmydddd 6mo ago
Yes. Mostly the same basic components--Just optimized for which direction you are going in. I recall using an single in ear speaker as a microphone as one of the experiments in my Radio Shack 101 eperiments electronics kit.
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by jimmydddd 6mo ago
Not OP. Sounds like he was considered to be a manager and wasn't allowed to get into the weeds. So instead of just managing the off shore team, he wrote some of the code for them and then let them take credit for it.
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by jimmydddd 6mo ago
It's amazing that in the late 1930's, someone with his academic credentials and intellect decided his life would be best spent writing science fiction.
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by jimmydddd 6mo ago
I was able to do it on my iPhone. 1) Click on a plane on the map. 2) Click on "menu" at the bottom. 3) Scroll down to the bottom of info window and click on "cockpit."
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by jimmydddd 6mo ago
I used to work to SomaFM all the time. Then took a break I guess? Then somehow totally forgot it even existed. So thanks for the reminder.
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by jimmydddd 7mo ago
Got it. That also answers my question of "why 8 minutes?" Thanks.

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