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by jrh3 3y ago
Ha, people keep saying that. Ocean has a long way to rise to get back to me, not sure I'll be here to enjoy it.
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by jrh3 3y ago
I used to have ocean front property.
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by jrh3 3y ago
God bless you Mr. Moolenaar. VIM is the editor that built me, going on 20+ years now. I only gave once several years ago to help children of Uganda. I will do again in his honor, https://iccf-holland.org/donate.html . :wq
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by jrh3 3y ago
We tried funding the internet with banner ads and that didn't take. So early 2000s we sold our privacy to fund it. The "web consumer" mentality was built on the latter funding, which is now going away. Small business is being
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by jrh3 3y ago
Went on a Scout trip to Mammoth Cave in the 90's. What an amazing experience. We did a late night 2 hour+ hike through one of the cave systems. True spelunking!
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by jrh3 3y ago
NatGeo physical maps are still pretty awesome. We have their atlas too, which is really great.
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by jrh3 3y ago
I think it was more about generating headlines and causing a stir so they could stay relevant. The politics part was just a tool.
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by jrh3 3y ago
It's so sad. NatGeo started stumbling in the late 1990's/early 2000's. I had the same experience as the author... stacks of magazines in the basement... getting lost exploring the world. In elementary school we had extra
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by jrh3 3y ago
> "Mainly we're cutting out, I think, after-dinner snacks." I would agree based on my personal experience.
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by jrh3 3y ago
I miss Slashdot's moderation system... Flame Bait (so you filter it out), informative, etc.
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by jrh3 3y ago
Some days 3 hots and cot plus a chess club sounds pretty awesome.
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by jrh3 3y ago
I took his rules as high level observations of the environment's impact on human evolution. But human experience is much more nuanced like you say. I do remember thinking some of the observations could come across as very blunt. There
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by jrh3 3y ago
Wow. I read that book in college. No idea a backlash like that developed... That is crazy if that is how skewed university's have become. Guns, Germs, and Steel is an incredible academic work. Dang.