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31.
by mml 7y ago
It’s “the eye of the needle”. It was a very narrow gate into Jerusalem, which camels had difficulty traversing.
32.
by mml 7y ago
related possibly? what domain is this file from? https://techdocs.broadcom.com/content/broadcom/techdocs/us/e...
33.
by mml 7y ago
when I learned helm, I instantly thought "wait, this is it? it just templates yaml files, how does this even have a name?"
34.
by mml 7y ago
those things were hilariously dangerous in the snow/ice. tons of fun :). I miss them too.
35.
by mml 7y ago
I've read that street lsd-25 is vanishingly rare. it doesn't keep (degrades under UV), and it's hard to make (why make lsd when you can make meth instead?). I'm told much street lsd is other stuff. Dunno if true.
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by mml 7y ago
I checked out rust around 5 or 6 years ago, and it was a mess of sigils for the borrow checker. Things have improved significantly since then. If you haven't checked it out in a while, it may be worth another look.
37.
by mml 7y ago
wipr from the App Store is a serviceable ad blocker, not as good as ublock origin, but (mostly) does the job for me at least. I miss the ability to kill specific elements ad-hoc.
38.
by mml 7y ago
1.upto(100).map{|x| (x%3 == 0 && x%5==0) ? "fizzbuzz" : x%5 == 0 ? "fizz" : x%3 == 0 ? "buzz":x}.each{|x| puts x } I feel ashamed.
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Voynich Manuscript Deciphered(tandfonline.com)
14 points by mml 7y ago|5 comments
40.
by mml 7y ago
Call me when any of this stuff works in snow.
41.
by mml 7y ago
They still have production in the US? they started moving out in the early 80s. My dad was involved in the re-assembly of the pipework for a specialized glass production facility (specialized lenses etc) physically disassembled & moved
42.
by mml 7y ago
Pretty sure scotch tape (or any other consumer product) is a tiny fraction of their business. Their main gig is selling industrial solvents, additives, adhesives & abrasives to mining & manufacturing concerns. Building up production
43.
by mml 7y ago
IMHO, they are a formerly great company that has decayed to... something less. //dad worked there for 25yrs
44.
by mml 7y ago
same. i had some interaction with him on twitter, years ago, and somehow he wound up following me(!). RIP Joe.
45.
by mml 8y ago
We had a deaf tuner. He “heard” through his hands.
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About Face: Death and surrender to power in the clothing of men(popula.com)
58 points by mml 8y ago|24 comments
47.
by mml 8y ago
XP wasn't a set of practices, or methodology, it was a set of principles. "Value working software" etc. The "methodology" flows from there: only do the things that help support the principles, get rid of everything
48.
by mml 8y ago
TL;DR: No it isn’t
49.
by mml 8y ago
TL;DR: we found these things years ago, one group says they're mushrooms, the other group says they're something else. The first group just published something saying they are so, neener.
50.
by mml 8y ago
dissolve the cloner in acid
51.
by mml 8y ago
Dirt can’t be turned to gold. Film at 11. Unfortunately, it can still vote for some reason.
52.
by mml 8y ago
every summer for about 3 years, i tried to key this into my apple IIe. Came up with all sorts of schemes to keep track of my place in the listing, but never got it to display more than a few lines of the illustration, which I declared a min
53.
by mml 8y ago
Wow, they kinda buried the lede at the end there. He was apparently assassinated after the publicity, from the sound of it.
54.
by mml 8y ago
"Software Janitor" is my personal favorite. I should probably carry around a bag of pencil shavings on principle.
55.
by mml 8y ago
A company like google would never rely on just a single company like google! /s
56.
by mml 8y ago
twitter noticed: https://twitter.com/hashtag/youtubeisdown
57.
by mml 8y ago
my aws-based builds just went from 5.5m to > 15m about when this started. aws issue?
58.
Project West Ford(en.wikipedia.org)
148 points by mml 8y ago|7 comments
59.
Why Timekeeping First Failed in the Americas (2018)(forbes.com)
1 points by mml 8y ago|0 comments
60.
by mml 8y ago
I’ll answer for him. It’s a terrible, stressful, dangerous job, with insane hours & criminal working conditions, that pays peanuts. Might just be my opinion.

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