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by mwattsun 5y ago
It's weird how subjective experience can be so different. I live in East San Jose a mile from downtown. I'm very happy with it. I love riding my electric bike around town and my only complaint is that for a supposedly high tech ci
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by mwattsun 5y ago
“Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” No substantive evidence exists suggesting Einstein made this statement...QI [quote investigator] has id
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by mwattsun 5y ago
At one point when my son was young and not doing well in school we had him tested. We were told he was a kinesthetic learner. At about that time he was getting into skateboarding. When he grew up he became a brilliant skateboarder who is we
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by mwattsun 5y ago
Exactly. Thanks! There other advantage is that if there's an accident that can't be fixed the solution of towing it out to sea and sinking it into a deep trench is far more preferable than having it contaminate the surrounding lan
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by mwattsun 5y ago
As a former US Submarine nuclear reactor tech, I used to think when we pulled into port that our submarine could power the entire city while we sat there. I don't know why we don't put reactors on large barges that sat offshore wh
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The Railway Journey: The Industrialization of Time and Space in the 19th Century(cyborganthropology.com)
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by mwattsun 5y ago
As a retired computer programmer whose seen a lot of bad software the phrase "software is eating the world" scares the heck out of me.
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by mwattsun 5y ago
Shout out to the good folks of Delta, Utah, some of whom work in the Beryllium mines nearby. My car broke down there once and I learned that Beryllium is a vital component in the JWST because it doesn't expand or contract as the sun wa
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by mwattsun 5y ago
That's good to know. One of my projects is to write up experiences like this I've had.
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I was in a similar circumstance. I drove a city bus in Las Vegas for a year. The experience opened my eyes to many things and changed my life in good ways.
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I had a buddy report and then help prevent a major electrical fire in the electrical mains coming from the submarine tender. They drug tested him after his heroic performance, found traces of THC and kicked him out of the Navy. Maybe the sa
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by mwattsun 5y ago
I am the source of that story because I worked with Bryan. I wrote the database: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21777891 My email is in my profile if you have any further questions Edit: I didn't mean to sound un
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by mwattsun 5y ago
The word processor in Microsoft Works for the Macintosh was written on a houseboat in Richardson’s Bay by Bryan Haas, who bought a bigger boat with the proceeds and sailed off never to be heard from again.
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by mwattsun 5y ago
My first computer programming language was assembly language. This has served me well since this removes a lot of the mystery surrounding higher level languages.
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by mwattsun 6y ago
I was moved to a new city to get a fresh start. The city had a camera van. The operator would park the van in random places and flash people going over the speed limit. Needless to say, this van and it's operator were very unpopular. M
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by mwattsun 6y ago
I served aboard a nuclear submarine as a reactor technician. The term for what you describe in the nuclear industry is "fail safe"
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by mwattsun 7y ago
When we did our diving tests on the USS G.W. Carver, I didn't know about the Thresher. I might have been a lot more worried when we dove to test depth and blew our tanks to surface like a cork. What a ride!
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by mwattsun 7y ago
Maybe the new "open" Microsoft will put it up on GitHub. Probably not though. I imagine the code base is a mess at this point
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by mwattsun 7y ago
This article about how Microsoft Access won't die got me thinking about creating an open source alternative. I just retired and am looking for a project. I also have a history with msft that might be helpful. https://medium.
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Right, but hipster usually meant cool cat beatniks, not flower child hippies
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by mwattsun 7y ago
Thanks. I hope this helps future historians who are curious.
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by mwattsun 7y ago
One of the Mac Works coders here: A slight correction. Works for the Mac was published in 1986, not 1988. AppleWorks for the Apple II was written by Rupert Lissner of Scotts Valley, CA for Apple Computer. AppleWorks was released early in 1
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by mwattsun 7y ago
The misuse of slang is probably the most common indicator that a person is not really a member of the group. Or not even slang, but just using the wrong word. For example of both, I know a businessman who retired recently and decided in ret
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by mwattsun 7y ago
Speaking of stealth, how well will self driving autonomous cars be able to detect a Cybertruck on the road?