mwcremer

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by mwcremer 3y ago
C'mon, nobody speaks Latin per se these days.
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by mwcremer 3y ago
In CA, giardia is a big concern.
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by mwcremer 3y ago
Lest someone think this is purely hypothetical: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Tang_(SS-306)
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by mwcremer 3y ago
In college we used the title sequence from The Rockford Files : “This is Jim Rockford. At the tone, leave your name and number. I’ll get back to you.” Followed by the entire two-minute Mike Post theme song. The only message anyone ever l
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by mwcremer 3y ago
No, no. Set your tab stops to one space. Problem solved.
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by mwcremer 3y ago
Sounds like their sibling still uses it.
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by mwcremer 3y ago
Obligatory https://xkcd.com/505/
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by mwcremer 3y ago
Did you mean Tim Apple ?
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by mwcremer 3y ago
As you note, the real issue here is that the problem is poorly framed. Let's instead consider spherical monkeys in a vacuum...
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by mwcremer 3y ago
Its definately a loosing battle. sigh
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by mwcremer 3y ago
Seems like this might be a much harder problem? At least it is when I try to find a parking place.
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by mwcremer 3y ago
The problem here is that it is really hard to get a sense of your true feelings. Stop trying to hold it all inside you. Just let it out!
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by mwcremer 3y ago
I guess we have a different understanding of the word “diameter.” FTFA, quoted by you above: “The outer ring is about 240 astronomical units in diameter.” Pluto’s orbit is 60-98 AU in diameter. Voyager 1, if it were orbiting the sun, would
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by mwcremer 3y ago
Comparing diameter to radius is a little misleading, the ring is actually closer than Voyager, at 120 AU. On the same scale, Pluto is 78 AU and Voyager is 320 AU.
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by mwcremer 3y ago
Few today remember Ernest Scribbler.
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by mwcremer 4y ago
Huh! I always read that as sticking out one's tongue.
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by mwcremer 4y ago
If you are in CA, the real challenge is getting a permit from the county Fire Marshal. Please do find a local club instead.
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by mwcremer 4y ago
They almost did: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/06/zfs-the-other-new-ap...
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by mwcremer 4y ago
Likely a result of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_v._Turner
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by mwcremer 4y ago
My favorite C++ joke is: Have you heard about the new object-oriented version of COBOL? It’s called “ADD 1 TO COBOL”
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by mwcremer 4y ago
Once we’ve transitioned into the filling state, we can work as slowly as we want on moving dishes from the counter to the dishwasher, assured in the knowledge that the counter mountain is no longer growing, meaning it will eventually disap
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by mwcremer 4y ago
set your tab stops to 1 space. problem solved.
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by mwcremer 4y ago
Or Yogi Berra https://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/12/30/yogi-didnt-say/
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by mwcremer 4y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29677298
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by mwcremer 4y ago
One wonders how the author got _those_ dates...
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by mwcremer 4y ago
Research indicates the exact opposite is true. By just about every objective measure, life today is better than it was: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4309801
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by mwcremer 4y ago
For what is is worth, K&R and UCSD Pascal were contemporaneous, so it could have gone either way. As it happened, Bill Atkinson convinced Steve Jobs to support Pascal on the Apple ][. And the Apple ][ was the original development enviro
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by mwcremer 4y ago
>”Often the previous owners are corporations or schools who buy and sell the machines in bulk and aren't interested in helping recyclers or refurbishers unlock them.”
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by mwcremer 4y ago
[2012]
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by mwcremer 4y ago
Maybe https://mastodon.social/@elonjet

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