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by pmiller2 6y ago
If you think that's confusing, I had two professors in grad school who were married and shared the same last name. She had a PhD when I started there, so I called her "Doctor," but he didn't, so I called him "Steve
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by pmiller2 6y ago
Interesting. So, basically, it sounds like you had some dial-out modems hooked up, and some kind of database of other BBS numbers, kind of like a routing table, except you basically offloaded the actual routing to the phone company? Then,
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by pmiller2 6y ago
Sure, it's kind of absurd that the same 4 people would be at the center of so many technological shifts, over a period of 20+ years. But, you really have to accept that as a conceit of the medium. There are basically only two ways to
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by pmiller2 6y ago
By “capability for federation,” do you mean something more than what FidoNet allowed?
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I don’t think you do, given how I’ve broken it down to below ELI5 levels, and you’re still snarking at me, but, ok. Additionally, you are quite wrong. I distinctly recall the first time I was ever literally moved to tears by music, and it
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by pmiller2 6y ago
Nope. I’ve got one of the old, mechanical thermostats with an analog dial and a bimetallic strip that completes a circuit to run the heater. My apartment building is about 50 years old, and I’m pretty sure it’s still the original equipment.
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by pmiller2 6y ago
Sometimes those things are unpleasant. Sometimes those unpleasant things are not necessary to enjoy the production. Again, what's not to understand?
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by pmiller2 6y ago
TV, music, movies, theater, and books are supposed to make you feel something when consuming them. What's not to understand?
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by pmiller2 6y ago
I think those are both referring to the fact that without some very sophisticated manufacturing processes and equipment, it's not possible to build an 8086 to begin with. Once we're at a point of societal collapse, we would, pres
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by pmiller2 6y ago
I'm looking around at all my home "machinery," and I don't see anything essential that is computer controlled. I have an ordinary gas furnace heating it; a plain old gas stove for cooking; a refrigerator that's g
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by pmiller2 6y ago
Huh, really. I haven't gotten around to watching American Gods , and Westworld isn't my thing, but I also enjoyed the title sequence for The Man in the High Castle . It isn't one of the ones I'd watch every time, j
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by pmiller2 6y ago
Non-spoiler alert: you might just have to grit your teeth and hang on through the first few seconds, where the armadillo gets run over.
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by pmiller2 6y ago
I don't really find that a very compelling criticism, to be honest. When I think about what kind of features I'd want in my messaging app, there are really only two things I can think of that iMessage doesn't have: encryptio
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by pmiller2 6y ago
I found it fairly believable, if not completely accurate, in both aspects. Most of the things in the show are things that actually happened in real life, just with the serial numbers filed off. For instance, Cardiff Electric is basically
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by pmiller2 6y ago
Speaking of music, while this show has so many amazing things going for it, one of the best is the intro sequence and the theme music. That puts it on rare footing with shows like Mad Men and Covert Affairs . I know Netflix puts this b
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What's wrong with iMessage?
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That explains why capitalism creates so many problems. Why do people think doing more capitalism is the way to fix those problems, though?
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by pmiller2 6y ago
That assumes that goods and services are getting cheaper, which isn't the case for several key necessities. In particular, housing, education, and medical care have risen far faster than inflation for the past 40+ years.
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by pmiller2 6y ago
Economists as a whole don't have a great track record of predictions here, either. You know the saying, right? Economists have successfully predicted 9 of the last 6 recessions.
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by pmiller2 6y ago
I don't know anything about this cache you're referring to, but, is it so pervasive within the library that you can't easily do a patch to remove it? Would such a patch be accepted by upstream? If you're opposed to usi
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by pmiller2 6y ago
That sounds like a good way to get a major city nuked. We already have enough conventional weapons to bomb NK back into the Stone Age, should it be necessary. I'm not sure which other countries you're referring to that are not tr
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by pmiller2 6y ago
Multilateral disarmament treaties similar to the SALT treaties with the USSR? Maybe at the UN level rather than simply administered by individual countries?
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by pmiller2 6y ago
Lots of nasty viruses are literally inside bulletproof cages and under heavy guard inside high level biocontainment facilities, but there have still been instances where they've gotten out of the lab. (This is not a reference to SARS-
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by pmiller2 6y ago
Out of pure curiosity, I just checked, and it was actually Rust Valley Restorers , S1 E7, a '41 Ford Super Deluxe. Very cool car.
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by pmiller2 6y ago
Even in Python 2, you can do something like this: println = lambda s: sys.stdout.write(s + '\n') Not that it really makes things much better, but, at least it shows you can do it.
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by pmiller2 6y ago
> It would be a neat conversation piece to have one, for sure. As an EV it could be made wickedly performant. I think it would still feel like riding in a low-slung box that you are just peeking out over the top of, though. Hell yeah! T
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Stainless steel can be clear coated to prevent rust. It looks good, too. I saw it pulled off on an episode of Car Masters: Rust to Riches on Netflix.
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Speaking of nostalgia, I remember downloading Trumpet Winsock from Tucows way back when....
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by pmiller2 6y ago
I agree. I have been on "self lockdown" since March, in the USA. I've been observing all of the following since then: > - 8pm-5am curfew (you have to be at home) Check. > - no visitors Other than my girlfriend, who br
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I buy a lot of pre-owned stuff, and sell or give away stuff I'm done with whenever possible, for the same reasons. I especially can't stand IKEA, because they embody throwaway culture so much, with their cheaply made furniture.

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