shellback3

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Mel Brooks is 100 today(theatlantic.com)
107 points by shellback3 3mo ago|24 comments
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by shellback3 4mo ago
Wow, this brings back the memories of a Byte (I think it was Byte) article about how a person used this strange thing (don't know if it was called "mouse" yet) to keep on working after his keyboard died. I've been using
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by shellback3 4mo ago
The last I heard a meteor is a flash of light caused by a meteorite interacting with the atmosphere. Is this distinction, like 'lecturn', now dead?
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by shellback3 8mo ago
Shwllback3 was my radio callsign in Vietnam in '67 & '68.
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by shellback3 8mo ago
I was issued one at King's Point Merchant Marine Academy in 1957 and used it constantly. A side benefit was the learned ability to estimate an answer and decimal point a skill which I still use. As I recall I mostly used multiplicati
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by shellback3 2y ago
As for books in the 1700's over 60% of women were not literate so if one happened on one of the books it couldn't be read - but the illustrations would have been interesting to them. I think that many of the poor lived in habitati
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NASA Spies Secret Cold War Nuclear Missile Tunnels UnderGreenland Ice Sheet(space.com)
1 points by shellback3 2y ago|0 comments
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by shellback3 2y ago
Interesting, but I had expected to see a comparison of generating DC voltages using tubes, which were used in my university Electronics course, with solid state. In those days to generate a DC voltage from another DC voltage required gener
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by shellback3 2y ago
I bought Corelle about 15 years ago and none have broken - I suspect it's because none have ever been dropped. I glad to hear that when one does drop on the hard floor it might survive.
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by shellback3 2y ago
'stocastic parrot' I like that better than dubious correlations.
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AI is bad at math, and stubborn(youtube.com)
2 points by shellback3 2y ago|2 comments
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by shellback3 2y ago
Technical achievements are impressive but who needs another 2 cycle engine. Yesterday I read that one two cycle engine (for a car or motorcycle, I think) puts out as much pollution as 40 modern 4 cycle engines.
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by shellback3 3y ago
A few decades ago I needed proof of my military service, US Navy last duty in Vietnam, and was astounded to find that they had been in that St. Louis fire but I did get a copy of my DD 214 so not all was lost. I'd still like to get my
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by shellback3 4y ago
I agree, my thoughts were along this line especially when I noticed the 'magic' number -3.
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by shellback3 5y ago
McNamara cut his teeth on real world problems in the AAF's Office of Statistics and worked with General Curtis LaMay to plan how best to use the B29 bombers. He became an expert with statistics and other math tools and thought they cou
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by shellback3 5y ago
It should be remembered that McNamara cut his teeth working for the office of statistics with Curtis LeMay in the use of B29 aircraft. He was proud that he was part of a larger effort using statistics and other math that helped to win the
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by shellback3 5y ago
I was in Vietnam in a Naval Support Group. I had conversations with army officers that had combat experience and learned that since no statistics were collected about dead civilians all the dead were counted as enemy soldiers - and everyone
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by shellback3 5y ago
AUTOVON brings back memories from the mid 1960s. I was on a US Navy Oiler which was getting some maintanance from the shipyard in Subic Bay, PI. The shipyard officer we were assigned hosted a small party at his home and learning that I had
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by shellback3 5y ago
My wife's mother was a head librarian and 'Ask a Librarian' is her motto. Thanks for the link.