slowhand09

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   by slowhand09 3y ago

   My 1985 HP-11c is probably on its 4th set of batteries now. Would love a 15c but have the Retro 15C and Free42 emulators on my iPhone now.
2. 62.▲
   by slowhand09 3y ago

   I'll cherry-pick one line. "There's a lot of fundamental issues, ranging from food deserts to lack of public transportation among the poorer areas." Food deserts in Baltimore? Like the Mondowmin Mall that was destroyed b
3. 63.▲
   by slowhand09 3y ago

   I learned Fortran IV as an introductory language. And read here that it is so elementary, and these other languages that are more complex and faster and better for software engineering, and software engineers are better now... I say why hav
4. 64.▲
   by slowhand09 3y ago

   Incorrect information. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/09/08/fac...
5. 65.▲
   by slowhand09 3y ago

   4 Dell monitors on my desk were made in China.
6. 66.▲
   by slowhand09 3y ago

   Thanks, I just semi-retired from DoD.
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   by slowhand09 3y ago

   "Its for the greater good." https://www.facebook.com/reel/988486965857313/
8. 68.▲
   by slowhand09 3y ago

   If only we had some sort of national leader saying "Made in America" is good...
9. 69.▲
   by slowhand09 3y ago

   Look at every computer monitor on every military desk. I bet it says "Made in ____".
10. 70.▲
    by slowhand09 3y ago

    That should also be weighed when decisions highly dependent on products such as petroleum, lithium, cobalt...
11. 71.▲
    by slowhand09 4y ago

    Look for a coyote and a roadrunner nearby.
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    by slowhand09 4y ago

    I grew up in NC. I worked in tobacco a few times for family friends. Many of my schoolmates' families raised tobacco. Or corn. Or soybeans. Many of these kids earned hundreds of dollars over the summer, while supporting the family b
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    We’re Screwed If We Don’t Do the Math(dailyreckoning.com)

    2 points by slowhand09 4y ago|0 comments
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    by slowhand09 4y ago

    Nah. There are lots of knowledgeable and precise people who speak of things with the amount of specificity required to communicate the important details.
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    by slowhand09 4y ago

    WP is WP. They interviewed me once about firearms. They either misquoted or misunderstood everything we spoke about.
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    by slowhand09 4y ago

    Your finger is the safety. Glock pistols have never had a safety. They have no higher rate of negligent or accidental discharges than pistols with safeties. If you are qualified to carry, a round in the chamber is what saves your life.
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    by slowhand09 4y ago

    Your updates may be more prolific than many...
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    by slowhand09 4y ago

    What town/state are we talking about? Is it a mining town where the mines are shutdown? Is it a mill town where the mills are shutdown? Is it a auto manufacturing town where the cars went obsolete? Agricultural town where the farm
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    by slowhand09 4y ago

    I used to attend cross-team meetings with a guy (works for AWS now) who was a tech lead and meeting facilitator. He gathered the agenda, presented during the meeting, assembled notes during the meeting, and distributed the notes via email
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    by slowhand09 4y ago

    IC being internal consultant?
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    by slowhand09 4y ago

    I have a ring doorbell and I detest it. But my wife wants it. Since you have your own system, would you be willing to share links to info on a "roll your own" system?
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    Charging Station Goes Boom, EV Won't Work: What Happens Next(caranddriver.com)

    12 points by slowhand09 4y ago|5 comments
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    by slowhand09 4y ago

    +1 here. I purchased the original SimCity and soon after the original SimEarth. Loads of fun with both.
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    Hacker Tool Can Pinpoint a DJI Drone Operator’s Exact Location(wired.com)

    24 points by slowhand09 4y ago|4 comments
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    by slowhand09 4y ago

    I prob have 20 kinds of weeds, 20 native species of plant. I've had whitetail deer, eastern red fox, river otter, snapping turtles, box turtles, muskrat, brown rat, bald eagle, turkey vulture, black vulture, crow, osprey, blue heron,
26. 86.▲
    by slowhand09 4y ago

    “The real problem is that programmers have spent far too much time worrying about efficiency in the wrong places and at the wrong times; premature optimization is the root of all evil (or at least most of it) in programming.” - Donald Knuth
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    by slowhand09 4y ago

    You might check https://rpilocator.com/
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    Linux FU: Miller the Killer Makes CSV No Pest(hackaday.com)

    5 points by slowhand09 4y ago|0 comments
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    by slowhand09 4y ago

    https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/08/27/640323347/the-sch... This NPR article is a target to actually kill. Epstein'ed.
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    by slowhand09 4y ago

    I see I've been downvoted for this. Almost like suppressing a debunking or retraction. :-)