spacemansam

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by spacemansam 5y ago
I saw an Indian newspaper in UAE (back in 2009 I believe) with a matrimonial section where people were described as having a "wheatish complexion".
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by spacemansam 5y ago
I have no doubt that someone reading this ( and certainly, I , at 4 decades on this planet am in that club) badly needs to follow this line of thinking...
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by spacemansam 5y ago
Neat ! Never seen that before - reminiscent of the old Syndicate Wars intro... https://youtu.be/EJO_pBML7xw
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by spacemansam 5y ago
For some reason, KOTH never caught my eye when it was on regularly. Saw it again a few years ago and loved it.
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by spacemansam 6y ago
Oh wait - I didn't know this was the case. Is that the case in all countries with fabs (i.e. that they're state level/state controlled) ?
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by spacemansam 6y ago
Crap, you're probably right. I completely overlooked the IP side of things...
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by spacemansam 6y ago
Medicine, ideally surgery. I have zero knowledge of it and stand in awe of what I see high end doctors achieve. This isn't even a humanitarian "help my fellow man" thing. It just seems amazing.
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Ask HN: What is/are the primary limiting factors in setting up an IC fab
2 points by spacemansam 6y ago|4 comments
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by spacemansam 6y ago
While I love him dearly, I'd definitely take any advice (or anything in fact) that the good Mr. Barnum was selling, with a pillar of salt.
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by spacemansam 6y ago
Same here, though in my case i assume it's mock (hopefully?) insult in a few Indian Telegram groups where I'm the oldest member by about 2 decades. "Unkill" is the phrasing and "boomer" is most assuredly the im
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by spacemansam 6y ago
I ended up with the same approach. I used to do my idle browsing on both, the PC and the phone. In an earlier bout of productivity (many moons ago) I blocked all the usual suspects on my PC. That was several years (and PCs) ago - but there&
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by spacemansam 6y ago
Agreed, not much to be gained from dissecting the joke itself. Though reading through the tweets, the range of interpretations/misunderstandings is kinda amusing. Also people gettin' close to peeved that what they beleive is the c
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by spacemansam 6y ago
Hear hear, I wondered if I was alone in this. There's shows I'd watch and even (as far as I can tell) enjoy, but after a few episodes, I'd skip to Wikipedia for a summary so i didn't have to spend a couple weeks just wat
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by spacemansam 6y ago
Very cool - I'd never heard the term paregoric and I assumed it was perhaps the class of drugs used for slowing diarrhea (like say, Loperamide). I'd never have thought literal tincture of opium would have that use. (Also, now that