the-dude

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   by the-dude 3y ago

   I am surprised radio-by-dental-filling is not mentioned here yet ( Lucille Ball ) Mythbusters : https://youtu.be/dZFtrcLGMS0?t=1913
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   by the-dude 3y ago

   I can get you a toe by 3 o'clock.
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   Gee (Navigation)(en.wikipedia.org)

   1 points by the-dude 3y ago|0 comments
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   by the-dude 3y ago

   Muppets too!
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   by the-dude 3y ago

   I see. I assume you were not amused.
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   by the-dude 3y ago

   The hole is supposed be there.
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   by the-dude 3y ago

   Can't do without : Science progresses one funeral at a time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planck%27s_principle
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   by the-dude 3y ago

   > like SpaceX got the "cheap fast iteration" idea from Armadillo. Any sources?
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   by the-dude 3y ago

   I would argue it is a saying in Dutch, it is part of our canon, basically every Dutch person knows and uses the saying ( without knowing its origin ).
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    Trust arrives on foot and leaves on horseback (2020)(thalein.medium.com)

    60 points by the-dude 3y ago|35 comments
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    by the-dude 3y ago

    Trust arrives on foot and leaves on horseback Dutch : Vertrouwen komt te voet en gaat te paard ( Thorbecke ) https://thalein.medium.com/trust-arrives-on-foot-and-leaves-...
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    European Commission blocks €1.6B Booking.com takeover of Etraveli(nltimes.nl)

    3 points by the-dude 3y ago|1 comments
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    FBI Colluded with Compromised Ukrainian Intelligence Agency to Censor Americans(judiciary.house.gov)

    4 points by the-dude 3y ago|2 comments
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    by the-dude 3y ago

    Netcraft confirms it : Windows is dying.
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    by the-dude 3y ago

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planck%27s_principle
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    by the-dude 3y ago

    I have no sources at hand, but I understood the FBI/CIA is embedded within every major news org in the US.
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    by the-dude 3y ago

    > anything but lost ground in contemporary times. Compared to when? The web is only growing and growing and is 90%+ GNU/Linux. All/most SaaS'es which are displacing 'conventional' software are running GNU/L
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    by the-dude 3y ago

    We are not at the limit : you are replying too soon. To be able to reply without pause, click the timestamp.
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    by the-dude 3y ago

    > the common man is coming less and less contact with GNU. Compared to when? Would the Android experience differ substantially if it included the GNU userland? I'd argue no : the common man does not compile, write shell scripts or w
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    by the-dude 3y ago

    Fair enough. But does it really matter what all the dumb terminals are running, when most of the infra(servers) is running full blown GNU/Linux?
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    by the-dude 3y ago

    I think it is fair to say that without the GPL and GNU, there would have been no Linux as we know it today.
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    by the-dude 3y ago

    You don't seem rational at all, on the contrary : you seem mentally ill. Seek professional help, contact your physician for advice.
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    by the-dude 3y ago

    You should get out more.
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    by the-dude 3y ago

    Brein is the Dutch copyright Gestapo.
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    by the-dude 3y ago

    Why would one 'self-express' in a window manager community?
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    by the-dude 3y ago

    What does a window manager have to do with gender?
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    by the-dude 3y ago

    China and the US are different today.
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    by the-dude 3y ago

    Pretty much : https://www.history.com/news/industrial-revolution-spies-eur...
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    by the-dude 3y ago

    What I understood from actual farmer : fuel and fertilizer.
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    by the-dude 3y ago

    Why not?