4x5-Guy

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by 4x5-Guy 4y ago
I'm truly saddened by this. One of my favorite artists. Loved his work all around.
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by 4x5-Guy 4y ago
Easy. "Here, hold my beer"
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by 4x5-Guy 5y ago
There was a 2020 report. Haven't looked for a later one. https://www.bondcap.com/report/onw/#view/1
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by 4x5-Guy 5y ago
I'm retiring in 3 months. I'll miss the work and people, won't miss the stress and hours. During my career, I've repaired mainframes and graphics systems. I've managed Unix systems for over 25 years. SysVr4 on NC
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by 4x5-Guy 5y ago
Well said.
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by 4x5-Guy 5y ago
There was a completed cabinet devoted to outputs for the field engineer. All the register were displayed, as well as buttons to set them. At least on later systems, they were in a big square, and someone patched the OS to display the Burr
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by 4x5-Guy 5y ago
Not a class per se, but a former company I worked at was trying to get the technical staff working closer to the business side a little better. There were several books we were asked to read. Dale Carnegies, "How to make Friends and
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by 4x5-Guy 5y ago
You might check out https://libre.space I believe there have been some small sat projects documented in Make magazine also.
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by 4x5-Guy 5y ago
The rocket was called Orion. You would probably need more than 200 nukes for it. Proxima Centauri is ~4 light years away, not a half of a light year.
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by 4x5-Guy 5y ago
If you would have checked, they've scaled back the party to family and close friends. Before they scaled it back, invitees were asked if they were vaccinated and results of a Covid test. https://amp.theguardian.com/us-
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by 4x5-Guy 5y ago
Been there, done that, need the t-shirt...
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by 4x5-Guy 5y ago
You do realize how far Pluto is, plus ottomh there is only one moon orbiting Pluto. You wouldn't see the flash anyway.
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by 4x5-Guy 5y ago
From what I remember, paper tape was a slower input device, while cards could be read much faster. To make a change, you had to repunch the whole tape, while for cards you could just punch one card. Plus punch cards were much nicer to writ
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by 4x5-Guy 6y ago
I was really saddened to hear this. I've always loved his music, and I didn't know he was ill. He will be missed.
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by 4x5-Guy 6y ago
Sorry, I hate dark mode apps. Too much eye strain for me. Give me a terminal screen with dark grey letters against a not quite white background and I'm good. Too many books when I was younger I guess.
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by 4x5-Guy 6y ago
It would have been nice to have those capabilities, but we still aren't there yet. Such an optimistic view of things.
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by 4x5-Guy 6y ago
Interesting form factor of the board. Everything on one edge. I wish I could buy just that. I supposed I will have to settle for the whole thing and toss the keyboard.
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by 4x5-Guy 6y ago
I played alto and tenor sax in high school/college. What a great instrument. It still gives me chills when I hear a great sax tune.
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by 4x5-Guy 6y ago
You could always start doing high powered rocketry. Some of the current rocket companies started that way. You could also develop a payload and test it as well.
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by 4x5-Guy 6y ago
Interesting. But while the first kit is listed as "free", there is nothing I could find on prices to keep going.
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by 4x5-Guy 6y ago
Cats, definitely. Friendlier then a panel heater, and contrary to popular opinion they are social animals.
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by 4x5-Guy 6y ago
People have been using wet plate photography for years. Others have started using dry plates, and someone is selling them commercially. Then there is a community working on the above and a few working on true roll film. Probably the best s
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by 4x5-Guy 6y ago
I thought I read some place, which I can't remember, that you would probably not make it past 800 yrs or so. Accidents happen. Unless you just hole up someplace and never do anything, and even then something could happen.
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by 4x5-Guy 6y ago
Being in Junior College in 1973, some of the kids had 4 function calculators hanging off their belt. The rest of us in a tech track usually carried a slide rule. I did take a technical math class that involved programming a desktop calcula
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by 4x5-Guy 6y ago
6G
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by 4x5-Guy 6y ago
Definitely a blog I'll have to keep track of.
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by 4x5-Guy 6y ago
That just bites.
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by 4x5-Guy 6y ago
Since it looks like it works on a Raspberry Pi, I think I'll give it a try.
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by 4x5-Guy 6y ago
In the First Amendment, the government is not allowed to either promote or attack speech. The courts have ruled that some speech, such as hate speech, does not have this protection. Just by deciding whether or not the government will spen
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by 4x5-Guy 6y ago
It would seem to me that this order tramples on the First Amendment. No matter how much the executive wants to trample on twitter, they are still a private company and can publish or not publish what they wish.

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