MortimerDukePhD

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Writer 'swatted' 47 times over casual diss of Norm Macdonald in 2018(nypost.com)
8 points by MortimerDukePhD 3y ago|3 comments
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The Cause of the Maui Wildfire Disaster(cliffmass.blogspot.com)
1 points by MortimerDukePhD 3y ago|0 comments
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by MortimerDukePhD 3y ago
To get to brass tacks: some groups continue to be bitter over Musk due to a self-created petty, political, disagreement. They want their safe spaces back. Like a child upset that the people she kicked out of her birthday party are back. Thr
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by MortimerDukePhD 3y ago
My all-time favorite FizzBuzz story: https://css-tricks.com/tales-of-a-non-unicorn-a-story-about-...
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by MortimerDukePhD 3y ago
Really wish one of these interviewers, in the middle of peppering him with solicitations for opinions on Titan, would ask James Cameron the important question on everyone's mind: why hasn't he released True Lies on Blu Ray yet.
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by MortimerDukePhD 3y ago
Netscape Navigator Gold
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by MortimerDukePhD 3y ago
> spez / reddit ceo is a mod on r/programming How is it possible that these companies are still run like an immature dorm room shitshow? Are there no separation of duties? The CEO should not have admin access to anything (the v
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by MortimerDukePhD 3y ago
Your list of first-world grievances also describes: healthcare workers, literally anyone in the trades, grocery store employees, retail, etc. At some point tech employees have convinced themselves that they are likewise "essential&quot
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by MortimerDukePhD 3y ago
> controversial ads promoting things like gambling and marijuana Oh no not gambling and marijuana as I drive past the casino and weed store on my way home. What other heinous degeneracy could Twitter devolve into next, maybe unfiltered
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by MortimerDukePhD 3y ago
> Do we have a federated Mastodon-esque system to replace Reddit yet? Maybe they can go to whatever platform the banned subreddits reformed on. Unfortunately many of the subreddit communities that are now being screwed over in the same f
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by MortimerDukePhD 3y ago
I believe you're quite wrong. I read the article. They discovered some minor non-conformance that's not safety related and are fixing it. Airplanes are incredibly complex machines with millions of parts. Scaling this analogy it&#x
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by MortimerDukePhD 3y ago
Imagine if every minor glitch in iPhone or MacBook manufacturing was made public and captured news headlines.
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US probes Freightliner trucks automatically braking without obstacle in road(mlive.com)
10 points by MortimerDukePhD 3y ago|4 comments
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by MortimerDukePhD 3y ago
I'd be willing to wager there's an endless discussion on the Talk page about this, where someone is arguing that the Vatican is wrong about their own flag, and they should be the ones to change.
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by MortimerDukePhD 3y ago
Is this the same California that is perpetually plagued by drought?
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by MortimerDukePhD 3y ago
Cue the analogies of how forcing coders back into the office (in one of the first places where you could bring your dog to work) is worse than working in a salmon cannery in 1926. I weep for those that must endure these atrocious working co
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The mysterious WINA20.386 file (2012)(devblogs.microsoft.com)
2 points by MortimerDukePhD 3y ago|0 comments
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I survived jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge(dailymail.co.uk)
2 points by MortimerDukePhD 3y ago|0 comments
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by MortimerDukePhD 3y ago
I don't think you understand how the Emergency Alert System works and most if not all of what you said is incorrect. How do you think the EAS alerts are sent to your station of choice? (It would be the NWS issuing the alert for weather