drdeadringer

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by drdeadringer 7mo ago
In AA, they are coming out with a new addition of the Big book, using modern language, because apparently people are having a difficult time understanding language used in the 1940s. For example, Bill W speaks about being trapped or surroun
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by drdeadringer 9mo ago
After my stroke 3 years ago, I find myself in a place meeting accessibility. So the icons are helpful. I cannot necessarily read the text.
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by drdeadringer 10mo ago
In the novel The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell, after the Pope remarks that the aliens involved are "other children of God", I had the thought that perhaps when humans create AI robots, the Pope might consider these robots to be g
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by drdeadringer 11mo ago
It started, funny enough, out of seeing the very first Doctor who episode from the 1960s, where the doctor and crew land on prehistoric Earth and primitive man is having trouble making fire, and the doctor has to figure a way on how to enco
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by drdeadringer 11mo ago
This reminds me of a small but fond memory of mine. One of my friends in high school, up from elementary, was slightly a troublemaker. But not terribly so. One day, we found ourselves sitting at the same lunch table. He occasionally smoked,
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by drdeadringer 1y ago
Perhaps some type of retro futuristic nostalgia millennial gag.
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by drdeadringer 1y ago
In partial jest, has BBB been known to accreditate themselves? (A blatantly obvious silicon valley TV show reference)
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by drdeadringer 1y ago
Speaking for myself, I know that I have never looked up a business for BBB accreditation. (I am 43 and a half). Yelp reviews, TripAdvisor, Google reviews, yes. And as honestly never crossed my mind to check with BBB about anything. But I ha
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by drdeadringer 4y ago
The first I heard of this book was when I read “WWW: Wake” by Robert J. Sawyer, which regards an emergent global AI out of the Internet. “WWW: Wake” also tries to demonstrate the emergent global AI's development into having a bicameral
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by drdeadringer 4y ago
With today's technology, how might this translate into a functioning 1980s Dick Tracy Watch -- the upgraded version from the original "radio watch" which includes video communication as well. "But that's just Faceti
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by drdeadringer 4y ago
> audited I've not before seen this word used to substitute for being checked over for being robbed.
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by drdeadringer 4y ago
A large part of my tinkering hobbies include fixing, not just making -- often a mix of both. A lack of "right to repair" seems to kill some aspect of both if not one of these.
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by drdeadringer 4y ago
On top of that, if anybody knows of similar for folks who sleep on their side I would like suggestions//insight.
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by drdeadringer 4y ago
> Chromebook are basically fancy thin clients that make efficient use of web-based services This reminds me of Asimov's Multivac home terminals where every user, in the comfort of their home, could dial in a query on their computer
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by drdeadringer 4y ago
> To me, computers used to be fun when you commanded them what to do, they did it, then they prompted you for another command. This is a good portion of why I switched to Linux full time over 10 years ago. My computer does what I tell it
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by drdeadringer 4y ago
So is ASAP, and there are people who say it as a word ["A-Sap"] as well as people who verbally spell it out ["A-S-A-P"].
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by drdeadringer 5y ago
Do you have any realistic, actionable resources of how to do this effectively in real life?
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by drdeadringer 5y ago
I've been using a Sansa Clip for a number of years.
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by drdeadringer 5y ago
I've been waiting to see this type of thing since reading Larry Niven scifi stories involving his transport booth technology. A transporter booth on every street corner type of thing [think "phone booth" in 1970s Superman day
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by drdeadringer 5y ago
I watched this "live in theatre" when it came out and enjoyed it. It may be a buggered memory, but I don't recall seeing a movie about reverse engineering often.
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by drdeadringer 5y ago
TIL there are colleges who actually have a class dedicated to the topic of negotiation. Is this "new", say within the past 15-20 years?
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by drdeadringer 5y ago
In my olde neighborhood, a neighbor of mine [due to an allergic husband] was an "outdoor cat only" meow-by-mouth only place for several decades. I took care of the feeding whilst they were on vacation. It's been a while since
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by drdeadringer 5y ago
I had an in-person interview where I should have said that, multiple times.
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by drdeadringer 5y ago
> I loved the concepts behind VRML, and still do. Unfortunately all of the implementations around it were terrible. Being ~18 years away and therefore memory is skewed, may I ask regarding how the implementations were terrible? Honest qu
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by drdeadringer 5y ago
In a summer tech program for pre-college high school tech-interested//inclined students, my group of three created four different VRML world-spaces. We each made our own, and I made the "gateway" world-space where you wo
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by drdeadringer 5y ago
When I used it it was through a browser. I would create the files in a txt editor and then explore the world-space created via browser.
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by drdeadringer 5y ago
> In SFBA the Caltrain stations are totally deserted Whilst some are, there are also a lot that are right next to "downtown areas" with restaurants/bars/coffeeshops. Sunnyvale, Mt View, Palo Alto, Redwood City for exa
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by drdeadringer 5y ago
> The best agrument is that privacy is power. I am reminded of the TV series "The Prisoner" out of BBC, especially the final episode "Fall Out Pt2". Expounds about "the individual's right to be individual&qu
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by drdeadringer 5y ago
So "Keep It Simple, Stupid" is forgotten for whatever reason?
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by drdeadringer 5y ago
I think I'm late to the party but at this point I'm thinking the name "Dreamliner" is a misnomer.

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