gramie

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by gramie 5d ago
Yes, scrolling with the arrow keys does nothing for several presses, then jumps, then acts normally, then jumps again. Really stupid and annoying. Also, Alt-Left Arrow doesn't return me to the previous page (Hacker News) and I have to
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by gramie 6d ago
Wow, I've had that wrong for several decades. Thanks for the correction!
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by gramie 6d ago
I have probably watched this movie a dozen times, and I delight in all the tiny, barely-acknowledged references throughout. The Italian and French soldiers walking into the bar, and the Italian not able to get a word in edgewise. The German
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by gramie 14d ago
The launch price for the 64 was $600, but by June 1983 it had dropped to $300 and was often on sale for less (I paid $250).
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by gramie 15d ago
I started with the VIC-20, and I'm now 62. After years of resisting the draw to turn my hobby into a career, I started working as a software developer almost 30 years ago. I feared that I might lose the joy, but (for the most part) it&
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by gramie 19d ago
I had to keep accessibility in mind a lot in my previous job (web development for a university). The thing that I consistently found was that, the more accessible a website was, the better the experience for everyone , not just people with
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by gramie 21d ago
Here (in Canada), we are paying about USD$65/month for 500Mbps down and 500Mbps up. Our only choice is Xplornet (the provincial government sold monopoly rights to each area of the province) but I think their prices are regulated. You h
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by gramie 21d ago
You are right, there is cable as well. I'm in an area that does not have cable, so our internet is all fibre. Still, cable can get up to 1Gbps, and probably higher, so it's a distinction without a difference. The push to make sure
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by gramie 21d ago
Quebec has high-speed internet available to all residents. Either fibre to the home, or subsidized StarLink. Canada as a whole is expected to have 90% high speed internet by the end of 2026, and 100% by 2030.
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by gramie 26d ago
And the nearest star to our solar system is 4.3 light years away. Coincidence? :-)
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by gramie 2mo ago
Energy may not be so much of an issue here in Quebec, where electricity is USD$0.05/kWh (residential rate) and 99%+ of it comes from hydroelectric power.
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by gramie 2mo ago
Recently there has been a push to farm "dry-land" salmon. In other words, the salmon live in large tanks on land, rather than in pens in the sea. At the moment a company is trying to start one of these close to me. Some local peop
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by gramie 2mo ago
That's kind of how Nintendo worked the Wii (with "worse" hardware) against the PlayStation and XBox.
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by gramie 2mo ago
I don't find Costco necessarily cheaper than anywhere else. For example, if I'm careful and search flyers, local supermarkets will often have better prices. For me, Costco has good prices, an excellent return policy, and reliabl
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by gramie 2mo ago
A few years ago I visited a small coffee plantation in Panama. The owner told us that Costco was the best customer for coffee growers by far, in terms of fair price, reliability, and prompt payment.
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by gramie 3mo ago
There has been a vaccine for dogs and cats for a while now, not sure why it hasn't been released for humans yet. Lyme can be really horrible. Some people we know have a 30-something son who was very active (camping, hiking, rock climbi
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by gramie 3mo ago
I learned to love WordPerfect. I still miss the ability to "Reveal Codes" and see exactly where it had placed the non-printing codes to turn on/off bold, italics, to change margins, etc. When MS Word screws your entire docume
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by gramie 3mo ago
Not to mention raising local temperatures by as much as 16°F https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/30/climate/data-centers-are-...
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by gramie 4mo ago
It used to be a thing in India, I have read, that people would want to associate themselves with a prestigious university, even if they dropped out. It would be written like this (made-up example): B.A. Political Science, Bangalore Universi
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by gramie 4mo ago
In Canada, I have to report my (small) self-employment income. The other thing I have to do is enter deductions like moving expenses, tuition, charitable donations, medical expenses, etc., which the government doesn't have direct acces
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by gramie 4mo ago
I went to their website. They have four things in their online shop, and all are "sold out" (never available?). Looks cool, but are they actually producing anything?
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by gramie 4mo ago
As far as I can see, the cameras are not live. Timestamps on the video seem to be off by many hours (12 hours for a camera in Taiwan, 1:40 for a camera in Calgary, 15:30 for a camera in Wisconsin). Not complaining, just noting in case anyon
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by gramie 4mo ago
Not really related, but worth repeating: there's an old saying, "A gentleman is one who knows how to play the accordion, but doesn't".
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by gramie 4mo ago
When I was a volunteer in Africa, my school's English teacher was furious because none of the students in his class had done the homework. His solution: to bring them into the staff room one by one, have them hold their hands in a &quo
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by gramie 4mo ago
I would suspect that the vast majority of bullying ends when the victim is able to escape from the bully -- by changing schools, etc. We hear about victims snapping and beating up their bullies because that makes a good story. How about vic
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by gramie 4mo ago
> such cases were easily resolved Hah! In any case, it is a curious argument that, in order to show that stronger people should not hurt weaker people, you think it's okay for stronger people to hurt weaker people.
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by gramie 5mo ago
You are correct (source: I was a volunteer in Lesotho many moons ago).
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by gramie 5mo ago
If you enjoy The X-Files, you really should check out Millennium, by the same creator (Chris Carter) and broadcast at roughly the same time. It's very intense, with an Emmy-deserving performance by star Lance Henriksen (whom you may re
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by gramie 5mo ago
I would bet that you can find used calculus textbooks quite easily. I did chemical engineering long ago (how long? Computerized process control was just being introduced into the curriculum, and we learned to program in Fortran). I did seve
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by gramie 5mo ago
Compute! was very much aimed more at the home market that Byte (which appealed more to IT professionals). At the time, though, Compute! and Compute's Gazette (for Commodore computers) were great for me. The most amazing magazine of all

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