javman

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by javman 9mo ago
Dune (the novel) was published in 1965.
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by javman 9mo ago
I get nostalgic thinking about WC2 on the Mac. I was a teen then, and loved Blizzard for putting the effort into a Mac release. I don't remember how I found IRC and #macwarcraft, but between dial-up internet, coordinating games on an I
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by javman 10mo ago
I'm a huge critic of the mouse with the charger port on bottom, but that was the 2nd gen magic mouse released in 2015. Is there another mouse that had charger port on bottom? The 1st gen from 2009 used AA batteries.
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by javman 1y ago
I wonder if someone made a mistake with unit conversions... The next paragraph says: > The results: over half of the eggs broke when dropped vertically from an 8-millimeter (31-inch) height 31 inches is 0.8m, not 8mm. Maybe they meant to
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by javman 1y ago
Can you clarify how it is easy to get out of a ticket afterwards? In my experience from sitting in a traffic court a couple times (in Washington state), the only people who get out of a ticket are those who have squeaky clean driving record
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by javman 2y ago
I quit my job two years and four months ago. I'd worked non-stop for twenty years (10+ at the last company) and was getting three weeks of vacation time per year. I'm in my 40's and finally decided that I wanted to enjoy some
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by javman 2y ago
The server doesn't know what size the image will be displayed, but the browser does.
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by javman 2y ago
I worked for a small contracting company that did work for several larger (but not FAANG) companies for >10 years. I quit 1.5 years ago after being burned out for quite a while, and I'm enjoying life for now. The thought of going ba
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by javman 3y ago
Why '98? Just curious. It seemed pretty young then. Most people on the internet in 98 had 28.8 or 56k modems. I feel like things were getting better until 2010-ish.
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by javman 3y ago
The reason why melting permafrost is considered a global catastrophe is that it's a feedback loop that will accelerate warming. There is massive carbon that has been frozen in the permafrost. Permafrost melts > the organic matter de
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by javman 3y ago
Buying discs doesn't protect you anymore. Almost everything requires a server connection and they can require you to upgrade to play. I have a physical copy of Overwatch 1. When Overwatch 2 came out, it was an "upgrade" to Ov
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by javman 3y ago
"Archers seem to 'get it'" is like saying "Mac users seem to 'get it'". There are good apples and bad apples in every user group. I've been hunting for 30 years. Some years I hunt with a bow, muz
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by javman 3y ago
Population tanked around 1900 due to no regulations and massive human population moving west and everyone shooting deer on the way. Conservation movements (mostly by sportsmen AKA hunters) led to regulations (each state now has a wildlife o
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by javman 3y ago
Maybe not "depend on", but "adapted to" ... "Coast redwood are adapted to fire and other disturbance. Seeds germinate best on mineral soil as is exposed by flooding, fire, or wind throw for seed germination and esta
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by javman 3y ago
I think it starts with - higher rates of bad/no parenting - schools with no ability to deal with bad behavior This leads to young adults who think they can get away with anything? Baltimore is one of the worst places I’ve visited for w
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by javman 4y ago
Have you seen what modern plant farms look like? Massive water usage, lowering river levels drastically. Some don't even reach the ocean anymore (see the Colorado River, from Wikipedia: "Since 1960, the Colorado has typically drie
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by javman 4y ago
Reminds me of something that happened to me... I take nature photos for fun and post them on my website and various photo websites over the years. A biologist for a National Park asked if he could use one of my photos on the cover of an int
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by javman 5y ago
Logging and converting the trees into lumber for building isn't free from a carbon perspective. A modern logging operation typically has several large diesel-powered heavy machines to cut down and move the trees. Then the logs are tran
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by javman 5y ago
I started shopping pretty regularly at Home Depot after buying a house about eight years ago. I used to be surprised after paying when the alarm sounded as I walked out the door. I would stop and turn around, and usually a cashier would wav
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by javman 5y ago
The book is not very good. It sounded interesting so I bought it – and it was the first book I've read where I was so disappointed that I wrote a one star review on Amazon. The review was rejected.
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by javman 10y ago
It would be nice if this was an OS feature instead of implemented differently by every app developer. That way it could also be disabled system-wide with a single setting. The OS could either show a nice dialog on update as shown in the art