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by stoolpigeon 8mo ago
You might enjoy Beckey Chamber's Galactic Commons series. She does a great job of creating all kinds of interesting characters and exploring them and what makes them unique. The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell is very compelling. And I s
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by stoolpigeon 8mo ago
The Bob series by Dennis E. Taylor is amazing, and I highly recommend it. Very positive, very creative.
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by stoolpigeon 1y ago
SpaceX is reusing spaceships, landing them, catching rockets in chopstick contraptions. But a spaceship that lands near its launchpad can also land anywhere in the world. In an hour. Loaded with military might. No - no they can't. Refe
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by stoolpigeon 2y ago
In my friend group - those with a Commodore 64 were at the top. The Vic-20 was the middle and the Sinclair the bottom. My one friend with a Tandy Color Computer had no idea what he was doing, his family just had money.
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by stoolpigeon 2y ago
I'm the same - I call it "pseudoambidextrous". I lived in Europe for 10 years and that was nice as far as eating goes. Here in the USA I always try to grab a left corner so I'm not bumping elbows with anyone. I had an un
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by stoolpigeon 2y ago
I enjoy the camera for backing up.
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by stoolpigeon 2y ago
I was surprised at how many athletes for other nations live and train the ihe US I think it would be interesting to see all medals grouped this way, regardless of the country the athlete represented.
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by stoolpigeon 2y ago
I think point 3 of the grand parent indicates admins were not given an opportunity to test this. My company had a lot of Azure vms impacted by this and I'm not sure who the admin was who should have tested it. Microsoft? I don't t
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by stoolpigeon 2y ago
I wouldn't say almost nothing. But the more domain specific things get the less I can track. My big takeaway has been when that happens, I remind myself I'm not fit to judge if a comment is good/right or not. I try to get a f
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by stoolpigeon 2y ago
I had a discussion with an engineer from John Deer, I'm not a farmer and don't have direct experience with it so I am taking his word but he told me in most cases the person in the tractor is just there to monitor what's goin
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by stoolpigeon 3y ago
The Bourbaki dangerous bend symbol is also a part of the lore and symbology for the band. I think that the use of the name is a 'clue' to the meaning of the symbol. The recent new release is the first time I think they've sta
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by stoolpigeon 3y ago
I never thought about this - I'm aware of Bacon and the mathematicians - but not other famous people. This is cool - my Winston Churchill number is 3.
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by stoolpigeon 3y ago
Number 3 makes it worth it alone. If I buy something I want to be able to back it up and own it. Number 2 is awesome because when people publish without DRM, effectively I don't need to worry about the format. The first has never been
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by stoolpigeon 3y ago
I don't usually photograph places and stuff but I do take pictures of people I care about in places and in front of stuff. That I enjoy. But the really cool buildings and things I usually grab a picture online that's way better th
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by stoolpigeon 3y ago
You keep equating killing an industry with killing people - this is a false comparison. Ending the use of coal saves human lives and does not take any human lives. The batman comparison is irrelevant. No longer using asbestos saved lives an
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by stoolpigeon 3y ago
Getting rid of an industry that literally is killing people world wide is not the same as killing a person. It's the opposite, it is saving lives.
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by stoolpigeon 3y ago
thank you - I appreciate it.
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by stoolpigeon 3y ago
I've seen a couple of these keyboards that I assume are mechanical in the last couple days or weeks here. Serious question - do they not have function keys because that's just the models shown? Or is it normal for keyboards like t
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by stoolpigeon 3y ago
Almost anything one can do, of value to their fellow humans, is a crime somewhere.
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by stoolpigeon 3y ago
I've tried 3 times. Haven't made it through yet. Tolstoy on the other hand, Anna Karenina I binged and had done in like a week (on vacation, reading a good portion of my time)
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by stoolpigeon 3y ago
"I don’t know if there were any sites displaying cumulative karma for people." Slashdot did for a long time - though there were caps on it. I used to see if I could get it to the top limit, down to the bottom limit and back to the
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by stoolpigeon 3y ago
The first time I saw a personal computer was at the home of a friend. His father was an engineer for Ping and they had a computer at their house. We weren't allowed to touch it but we watched his dad play a Star Trek game on it for a l
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by stoolpigeon 3y ago
I had a five year period where I wrote book reviews for fun - and to get more book reviews posted to Slashdot, so I could post Amazon affiliate links there. It was an interesting combination of events. It got kicked off because I read a boo
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by stoolpigeon 3y ago
I thought it was super interesting that they had a wog day with all the civilians and press on board and it looks like they allowed the non-sailors to become shell backs. I didn't know that was something that had ever happened. Super i
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by stoolpigeon 3y ago
I grew up reading a lot of Heinlein. I always really got a kick out of reading about people flying around the solar system (and beyond) in nuclear powered ships, using slide rules to do the math for plotting their course.
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by stoolpigeon 3y ago
Hungary has a VAT of 27% and a flat income tax of 15%. VAT doesn't replace income tax, it complements it. Then there are vehicle taxes, property taxes, and so on.
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by stoolpigeon 3y ago
That seemed really low to me - I've itemized pretty much whenever I've had a mortgage. So I've always assumed for most people with a mortgage it would make sense. Looking here it seems you're pretty much right - https:&
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by stoolpigeon 4y ago
I really don't understand what happened here. I really wish I could have received an answer. I don't follow why asking the question was considered wrong. Really - if someone who downvoted this - or understands why it was downvote
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by stoolpigeon 4y ago
I just looked at the Wikipedia article about her and it appears her and her husband were often overlooked while making huge contributions.
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by stoolpigeon 4y ago
Is it assembly he is talking about or Hamming Distance and correcting binary? If it's the former are you saying he claimed to have invented assembly? It's an interesting speech and I'm glad you posted it but I'm struggli

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