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4,416karma·3,765submissions·August 18, 2015
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>I bought it with high hopes, but my Zip disks turned out to be so convenient and spacious that the VHS-backup need never arose. It's good to hear, in retrospect, that you were able to use a s…
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Related 2023 discussion (22 comments): < https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38523736 >
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The same performative nonsense occurs in Canada. Land acknowledgements are the ultimate in virtue signaling; once they actually mean something, they suddenly end. Two overlapping tribal claims in New …
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How reliable did you find VBS?
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It's amazing, the things that can be done without what we would consider modern technology. The 8-bit Guy recently released a video asking "What if everything still ran out vacuum tubes?&quo…
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Actual original post: < https://reddit.com/r/datahoarder/comments/1sljeh6/my_isp_is_... >…
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Then your point doesn't make sense. As I said, musicians who die early (again, excepting rappers) usually die from self-inflicted causes, not violence from others. What is the connection between …
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>How about all the rock stars killed over the years With the exception of rappers, most musicians who die early die from overdoses, suicides, and such (the "27 club" < https:/…
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Commodore so slowly and ineffectually improving on the OCS didn't help, but the original sin of the Amiga was committed in the beginning, with planar graphics (i.e., slow and hard to work with, e…
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The first 80286-based system (IBM PC AT), 80386 (Compaq Deskpro 386), and 80486 all had people writing about their suitability as servers, with the consensus's implication being that normal peopl…
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>So Homer Simpson was right in the end. Indeed. Proof that beer builds gut strength: < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrrEzyKXUnk >…
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I gave Copilot the other day my Elisp code, and it asked if I wanted improvements. Upon my approval, it immediately produced a revision that added two new, useful features and worked out of the box. V…
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Even if they are included, they wouldn't join up. More British Muslims joined ISIS than the British military. < https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/19/magazine/h…
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>why only locals, but no migrants? Even if they are included, they wouldn't join up. More British Muslims joined ISIS than the British military. < https://www.nytimes.com/201…
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The US draft included non-citizen legal residents, such as Howard Stringer. < https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Stringer >…
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This is where I got the URL from.
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Edited by me from "Air India flight from Chicago to New Delhi returns hours into journey after rags, clothes and plastic bags clog toilets"
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I sell Apple products on Craigslist. (I speak as an experienced third-party seller on Amazon/Walmart/eBay.)
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Tom Clancy was a big Mac fan, too.
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Spectre GCR, by Dave and Sandy Small, is the final version of a Mac emulator for Atari ST previously known as Magic Sac and Spectre 128. I link to its manual because the document is, as the title page…
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Isn't it normal and typical for musical acts to make more money from concert tours and merchandise sales than the music itself?