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Darren Stone, Vancouver, BC, Canada
"Once men turned their thinking over to
machines in the hope that this would
set them free. But that only permitted
other men with machines to enslave
them." - Frank P. Herbert, Jr., 1965
"The programmer, like the poet, works
only slightly removed from pure
thought-stuff. He builds his castles
in the air, from air, creating by
exertion of the imagination."
- Fred P. Brooks, Jr., 1975recent activity (1,004 total)
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This recent episode of the Secular Buddhism podcast may be worth a listen. It gets into the enduring value and joy we can find in the good fortune of others. https://secularbuddhism.com…
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Another fact you may find interesting because it's unique, I think, for a North American city of its size: Vancouver has no freeways. Within city limits, there are no roads with speed limits over…
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This feels like the trend of Americans having to start GoFundMe campaigns for surgeries and health care. (!) I mean, do what you feel you have to do in the urgent moment. But come on. What's the …
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"BASIC Computer Games" by David H. Ahl
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Fair comment about BMW. So another data point ... Ford also supplied their F150 trucks with plastic oil pans for a number of years. Not sure if that's still the case. But an F150 material decisio…
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> The moment they created a plastic oil pan, it's game over. Nobody cares about engineering anymore at Nissan. BMW has put plastic oil pans on a variety of their models for over a decade. N20 …
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For this Canadian user, both maps.google.ca and Apple Maps labels the body of water this way: "Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)"
TBH, that parenthetical label outside jurisdiction o…
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After the person who discovered and/or mapped it.
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1. That pilot hole looks way too wide for the screw that follows it. A pilot hole should be wide enough to prevent binding, and sometimes for guidance or to prevent splitting, but it still needs to be…
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I love it. I had not read that the two nations finally settled their friendly dispute just a few years ago! Previous to this, the Danish military would occasionally visit the island, leaving a flag, a…
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If closeness was basis for a claim, Canada would like to have a word. Lol. No, we don't. It's not our way. Fun fact, though, you can walk from Canada to Greenland. When the winter sea ice fr…
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> I don’t like the attitude endemic to nerds that truly smart people don’t care about personal aesthetic. Then IMO you should be on Magnus' side here. He is a truly smart person and IMO he lo…
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I’m running that February release as my daily driver on MacOS happily. Haven’t launched Emacs except by accident for a few weeks. I admit it’s an experiment but so far so good. Lem always feels very r…
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Wondering if the Lem project is “accepted” (or worth a test drive) by the Emacs community. I’m a long time Emacs user, occasionally leaving but always returning. Lately, Lem has my attention. https:&…
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Why consume when you can create? Building is often more fun and almost always more educational than just using. Even in “failure”. :-)
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Page three of the paper shows an enviable rooftop antenna farm. Drool. I have an ignorant question ... can home/amateur radio astronomy ever produce layperson-appreciated "imagery"? Som…
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I agree; I read the headline as meaning a 6502 assembler was written, as opposed to 6502 assembly being written. Writing compilers gets difficult, quickly. But writing assemblers is/was common en…
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Agreed. That's why promoting ham skills and events it is important: Learn it before you need it! Cheers.
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I'll take a run at why a promoting amateur radio is important. 1. Hams develop highly technical skills while interacting socially. 2. With entry low cost and no subscription fees, hams have globa…
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> If you do not know a problem is a problem why search for a solution? Exactly, I would NOT search for a solution. No sale. Less consumption. In most cases if you do not know a problem is a problem…
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> How are people to learn about products and services that are available? Search. Easier said than done, thanks to SEO and business models like Google. So maybe I should say "paid search"…
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Fellow Canuck here. Yes, that statistic is sadly, insanely true. And some background ... https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy79dq2n093o …
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Thank you for sharing that. Under "Reelin Effects", at least two negatives caught my eye: Coagulation: Reelin promotes thrombus formation.
Atherosclerosis: Reelin promotes in…
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density → schools → literacy → IR → density → schools → literacy → IR → density → ...