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I’m just playing. It will probably be idle before too long. The Linux box was used in anger for a couple of years.

Five or six years ago, I bought a lot of three ThinkPad R40 Celerons sold for parts, hoping to get one useable machine. I did, ending up with a rather pedestrian LXDE Linux laptop.…

The English word “apron” comes from the French “napron.” “A napron” became “an apron.”

Also, Florian was an inspiration for David Bowie’s “V-2 Schneider” from the “Heroes” album. https://youtu.be/fWkCMD7woV0

Plenty of exceptions though. e.g. KDKA Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and WACO Waco, Texas.

LM358 op-amp?

Point spreads negate common sense and understanding. Remember touts sell you who to bet on, not who is going to win.

If you’re trying to avoid the paywall, note that the NYT has removed the paywall on Coronavirus related articles. Including this one.

Maybe this isolation we’re going through will give me time to upgrade. -73-

Try 63/37 tin/lead instead of 60/40. 63/37 alloy is eutectic, meaning its melting and solidifying temperature is the same (183C). 60/40 has a semisolid state around its melting poi…

What rough beast, its hour come round at last, slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?

What did rms use? GDB?

Germany declared war on the United States.

Ya. It’s almost enough to give the researchers the benefit of the doubt. Nah.

IBM? AT&T, more likely. Unix had an 8 character limit long after people knew better.

Everybody hates a tourist.

The cartel disbanded in 1939. Were the bulbs labeled and classified by power consumption before then?