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I used to fantasize about using computers to print stuff. I ended up at a little company that made desktop publishing software. While I was employed there, I went on vacation in Ch…

From USA, one mainly needs WhatsApp to chat with Latin Americans. Judging from the billboards I have seen in Argentina and Uruguay, there are a lot of Latin Americans getting WA fr…

The video of the assassination of the UHC executive revealed to one viewer that the assassin had practiced thoroughly, because when the gun jammed the assassin recovered deftly. I …

I kept thinking of the sketch in which contestants in a quiz contest attempt to summarize Proust. IYKYK.

The question marks are because it’s practically a trope that the most interesting subjects disguise their importance by driving Civics and such.

West Asia is a less Eurocentric than “Orient” or “Middle East.” I like it.

I told someone about UBI and they hadn’t heard of it, 4 or 5 years ago, despite being an executive at a charity that is supposed to help people with food money.

I saw that Virginia and Maine have a little bit of momentum towards balcony solar. This is the video I saw that in: https://youtu.be/2RqhK2w8rrA

On the other hand, sometimes the naive approach does work. I bought something from a Ukrainian via Kickstarter, and expected that some sort of difficulty would emerge, but no, it d…

The capitalists who own them shut them down.

If your NASCAR car had a sticker, you’d have ad money from STP/Pennzoil/RainX/whatever.

Those folks can FRO. The teacher my wife would have had for a Pascal class in high school refused to let her apply, saying it was not for girls. Her father said, you can take it at…

And well known to fans of Dr Demento. This is the Wikipedia about “Hancock Park” the city park that contains the tar pits and museum. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hancock_Park The…

When news was transmitted by flaky telegraph systems, the first paragraph evolved to be a concise version. The ensuing paragraphs provided layers of detail. If the connection was l…

If the app is meant to defeat counterfeits or reselling the Dodgers won’t be willing to accept printed tickets.

What’s the value of having a civilian SecDef if he blathers on like this?

Yep! I own both a pair of AirPods and a pair of Beats. The Beats were designed for a lower price point, without noise cancellation, than the AirPods so I can’t offer a head-head co…

Yes to get really seasick, you need stabilizers and seven wine pairings.

>> "I now have to spend the entire day talking about Hitler." … ironic result

Starting in the CompuServe era, and ending in about 2001, I was a voluntary member of the MVPs for Windows programming. You would get swag, including a full MSDN subscription. My r…

I have been happy with the serendipity of YouTube’s algorithm generally. I followed an external link to a YouTube video about an exotic piano, and played a few related videos after…

I worked with CFG80211/MAC80211 on an old Linux kernel years ago. I don’t think time of day is in any packet.

As an aside, because it would not be germane to automotive safety… In the Coast Guard Auxiliary “Sailing and Seamanship” class that I attended, targeting would-be sailboat skippers…

In Encinitas, California, that sign would have no more than 20 MPH. In adjacent Carlsbad, I believe 25 is normal.

I vividly recall a shot within a commercial, in which a driver was shown in slow motion, chucking his coffee into the passenger foot well in order to have two hands on the wheel fo…