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ddunkin
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About ddunkin
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Comment #21703343
In theory, if enforced. That has not stopped the behaviors of a majority of the population.
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Comment #21702759
What about all the drivers who take major risks daily by playing with their phones? This makes even legal speeds dangerous, at least these guys were looking ahead and aware of thei…
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Comment #20980475
It is possible to map most controls in a DAW via MIDI and possibly provide a touch interface, or more tactile controls (sliders and knobs). Live looping for example, only requires …
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Comment #20271422
Some painful combo of Trumpet Winsock/Win 3.1/Netscape at that time if I wanted more than just lynx, all received via xmodem from the local ISPs shell server using Telix. No Google…
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Comment #18949181
There are still other interesting things to see, Equisat has LED flashers: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experime...
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Comment #18689476
It's more like the DMV, pick a number, sit in the large waiting area for 30 minutes, just to get someone who doesnt really want to be there either.
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Comment #18430775
I still have a 3 1/4" floppy of the 1.0 release, right next to a sealed CD of Netscape 4.0. Good times.
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Comment #18403156
You mean what Samsung did in the first place?
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Comment #18401839
Look at the app bxActions, you can do that today.
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Comment #16632826
I have had to, on the opposite end, had an Uber take me home/cancel after a few miles because the previous rider had been wearing thick perfume and it was too cold for the driver t…
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Comment #14154072
You can find the Majorbbs Entertainment Edition out there. Has TW, SoC, trivia, etc. Supports telnet.
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Comment #9197076
As far as I know, he's into comedy and model trains. I learned about the model train thing when I ran into him at a model train event at the Evergreen State Fairgrounds a few years…
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Comment #8786549
Calling the chip 'DRM' sounds like media sensationalism, it really is just 'dumb memory'. Maybe I think this because I knew exactly how the cartridges worked when I did my initial …
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Comment #8313215
Omission is not a lie, these details are left out because you are not supposed to post every detail of your life, especially not the ugly ones, to the mass public (which is what pa…
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Comment #7959378
You can watch the air density as it falls, it was so still at the highest altitude.
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Comment #7910803
I ran Winsock initially on a 386 with 3.1. At this time, the dial-up business was booming and I'm not talking AOL/Compuserve. There were entire websites dedicated to listing and so…
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Comment #7294838
Not only that, but it trains people who don't read RFCs (or run DNS servers) to believe that configuration is even acceptable in the first place.
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Comment #6951372
You sure don't OWN it. You can lease IP addresses from the registry, but you still don't own them, you can get an Internet connection from a company, but you don't own it, you are …
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Comment #6680744
I'm just not convinced software is that impressive, I've seen 12 year olds write 'complex software' (at least to me), they didn't sure need a lifetime of knowledge and skill to do …
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Comment #6516981
It can't, I would have deleted it immediately. The real requests comes in snail mail and are the only ones I reply to.
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Comment #6417875
Every Disqus article is with it, just unblock it.
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Comment #6364055
It doesn't seem as in-depth as something more pure electronics like this: http://www.falstad.com/circuit (also as iCircuit for iPhone)