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Like most Scientology celebs, he was carefully taken care of by the church. I doubt he was ever aware of how shitty they treated his staff.

Corea's touring group was all sourced from Scientologists. It allowed him and the church to manipulate his staff. A colleague of mine helped on an overseas tour and accidentally in…

I'm surprised about the relative space. I once toured a Los Angeles-class sub (sorry, no photos) and I never felt I had enough headroom. Seeing all that open space in "workout area…

Australia has done remote instruction for decades. It boggles my mind that we are not borrowing existing and proven educational technology. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_of_…

BZflag, the tank game, is named after "Battle Zone", the original Atari tank game.

Don't forget Notch. He took his money and bought a mansion and became a DJ. TBH, if I made a pile, my interests would change dramatically. And running a successful company would no…

See, this is the main problem about buying new technology. The device is marketed as a graceful solution for all your "paper needs." My principle need for a tablet has always been …

Does the ReMarkable have an ePub reader? My existing ebook collection is mostly DRM-free ePubs.

I've just deleted every Adobe app from my phone and tablet. I'm not going to trust this corporation.

Not recent, but very good: "Cowboy Bebop." It's good anime SciFi that works on many levels.

I thought Provenance was a lot weaker than the rest of the Ancillary series. It was still good though. The 2018 Hugo novel field was REALLY good. There wasn't a klunker in the grou…

I got a sublet for a fantastic price from a AirBnber who wanted to get out of a zero-income property. 40% off the market rent. Oh, and because he didn't actually live there, he lef…

"We didn't get our cut" should only apply if they add value. What value does the App Store provide Hey?

No one has ever hired me based on my college grades. The first job I had checked to see I graduated from college. Every other job has been based on experience and my record of perf…

From 2009: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2009/03/frenc... My favorite quote: "Moving from XP to Ubuntu, however, proved very easy. The two biggest differences are …

Trad clarinet isn't terribly difficult compared to post-bebop jazz. Pee Wee Russell and Benny Goodman were probably the best at it in the 60s. I don't think I have any post-1930s M…

Mezz Mezzrow was a Jewish C-list Jazz clarinetist from Chicago that was active during the depression. He was also a successful marijuana dealer to the Jazz community. He married a …

It _started_ even earlier. In 1948, Strom Thurmond ran for President as a Dixiecrat (Democrat for Racial Segregation), which is one reason why Truman v. Dewey was so close. In 1952…

There used to be steam-powered and battery-powered cars in the early 20th Century. There was an Edison-Westinghouse war in electricity distribution. Typically, a consensus is reach…

Goodreads. Duh.

I WANT TO GO TO THERE

One alternate way to do a book club: 1. Meet every 3 to 6 months. 2. Everyone bring books to swap. 3. Everyone bring a list of books they really loved. 4. Each person takes turn ta…

I stopped using Grubhub because the majority of my purchases were to the same neighborhood Pizza joint. I just phone it in and literally cut out the middle-man. It takes two extra …

The Ottomans controlled Greece during that time. I don't think it was the Greeks that didn't give a damn.

Yes. And since the Greeks still have many of the acropolis marbles in their museum, it's fatuous to assume that they couldn't protect their own heritage.