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No love for Eamon?

I've had a python code sharing post blocked on Facebook because it "violates community standards". If I remember right it was a script to search a word doc and highlight certain wo…

Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman

Dobsonian telescopes are great for general observation. You get a lot of aperture for your money. But they are bad for astrophotography. Schmidt Cassegrain and Newtonian style scop…

That's good point. I wouldn't expect pricing to function like that, especially in life or death situations. In our case, this was a surgery that was planned and scheduled a month i…

The entire pricing scheme is an elaborate sham if you ask me. My wife had to have surgery. A outpatient laparoscopic procedure that required cutting a tendon. The time she spent at…

The price point on major 3d software packages were always a deterrent for me. When I first got into 3d (back in the mid 90s) I used POV raytracer. Its 3d modelling from a more prog…

I work at a Higher Ed institution. About a year ago we were told by the state to merge with a medical research college. Suffice to say it’s been hell. I didn’t used to dread going …