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Technology that works or doesn't
Don Edwards and one other reacted to Darth Fluffy for a post in a topic
A fallout of a generation that grew up with and is (overly?) comfortable with technology is an attendant cavalier attitude toward the hazards associated with said technology. I think us old timey tech aficionados have a healthy skepticism for the cutting edge claims we've heard all to often that also all to often have failed to deliver. Thus 'upgrade' does not equate to 'better' for us. -
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Political Discussion Thread (READ FIRST POST)
Darth Fluffy and one other reacted to ProfessorTomoe for a post in a topic
Made this earlier today out of another meme I had on hand: -
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What Are You Ingesting?
Darth Fluffy and one other reacted to mlooney for a post in a topic
Well, duh, cheese season is in the fall, after all the baby cheeses have had a chance to mature. -
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Discussion of Military, real or fictional
The Old Hack and one other reacted to Don Edwards for a post in a topic
At the rate the Russians have been digging old weapons systems out of storage, I think pretty soon they will be looking for that stuff. -
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Discussion of Military, real or fictional
Don Edwards and one other reacted to The Old Hack for a post in a topic
Ah. But still concerning, and I just realized that this actually makes it more convenient for foreign agents looking for chance spills of vital information. Then again I wouldn't expect them to loiter on Total War: Rome forums hoping to obtain vital information about the latest generation of onagers or siege ballistae. -
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Random. Just Random.
Darth Fluffy and one other reacted to mlooney for a post in a topic
Meanwhile in California https://sfstandard.com/2024/07/11/nudists-save-tourist-attack-castro/ -
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Technology that works or doesn't
ijuin and one other reacted to Darth Fluffy for a post in a topic
Gullible Thimblewits is a good name for a rock band. Marjorie, the Green Tailor is an Orc NPC that owns a shop near the village square. When you visit, she will regale you with worthless rumors she imagines in the moment. The village is full of half wits, and even they know she's crazy. How can you tell if the Space Lasers are Jewish? Is there some covering they remove for a bris? Do they require an astronaut rabbi to perform the honors? I did not realize Israel had such a space program. -
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Political Discussion Thread (READ FIRST POST)
The Old Hack and one other reacted to mlooney for a post in a topic
Yeah, that was a major dumb decision. -
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Technology that works or doesn't
Don Edwards and one other reacted to The Old Hack for a post in a topic
Around that time I had bigger troubles with the 1998 problem. Yes. The 1998 problem. At the time -- July 1997 to be exact -- I worked in a small branch office that served as a connecting point and legal advice for a lot of bigger office. We had a LOT of mail going in and out. I had just finished reading another depressing article about the Y2K problem and my eyes landed on our old and cantankerous postage machine which was very much mechanical all the way through and thought, "Thank God we at least won't be having any year 2000 problems with that." On an impulse I opened it up to see how it worked. And to my astonishment the wheel that stamped out the dates ended at 1997. If we wanted to be in business after new year, we would need that entire wheel replaced. Really terrible design. So I went into the office of the engineer who was running the place and told him, "Boss, we have a 1998 problem." He replied, "We have a WHAT?" After I had explained he assigned me the job of finding out how to upgrade the darn thing. I soon learned that this would cost so much that we could very nearly buy a brand new machine for that much money and told him so. He got so mad that he assigned me a new job: finding the best possible new machine that would not have this problem. I spent about a week comparing offers and we finally decided on one. Incidentally, during that I found out that normally people who used our old model didn't find out until just before or right after new year, and were always in a terrible bind as a result. My idle curiosity saved our office a lot of trouble and frantic effort. -
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Political Discussion Thread (READ FIRST POST)
Don Edwards and one other reacted to The Old Hack for a post in a topic
Lincoln at Gettysburg: "Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." Trump at a rally near Gettysburg: “Our nation was saved by the immortal heroes at Gettysburg. Gettysburg, what an unbelievable battle that was. The battle of Gettysburg, what an unbelievable. I mean it was so, was so much, and so interesting, and so vicious and horrible, and so beautiful in so many different ways — it represented such a big portion of the success of this country. Gettysburg, wow! I go to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to look and to watch. And uh the statement of Robert E. Lee, who’s no longer in favor — did you ever notice that? He’s no longer in favor. ‘Never fight uphill, me boys, never fight uphill.’ They were fighting uphill, he said. Wow, that was a big mistake, he lost his great general and uh they were fighting uphill. ‘Never fight uphill, me boys,’ but it was too late.” It may just be me but I feel Trump's Gettysburg Address kind of lacks a certain je ne sais quoi compared to the original. -
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Cats, Dogs, Other pets.
Darth Fluffy and one other reacted to mlooney for a post in a topic
"This is MY Human!" - Explorer the Cat. -
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Political Discussion Thread (READ FIRST POST)
Darth Fluffy and one other reacted to The Old Hack for a post in a topic
Seems reasonable. He looks like a poorly made ventriloquist's dummy with really bad hair. -
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NP Comic for Thursday, Jul 25, 2024
ijuin reacted to Pharaoh RutinTutin for a post in a topic
Don't enlarge yourself. Shrink the shelves. -
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Comic Wednesday July 25, 2024
Darth Fluffy reacted to mlooney for a post in a topic
Oh, yeah, that's one of the reasons he gave for not going to the tournament right after he got his spell. -
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What Are You Ingesting?
Darth Fluffy reacted to Don Edwards for a post in a topic
The way I heard it, you take the pot of boiling water out into the cornfield with you. Grab an ear of corn, peel the husk back and take the cornsilk off, then bend the stalk over so you can put the ear in the water. -
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NP Comic for Thursday, Jul 25, 2024
ijuin reacted to Darth Fluffy for a post in a topic
That was going to be the gist of my response, thank you. I can see the incident in the grocery store: "Mommy, that lady just got taller so she could reach the shelf!" "That's it, young lady, no treat for you if you're going to make up lies about other people." -
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NP Comic for Thursday, Jul 25, 2024
Darth Fluffy reacted to ijuin for a post in a topic
It’s easier for her to embrace smallness now that it is optional rather than mandatory. -
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Political Discussion Thread (READ FIRST POST)
Darth Fluffy reacted to The Old Hack for a post in a topic
Thing is, he couldn't do it for a much more pressing reason. He had picked himself a staff of genuinely competent and dedicated people, and they would have refused to carry out any such order even if he had been willing to give it. And the devil of it is that no democratic (small d) president could conceivably do it. It would be handing victory to the fascists. We may joke and even laugh at the jokes, but the problem is that in the deepest sense it isn't really funny. Until that ruling is rightly overturned it will lie like a loaded gun on the steps to the White House for any authoritarian president to use. All they need to do is assemble a staff of unscrupulous grifters and fawning sycophants, and Bob's their uncle. -
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Random. Just Random.
Darth Fluffy reacted to Pharaoh RutinTutin for a post in a topic
"The time has come," the Walrus said, "To talk of many things: Of shoes - and ships - and sealing wax - Of cabbages - and kings - " -
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Discussion of Military, real or fictional
The Old Hack reacted to Darth Fluffy for a post in a topic
I never heard that. It makes sense. Zhukov had courage and got lucky. Stalin was also lucky that he got drunk and failed to order the execution; he needed Zhukov. -
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Political Discussion Thread (READ FIRST POST)
Darth Fluffy reacted to The Old Hack for a post in a topic
She could always just order the six conservative judges lined up against a wall and have them shot. They've okayed that, after all. -
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Discussion of Military, real or fictional
Darth Fluffy reacted to The Old Hack for a post in a topic
There was at least one occasion where Stalin had intended to have Zhukov executed. This was during the initial moments of Barbarossa. Stalin was absolutely panicking and Zhukov lost his temper and told him to either pull himself together or get out of the way. A vast silence filled the room, Stalin stared at Zhukov in shock and then vanished into his office and got falling down drunk. Zhukov shrugged and went to work. Stalin didn't emerge for something like two days. When he finally did and ran into Zhukov, he stared at him in bafflement. "Why haven't you been shot?" he demanded. Zhukov shrugged and told him, "No-one was ordered to, I suppose." Stalin stared at him for another moment, then shrugged and went on, apparently dismissing the matter from his mind. He got so drunk that he forgot to order people shot. That must have been a serious binge. -
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Technology that works or doesn't
The Old Hack reacted to ijuin for a post in a topic
Maybe we should call it a “sidegrade” instead, since everything goes sideways when it happens. -
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Random. Just Random.
Darth Fluffy reacted to ijuin for a post in a topic
Cabbages have a long history in technology—one of the earliest computers was invented by Charles Cabbage. -
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Things That Are Just Annoying
Darth Fluffy reacted to mlooney for a post in a topic
Working on that. -
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What Are You Ingesting?
ijuin reacted to Darth Fluffy for a post in a topic
They chased me out of the store when I brought my cheese gun. -
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Discussion of Military, real or fictional
Darth Fluffy reacted to ijuin for a post in a topic
“Some of you may die, but that is a sacrifice I am willing to make”. They didn’t mind the troops dying, but that was only if they succeeded in killing the enemy as well. Having the soldier fail to get close enough to make the attack was a waste. -
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What Are You Watching?
ijuin reacted to ProfessorTomoe for a post in a topic
Watching The Daily Show, a rerun from the last day of the RNC. Pretty biting stuff. In reality, I'm only watching it as a test of a Paramount+ install on my new Fire Stick 4K. I've migrated Paramount+, peacock, Disney+, Prime Video, FloMarching, and last but hardly least, YouTubeTV, to the Fire Stick 4K. It's running sweetly on a v6 WiFi connection, better I might say than the base Samsung TV ran with a wired 10/100 connection (the max wired speed it supported). I've also installed pluto tv, and quickly found the Sailor Moon channel, to the chagrin of the rest of the household. I am chaos personified. -
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Things That Are Just Annoying
Darth Fluffy reacted to ijuin for a post in a topic
How was Apollo 10 unsuccessful? It was never planned to land, only to test the lander and docking in lunar orbit. -
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Discussion of Military, real or fictional
The Old Hack reacted to Darth Fluffy for a post in a topic
If I was a spearman, and had to take out a tank, I'd try a tank sized pit in the road, or possibly set up a massive log fall on a cliffside road. Either would take a lot of prep time. You might take out individuals who were not buttoned up inside the tank with an arrow from a hidden position; might whittle them down. It you are spotted out in the open, you'd better surrender. Maybe you can slip your spear into the tank barrel when no one is paying attention. There is some chance it will jam a fired round, and then there is a good chance that if they don't clear the barrel, the next shot will damage the gun. -
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Political Discussion Thread (READ FIRST POST)
Darth Fluffy reacted to The Old Hack for a post in a topic
The pun is flightier than the sword, if you please. -
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Political Discussion Thread (READ FIRST POST)
Darth Fluffy reacted to Pharaoh RutinTutin for a post in a topic
Politics makes strange embedfellows. -
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Comic for Wednesday, Jul 17, 2024
Darth Fluffy reacted to mlooney for a post in a topic
I question the fledgling aspect of that. -
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NP Comic for Tuesday, Jul 16, 2024
Darth Fluffy reacted to Don Edwards for a post in a topic
The version I heard ended with "Grampa said he'll be ready to go in a few sex." -
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Discussion of Military, real or fictional
The Old Hack reacted to Darth Fluffy for a post in a topic
You know you are in trouble when you raid your museums for armament. -
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Random. Just Random.
Darth Fluffy reacted to Pharaoh RutinTutin for a post in a topic
To be fair, when cows jump over the Moon, the landings don't tend to be graceful. -
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Things That Are Just Annoying
ijuin reacted to Pharaoh RutinTutin for a post in a topic
They aren't calling you. Explorer has a side hustle under the alias "Kevin". -
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Political Discussion Thread (READ FIRST POST)
The Old Hack reacted to mlooney for a post in a topic
If he did, it's legal The USSC said so. -
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Political Discussion Thread (READ FIRST POST)
Darth Fluffy reacted to The Old Hack for a post in a topic
It's not as much that as a permanent dictatorship by any President after Trump I am worried about. That absurd SCOTUS decision will make it possible for any unscrupulous person of whatever party gets elected to basically do what they want. -
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Things That Are Just Annoying
Darth Fluffy reacted to The Old Hack for a post in a topic
I don't care how it reflects on my psyche. I just acknowledge that deep inside me I am a malicious bitch full of Schadenfreude and roll with it. But to each their own. -
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Things That Are Just Annoying
The Old Hack reacted to Darth Fluffy for a post in a topic
I suppose it is a sad reflection on my psyche that I take some joy in the bonehead's suffering. I'll give myself a tentative pass; he really earned it. Thanks for posting that. -
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Things That Are Just Annoying
Darth Fluffy reacted to The Old Hack for a post in a topic
Speaking of fireworks, this is a simple tale of inconsiderate people, carelessness and heavy-handed justice from the weather gods. It is well worth reading. https://www.tumblr.com/gallusrostromegalus/754913870711291904?source=share -
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Comic for Tuesday, Jul 2, 2024
Darth Fluffy reacted to Pharaoh RutinTutin for a post in a topic
Yet again my predictions for how a plot line will play out have been proven entirely wrong. I should really become a meteorologist or a political pundit. So how do we get this story back on the tracks? When you get down to it, this is the real trolley problem. -
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Comic for Monday, Jul 1, 2024
Darth Fluffy reacted to Don Edwards for a post in a topic
And now we know the true purpose of AJ's seemingly-underpowered spell: it gives Dan more interesting-looking outfits to draw. -
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Political Discussion Thread (READ FIRST POST)
ProfessorTomoe reacted to mlooney for a post in a topic
Gotta tell somebody. might as well be y'all -
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Political Discussion Thread (READ FIRST POST)
The Old Hack reacted to mlooney for a post in a topic
Kanye West just went on my double secret boycott list -
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Comic for Saturday, Jun 29, 2024
Darth Fluffy reacted to mlooney for a post in a topic
"It just took 2 years to sink in, but thank you anyway. Have a nice life, bye now" -
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Comic for Friday, Jun 28, 2024
Darth Fluffy reacted to Pharaoh RutinTutin for a post in a topic
All that for a small advantage? I once heard a coach say "If you think you can't win without cheating, you think you can't win."