Posts by Ahuka@octodon.social
(DIR) Post #9yksSqMxfUIolAXiTI by Ahuka@octodon.social
2020-09-02T16:58:26Z
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This is important. The "sociopathic exception" that some people offer that they won't wear a mask because it only helps other people is wrong! Wearing a mask benefits the wearer as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DANEqOPcDwc#covid-19
(DIR) Post #A0AMejKl7gv7faK6oC by Ahuka@octodon.social
2020-10-14T21:21:28Z
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@mwlucas Apple is engaged in a massive research project into how much mindless bullshit you can subject people to before they rebel. So far, it looks like a lot.
(DIR) Post #A0SAChXiM5mut040X2 by Ahuka@octodon.social
2020-10-22T14:10:13Z
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Hi All,It's time again to make a call for shows. I would be great if otherscould contribute some shows rather than relying on the "old regulars" tofill in the gaps.Contribution is easy.Open the recorder app on your smart phone and talk. Popular topics are- who you are and how you got into tech- what cool thing you have learned recentlyGot to http://hackerpublicradio.org/calendar.php and upload the show.I'd appreciate it if you could spread this message far and wide !
(DIR) Post #A124w9gH0WwyVJIl6G by Ahuka@octodon.social
2020-11-09T20:19:33Z
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@pluralistic I wonder what little Bobbie Drop Tables thinks of this?
(DIR) Post #A1YWCGdkzNNfP31lQm by Ahuka@octodon.social
2020-11-25T11:55:33Z
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@cosullivan The new Montague Portal novel, Drinking Heavy Water, is leaking out now.http://amzn.to/399nC0l
(DIR) Post #A31kyu6HgFAgGWrsDg by Ahuka@octodon.social
2021-01-08T12:20:04Z
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@klaatu @murph @cobra2 @thelovebug @thaj @claudiom I know Klaatu wouldn't just do it because my stuff is all CC-BY-SA, and he still asked me first if he could use it. And my reply was that he didn't really need to ask since I had chosen my license quite deliberately.
(DIR) Post #A33pNL46GLyxGgLXFY by Ahuka@octodon.social
2021-01-09T12:18:50Z
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@fitheach @andyc @clacke @pla @alrs @tk Well, that sucks.
(DIR) Post #A3F51A4jd2VaqD1rtI by Ahuka@octodon.social
2021-01-14T22:35:55Z
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@klaatu That is going to covered in a show I did for GIMP, BTW.
(DIR) Post #A43zjYv7oIRD9icvey by Ahuka@octodon.social
2021-02-08T12:07:40Z
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@mastsec Not any longer. That pop-up made it obvious so I downloaded Malwarebytes and got rid of it.
(DIR) Post #A442by2gp5k2cGEebQ by Ahuka@octodon.social
2021-02-08T12:20:33Z
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@klaatu Actually, there was a handle that moved the platen on the old ones. It was on the upper left, and you would hit it with your hand to move the platen back to the beginning of the line. And the lever also rolled the platen by one more line, so that you were on a fresh new line. I remember how awesome IBM Selectrics were when they came in. That is how I typed my college papers in the 1970s.
(DIR) Post #A442szOT3J1ZjJXRWC by Ahuka@octodon.social
2021-02-08T12:42:57Z
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@murph @klaatu And those terms also made sense with teletype terminals. That is how I did my Computer work in college. My University got access to the Harvard mainframe via a teletype terminal, and everything was typed on paper.
(DIR) Post #A4CHkSmJEorDOAMaeG by Ahuka@octodon.social
2021-02-12T12:07:04Z
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@Ricardus I am fortunate to live in Michigan, where his wife's family lives, so he played here regularly. I saw him with Herbie Hancock a few years back, and in 2019 saw him with his band.
(DIR) Post #A4bfJNZLAHTLd6Ytf6 by Ahuka@octodon.social
2021-02-24T17:59:05Z
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@murph I originally wrote it about MS-DOS some years bnack, and Klaatu thought it could be adapted for OpenSource.com. I'm just glad it is still useful for someone. So much of my stuff has gotten dated.
(DIR) Post #A4fGsbUHghUai7jhqq by Ahuka@octodon.social
2021-02-26T11:43:32Z
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@urusan So much for Descartes.
(DIR) Post #A5wBFd1CZhZUpfB0oC by Ahuka@octodon.social
2021-04-05T13:12:53Z
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Found online:"Alpha Male", the early version of a male, before testing and bug fixes. Unstable and not suitable for the public.
(DIR) Post #A68QsOk7PmoD3oeMnA by Ahuka@octodon.social
2021-04-11T11:15:10Z
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@strypey As a person of Irish extraction I have always liked Cahill's take, but in honesty I have to give the Byzantines and the Arabs some credit as well. They preserved more than the Irish did, and the key fact in the Renaissance was that the fall of Constantinople sent scholars from there to Italy along with their books.
(DIR) Post #A6uhslRtvIoJ2UygvA by Ahuka@octodon.social
2021-05-04T16:17:08Z
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Some information. I am no longer an FSF member.https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-free-software-foundation-reveals-how-rms-was-re-elected-and-its-future/
(DIR) Post #A6uhsmET0jetT7hTcW by Ahuka@octodon.social
2021-05-04T16:21:35Z
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@craigmaloney I wonder how many members they lose over this? I am still an EFF member, and send donations to the Software Freedom Conservancy, as well as contributing to specific projects.
(DIR) Post #A6uiIeLgwaVSY1PtZY by Ahuka@octodon.social
2021-05-04T18:15:32Z
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@murph @craigmaloney There comes a time when choices need to be made. The FSF has made a choice, and I have made a choice in response.
(DIR) Post #AVeMNPq9zOnDXUg2S0 by Ahuka@octodon.social
2023-05-14T15:17:14Z
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@lauren I was asked to pass along greetings from VT Eric Layton., one of my *diaspora contacts.