Posts by Benhm3@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #AvMYxPPT5xRBh1goEq by Benhm3@mastodon.social
2025-06-21T18:07:47Z
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@Nonilex But does the US have any left? In the first gulf war, the US had to "improvise" them by repurposing old naval gun barrels. Not exactly an endless supply.
(DIR) Post #AvR7cFdzX3YYjPxQvo by Benhm3@mastodon.social
2025-06-23T21:03:24Z
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What do you wish had one added "Are you really sure?" dialog box.Pretty much talking about computer-stuff here, much as I wish everyone shooting a gun had to approve every firing.
(DIR) Post #AvUVqqYDg98mcNSq9o by Benhm3@mastodon.social
2025-06-25T14:10:43Z
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@Nonilex Wharton B-school in action.Money now is worth more than money later.Corollary:Bill fastPay slow.(Doesn't apply to national gov'ts.)
(DIR) Post #AvaZceEKFwSX7HP516 by Benhm3@mastodon.social
2025-06-28T12:21:10Z
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@futurebird Oh totally our household too. We say it when we've derailed a convo by forgetfulness.A friend long ago used "Meanwhile, back at the plastics factory...." for non-sequitors.
(DIR) Post #AvlUR47xGn5Oh1zpOS by Benhm3@mastodon.social
2025-07-03T18:44:58Z
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@Nonilex Goddammit.
(DIR) Post #AvsDQhFK0Fxoc8Oq92 by Benhm3@mastodon.social
2025-06-26T16:20:53Z
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@esoastronomy @sebinthestars A 39 METER mirror.I'm so old, I remember when the transport of the Mt. Palomar's Hale Telescope's 1.2m mirror was one of the wonders of technology. It's transport up the mountain had photos in most newspapers.This project is far more than 32.5x more amazing!!!!!
(DIR) Post #AvsDQn9A44bKulZ0NM by Benhm3@mastodon.social
2025-06-26T17:10:45Z
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@esoastronomy Do the mirrors move in absolute synchrony (to remove the twinkle) or is each mirror moving itself to put whatever wavelength in-phase at the instrument?Or some other thing I know nothing about...not an astronomer.
(DIR) Post #AwWuyhJyZZlYyuXUdU by Benhm3@mastodon.social
2025-07-26T13:59:25Z
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@ParadeGrotesque How long before they require the rare USian tourist to provide proof of vaccination? That will go over really well.
(DIR) Post #AwmIgyJc9hT4kMfUJM by Benhm3@mastodon.social
2025-08-03T01:59:53Z
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@LibrarianRA This is an ollllllld picture.
(DIR) Post #AyHaYq59nwsDmwVBKK by Benhm3@mastodon.social
2025-09-17T02:08:32Z
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@Nonilex Will it? I'm worried it's going to be yet another woman, yet another expert subjected to the greatest possible humiliation and Charlie Kirk Style "debate by non sequitur."I truly hope you're right and I'm dead wrong.
(DIR) Post #AyJkwIsXNjdjpd9GgC by Benhm3@mastodon.social
2025-09-13T02:14:12Z
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@timixretroplays This is like the Write Only Memory we developed at the University of Minnesota (campus radio station's engineering department.)#TheRealWMMR
(DIR) Post #AyKiq9kAQXoT0p8O5w by Benhm3@mastodon.social
2025-09-18T14:25:28Z
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@tomjennings @timixretroplays Absolute PROOF one's invention is total genius: someone else has patented/copyrighted it before!!!!
(DIR) Post #AzTSyPBftbD3b4h7gm by Benhm3@mastodon.social
2025-10-22T17:32:06Z
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@futurebird We had a Nighthawk for a while. Teeny tiny adorable beak, head split like Muppet. Almost dropped the tweezers all the way into its gullet feeding it for the first time.
(DIR) Post #AzwCsTFtzRiRvNoPXU by Benhm3@mastodon.social
2025-11-05T14:18:22Z
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@ricci Error: Password is irony deficient.
(DIR) Post #B06ea7qPxGiqM26pOq by Benhm3@mastodon.social
2025-11-08T16:39:52Z
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@futurebird I consider myself at least innumerate and possibly discalculic. Which is funny considering my career.Patience is the best, because it's a form of self-blindness too.
(DIR) Post #B0NHbDYLNZTrKbVC0u by Benhm3@mastodon.social
2025-11-18T15:48:28Z
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@stux The irony, it burns!
(DIR) Post #B0oGCxSmFiQ4YakCkS by Benhm3@mastodon.social
2025-12-01T16:10:08Z
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@Nonilex Future new law: all television and radio in the whitehouse must be delayed by 30 days.Heck, even the interwebs.A fella can dream.
(DIR) Post #B0uX1HyX1kESruNVce by Benhm3@mastodon.social
2025-12-04T16:46:48Z
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@Nonilex The senator voted to approve RFuckinK. He got Lucy'd like all of us progressives
(DIR) Post #B0v4f9LjoVG6BeqbpI by Benhm3@mastodon.social
2025-12-04T23:03:47Z
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@tomjennings Er, um, uh, the browser--so long as it isn't chrome--is pretty controllable.It's a pain in the butt, and requires re-assertion after each update if you choose name-brand FireFox. Otherwise there are forks with slightly bent compatibilities that work fine.But browser by google or browser integrated into OS, yeah, you're right.
(DIR) Post #B0yZADRMEcFxwy5M4O by Benhm3@mastodon.social
2025-12-06T15:29:38Z
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@futurebird @lucy_stoner Agreed! Amplifying: Constructing a nuclear powered force projection machine, then putting it to work in a puddle in the parking lot of the neighborhood grocery store, is really humiliating.