publius @publius@mastodon.sdf.org
- Dictum 1
- Mutual aid is the organizing principle of human society
- Dictum 2
- The purpose of economic activity is to meet human needs
- Dictum 3
- Nothing much is gained by going against human nature
- Rule of Right Conduct
- If “boiling mercury” seems like a good answer, ASK A DIFFERENT QUESTION.
Just your run-of-the-mill space colonist.
Joined Nov 2018
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#introductions (1/2)
Unashamed space colonist & atomic energy enthusiast. Getting ourselves out of tight spots using technology is pretty much what we humans DO. Appeared in the 2012 documentary “Lunarcy!” & still occasionally get contacted by people who have seen it recently on CBC. Low-key supervillain, looking to build a better world that will be worth conquering. Not a typography nerd, but enjoy using LaTeX.
Here's a video clip of me enthusing over a piece of currency which is probably very familiar to, among others, @cosullivan :
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DSS 63 receiving data from Voyager 1 at 159b/s.
IN LOCK OFF 0 MCD2
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DSS 14 receiving data from Voyager 1 at 159b/s.
IN LOCK OFF 1 MCD2
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DSS 14 receiving data from Voyager 1 at 159b/s.
IN LOCK OFF 1 MCD2
I would rather drink from a nuclear fuel flask than watch "the debate". And thanks to some genius at Chem-Nuclear, I can do exactly that.
Off line now. Back after Bronzie Beat, for those who want something more edifying than tonight's #uspol thing.
My grandfather built a house, & in it he installed an air conditioner designed by Albert Einstein.
Refer to US Patent 1,781,541.
Another day, another new Linux kernel.
Sigh.
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"A 24/7 curated showcase of video tapes and films on computers and video games from the 20th century, including history, promotional material, competitions, tutorials, computer art, and other ephemera."
Picked up what appeared to be a ring of mailbox keys off the street. I suspect they belong to a mail carrier. Going up to the post office to turn them in.
So, the little buttons for performing various functions have been replaced by various strings of Latin-1 characters.
Flood-resistant mirror-drilling machines everywhere!
E-mail from e-Bay. Subject line shows up as "You have committed to buy : Nuclear Power Plant..."
Yeah, sounds like me.
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USB Bell Rings in Custom Terminal - Old TeleTypes and even typewriters had bells. Real bells. So that ASCII BEL character is supposed ... - https://hackaday.com/2020/09/13/usb-bell-rings-in-custom-terminal/ #mischacks #mcp2221a #bell #bel #hid #usb
alcohol, nuclear energy
Don't just get trashed, get NUKED!
Why does this stuff exist? My best guess : the radiation safety folks at the station have to take routine samples of food and fodder plants, among other things, from the area to verify that people are not in danger from contamination. At that point, what could be more reasonable than to prepare samples of the form in which the fruit is consumed? Purely for scientific reasons, as a double check, you understand.
alcohol, nuclear energy
When just getting regular drunk won't do, there's ATOMIC MOONSHINE.
On the task list : find that Blackmagic video capture card I bought in 2013. Try to install it in a way that doesn't crash my computer, which I wasn't able to before.
- Dictum 1
- Mutual aid is the organizing principle of human society
- Dictum 2
- The purpose of economic activity is to meet human needs
- Dictum 3
- Nothing much is gained by going against human nature
- Rule of Right Conduct
- If “boiling mercury” seems like a good answer, ASK A DIFFERENT QUESTION.
Just your run-of-the-mill space colonist.
Joined Nov 2018
