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Re: Carol heads to Vegas in a less eventful Pluribus

Fortran — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 11:57:41 -0000

Oh, ha! I forgot I had my phone set to autocorrect into one :)

Re: Carol heads to Vegas in a less eventful Pluribus

Fortran — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 07:41:00 -0000

No mention of the fact that Koumba’s “evil” poker opponent was named Blofinger‽ that made me laugh quite hard.

Re: Task‘s gentle yet intense finale ties up some emotional loose ends

Fortran — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 07:21:00 -0000

That courtroom speech is an Emmy reel for sure. Also: Leo! 😁

Re: Choosing the Right Text Editor for Linux: Vim vs. Nano

Fortran — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 18:28:39 -0000

I salute the fact that there was no mention of operating-system-that-also-can-be-an-editor: emacs.

Truly, vim has won the Holy War! :)

#TeamVim

Re: Linux File Compression: gzip, bzip2, and xz Unveiled

Fortran — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 19:26:12 -0000

Also worth mentioning the parallel varieties of these compressors for parallel compression. pigz for gzip, pbzip2 for bzip2, and xz has it built-in with the -T option.

Re: Sally Forth - 2022-03-16

Fortran — Wed, 16 Mar 2022 11:54:55 -0000

The thing to be worried about is false vacuum decay. No way to prevent that!

Re: New Ethiopian restaurant coming to Van Dorn Plaza next year

Fortran — Wed, 15 Dec 2021 19:13:43 -0000

Oooh. Can't wait to try it!

Re: A Metro Station In Georgetown May Eventually Come True | DCist

Fortran — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 19:20:20 -0000

The most important thing about the Blue Line to National Harbor is that it's a *LOOP* line. I've always been baffled that DC didn't have any loops. Now, it's not a loop line anyone would have drawn, but good on them!

Re: Pizza Hut Tests New Plant-Based Beyond Pepperoni Pizza | Brand Eating

Fortran — Sun, 15 Aug 2021 11:51:16 -0000

Yeah, Why is it so hard for these places to buy a bag of Daiya cheese? (I know, it's a scale problem, but still...)

Re: New Little Caesars' "Planteroni" Pizza Arrives in Select Markets | Brand Eating

Fortran — Tue, 13 Jul 2021 18:23:27 -0000

And yet no vegan cheese. So weird that most chains don't offer it, even at a premium...

Re: Kellogg's Releases New Special K Dipped Chocolatey Almond Cereal | Brand Eating

Fortran — Mon, 19 Apr 2021 08:51:44 -0000

You always know it's going to be a fun ingredients-list read when the product uses "chocolatey". Means it doesn't fit the FDA regulations for "chocolate"!

Re: Visualizing what Jeff Bezos' net worth really looks like

Fortran — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 18:56:14 -0000

I also highly recommend Tom Scott's video "A Million Dollars vs A Billion Dollars, Visualized: A Road Trip": https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Re: Buffalo Wild Wings Cooks Up New Cauliflower Wings and Revamps Salad Offerings | Brand Eating

Fortran — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 19:58:58 -0000

Fried? Good. Carbs? Good. Sugar? Good. Fat? Good! Salt? Good!! :)

I do want to try them, though.

Re: Unemployed Arlandria Mom Makes Ends Meet With El Salvadoran Recipes

Fortran — Mon, 01 Jun 2020 19:51:23 -0000

I need links. Information. The food looks too good!

Re: The Best Way to Pay Abroad and Save on Foreign Transaction Fees

Fortran — Thu, 24 Oct 2019 19:50:30 -0000

I've heard from some folks that Charles Schwab bank will refund even foreign ATM fees. Is that true? I've thought of moving to them because of that.

Re: That's How It's Done?: Video Of A Pumpkin Seed Harvesting Machine

Fortran — Thu, 03 Oct 2019 20:28:35 -0000

Shazam says the song is "Resin Echo" by Scalehound. Which as far as my google-fu can tell is not a real song or a real band. So...

Re: Dustin - 2019-06-02

Fortran — Sun, 02 Jun 2019 13:01:21 -0000

Author's spot on. Two Pop Tarts are about 400 calories. Always amazed me as it seems like they shouldn't have that many calories...but they are so good...

Re: Hello Again, Linux | Linux Journal

Fortran — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 14:22:48 -0000

Wait wait...you run PureOS and emacs? So two operating systems?! Vim forever! :D

That said, learned about some new tools here for my Linux box. Thanks.

Re: D.C. Is Looking Into Charging Drivers During Peak Traffic Times | DCist

Fortran — Sat, 11 May 2019 13:14:29 -0000

I drive through DC everyday to get to work on 395 and 295. A GPS signal would put me in DC even though I'm not in DC for any reason other than it's between Virginia and Maryland...

Re: Why Is The MTA Painting Subway Stations During Rush Hour?

Fortran — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 18:36:35 -0000

Hey now, this is the MTA. Given the age of some stations, we don't know that that isn't load-bearing paint!

Re: Who Should (and Who Shouldn’t) Get the Amex Platinum?

Fortran — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 14:57:05 -0000

Weirdly, that site seems to be the only one not targeting me. The ad algorithms of the 'net definitely think it's a card I should have. Every time I open Instagram, boom, Platinum card "sponsored post".

Re: Who Should (and Who Shouldn’t) Get the Amex Platinum?

Fortran — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 14:54:18 -0000

Well, that CardMatch thing didn't like me for the Amex Platinum. No offer at all, let alone 100k points. Maybe I'll try again next month?

Re: CLI-improved

Fortran — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 19:31:29 -0000

Indeed. ripgrep is my go to for grepping nowadays. Crazy fast!

Re: 5 Resistor Kits compared

Fortran — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 08:16:42 -0000

Perhaps using a 1/2-watt resistors might provide stiffer wires? I figure higher power, bigger wire?

This one looks nice (not Amazon) but has a fun cabinet: https://www.jameco.com/z/00...

Re: The System 801: Full Transparency

Fortran — Mon, 19 Feb 2018 14:40:59 -0000

Surprise new System! Huzzah! :)