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all of those projects will succeed before there's an apartment highrise in Atherton

the next trick is to figure out how to do the same thing but at lower and lower APM

Can't Thune delay closing votes as long as he needs?

Oh yeah I've had that. Definitely a winter dish but in SF I'll grant you it works in the city's mono-season.

feels like a betrayal of my Midwestern roots but, what is a Frito pie?

If they can primarily accelerate in one axis, you would want to face that axis tangential to the planet

And wouldn't you also want to minimize your cross sectional area to reduce dust, micrometeorite, etc impacts?

For decades there has been a movement to remake our society in the image of the most low trust, corrupt polities of the world. One where, as long as you don't say certain magic words, graft is legal and it's wrong to punish politicians for accepting it.

It seems like they've succeeded.

Screenshot of a ChatGPT conversation in which a user has uploaded an image and asked ChatGPT to “Write alt text for this.” The uploaded image is a satirical or mock webpage designed to look like the official White House website. The page features the White House logo and seal, along with the text: “PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS – MAINTAINING ACCEPTABLE WATER PRESSURE IN SHOWERHEADS,” categorized under Executive Orders and dated April 9, 2025. ChatGPT's response appears below the image, providing a descriptive analysis of the screenshot.

huh

your loss for sure

random question: did you once participate in a web forum for the game armored core called mech madness?

We need a truth and reconciliation commission.

huh, working for me, also using nightly on a pixel

you might have turned off bookmark sync

complete non-sequitur, do you have any interest in a decwriter or the magic of having two of them? or know any vintage computer creators you could put me in touch with?

this post didn't escape containment, but I couldn't find a way to contact you otherwise

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The maker of QModem has died. He worked at Wildcat! BBS (Mustang Software) for a time. I ran a multiline Wildcat BBS on DesqView and later OS/2 Warp for years. Today, my boss at Microsoft is the author of Wildcat BBS! Stay in this business long enough and you’ll meet tons of lovely and smart people.

hey Scott, thank you - send me an email at mayreply at my name dot com

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My dad's work in the early internet days affected so many people. If you knew John Friel or just used his software to get online, please let me know, I want to know all of the people whose lives were touched.

Thanks for this post - I know my dad would have loved it.