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Comment · 5 months ago
This.

In my 40s I asked my doc what I should get screened for and when. He said to wait until 50. Now I wait here on death row with stage 4 colorectal cancer.

Comment · 10 months ago
Somebody posted 'Adobe Photoshop 1.0 Source Code (1990)' recently so I think this post is some kind of smartass response to that.
Comment · 11 months ago
DAE remember in 2010 when Steve Jobs said that Facetime would be an open industry standard?
Comment · 11 months ago
I recall that it was possible to squeeze a disk cache in too, which made a nice difference for performance.
Comment · 11 months ago
A YT'er named 'Spoony' also made a thorough, entertaining retrospective of the Ultimas, and even caps it off with an interview with Lord British!
Comment · 11 months ago
I loved U7 and 7.5, but those were the last ones I played because the series somewhat went off the rails after that. Pity.
Comment · 11 months ago
Smart businessman, but not the best reputation as a boss or for creating a pleasant work environment, even by the standards of the day.
Comment · 11 months ago
Yeah I've been using non-.Net languages this week, and lamenting how much they suck in regards to smooth version management
Comment · 11 months ago
I'm thinking that Valve's new SteamBox will help this tremendously.
Comment · 1 year ago
Exactly. Now that the facade of being a country with integrity and equality is thoroughly shattered, good luck getting public support for shutting down a website that lets people read news for free. Shit's on fire yo; we got bigger problems than that.
Comment · 1 year ago
It becomes The Windows of Theseus.
Comment · 1 year ago
Yes like the Ottawa Treaty banning Land Mines, in which 166 inconsiderate countries failed to consider the needs of big-time land-mine manufacturers like the US.

/s

Comment · 1 year ago
From the title, I expected to see a list of recently-generated random numbers.

I got a 27 yesterday.

Comment · 1 year ago
Is anybody who identifies strongly with a political party is interested in hearing fair or balanced news? I had presumed that they just want to hear confirmation, and are likely to stray far beyond their favorite echo chambers.
Comment · 1 year ago
"Israel accused the IPC of lowering the second threshold of acutely malnourished children for a famine declaration, which the IPC has denied."

Damn, Israel is really arguing about how much child starvation they are allowed to inflict before it becomes egregious?

That might be another one of those "are we the baddies?" moments right there.

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