sammyo

Joined 19 years ago

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378
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268
Member since
Aug 24
Standard run of the mill ex ballet dancer/corporate ruby/java/c/python/go developer.
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Comment · 3 days ago
More just being very careful, no brakes on a rocket if coming in too fast and just a little bump is a big problem.
Comment · 4 months ago
My wife finds yard sale watches and has me change the battery, but then I open one, a tiny thing and it's not battery powered but there are layers of tiny tiny gears. Mind boggling. (pro tip, a "bench knife" has a tiny blade that's optimized for plying open watch cases)
Comment · 7 months ago
Worked for me yesterday, not the newest but pretty recent. 10th gen paperwhite.
Comment · 10 months ago
Had a used 13 Mini for about a year now, very pleased and the battery is just fine.
Comment · 1 year ago
Same here, oddly pleased that the Scanner class is deprecated before I even knew about it.
Comment · 1 year ago
>I honestly don't know why more people don't gravitate towards these ideas.

They would if there was a bit more GUI introduction. Seriously functional menus and visual indication of modes. With hints from graphical to the faster keyboard sequences.

Comment · 1 year ago
Not with the ancient barely working WRT54G that comcast keeps nagging me to replace!
Comment · 1 year ago
So, is the "The Prosperity Institute" the new NIH? The briefest of googling suggests the source of Covid is undetermined.
Comment · 1 year ago
A (super easy to set up) rsync on IPhone that can "see" the itunes music folder would be a huge boon and likely change the world for the better!
Comment · 1 year ago
Just want to turn it on a half hour from arriving home.
Comment · 1 year ago
I sent in a report sending bikes through a highway tunnel in Boston, took six months but received a message they made the correction.
Comment · 2 years ago
Soo essenially eaten by MBA's?
Comment · 2 years ago
One actual researcher mentioned good habits will get anyone into their 80's but everyone tested over 105 has most of 100 certain genes. Really old age may be genetic.
Comment · 2 years ago
Noticed a comment in /r/spacex from a reliable poster that there are very quiet ongoing discussions between NASA and Spacex.

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