tejtm

Joined 11 years ago

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CS, Math, Science, Machinist/Metalworker, Amateur Telescope maker, HAM, accidental biologist through work.
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Comment · 4 hours ago
> I presume we aren't using most bridges as interstellar antennas.

any like area of metal will receive as much interstellar emissions but I guess they did run a MW transmitter sometimes.

Comment · 9 hours ago
One does tend to talk alot doesn't one
Comment · 22 hours ago
> What in his speech would not apply to language models?

The part between the words

Comment · 6 days ago
Requiring them to reside within city limits and be as educated as the median city employee would eliminate needing to fire anyone.

The residents of Eugene may be regarded as left leaning (as in peaceful, go along get along) but that appears to also mean naive and easily manipulated.

Lazzar for mayor!

Comment · 7 days ago
The latter, in software we would get an error message, big whoop. In learning electronics we get blue smoke if we are lucky and frustratingly silent failure usually. Add that each failure has a tangible and potentially significant cost and for me enthusiasm does not cancel sloppy details.

It did lead me buy another book the author wrote, and maybe this one will be better in future editions. But I am neither an expert who can just see and correct or disregard the errors, nor a disinterested tourist for whom it is all the same anyway. So as I implied, I passed this time.

Comment · 9 days ago
I got as far as the eratta
Comment · 10 days ago
Comment · 15 days ago
good bye
Comment · 17 days ago
maybe @dang should work ;)
Comment · 21 days ago
It got spellchecked into the boards

Maybe @dang can fix the autocorecto

Comment · 21 days ago
Comment · 23 days ago
Making political hay now that AI is expected to suffice.

I did not start out this jaded.

Comment · 1 month ago
I am pretty sure goatse does not have lawers and the RIAA disavows their collection
Comment · 1 month ago
Suspect you suck even more joy out of it the further removed from original local friends and neighbors getting together it started out as.
Comment · 1 month ago
complacent consumers.

Oh wait you meant something else,

Myself I am biased towards antique manual machines, if you are not in a hurry you can push them beyond what we might expect.

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