DagwoodIII
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- Comment on New statue of computing pioneer Ada Lovelace gets green light 2 days ago:
Enjoy!
- Comment on New statue of computing pioneer Ada Lovelace gets green light 2 days ago:
'The Difference Engine' by Bruce Sterling and William Gibson. Forty years after Lovelace and Babbage perfected their mechanical computer, the British Empire is more powerful than ever. But all is not well! A great alterate history
- Comment on Not trying to disparage first responders on 911. Why aren't nurses included with fire and police departments? Did we not take care of people on the backend of the rescuing? 2 days ago:
Funny story. Back in the day, they did a study of highway deaths. One thing that leapt out was that most people who died in traffic accidents could have been saved if they got to the hospital fast enough. Pretty soon it was legislated that every community had to have an EMS system.
Basic Emergency Medical Technicians and Advance Life Saving EMTs [aka paramedics] provide medical care on scene and stabilize patients for rapid transport.
Most Fire Departments in the USA are currently Fire/Rescue with the ambulances operated by the Fire Department. Almost all firefighters are Certified First Responders, trained in CPR and first aid.
Nurses are trained for skills that paramedics don't need because nurses also do long term care, where EMS is supposed to be off scene as fast as possible.
- Comment on RFK Jr. Blames violent video games for Mass Shootings. 3 days ago:
It's called the 'Gish Gallop.'
The best way for the Right to defeat the Left in an argument is to unload a torrent of lies, half truths, complete nonsense, and other disinformation. The idea is to overwhelm the other side's ability to form a coherent response, because there's too much to unpack.
Trump knows Kennedy is an idiot, but he's a useful idiot in that he forces the Left to deal with him.
- Comment on How to Decide what an Appropriate Medical Response is for Loved Ones 5 days ago:
That's why I put my suggestion in the form of a question. Not every adult is a grown up.
The situation reminds me of an old gag. The first kid's first nose bleed means a trip to the ER. The third kid's second nose bleed is met with "Get off the good rug!"
- Comment on How to Decide what an Appropriate Medical Response is for Loved Ones 5 days ago:
Have you tried talking to your own parents/older family members? They've seen most of the common problems and can give you reasonable answers.
- Comment on The time has come! 6 days ago:
At this point, the world is so fragmented that you can put anything, no matter how absurd, out there and claim that it's "the latest thing."
- Comment on Who is your favourite Superman? 1 week ago:
Gene Hackman had already won an Oscar when he agreed to play Luthor. He thought it would be an easy payday without a lot of work required.
The first day of filming was Hackman and Christopher Reeve. Reeve walks in wearing the suit and Hackman realizes that he's going to have to work hard to keep up with this unknown.
- Comment on don't trust cowboys or people doing cowboy voices 2 weeks ago:
Frontier Gibberish
- Comment on android 2 weeks ago:
You children need to learn and appreciate the history of the founders.
- Comment on android 2 weeks ago:
I like to think that the next generation will go back to desk top computers and landline phones.
If you want to entertain yourself you'll carry a guitar with you.
- Comment on android 2 weeks ago:
lol! I stole my father's straight razor and used it for a while. I never learned how to keep it sharp, so I abandoned it for plastic ones. Currently using an old fashioned, double edged safety razor. The best option imho.
- Comment on android 2 weeks ago:
Back in the day, men who shaved would use a cutthroat razor that would last for decades. Eventually, a capitalist started giving safety razors away for free, knowing folks would end up paying much more in the long run when they brought new blades year after year...
Similar maketing.
- Comment on Is there a word for the happiness in finding the exact right word? 2 weeks ago:
The Difference Between the Almost Right Word and the Right Word Is Really a Large Matter—’Tis the Difference Between the Lightning Bug and the Lightning
Mark Twain.
- Comment on to whomever needs to hear it 2 weeks ago:
Knock, knock.
Who's there?
Emerson.
Emerson who?
Emerson fine tiddies, ma'am.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
If you've made it a point to listen to every interview Mr. Fry has done, I'm sure he would tell you to stop and do something more useful.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Stephen Fry claims to have lost 100 pounds by walking and listening to audio books.
He made a list of all the books he wanted to read, then committed two hours a day to walking. He'd listen to the books while strolling.
- Comment on Have you watched masterpiece named "Happy"? 4 weeks ago:
- Comment on Have you watched masterpiece named "Happy"? 4 weeks ago:
'Black Sails.' Not quite as whimsical, but it's a kind of prequel to 'Treasure Island' with Long John Silver learning how to be a pirate. Plenty of sex, violence, intrigue, and sex.
- Comment on PSA: WASH YOUR HANDS 4 weeks ago:
I'd recommend the physical book.
The author does some nice tricks with the typography that you'd miss with the audio version.
- Comment on What are some good "frugal" movie viewing setups? (Recommendations) 4 weeks ago:
Have you checked the local thrift stores?
You can get a good older model TV that works fine at a low cost. Many folks get rid of perfectly usable sets because they want the newest model.
- Comment on PSA: WASH YOUR HANDS 4 weeks ago:
https://bookshop.org/p/books/filth-irvine-welsh/8805998?ean=9780393318685&next=t
Lovely fiction about the vilest cop in the world, partially narrated by his tapeworm.
- Comment on Help. 4 weeks ago:
People always had private property.
- Comment on Help. 4 weeks ago:
Back in pre-agriculture days, humans would sit around every night by the fire and interact with the rest of the tribe. That's what we spent 99% of human history doing. Farming isolated us from the tribe and put every family in their own house. Then the Industrial Age gave the family distractions like newspapers, radios, and movies. Currently we've got a phone to distract us all the time.
- Comment on Nice argument. 4 weeks ago:
[off topic?]
Great novel / movie. The 7% Solution. Sherlock Holmes' cocaine addiction is out of control, and he requires the assistance of Drs. Watson and Freud to get clean.
- Comment on Inflation Outpaces Wage Growth For Over 40% Of Americans 1 month ago:
"Adjusted for inflation" is a lie.
Think of it this way. $1 million in 1960 would buy you a couple of mansions, a fleet of nice cars, and you'd have enough left to put into investments that would give you income for life.
$11 million today won't buy the nicest house on the block.
- Comment on Inflation Outpaces Wage Growth For Over 40% Of Americans 1 month ago:
Also, the inflation for luxuries leaves regular inflation in the dust.
Back around 1960, $5,000.00 a year was a sold, middle class income. A Jaguar sportscar was about $6,000 and a Rolls was about $25,000.
Even if you spend the money to get a First Class airline ticket, you know that there are plenty of private planes out there.
Harlan Ellison wrote an essay about 'fuck you money,' the amount he needed to have in the bank so he could tell the studios to fuck off. Back in the day he could go six months on $1,000.
- Comment on How did you decide what you generally wanted to do with your life? 1 month ago:
I found this book when I was almost 30 and it changed my life.
"Discover What You Are Best At" by Linda Gail.
It's a series of self tests you can complete in a few hours and a list of the jobs that use those skills.
If you have a job that you don't hate, you've solved a lot of life's problems.
- Comment on Do you think it's an ok idea for me to get a cat in my scenario? (details inside) 1 month ago:
Check around where you live.
There are shelters that need cats boarded. I suggest you try caring for a few and see how it feels before you commit.
My opinion.
- Comment on Why do females got to be so hard to talk or flirt with? 1 month ago:
Talk to people besides the women you want to date.
Old people love to talk to strangers; it was something they did before cell phones came around.
Take some acting classes and or volunteer at the local community theater. Acting is talking, and actors love to chatter.
Get a hobby that appeals to all sorts of people. Gardening/riding a bike/soft ball/football/whatever. It actually helps to have something to talk about, and there are clubs full of people who do that activity.