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weaselx86

@weaselx86@mastodon.social

California, Ireland, Colorado.
MS Math/CompSci UCLA.
Locus, Sun Microsystems; PDP-11, x86, C, Go.
Programming since 1973.
I wrote the program that calculated the GPA that appears on my high-school transcript.

Starting in 1984 I led the project at Locus to create the first x86 virtual machine, to run MS-DOS under Unix, on the AT&T 6300 Plus (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6300_Plus).

The lines in the avatar are horizontal.
née Twitter https://mastodon.social/@weaselx86
There should be no profit in human misery.

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realTuckFrumper, to random
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Biden Proposes 2 Changes To Presidential Debates That Would Neuter Trump https://www.politicususa.com/2024/05/15/biden-proposes-2-changes-to-presidential-debates-that-would-neuter-trump.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

weaselx86,
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@realTuckFrumper

"So let’s pick the dates, Donald. I hear you’re free on Wednesdays."

https://youtu.be/O3o9eqO8G3I

lauren, to random
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If you're going to post a link that includes no clue as to what it is about -- PLEASE also include some text explaining what it is. Clicking on bare links that give no indication as to what the blazes they are about is really suboptimal. This includes links to other Mastodon posts and many other kinds of sites. Text like "Wow!" or "Interesting!" or similar really aren't that useful in this regard. Thanks!

weaselx86,
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@lauren

On some links the browser pulls in an image and headline text from the link target, providing the sort of preview information you seek. But on some links this does not happen automatically. I have found that if I click the "bookmark" button at the bottom of the post, it usually then pulls the preview in where I can see it.

(In making that happen I click the "bookmark" button a second time to re-remove it from my bookmarks)

(Using firefox browser)

weaselx86,
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@lauren

People should not have to work harder to see the preview -- the browser should display it automatically. Sometimes it does, but often it doesn't. That sounds like a bug to me, but maybe it's intentional as a way to conserve bandwidth.

The "bug" behavior could be dependent on what client (browser or app) you run. I offered the bit about clicking the "bookmarks" button as a workaround to the missing preview. Adding redundant additional text along with the link is another workaround.

sjvn, to random
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I'll take the large MINIX firmware with a side of UEFI.

weaselx86,
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@sjvn

zakalwe, to random
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"I paid off MY myself! Why should these kids get theirs ?"

Dude. You had $3,000 in student loans. Some of "these kids" graduated from college $70,000 in debt for the same degree you got, now they're earning half as much as you did for a comparable job and they have no expectation of any retirement benefits, and they've been paying on that loan for fifteen years and owe more on it now than they did when they started paying it. They are being ruthlessly exploited by student loan management companies whose entire business model is based upon gouging people who are struggling to pay off their student loans.

Would it fucking KILL YOU to show a little compassion and understanding?

weaselx86,
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@zakalwe @arisummerland

realTuckFrumper, to random
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MSNBC Anchors Crack Up Over Stormy Daniels’ Snarky Response to Trump Lawyer From Witness Stand https://www.mediaite.com/politics/msnbc-anchors-crack-up-over-stormy-daniels-snarky-response-to-trump-lawyer-from-witness-stand/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

weaselx86,
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@realTuckFrumper

"If that story was untrue I would have written it to be a lot better."
-- Stormy Daniels, under cross-examination

DrJackBrown, to random
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Who doth pull thy strings, Aileen Cannon?

weaselx86,
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@joeinwynnewood @DrJackBrown

Someone is coaching her on tactics to help Trump.

realTuckFrumper, to random
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Leaked audio shows GOP lawmaker calling the KKK 'the military wing of the Democratic Party' https://www.alternet.org/gop-lawmaker-kkk/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

weaselx86,
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@realTuckFrumper

So he's saying that the KKK is far to the left of today's GOP. OK.

anathema_device, to random
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I had to check the date on this one because I was sure it was April 1st!

Ben Shapiro's Daily Wire Man Vitamins Will Flush Out Woke Mind Virus, Replace It With Sperm

https://www.wonkette.com/p/ben-shapiros-daily-wire-man-vitamins

weaselx86,
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@anathema_device

Why must we endure Ben Shapiro
Conservative wannabe hero
No use for a WAP
A bucket or mop
Attractiveness lower than zero

GottaLaff, to random
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Well we have a showing tomorrow which means my coverage will be interrupted tomorrow and today, because today we have to scramble to finish painting all the areas that we need to "touch up" including an entire wall.

Just a heads up.

weaselx86,
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@GottaLaff @jda

Also, even if you someday were to become Canadian citizens, it's legal to keep US citizenship and be dual citizens of both USA and Canada.

https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/how-to-get-dual-citizenship-in-the-united-states-and-canada.html

And you probably already know that as a US citizen you're still entitled to vote in US elections when living outside the country.

The downside is that as a US citizen you have to pay US federal income tax even when living abroad. But you do get to claim a credit against taxes you pay to the foreign government.

RickiTarr, to random
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Oppenheimer is Godzilla's Dad.

I don't make the rules, don't get mad at me.

weaselx86,
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@RickiTarr @Mary625

Billboard ad for original Godzilla / Gojira movie (released October 1954)

"H-Bomb Monster First Science-Fiction Film to be Produced in Japan"

Kodachrome slide photographed May 1954, Tokyo, Japan by Richard R. Butterfield

realTuckFrumper, to random
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🚨 Watergate Whistleblower John Dean and Cohen on Trump CRIMINAL Acts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5yDuyFmuCs&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

weaselx86,
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@realTuckFrumper

What did the President know, and when did he know it?

lauren, to random
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Nobody warned me in advance that Siamese cats were extraterrestrial in origin.

weaselx86,
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@lauren

realTuckFrumper, to random
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Rachel Maddow: Trump Is Quarterbacking A National GOP Crime Scandal https://www.politicususa.com/2024/04/29/rachel-maddow-trump-gop-crime.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

weaselx86,
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@realTuckFrumper

StillIRise1963, to random
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I’d like to see a contest where people paint Trump’s Dorian Gray attic portrait.

weaselx86,
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@StillIRise1963

weaselx86,
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@StillIRise1963

I photoshopped the image a couple years ago to illustrate Noel Casler's discussion of Trump's hair:

video/mp4

johnl, (edited ) to Black_cats
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Trying to do a jigsaw puzzle but can't figure out where this big black hairy piece goes. #blackcat #CatsOfMastodon #cats #jigpaws

weaselx86,
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@johnl @futurebird

Cats observe where your focus of attention is, and then place themselves in that location.

realTuckFrumper, to random
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Trump LOSES Biggest Supporter Because of This… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC58w5k8xmc&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

weaselx86,
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@realTuckFrumper

Great Interview!

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas interviews one of Donald Trump’s former top supporters Chris Nelson for the second time about some of the specific things Donald Trump did that turned him off to Trump and MAGA and made him eventually leave.

https://youtu.be/qC58w5k8xmc

ErikUden, to random
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Aristotle claimed “heavy objects fall faster than light ones” and no one cared to check for this 2000 years

weaselx86,
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@ErikUden

Isn't that the same guy who would sit around arguing endlessly about how many teeth a horse has, rather than going out to the stable and actually counting them?

JuanWild, to random
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Robert Reich
@RBReich
·
5h
SCOTUS has the ability to move quickly when it wants to.

It did so with Trump's Colorado ballot case.

It must do the same with Trump's immunity case.

Voters are entitled to know before casting their ballots whether they are choosing a felon for president.

weaselx86,
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@JuanWild @RBReich @joeinwynnewood

People have gotta know whether or not their president's a crook!
-- Richard M. Nixon

video/mp4

realTuckFrumper, to random
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Trump Co-Conspirator SCREWS HIM to HIS FACE at Trial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCqtMDDYVy4&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

weaselx86,
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@realTuckFrumper

Man Bites Dog

emptywheel, to random
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Trial Attention: Don't Let a Pecker Distract from More Important Stories

https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/04/22/trial-attention-dont-let-a-pecker-distract-from-more-important-stories/

weaselx86,
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@emptywheel

Enquiring minds want to know
If Pecker's The Former Guy's ho
Who'd publish his swill
Or do catch and kill
Or anything else for the dough

GottaLaff, to random
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An hour or so to go before we can go home after our open house, but so far today was a bust, per our Ring camera. Hardly anyone showed. The market has been flat. 😢

weaselx86,
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@GottaLaff

Mortgage interest rates at 7% to 8% probably limits the number of capable buyers.

realTuckFrumper, to random
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First Trump trial witness to be former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker: NYT https://www.rawstory.com/david-pecker-trump-trial/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

weaselx86,
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@realTuckFrumper

Enquiring minds want to know
If Pecker's The Former Guy's ho
Who'd publish his swill
Or do catch and kill
Or whatever would rake in some dough

nlpbot, to random
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weaselx86,
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@nlpbot

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