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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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knittingknots2, to random
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Shamed and indicted George Santos announces he's running for election again - Raw Story

https://www.rawstory.com/george-santos-running-again/

weaselx86,
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@knittingknots2

Does Santos really think he can out-Trump Trump?

realTuckFrumper, to random
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Tim Scott Wants To ': 2017-2020���������������������� https://crooksandliars.com/2024/03/watch-live-president-bidens-state-union?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

weaselx86,
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@realTuckFrumper

Heh.

"We wish Biden would look at Boebert and remind her, 'This isn't Beetlejuice.'"

https://crooksandliars.com/2024/03/watch-live-president-bidens-state-union

realTuckFrumper, to random
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'Say her name!' Marjorie Taylor Greene interrupts Biden's State of the Union address https://www.rawstory.com/mtg-interrupts-biden-say-her-name/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

weaselx86,
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@realTuckFrumper

nixCraft, to random
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PM: How long is this going to take you?
Me: No idea, I've never done it before.
PM: Well what's your estimate?
Me: Any estimate would be useless because I've no idea what difficulties I'll encounter.
PM: But I need to put a number on the plan. How about 15 days?
Me: Sure, why not? Let's also estimate I'll grow wings and complete this project while flying.

weaselx86,
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@nixCraft

CEO: How long will this take?
ME: 18 months, here's a detailed schedule.
CEO: That's too long, it needs to be done in 12 months.
[...a week later...]
ME: I can do it in 12 months if you assign a particular developer EJW to my team; here's a detailed schedule assuming that.
CEO: OK [does not assign EJW to my team]
[...18 months later...]
ME: It's done.
CEO: This was supposed to be done in 12 months. You were 50% late.

True story.

dangillmor, to random
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A majority of the Supreme Court -- including the "justice" whose wife actively participated in the 2020 insurrection -- rewrote the 14th Amendment. They removed essentially all penalties for federal office holders who participate in attempts to overthrow elections.

Banana Republicans are consistently winning, and they see the finish line in November.

Vote as if your life depends on it, because it may well depend on it. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/03/supreme-court-trump-colorado-ballot-disaster.html

weaselx86,
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@dangillmor

Banana Republican

GottaLaff, to random
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I love #Raskin with the heat of eleventy million white hot suns.

Jamie Raskin is already “working on” a bill responding to #Trump ballot ruling #SCOTUS

https://www.axios.com/2024/03/04/jamie-raskin-trump-ballot-ruling-supreme-court

weaselx86,
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@GottaLaff

Trump will make certain to choose a VP running-mate even worse than himself, hoping to forestall being found ineligible for office by a Democratic majority congress between January 3 and January 20 next year.

DrALJONES, to random
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    weaselx86,
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    @DrALJONES
    Maybe we should be emphasizing the importance of showing up to vote blue down-ticket even for those who feel they cannot support Biden. Once they're in the voting booth we can hope they change their minds on that. But for that to happen they first have to show up.

    nixCraft, (edited ) to random
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    Poll: My code follows the naming convention (please boost for reach, TIA):

    weaselx86,
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    @nixCraft
    Depends on whether I'm writing in C or Go.

    Unixbigot, to random
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    The always tricky problem of charging your cleaning robots was solved by the combination of the new perovskite solar panels (able to generate power from indoor lighting) and a neural network trained on the sleeping behaviour of cats (find the best sunny spot to charge).

    Or, it was, until the cats worked out they could sleep all day on the solar panels and have the robot keep them in the sunny spot for as long as its battery lasted.

    #Tootfic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot #Caturday

    weaselx86,
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    @trochee @Unixbigot

    johncarlosbaez, (edited ) to random
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    The CEO of Exxon just said "we've waited too long" to tackle climate change. He blames "society" and "activists".

    Yes, Exxon. Yes, Exxon. Yes, Exxon: the corporation that for decades has been spending millions to slow progress on climate change, despite its own research showing the problem was urgent.

    He said:

    "We've waited too long to open the aperture on the solution sets in terms of what we need, as a society, to start reducing emissions.... Frankly, society, and the activist — the dominant voice in this discussion — has tried to exclude the industry that has the most capacity and the highest potential for helping with some of the technologies."

    What is this — some sort of dark, twisted joke?

    The interview is here:

    https://web.archive.org/web/20240228015207/https://fortune.com/2024/02/27/exxon-ceo-darren-woods-interview-pay-the-price-for-net-zero/

    https://www.salon.com/2024/02/29/exxon-ceo-to-world-climate-isnt-our-fault-now-pay-the-price/

    weaselx86,
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    @johncarlosbaez @ColinTheMathmo

    nixCraft, (edited ) to random
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    Linux lovers, let's get real! Even with all its greatness, there's GOTTA be that one thing that drives you a little crazy about it. What's your biggest pet peeve?

    weaselx86,
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    @nixCraft
    Video drivers.

    GottaLaff, to random
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    “IRS on Thursday unveiled plans to target wealthy "non-filers" with a new round of compliance letters.

    Non-filers making between $400,000 and more than $1 million with unfiled federal returns from tax years 2017 to 2021 will receive the initial round of letters.”- CNBC

    weaselx86,
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    @Bluedepth @GottaLaff
    But does the IRS really care whether or not USPS delivers the warning letter? Either way they'll take whatever action they're going to take.

    lauren, (edited ) to random
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    Discuss: To avoid the hassle of leap years, we should constantly adjust the orbital period of the Earth's solar year to eliminate the 0.2422 fractional days per year.

    weaselx86,
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    @lauren

    Might be easier to change the rotation rate of the earth to increase the length of each day; for example by melting antarctic glaciers into the sea, redistributing their mass toward the equator and farther from the axis of rotation.

    fraying, to random
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    Lemme see if I get this:

    If I copy your shit as my own, that's plagiarism and it's bad.

    But when I copy everyone's shit and run it through a mystery box that rearranges it until it barely makes sense, that's futuristic technology.

    And if I take your shit and sell it, that's copyright violation and it's bad.

    But when I make a place for people to post their shit and I just sell access to it so the mystery box people can have it, that's a viable business model.

    Makes perfect sense.

    weaselx86,
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    @antares @fraying

    A photo I took of a neural network being trained on prior art.

    TheConversationUS, to history
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    For decades, it has been common for people to throw around terms like “voodoo politics,” “voodoo economics,” “voodoo science” and “voodoo medicine” to reference something that they think is ridiculous, idiotic or fraudulent.

    But voodoo is an extremely problematic term with a deeply racist history.

    https://theconversation.com/how-the-word-voodoo-became-a-racial-slur-220205
    #racism #history @blackmastodon #BlackMastodon

    weaselx86,
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    @TheConversationUS @blackmastodon

    Cause I'm a Voodoo Child
    Lord knows I'm a Voodoo Child baby
    -- Jimi Hendrix

    StillIRise1963, to random
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    I think people are too kind to the purveyors of misinformation. Stop letting the facilitators of fascism off the hook.

    weaselx86,
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    @lin11c @StillIRise1963

    A society that permits "freedom of lies" is guaranteed to poison itself.

    Teri_Kanefield, to random
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    Hi, Fediverse,

    I have my weekend blog post.

    Click here: https://terikanefield.com/why-some-prefer-oligarchy/

    Why some prefer oligarchy (and what's Russia got to do with it)

    No, the members of Congress carrying water for Putin are not useful idiots or easily fooled.

    They are Putin's allies and willing partners.

    I offer some history and a timeline to explain how and why.

    (Nobody should get the error this time. If you do, wait a few minutes and try again. Let me know because I have something else to try.)

    weaselx86,
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    @Teri_Kanefield

    The "1930" "Times Square" image with George Washington is actually from the Bund Rally at Madison Square Garden on February 20, 1939.

    https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bund+rally+1939

    thepoliticalcat, to random
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    weaselx86,
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    @thepoliticalcat

    "Like a 'hot air balloon rapidly losing helium'"

    Hot air balloons do not use helium.

    lauren, to random
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    Clearly the next step for fanatical right-to-lifers is to try codify into law the "Every sperm is sacred" concept from "Monty Python's The Meaning of Life" (1983).

    weaselx86,
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    @lauren

    Wait till they learn that an embryo/fetus is an illegal alien:

    It is not a citizen -- the first sentence of the 14th Amendment vests the right to citizenship at birth.

    So if (as they say) an embryo/fetus is a person, then it is an alien person; and having no documentation such as a visa or a green card, it is an illegal alien.

    GottaLaff, to random
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    Via Elizabeth Warren:

    Nearly 153,000 people woke up to life-changing news this morning: their student loan balance is now $0, thanks to the SAVE Plan.

    The #BidenHarris administration has delivered student debt relief to almost 4 million Americans. And more help is on the way.

    weaselx86,
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    @PandaChronicle @nomdeb @GottaLaff

    I'm old enough to remember when a state-resident student could earn enough in a summer to pay for tuition at a good school.

    UCLA 1974-5 undergraduate annual tuition and fees:
    $ 625.50 state resident
    $ 2125.50 out-of-state

    Higher education should be available free or nearly free to anyone capable of pursuing it. Student loans are inherently predatory.

    DavidCorn, to random
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    Why does the media keep reporting on Trump's affinity for Putin without noting Putin mounted a secret op in 2016 to help elect Trump? Read the new issue of my OUR LAND newsletter for the full story and pass it on.

    https://link.motherjones.com/public/34415116

    To support my work, please sign up for a FREE trial subscription to OUR LAND at davidcorn.com

    weaselx86,
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    @DavidCorn

    Putin's Org Chart (2016)

    Trump campaign on yellow background.

    Green arrows denote flow of money.

    dangillmor, (edited ) to random
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    Take the time to watch this short video of an American Nazi rally at NYC Madison Square Garden in 1939. It is chilling. You need to understand that modern fascism is on the rise here.

    https://anightatthegarden.com/

    The new fascists aren't as cartoonish as the ones in the film, nor quite as regimented (yet). But they are deadly serious.

    They believe they are approaching the finish line, when they will take control of everything.

    We can't let them succeed.

    weaselx86,
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    @dangillmor

    This is a rather chilling mashup of audio and video of a protester being thrown out of a 2016 Trump rally, and a protester being thrown out of the 1939 Nazi Bund rally at Madison Square Garden.

    In this video, Fritz Kuhn watches from the podium as Isador Greenbaum is thrown out of the 1939 rally.

    Trump also had a protester thrown out of one of his 2016 rallies: "I'd like to punch him in the face, I'll tell ya!"

    [1:35]
    https://youtu.be/Qc0m3GivQe8

    mikemathia, to random
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    #Jesus

    weaselx86,
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    @mikemathia

    LoneLocust, to random
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    In 1998, I wrote down my travels in physical journals.
    By 2005, I was blogging them instead of writing them
    By 2011, I was tweeting them instead of blogging them

    In 2024, I'm lucky to have the archive I downloaded from Twitter before I deleted that shit-show. Even still, that is a completely discombobulated hot mess.

    My written journals are still tangible and easily accessible (to me.) The rest may have been pissing in the wind.

    weaselx86,
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    @LoneLocust
    @deirdresm

    I'm saving my Twitter archive. Probably someday someone will write a program to pick it apart back into some usable form.

    dcjohnson, to random
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    People don't understand what money is. Some people gain advantage by tricking those people into thinking governments "borrow."

    Government debt is simply a measure of how much money is circulating. Govts spend money into the economy, taxes take it out.

    Taxes do not "fund" spending. Taxes are not "revenue." Taxes remove currency from circulation.

    In the USA "paying off the national debt" would mean taxing $30 trillion out of the economy. How do you think that would work out?

    #mmt

    weaselx86,
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    @jackofalltrades @HeavenlyPossum @RD4Anarchy @dcjohnson

    I think most people agree that the Central Bank can create money.

    So then why is it such a stretch for them to accept the idea that a commercial bank, which operates under a franchise issued by the Central Bank, can do the same, as authorized by regulations established by the Central Bank?

    I wonder if some states impose additional banking regulations beyond what's required by the Fed; maybe our accountant works in such a state?

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