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GryphonSK, to random
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timlocke,

@GryphonSK The game of Monopoly was created to teach people the ultimate endgame of capitalism.

GryphonSK, to random
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Dear #ConservativeChristians

timlocke,

@GryphonSK 'affect'

amoroso, to Lisp
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muLISP-80 is one of the best vintage Lisp implementations for CP/M and can be downloaded from a number of sites, for example here:

http://cpmarchives.classiccmp.org/cpm/mirrors/www.retroarchive.org/cpm/lang/lisp80.zip

The manual, which is essential for using the system, is less easy to find and can be downloaded here:

http://lispm.de/docs/Publications/Lisp%20Language%20Manuals/1980%20MuLisp%201980.pdf

#lisp #cpm #retrocomputing

timlocke,

@amoroso My web browser gave me a warning because the link was http while https was available.

cazabon, to DaftPunk

So Justin #Trudeau, our "#unifying" prime minister who wants to "build #bridges, not sow #division", announced the suspension of the much-hated and regressive #carbon #tax on #heating #oil - but only in the Maritime provinces, because heating your #house shouldn't be expensive, and the #Maritimes are mostly oil-heated.

The west, which is mostly natural #gas-heated, or #propane-heated, which are also carbon taxed?

A big middle #finger to us.

"Oh why is western alienation a thing?" they wail.

timlocke,

@cazabon They are also the poorest provinces in #Canada. #NewBrunswick is the poorest. #PrinceEdwardIsland is second poorest.

timlocke,

@cazabon The goal of the carbon tax is to encourage people to switch to lower or zero carbon products and services. In the Maritimes, people are switching from oil and electric baseboards to heat pumps so rapidly (NB has the highest percentage of homes with heat pumps, and PE isn't far behind) that there are not enough installers to do them for three years. This relief will help those who want to switch but cannot yet do so.

Because the number of homes using oil and EBBs in NB were about 30% and 50%, and every EBB home that switches to a heat pump reduces load on the grid by 40%, and those switching from oil increase their load on the grid by 60% as much than if they switched to EBBs, our grid will be able to handle the load.

My understanding is that the prairie provinces have traditionally heated with fossil fuels and not EBBs so the grid doesn't have enough capacity to switch. Giving relief would simply let people slack off and they would not switch to lower or no carbon heating.

timlocke, (edited )

@cazabon There are now prototypes of heat pumps that use CO2 as a refrigerant that can obtain a COP of up to 5.5 which should handle at least -35C since current heat pumps with a COP of 4 can handle -25C.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npqzHpeIvhM

timlocke,

@cazabon Actually, that is what I did. My heat pump is 11 years old with a COP of only 3, and it can't handle below -15C and shuts off. In late January and early February we sometimes get down below -15C, sometimes -30C at night and usually a week of days that don't go above -15C. We still have our EBBs so they are set to kick in when the heat pump shuts off.

I spite of that, on a year-round basis the heat pump is still saving us 40% in heating costs overall, which saved enough electricity to pay for the purchase and installation of the heat pump after 10 years.

Some heat pumps have an electric heater built in for when the COP goes below 1.

I know people who use oil heat as a backup and they're saving more money than I am because now they only need to buy a fraction of the oil they used to.

So, no, it doesn't have to work 100% of the time to be worth investing in one, but do the math for your situation.

timlocke,

@cazabon There are other benefits too. The heat they provide is more even instead of varying up and down by a few degrees when the furnace or EBBs go on and off. The heat doesn't dry the air in your home like oil and EBBs do, which for me used to increase nosebleeds. They also provide cooling in the summer at lower cost than an air conditioner so that saves the cost of buying and running one, helping make the math of buying a heat pump better.

timlocke,

@cazabon Being near the ocean means our seasonal temperatures are moderated. The ocean absorbs heat during the summer and releases it during the winter. It also means we experience higher humidity but heat pumps also remove humidity when operating in cooling mode, another plus.

The difference from air conditioners is that most are either on or off while heat pumps have different levels of operation, allowing less electricity to be used when the temperature is not high enough to require full power. The same is also true in heat mode relative to EBBs and oil furnaces which are either fully on or off.

EdS, to VintageOSes
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TIL AmigaDOS got AREXX because IBM bought something from Commodore for OS/2...

https://www.abortretry.fail/p/the-history-of-os2

#os2 #retroComputing #commodore #amiga #arexx

timlocke,

@EdS I wonder what the GUI elements were. I don't see much similarity.

LALegault, to apple
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I have SMS messaging off in my phone with iMessage and it is forcing through SMSs (not encrypted) and it makes no sense. #Apple

timlocke,

@leftylabourtech @cjgyt @LALegault Don't forget #Session.

georgetakei, to random

If you ever need a reminder of how the Democrats are the party of the rule of the law and the Republicans are the party cowed by a mob boss, during the “impeachment inquiry” hearing in the House, the panel was asked to raise their hands if they believe that both Hunter and Trump should be held accountable if they are found guilty. The Democrats all raised their hands. None of the Republicans did.

timlocke,

@georgetakei Where can I find a video of this?

georgetakei, to random

Everyone has a breaking point. 🤣 https://www.comicsands.com/stephen-king-tabitha-divorce-mambo-2665082011.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram

timlocke,

@georgetakei I've always preferred the Combo No. 5 version.

GryphonSK, to KindActions
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#reward #kindness

timlocke,

@GryphonSK From that list, capitalists only care about attendance so kids are conditioned to work more as adults.

GryphonSK, to workersrights
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#Capitalism #CapitalismKills #capitalismisascam #CapitalismIsACult #NoMoreBillionaires #TaxTheRich #livingwage #workersrights #RaiseTheWage #climatechange #climatecrisis #fossilfuels #oilcompanies #banfossilfuels #carbon #heatwave #corporategreed #pollution #contamination

timlocke,

@GryphonSK If we really want to defeat capitalism, we have to do more than tell people to form unions. While unions are good, they are only a Band-Aid. What we really need are worker cooperatives where the workplace is democratic. Capitalist companies are dictatorships.

People working in capitalist companies will never do more than the minimum necessary to keep their job because they don't have ownership of the company and don't share in the decision making or profits.

People working in worker cooperatives will always go above and beyond to ensure the company succeeds because they are financially invested and have a say in the direction of the company and share in the profits.

If workers are taught about worker cooperatives, they will seek to work at them and seek to start new ones. Eventually capitalist companies will be unable to retain the best talent or compete against workers cooperatives unless they become like worker cooperatives.

pabloniusmonk, to linux
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I'm using Rhythymbox, the default music management and playback software on @linuxmint and wondering what other folks might prefer. I saw something about Lollypop:

https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Lollypop

Any others to consider?

timlocke,

@bananabob @pabloniusmonk @linuxmint I second Clementine.

electron_greg, to random

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    timlocke,

    @electron_greg I ported a PET game by using a 40 column screen. There are 3 or 4 of these available: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AjRAtJbWOAQ

    timlocke,

    @electron_greg Just load and start it before loading the BASIC code. It may require a bit of keyboard buffer stuffing.

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