Auld Dick

@dwinx49r.bsky.social

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Long time Sci/Tech lover and practitioner, socially tolerant, fiscally conservative, apolitical, unremarkably ordinary, admitted pedant, long suffering cynic.

Auld Dick @dwinx49r.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 19:12 UTC

Voting is a civic responsibility and duty of every citizen. I would vote to fine those who willfully do not vote. Ballots should include a selection for abstaining on each line item for those who wish to withhold their vote, much like the option to express a write-in selection.

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Auld Dick @dwinx49r.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 20:22 UTC

I'm sure that if I traveled 200 years into the future I would be hard put to understand "standard grammar". The rules I worked so hard to learn as a child now mean very little. Right or wrong, they still shade my snap opinions.

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Auld Dick @dwinx49r.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 19, 2024 at 15:21 UTC

Live dangerously!

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Auld Dick @dwinx49r.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 12, 2024 at 22:16 UTC

I definitely see a family resemblance on Dad's side.

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Auld Dick @dwinx49r.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 04, 2024 at 19:00 UTC

Dry, near-polar, air will suck the moisture out of the skin in your hands, making them itchy. Hydrate and moisturize after handwashing.

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Auld Dick @dwinx49r.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 04, 2024 at 18:56 UTC

The pear will change into a gourd in the next 14... I have experience in this matter.

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Auld Dick @dwinx49r.bsky.social
[ View ] May 09, 2024 at 22:56 UTC

Very cool if this can be verified. Chimps and other primates should be investigated as well.

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Auld Dick @dwinx49r.bsky.social
[ View ] May 06, 2024 at 13:17 UTC

You are always the hero of your own story Katie.

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Auld Dick @dwinx49r.bsky.social
[ View ] May 06, 2024 at 13:16 UTC

A "friend" with the first and last initials JS.

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Auld Dick @dwinx49r.bsky.social
[ View ] May 01, 2024 at 23:42 UTC

The coach comes out to the mound.

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Auld Dick @dwinx49r.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 29, 2024 at 20:27 UTC

A write-in for this year's Darwin Awards.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 22:04 UTC

I can't believe I even have to say this, but it is not normal that the Supreme Court is taking its sweet time to decide if the president can incite an insurrection to overturn an election and maintain power. This should have been decided already. The answer is no!

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Auld Dick @dwinx49r.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 15:36 UTC

Match, as in identical form, stitch for stitch? Or, as in a creative complementary form?

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Auld Dick @dwinx49r.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 10, 2024 at 15:31 UTC

Out of curiosity, and apologies if you've already answered this elsewhere, do you get to keep the cover concepts as mountable artwork?

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Auld Dick @dwinx49r.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 09, 2024 at 22:45 UTC

Thereby proving that time is a subjective construct.

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Auld Dick @dwinx49r.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 08, 2024 at 17:50 UTC

Don't forget: - Slash Social Security - Slash Medicare - Slash Medicaid

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Auld Dick @dwinx49r.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 02, 2024 at 18:35 UTC

Doesn't inflation follow wage increases? Profit regulation and employee profit sharing might be better tactics.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social
[ View ] Mar 20, 2024 at 18:02 UTC

Trump asked that SCOTUS grant him absolute immunity to avoid being prosecuted for trying to overturn the 2020 election. He said a ruling against him would "incapacitate every future president." But he's the only president who's tried to incite an insurrection. Hello?

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Auld Dick @dwinx49r.bsky.social
[ View ] Mar 17, 2024 at 15:13 UTC

My Granddaughter posted this: "I think we should cancel April Fools Day this year, there's no prank topping reality."

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Auld Dick @dwinx49r.bsky.social
[ View ] Mar 17, 2024 at 14:29 UTC

I don't understand why we continue to be surprised by his word soup bloviations. The ignorant buffoon has been like this his whole life.

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Auld Dick @dwinx49r.bsky.social
[ View ] Mar 11, 2024 at 17:44 UTC

The day AI becomes self-aware may be closer than we think. One anecdotal result does not necessarily suggest how near or far that is.
arstechnica.com/information-...

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Auld Dick @dwinx49r.bsky.social
[ View ] Mar 06, 2024 at 20:34 UTC

No need to ask where you get the inspiration for your novels. Your imagination extends well beyond your master wordsmithing profession.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com
[ View ] Mar 04, 2024 at 02:02 UTC

Somehow it never occurred to me that a major campaign issue for one of the national parties of the United States in 2024 would be general opposition to a triumph of modern medicine that saves something like 4 million lives worldwide every year and dramatically reduces childhood mortality.

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Auld Dick @dwinx49r.bsky.social
[ View ] Mar 04, 2024 at 18:50 UTC

Probably sees herself as a member of the human pack anyway. As do most dogs I know. Cat's (we have 3) would be insulted to be considered human. Humans are only good for menial feeding, and litter cleaning, chores for which they may (or not) be rewarded/allowed to pet or snuggle.

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Auld Dick @dwinx49r.bsky.social
[ View ] Mar 03, 2024 at 17:46 UTC

Bowing down to the Sun God.

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Auld Dick @dwinx49r.bsky.social
[ View ] Feb 21, 2024 at 20:53 UTC

And who are you again? Oh yeah, the cat butler guy.

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Auld Dick @dwinx49r.bsky.social
[ View ] Feb 16, 2024 at 16:41 UTC

Kind of like a bee, distributing information (pollen) and collecting information (nectar) that may broaden your perspective or provide alternate insight.

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Auld Dick @dwinx49r.bsky.social
[ View ] Feb 13, 2024 at 15:09 UTC

On Planet A.

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Auld Dick @dwinx49r.bsky.social
[ View ] Feb 13, 2024 at 15:08 UTC

I'd add political point scoring to their agenda.

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Auld Dick @dwinx49r.bsky.social
[ View ] Feb 13, 2024 at 15:05 UTC

My take is that they go for the entertainment value, more of a play-by-play analysis of the game with opinion thrown in to keep the anxiety and enthusiasm high. It sells ads and gets eyeballs/ears. I would prefer they report the facts (checked) and skip the analysis. Inform, not influence.

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Auld Dick @dwinx49r.bsky.social
[ View ] Feb 12, 2024 at 17:10 UTC

Yep... you let your pets do the hard sell.

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Auld Dick @dwinx49r.bsky.social
[ View ] Feb 08, 2024 at 23:28 UTC

Just finished. Murderbot itch scratched ... for now. Another great story. It definitely does not disappoint.

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Auld Dick @dwinx49r.bsky.social
[ View ] Feb 06, 2024 at 23:55 UTC

We rely on you to provide BALL updates. Always a bright note.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social
[ View ] Jan 30, 2024 at 20:55 UTC

There are forces working to get you to completely tune out in 2024. Don’t let them win.

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Auld Dick @dwinx49r.bsky.social
[ View ] Jan 30, 2024 at 23:59 UTC

Apparently, you don't need to know how government is supposed to work to get elected to govern. It doesn't help that the electorate doesn't know what the elected are supposed to know either.

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Auld Dick @dwinx49r.bsky.social
[ View ] Jan 28, 2024 at 20:04 UTC

Certainly, no argument about that, but they are different tools used to achieve similar results. Splicing is certainly risky given what is not known about the genome and the effects of epigenetic factors. It can only improve, providing it doesn't lead to an unintended catastrophe.

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Auld Dick @dwinx49r.bsky.social
[ View ] Jan 28, 2024 at 19:55 UTC

That was my initial thought but went with a much more conservative figure. Figured that without specific knowledge I'd be corrected ;)

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Auld Dick @dwinx49r.bsky.social
[ View ] Jan 28, 2024 at 18:35 UTC

Monks and agriculturalists have been genetically modifying crops for a few hundred years. Only recently have they started directly tinkering with the genome. Patience was once the only method. Now it's programming a shortcut. Patience and diligence are needed more than ever.

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Auld Dick @dwinx49r.bsky.social
[ View ] Jan 28, 2024 at 18:23 UTC

Considering that the germ from GMO crops planted in an open field and is soon dispersed, by natural means, "into the wild" to interact with non-GMO crops. I'm not sure that they can be avoided.

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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social
[ View ] Jan 24, 2024 at 03:34 UTC

I can't stop thinking about this. A guy running for President is a rapist, has 91 criminal counts, is a scammer, and is incoherent on stage, but the GOP would rather have him be the pick over someone with nearly indistinguishable (hateful) stances but who is also a woman, and one of color.

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Auld Dick @dwinx49r.bsky.social
[ View ] Jan 19, 2024 at 16:13 UTC

This encourages me to bake some molasses cookies (great Aunt's recipe) with raisins right now... Thanks.

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Auld Dick @dwinx49r.bsky.social
[ View ] Jan 19, 2024 at 16:11 UTC

And it required a "think tank" to figure this out? Politicians are quick to point fingers at the other party without any in-depth analysis. No such analysis should have been necessary. In my opinion, companies hid behind the political shit-fighting and took advantage to increase profits.

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Auld Dick @dwinx49r.bsky.social
[ View ] Jan 19, 2024 at 14:58 UTC

It never hurts to increase one's vocab. Even if they didn't know what "gyre" meant or how to pronounce it, it would lend a bit of cleverness to the title. I would think that if you wrote it, you could name it "Fading Pansies" and folks would read it. I would. Marketing:: dumbing for the masses.

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Auld Dick @dwinx49r.bsky.social
[ View ] Jan 19, 2024 at 14:52 UTC

Bitcoin... another myth busted.
arstechnica.com/features/202...

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Auld Dick @dwinx49r.bsky.social
[ View ] Jan 17, 2024 at 19:10 UTC

Very wise, this one is.

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Auld Dick @dwinx49r.bsky.social
[ View ] Jan 16, 2024 at 20:45 UTC

If running the cleaning cycle doesn't clear it, try this: 1. TURN OFF THE PRINTER 2. Place a damp paper towel under the jets. DO NOT RUB THE JET OPENINGS just set them on the paper towel. After a few minutes remove the towel. You should see ink that has wicked out. Soak longer if no magenta.

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Auld Dick @dwinx49r.bsky.social
[ View ] Jan 16, 2024 at 20:38 UTC

Some printers have a control interface that shows the ink levels. If it shows that you have ink it's likely gummed up. I've had this problem. It turns out that even printing monochrome uses the tiniest bit of color ink. The opening of the jets keep a trace of ink. That ink dries eventually clogging.

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Auld Dick @dwinx49r.bsky.social
[ View ] Jan 15, 2024 at 18:49 UTC

My current read.

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Auld Dick @dwinx49r.bsky.social
[ View ] Jan 15, 2024 at 18:48 UTC

My wife has natural platinum gray hair. It started a natural blonde, went gray as she aged, and ended up nearly white. In the last few years, it has developed tight curls, starting in the back and progressing to the sides. She is still straight on top. No need for perms or coloring. A natural cutey.

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Auld Dick @dwinx49r.bsky.social
[ View ] Jan 14, 2024 at 21:33 UTC

Were Alfred Hitchcock or Stan Lee particularly photogenic? It would be like putting your signature/thumbprint on a work that you are proud of.

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