Why not
Well, maybe the occasional fractional gold. “Expensive” and yet palatable.

I see a lot of gold bullion on sale at Apmex today, but due to the price rise I can't even think about it.

Maybe you can ask Jack Jones about Ruby on Rails. He doesn’t seem to talk to be directly these days, but he appears to know a lot of computery stuff. (e.g. gave me tips on emacs).

Dualstow, have you ever tried Ruby on Rails? Never have. Someday. I’ll be out of town soon and when I get back, I hope to get back into python. Also want to build a PC this spring — nothing powerful or liquid cooled. O0 Just something with a lot of RAM that will last a while and dual-boot Windows a...

LOL

Happy Easter
I shudder to think what kinds of candy you’re eating this week.

There are some people & orgs whom I cannot add to a list.
Some lists are also maxing out. I guess this glitch is why I abandoned lists in the past. I’ll have to retry on the desktop.

This is so useful, Vinny. Thank you!

I don’t think I’ve ever created a list from within twitter. I thought those were for other people to read. I’ve only bookmarked people I want to check up on if they don’t come up in my feed. I should try that. A google search confirms what you said. it reads X Lists allow you to customize, organize ...

whatchamacallit wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2024 10:11 pm Thanks for the thought dumps in the last couple of posts. I enjoyed the reads.

+1 Same!

I often search for certain topics and view that way.
And, I look up people whom I follow but who are not in the feed for whatever reason.

Smith1776 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2024 12:30 pm We are already making tentative plans for another trip in December 2024, but who knows what the country will be like at that point.

They’re playing ‘Men Without Hats’ on the radio. That’s about as close as I’ll probably get to Ukraine at this point

Smith1776 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2024 11:50 am Welp, I guess this means I'm signing up for a Twitter (X) account.

Be forewarned: I usually feel worse after spending time on X

I shouldn’t use twitter as a source though it is photographic evidence. London has Ramadan street lighting and no Easter signs whatsover. That’s … weird.

I haven’t. I found Russian passport control mildly intimidating. Compared to that of other countries, anyway.
Prewar, a friend of mine went to Ukraine for genealogical research. My cousin went for the same reason.

^ Excellent ^

How hard was it to get into Ukraine?
If you hadn’t yet tied the knot, you couldn’t say you were visiting family. I’m sure there are tons of Canadian passport holders who visit Ukraine every day because of the diaspora population. But, were there a lot of forms?

Coleman Hughes
https://youtu.be/0xwEq38aL9M?si=oSoKg5AN5igki0CZ

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The head of the Russian Orthodox Church is kind of like a Chinese-appointed Dalai Lama.

Something very satisfying about tech nostalgia. There's a fairly new video about the Texas Instruments computer (TI-99) as a "failure" on youtube, but I and a lot of other people had a great young adulthood learning BASIC on it. One of the things I miss about the old days was the boatload...

I wonder what SBF is thinking right now. From billionaire business prodigy to prison. Can't imagine that would put anyone on anything less than suicide watch. Don't know what he's thinking, but I remember listening to him on Sam Harris' podcast and not liking him. Not his philosophy -- too good to ...

Something very satisfying about tech nostalgia. There's a fairly new video about the Texas Instruments computer (TI-99) as a "failure" on youtube, but I and a lot of other people had a great young adulthood learning BASIC on it. from the Putin-invades-Ukraine thread: I love rashist by the ...

Thank you, 425

Love that guy.

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