Keith Fieldhouse

For my day job, I work with robots and AI systems. I listen to Jazz (Hard Bop especially). I recently got a MA in Military History because I wanted to improve my reading and writing skills. I enjoy genre fiction (SF, Fantasy, Mysteries). Husband to an amazing woman and father of two more. I've managed to automate my house in a family-approved fashion (with Home Assistant, ESPHome, Tasmota). My amateur radio interests are primarily in digital modes (HF), and I'm starting to look at UHF/VHF.

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2024-04-26 18:01:51

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@npub1e5a…8e4h Uh, me too

2024-04-15 16:23:26

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@npub1nqz…838y With a name like "Keith Fieldhouse," my third-grade reading/writing lessons were very fraught.

2024-04-13 21:41:31

Re-reading Hawk as a warmup for Lyorn. Looking forward renewing a nearly 40 relationship with Vlad Taltos

2024-04-11 20:56:21

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@npub1qyn…gc4x I work DARPA research contracts. “Semper Gumby” is very much the watchword in the field. Our family motto is “Patience and Flexibility” (developed and installed during our first trip to Disneyworld)

2024-04-11 20:51:15

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@npub1eyk…hpk4 There is no feeling quite like feeling good after having felt poorly. I’m glad things are moving in a better direction.

2024-04-10 13:51:56

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@npub1psd…9sr7 Oh, I'm sure he's just misunderstood and from another time. People just can't take a joke these days

2024-04-10 13:10:44

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@npub1psd…9sr7 Well, not _all_ volcano base owning, boiler suited minion leading, fluffy white cat-petting, earth-targeting persons are evil.

2024-04-05 15:17:28

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@npub1483…lv2w Or the eclipse. Or vice versa. And vaccines.

2024-03-01 21:04:17

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@npub1eyk…hpk4 It looks like we got the same ones. You're right about the singing -- it reminds us of the old Captain Kangaroo theme song. And I had no idea how much the agitator irritated me until I started loading this new machine which doesn't have one. We've been quite happy with ours.

2024-02-23 17:16:29

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@npub1nf7…k4qn Excellent flour. The company is also employee-owned through an ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan). As best that I can tell, ESOPs are one of the best ways for small, high-quality companies with founders of a particular age/stage of life who want to cash out to do so without selling out to a much larger company or private equity. This is why I imagine King Arthur is not now a subsidiary of Pillsbury.

2024-02-17 22:40:34

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 Still cool 😊

2024-02-17 22:34:01

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@npub1v2s…mqq5
Well, teenaged me is jealous that you got to work on that show. The end theme still plays in my head when I’m walking alone on rainy misty days. I’m a sucker for The Drifter, even if he does occasionally turn into a green Lou Ferrigno.

2024-02-07 12:49:05

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@npub1q37…k2ta It appears you can find a copy here: https://winworldpc.com/product/digital-smalltalk/12-dos. It'd be interesting to see if this could be run in DOSBox

2024-02-07 00:38:36

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@npub1dwr…hhfj I’ve found it effective to get a pencil holder designed to be stuck to the iPad cover. Have had the same pencil for years (and I do tend to lose things)

2024-02-06 17:33:16

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@npub1nqz…838y I've altered the consumption pattern. Pray I do not alter it further.

2024-01-26 01:36:17

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@npub17u7…ea9n They were definitely an elegant weapon for a more civilized age. I’d love to stumble on a VT100 for a decent price

2024-01-24 14:43:39

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@npub17u7…ea9n I worked on the QA team for that terminal’s firmware as my first job out of college. Nice to see it put to the use for which it was intended

2024-01-16 01:50:56

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@npub1xxt…f2tp Well worth it. I recommend this one https://www.duluthtrading.com/mens-burly-retirement-shawl-collar-cardigan-71860.html

2024-01-16 01:39:57

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@npub12mj…elzu Amen to this. One of the reasons I like @npub1ept…jcl3 is that he _does_ write books like those of my youth, without being dated. But I also like things that are very different from anything that would have been published back then (P. Djèlí Clark or Fonda Lee, for example)

2024-01-16 01:27:16

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@npub1dzg…ekv6 Thank you! I am pleased with it

2024-01-15 23:49:14

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@npub1zc4…mc2z There’s really nothing you can do but destroy the list and start over. Unfortunate. But there it is

2024-01-14 17:00:41

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@npub1y62…69v6 Thank you!

2024-01-14 15:07:29

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@npub1y62…69v6 I would buy a print of that. Did you stumble across the original at the Internet Archive (guessing based on your earlier posts), or somewhere else?

2024-01-13 16:42:45

I’m fairly certain that if I walked into those woods, I’d find a Victorian street lamp.
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2024-01-08 21:57:25

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@npub12d9…z92a This is the way

2024-01-05 16:05:38

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@npub1dh6…9j57 I really envy that you got to read Lyorn already. Brust provides some of the most reliable, gotta-read-the-next-page books I've seen. I’m also bemused by the fact that I have an active acquaintance with Vlad (and Loiosh!) going back more than 30 years.

2024-01-02 18:12:11

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@npub1dpk…wczc This is the way

2023-12-30 02:20:32

“And Rohan will answer”

2023-12-24 13:57:06

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@npub1jf0…5qwq Add an attractive assistant who is pining for their small town Christmas but doing the actual work of running the company and you have the makings of a Hallmark Christmas movie

2023-12-24 13:14:04

The sting in the tail of “I’ll be Home for Christmas” gets me every. Single. Time.

2023-12-23 23:10:10

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@npub1wq6…ju6u This is the way

2023-12-23 19:00:53

Mark Evanier publishes this every year. And I love it every year. #MelTorme #VelvetFog https://www.newsfromme.com/2023/12/22/marks-xmas-video-countdown-4/

2023-12-21 17:00:58

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@npub1zsx…zcfs As long as your name isn’t Tim and you don’t have a collie

2023-12-20 01:18:11

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@npub1eyk…hpk4 Just wanted to note that your posts are a wonderful, anticipated part of my feed. Thank you.

2023-12-17 11:16:32

Took a quick trip to Montreal to visit some Christmas markets. A lovely getaway before the mayhem of the holidays. What a terrific, interesting city this is…
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2023-12-09 20:02:11

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@npub1fl6…kwvj @npub1xrj…9q43 More or less the definition of the hard boiled detective.

2023-12-08 14:55:21

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@npub1el8…4l26 Oh, that final pan of the OR. One of the most painful scenes on television

2023-11-27 21:30:14

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@npub1uty…sq7q I was fascinated by the "What's New" section of my Grandfather's copies. It was an important stone on the path to a 40 year career in computer science.

2023-11-25 00:03:51

Tree decorated for Christmas. And as we’ve done for over thirty years, now watching “White Christmas.” It occurs to me that there’s no movie I’ve seen more often. #2 might well be “The Wizard of Oz” (probably not uncommon for those of a certain age)

2023-11-24 00:53:21

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@npub1rkj…ufed @npub13rw…nfd8 This is the way

2023-11-21 18:21:22

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@npub1ept…jcl3 Something that vibes with KPS will be most welcome. As will a return to the OMW universe. Thank you! Enjoy the writing…

2023-11-21 00:06:30

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@npub17aq…3dh0 Suave and competent are the primary requirements. I’ll look forward to seeing this.

2023-11-18 12:18:57

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@npub1zdp…vqv8 Maybe use a static site generator like Hugo? Time from editing a markdown file to “Cool! A web page!” Is very short. Then you can play with a targeted set of customizations using HTML, then CSS, then JavaScript. Scales to many different types of sites (blogs, portfolios, etc. ). Static sites are pretty easy to host, too. Hugo is easy to install pretty much anywhere. https://gohugo.io/

2023-11-16 11:03:06

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@npub1psd…9sr7 dim

2023-11-14 23:38:20

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@npub1r04…laf5 NetNewsWire if your mobile is iOS. Free and Open Source and excellent. https://netnewswire.com/

2023-11-04 20:06:26

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@npub1e5a…8e4h Is it possible that they essentially want you to post _yesterdays_ word counts today? I vaguely (very vaguely) recall something along those lines…

2023-11-03 11:54:32

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@npub166s…dcfc You should probably go back and see if you can find a modem, too

2023-11-01 15:22:06

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@npub1e5a…8e4h Awesome! Good Luck! It's a lot of fun…

2023-11-01 11:48:38

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@npub1k9j…pxyq would you be willing to talk a little more about the technique and tools you used. I assume this was projection mapped somehow? It looks really cool

2023-10-27 00:37:40

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@npub1qzs…9002 @npub13rw…nfd8 This is the way

2023-10-26 13:37:54

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@npub1wq6…ju6u I believe you could take the NFL accounts that were in your feed and put them in a list? Then when time and inclination combine (if they do) you could just take a look at the list. I haven't gotten to that point here, but I used a similar technique on a similar social media site that shall remain nameless. I believe recent changes to the Mastodon code makes this more practical -- you can create lists of accounts you don't follow.

2023-10-26 12:30:31

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@npub1e5a…8e4h Yeah, it’s “just enough." I got it into my head to support Mastodon-based comments, which was a little fiddly, but that was on me :-) Now I need to figure out how to have the hero image in the post appear in the Mastodon preview when I post about a blog entry…

2023-10-26 11:00:13

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@npub1545…ar3u @npub12sh…ff84 @npub1j8a…00pg Thanks for the nudge. Done.

2023-10-25 22:21:39

https://blog.fieldhouses.net/posts/early-beepy-wooden-case/ I’m building a Beepy Wooden case. #Beepy #CNC #LaserCutter

2023-10-24 20:50:59

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@npub1e5a…8e4h Nothing you say is incorrect. I'm still mad, though

2023-10-23 23:27:51

I’m still mad that they made a Star Wars movie while Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, and Harrison Ford were still alive and they didn’t have a scene together. I know. In the scheme of things…but still. #StarWars

2023-10-22 00:08:03

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@npub16e2…ks3l Thanks for taking care of it

2023-10-18 00:21:08

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@npub1wq6…ju6u This is the way

2023-10-15 23:00:01

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@npub1ytq…9rrp This is really really good. Thank you

2023-10-15 19:21:27

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@npub14e3…sy0l Well said. I’ve been programming computers since 1975 and it’s the first thing I try unless I’m responsible for what’s going wrong.

2023-10-15 19:19:04

Visited Manchester VT for our 29th anniversary today. Northshire Books there is the best get-lost-in-the-shelves bookstore in the region. Bonus is Pastime Pinball across the street. Dozens of of vintage pinball machines. Free to play for 30 minutes for $15 or all day for $25.
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2023-10-15 12:29:20

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@npub1tps…9rmt @npub13rw…nfd8 I’m trying.
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2023-10-11 22:01:19

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@npub1zdp…vqv8 Yakkity Sax

2023-10-06 22:53:10

Not gonna lie: Season three of Babylon 5 hits very differently than it did when I watched it back in the 90s

2023-10-06 15:39:51

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@npub16ej…e2xp @npub1rjm…pgqe @npub155v…3qx2 @npub1yfk…gc49 @npub1hyk…3p33 We did. And it was.

2023-10-06 01:14:55

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@npub13rw…nfd8 I rather doubt Rocky felt bad for Apollo when he was finally able to bring the left hook, either

2023-10-06 00:54:33

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@npub1wq6…ju6u “Empty chairs and empty tables…”

2023-10-06 00:50:26

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@npub13rw…nfd8 I was in the Core Tech group up in Seattle from 95 to 99. Then the subgroup I was in got spun out. We were essentially trying to build a Photoshop set top box - the prototype of which I was tasked to demonstrate when he came to Adobe shortly after the NeXT merger.

2023-10-06 00:42:57

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@npub13rw…nfd8 Thank you for posting this. I met him once when I worked for Adobe. You post perfectly captured the impression I took away from that meeting. “Honor and doom” indeed

2023-09-30 14:41:54

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@npub17sz…sdp0 “and I feel like I’m dying for mining for gold.” https://youtu.be/1xFgQV7javw?si=aSz1IcwPVE4m5BOE

2023-09-30 13:19:40

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@npub1wq6…ju6u @npub1zdp…vqv8 Yup exactly. It's all of this uncertainty that makes "you're on your own, save for retirement" so pernicious. An individual has no choice but to plan for (or fail to plan for and deal with the consequences) the worst. Collective entities like the government can balance Sally living to 97 with Todd being struck by lightning at age 65.5

2023-09-30 12:40:40

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@npub1wq6…ju6u @npub1zdp…vqv8 All of the points on this thread are important. Your formula is also an important consideration, with one issue: 76 is more or less life expectancy when you’re born. It changes as you get past the risks of infancy, childhood, and young adulthood. A male 62 years old right now has an additional life expectancy of 19 years (so 81). A critical distinction when doing this kind of planning. https://www.ssa.gov/oact/STATS/table4c6.html

2023-09-30 12:30:19

Any list with Slippery Jim diGriz on it is bound to have other items of interest. Old grognards like me need all the help we can get finding new things (though I was proud that I had already found Becky Chambers). Thanks @npub12d9…z92a ! https://www.tor.com/2023/09/27/11-books-that-changed-how-i-think-about-space-opera/ #SF #ScienceFiction #spaceopera

2023-09-30 11:39:32

I’m sorry. Am I boring you? #caturday
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2023-09-29 23:22:38

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@npub16mh…c0dj @npub16e2…ks3l Uh oh. Probably aliens

2023-09-29 23:09:26

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@npub16mh…c0dj @npub16e2…ks3l Good heavens! I hope today’s mail arrived safely?

2023-09-29 21:23:48

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@npub16mh…c0dj That was like a whole short story

2023-09-25 23:51:25

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@npub1v2s…mqq5 Twelve year old me insists that you also note that he was the star of The Invisible Man for one glorious (well, to me it was) season

2023-09-25 23:30:32

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@npub1qe5…8ugl @npub1gw6…02n7 The first TV show I remember being _obsessed_ with was his Invisible Man. It only lasted one season, but 12 year old me adored it.

2023-09-24 11:58:40

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@npub16e2…ks3l Not the day planned, I imagine. Thanks for all of the effort. Very much appreciated

2023-09-18 17:36:27

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@npub1ecz…6au0 Code Warrior? Now that’s a name I’ve not heard in a long time. A long time.

2023-09-15 20:30:11

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@npub1zdp…vqv8 Have you thought of something like Twine (twinery.org)? Non-linear, interactive storytelling that leans heavily on “story" first. Mostly text. Essentially, choose-your-own-adventure games (and a little more complicated than that if you want)

2023-09-13 10:32:57

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@npub1syz…mnn2 We watched TNG and Voyager as a family (and most of DS9). I'm the father of two daughters -- Voyager holds a special place in our collective memory. Janeway, Torres, and Seven ( @npub1f0c…d885 !) _mattered_ (in ways my daughters are still teaching me)

2023-09-10 17:07:05

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@npub1yea…52yz @npub1zsw…e5uk @npub1hyk…3p33 Which are really good. Good world building, interesting plots

2023-09-01 13:39:35

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@npub1006…dph0 Who had? Well, maybe Clifford Stoll. As I recall, the editors occasionally participated in the Usenet group, which lent it an oracular frisson. That was certainly the case of the Babylon 5 group in the same era (the show runner was a regular contributor)

2023-09-01 13:13:22

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@npub1006…dph0 It seems like that was one of early truly internet driven fandoms back in the later Usenet days? Babylon 5, too.

2023-08-24 23:37:06

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@npub1jpe…jgr8 I’m thinking of signing up for the January class. I’d be an absolute beginner. Is that realistic? What kind of progress might I expect? I’m not looking for miracles, just structure and efficiency

2023-08-22 17:04:57

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@npub17aq…3dh0 Not only is the theme outstanding, but the TV show — particularly the first season -- is well worth watching.

2023-08-20 21:39:00

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@npub1tes…5hzz Mission accomplished! Picked up a few Ubiquiti access points for very cheap. Essentially a gamble, but if one or two work, they could be handy

2023-08-20 21:37:22

MIT Flea update: essentially vestigial HAM gear (a couple of Yaesu radios). A fair bit of test equipment. Random cool things like centrifuges and binocular microscopes. Quite a bit of computer gear including vintage things like various TRS-80, Apple, and TI systems. 80s and 90s consumer audio gear in abundance. Fun but not amazing. Worth the trip, but I won’t be in a rush to get back. If I lived in Boston I’d probably stop by twice a season. #HAM #AmaterRadio #hamfest

2023-08-19 13:43:20

I’m planning an end of vacation road trip to the MIT swap fest tomorrow. I’ve never been. Any advice? #HAM #HamRadio #AmateurRadio #HamFest

2023-08-13 10:56:50

In the Finger Lakes in New York State. Had this visitor this morning. Mink? Fisher?
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2023-08-13 10:53:32

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@npub1e0x…d30u Give it time.
You’ll probably become a radical leftist again.

2023-08-12 10:38:17

She has some concerns about the luggage that’s piling up in the kitchen. #caturday
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2023-08-11 20:31:58

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@npub1zdp…vqv8 My grandfather’s Lafayette 150 in 1 Electronics Kit was an early and important point on the line the led to an immensely satisfying career in Computer Science, currently working on AI and autonomous systems. You’ve done a good thing.

2023-08-11 20:26:39

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@npub1ead…f20t The One Ring and The Wheel of Time are both well produced, interesting and worth attention. I absolutely second Strange New Worlds, but I thought that was on Paramount?

2023-08-11 19:47:41

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@npub1g9h…63j0 I am reading the first of these now. I’m really, really enjoying it and look forward to the rest

2023-07-29 14:56:07

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@npub1943…d8rh @npub1tra…npqw Actually, I think you have that reversed

2023-07-17 19:41:24

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@npub1y6f…0jcr It's not particularly radical, but I've often thought that if the only lyric Dolly Parton ever wrote was “Pour myself a cup of ambition,” she'd be a fantastic songwriter. It evokes _exactly_ that feeling in the morning.

2023-07-16 16:05:07

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@npub1grx…uxfe That’s how you get the greater of two evils