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RJSquirel

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RJSquirel··on Telegram's t.me domain has been suspended
I can't believe they use GoDaddy as a registrar.
RJSquirel··on Gun Mistakes in Fiction Writing: Handgun Edition
This. Every movie shotgun uses the sound of a Remington 870 racking. Every camera uses the sound of a Nikon MD11/12 winding. I'm sure there are more.
RJSquirel··on Only on Nantucket: The Curious Case of the "Stolen" Mercedes
Old Saab 900s had that issue. Pretty much any (same year or close) key would fit most other 900s.
RJSquirel··on Donald Sutherland has died
Looks like the movie is free on amazon prime right now.
RJSquirel··on Man impersonated law enforcement, sought to investigate own crimes, police say
https://www.npr.org/2023/05/16/1175726650/fentanyl-police-ov...
RJSquirel··on Why are bidets just now getting popular in America?
A few years back I attended a conference at Google's Sunnyvale campus and every stall had a high-end TOTO Washlet installed. At the time I had the cheapie Amazon type at home but that trip convinced me to get a TOTO.
RJSquirel··on Wendy Carlos: The brilliant but lonely life of an electronic music pioneer
The first link would have stood on it's own as a post.
RJSquirel··on California went big on rooftop solar. Now that’s a problem for landfills
Thx for posting the 12ft.io link to the content,
RJSquirel··on Puppy-killing scientist smuggles rainforest babies in body cavity (2015)
Appropriately Click-Baity? Fascinating and horrifying.
RJSquirel··on Nevada cops use civil forfeiture to steal a veterans life savings
Anarchists don't believe in limited government, they believe in not being governed.
RJSquirel··on Facebook Is the AOL of 2021
>Honestly it was Disneyland compared to FB.

Except for the "Eternal September" part of the park.

RJSquirel··on Constraints (1981) [pdf]
I used to love that IBM Selectric Letter Gothic Font-ball.
RJSquirel··on Taxes Are for the Little People
Good ol' Uncle Slayton.
RJSquirel··on Lesser Known Terminal Editors
I started using Joe because I had been using... Lordy, Wordstar. For years.