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gasgiant··on WeatherStar 4000+: Weather Channel Simulator
I listen to a lot of Pat Metheny Group, which my wife refers to as "Weather Channel Music". I used to argue that Pat was waaay better than the stuff on the Weather Channel, until one day we had it on in a hotel room and "Last Train Home" came on, and I had to shut the heck up.
gasgiant··on RIP Val Kilmer: Real Genius .. the Film Nerd Culture Deserves (2015)
"Mitch finds her sanding her dorm room floor late one night and she uses the beautician party as an excuse to test a rebreather she designed herself."

Student beauticians

gasgiant··on Types as Interfaces
I wonder what else kqr can tell us about the future.
gasgiant··on Under $100 Pre-Owned Mini Computers to Use as Desktop PC's and Servers in 2023
Yes. I clicked because I thought I was going to read about nutcases running PDP-11s under their desks. I was disappointed.
gasgiant··on California Job Case
My dad must have had to memorize the order of the boxes when he took a printing class in high school because I can remember he would recite it to me when I was a little kid. Thanks for the memory!
gasgiant··on Ask HN: Share your favorite YouTube channels focused on mastering a skill/craft
For strength and flexibility without being stuck in a gym, I recommend Mark Wildman https://www.youtube.com/@MarkWildman

The tag line is "This is not a fitness channel. This is a skill channel." Kettlebells. Clubbells. Bodyweight exercises. Building functional strength. There are no overt sales pitches.

Mark's instructional style is no-nonsense. Note his use of visual and verbal cues to get you to remember good form. And then there are the "Nerd Math" videos where he whiteboards workout progressions. Great stuff for HN readers!

gasgiant··on Please don't be spooky
Would you accept the answer "no" with no additional context or replies without feeling put off? Chat is asynchronous. Just ask your question. This isn't a phone call or a desk-side visit. The act of initiating a chat already contains the idea that you are asking the other person for an interaction. If they have time to chat, they will chat. If you need a response right away, then chat isn't the place to do it.
gasgiant··on I Quit Social Media for a Year
I hear ya. By my rough calculation, I lived for about 33 years without social media. It was nice.
gasgiant··on Reading in the Age of Constant Distraction
I stopped reading the essay at paragraph four when the boilerplate Marxist horse-hockey kicked in. Does that count as being distracted?
gasgiant··on Garbage collectors open a library with abandoned books
I was completely puzzled by this headline for a few seconds. I wondered why CNN would run a technical article about open libraries for GC. And what the heck do "abandoned books" have to do with anything. Context is everything.
gasgiant··on Solar power grew faster than any other fuel in 2016
My infant child grew faster than any other person in my house 2016.
gasgiant··on GCC optimized code gives strange floating point results
As a system administrator, my favorite part of the Bug 323 thread is the mail bounces from postmaster.