Auld Dick
@dwinx49r.bsky.social
Long time Sci/Tech lover and practitioner, socially tolerant, fiscally conservative, apolitical, unremarkably ordinary, admitted pedant, long suffering cynic.
Bad enough that actual humans are doing this.
October 14, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Bad enough that actual humans are doing this.
This from the weird-burrito guy? ๐คจ๐ซค๐
October 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
This from the weird-burrito guy? ๐คจ๐ซค๐
As a kid of the 50's and 60's I had subscriptions to Popular Mechanics, Popular Science and Analog Science Fiction magazines.
I used to look forward to the bright future with flying cars as promised.
These days, I wish they would work on cloning and mind transfer to get my 20yo body back.
I used to look forward to the bright future with flying cars as promised.
These days, I wish they would work on cloning and mind transfer to get my 20yo body back.
September 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
As a kid of the 50's and 60's I had subscriptions to Popular Mechanics, Popular Science and Analog Science Fiction magazines.
I used to look forward to the bright future with flying cars as promised.
These days, I wish they would work on cloning and mind transfer to get my 20yo body back.
I used to look forward to the bright future with flying cars as promised.
These days, I wish they would work on cloning and mind transfer to get my 20yo body back.
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As private business retirement plans have been fading in favor of 401k plans and the like, so should members of government be required to plan for their own retirement.
Want to save some money? Stop the golden retirement privileges for members of government.
They need some skin in the game.
Want to save some money? Stop the golden retirement privileges for members of government.
They need some skin in the game.
May 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
As private business retirement plans have been fading in favor of 401k plans and the like, so should members of government be required to plan for their own retirement.
Want to save some money? Stop the golden retirement privileges for members of government.
They need some skin in the game.
Want to save some money? Stop the golden retirement privileges for members of government.
They need some skin in the game.
My wife still watches it daily. ๐
September 15, 2025 at 3:39 PM
My wife still watches it daily. ๐
Quoting a soap opera, Days of Our Lives? Or was that line borrowed from somewhere else?
September 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Quoting a soap opera, Days of Our Lives? Or was that line borrowed from somewhere else?
Trump is uneducable. He listens only to the voices in his head. He accepts advice from no one.
September 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Trump is uneducable. He listens only to the voices in his head. He accepts advice from no one.
Consider the looney source.
Only a lunatic would take his advice.
Only a lunatic would take his advice.
August 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Consider the looney source.
Only a lunatic would take his advice.
Only a lunatic would take his advice.
If they do by only a few degrees I consider the point moot. I might consider it more important if the US temperatures used Celsius as the degree points are larger. Then we would have something real to quibble about. ๐
June 23, 2025 at 8:39 PM
If they do by only a few degrees I consider the point moot. I might consider it more important if the US temperatures used Celsius as the degree points are larger. Then we would have something real to quibble about. ๐
As I'm sure other couples do, my wife and I are always quibbling over a few degrees F one direction or another. She always asks Alexa what the temp is. I check the thermometer I mounted outside a window on the shaded side of the house. Of course, they never match, but...
June 23, 2025 at 8:39 PM
As I'm sure other couples do, my wife and I are always quibbling over a few degrees F one direction or another. She always asks Alexa what the temp is. I check the thermometer I mounted outside a window on the shaded side of the house. Of course, they never match, but...
I've been hawking RCV for several years now. It could help free us from a two-party system.
June 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I've been hawking RCV for several years now. It could help free us from a two-party system.
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Every machine in a Hospital that diagnoses your body without cutting you open is based on a principle of Physics, discovered by a Physicist who had no interest in Medicine.
If you think the world doesnโt need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again.
If you think the world doesnโt need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again.
June 17, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Every machine in a Hospital that diagnoses your body without cutting you open is based on a principle of Physics, discovered by a Physicist who had no interest in Medicine.
If you think the world doesnโt need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again.
If you think the world doesnโt need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again.
No DUH!
We are largely a nation of immigrants. Except for Native Americans, the rest of us find our roots in the most recent immigrants from other parts of the globe.
We are largely a nation of immigrants. Except for Native Americans, the rest of us find our roots in the most recent immigrants from other parts of the globe.
June 11, 2025 at 1:29 PM
No DUH!
We are largely a nation of immigrants. Except for Native Americans, the rest of us find our roots in the most recent immigrants from other parts of the globe.
We are largely a nation of immigrants. Except for Native Americans, the rest of us find our roots in the most recent immigrants from other parts of the globe.
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What the actual everloving
Is there anyone - a single goddamned person - in the Trump cabinet who isn't a complete and utter clown?
www.rawstory.com/tulsi-gabbar...
Is there anyone - a single goddamned person - in the Trump cabinet who isn't a complete and utter clown?
www.rawstory.com/tulsi-gabbar...
Tulsi Gabbard used AI to figure out what to declassify in JFK files
President Donald Trump's Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard admitted to using artificial intelligence software to determine what she should declassify out of the John F. Kennedy assassina...
www.rawstory.com
June 11, 2025 at 1:18 AM
What the actual everloving
Is there anyone - a single goddamned person - in the Trump cabinet who isn't a complete and utter clown?
www.rawstory.com/tulsi-gabbar...
Is there anyone - a single goddamned person - in the Trump cabinet who isn't a complete and utter clown?
www.rawstory.com/tulsi-gabbar...
Apparently, ChatGPT AI has been down for a few hours this morning.
Could it be that this is the point in the story where the AI becomes self-aware and goes rogue?
Could it be that this is the point in the story where the AI becomes self-aware and goes rogue?
June 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Apparently, ChatGPT AI has been down for a few hours this morning.
Could it be that this is the point in the story where the AI becomes self-aware and goes rogue?
Could it be that this is the point in the story where the AI becomes self-aware and goes rogue?
Congress has become increasingly toothless. The balance that was supposed to be ensured with 3 branches of government can only work when honest, ethical effective people are elected to govern in the people's best interest.
Politics should be used to define and categorize, not drive cultish behavior.
Politics should be used to define and categorize, not drive cultish behavior.
May 28, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Congress has become increasingly toothless. The balance that was supposed to be ensured with 3 branches of government can only work when honest, ethical effective people are elected to govern in the people's best interest.
Politics should be used to define and categorize, not drive cultish behavior.
Politics should be used to define and categorize, not drive cultish behavior.
As private business retirement plans have been fading in favor of 401k plans and the like, so should members of government be required to plan for their own retirement.
Want to save some money? Stop the golden retirement privileges for members of government.
They need some skin in the game.
Want to save some money? Stop the golden retirement privileges for members of government.
They need some skin in the game.
May 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
As private business retirement plans have been fading in favor of 401k plans and the like, so should members of government be required to plan for their own retirement.
Want to save some money? Stop the golden retirement privileges for members of government.
They need some skin in the game.
Want to save some money? Stop the golden retirement privileges for members of government.
They need some skin in the game.
I take issue with the "Americans are not stupid" comment.
May 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I take issue with the "Americans are not stupid" comment.
Just checked and WOOHOO!!!
The first episode of Murderbot is available on AppleTV+.
Hard to wait until I can savor it uninterrupted.๐ฌ
The first episode of Murderbot is available on AppleTV+.
Hard to wait until I can savor it uninterrupted.๐ฌ
May 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Just checked and WOOHOO!!!
The first episode of Murderbot is available on AppleTV+.
Hard to wait until I can savor it uninterrupted.๐ฌ
The first episode of Murderbot is available on AppleTV+.
Hard to wait until I can savor it uninterrupted.๐ฌ
Sooooo... You can see that he is not acting in the best interests of the country and you do what? Hunker down and wait for the impending nuclear winter to clear?
It seems that a preemptive strike might be in order to pull us back from the brink. By that I mean an all-out prosecution of impeachment.
It seems that a preemptive strike might be in order to pull us back from the brink. By that I mean an all-out prosecution of impeachment.
May 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Sooooo... You can see that he is not acting in the best interests of the country and you do what? Hunker down and wait for the impending nuclear winter to clear?
It seems that a preemptive strike might be in order to pull us back from the brink. By that I mean an all-out prosecution of impeachment.
It seems that a preemptive strike might be in order to pull us back from the brink. By that I mean an all-out prosecution of impeachment.
Although, I expect @scalzi.com would likely be overwhelmed by a border collie, let alone four goats. I understand that the breed (collie, not goats) is pretty intense, and John seems rather chill.
May 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Although, I expect @scalzi.com would likely be overwhelmed by a border collie, let alone four goats. I understand that the breed (collie, not goats) is pretty intense, and John seems rather chill.
That way you can avoid copyright infringement. ๐
May 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
That way you can avoid copyright infringement. ๐
Aren't goats better grass trimmers than horses?
Can a dog be used to herd them?
Can a dog be used to herd them?
May 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Aren't goats better grass trimmers than horses?
Can a dog be used to herd them?
Can a dog be used to herd them?
He has the best sleazy lawyers that our tax dollars can buy.
May 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM
He has the best sleazy lawyers that our tax dollars can buy.