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Malic commented on The Duodecimal Bulletin, Vol. 55, No. 1, Year 1209 [pdf]   dozenal.org/drupal/sites_... · Posted by u/susam
Malic · 3 months ago
I feel obliged to drop the School House Rock video/song “Little Twelve Toes” here. It’s the earliest exposure to alternative counting systems for me.

https://youtu.be/7m3AHBu93OE

Malic commented on Oracle made a $300B bet on OpenAI. It's paying the price   finance.yahoo.com/news/or... · Posted by u/pera
cameldrv · 3 months ago
"Do not fall into the trap of anthropomorphizing Larry Ellison"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zRN7XLCRhc?t=2300

Malic · 3 months ago
Evergreen :)
Malic commented on Space: 1999 – Special Effects Techniques   catacombs.space1999.net/m... · Posted by u/exvi
krige · 4 months ago
The first sesason was solid for its time, a sort of twilight zone in space, or even a more fantastical take on Star Trek. It was less about an overarching plot or consistency or being based on a set of strict rules and more about exploring various themes, such as humans in the face of certain death. Nothing groundbreaking but the production and the actors make it work (some of them anyway - sorry, Barbara Bain is about as convincing as a piece of plywood).

Dragon's Domain has been living rent-free in my head for over two decades now even if I'm acutely aware how silly is the premise.

Second season is plain awful.

Malic · 4 months ago
Long time Space:1999 fan here. I've been thinking about this a lot over the years and I agree with you; the show is best looked at as The Twilight Zone in Space. Well - first season anyway. You REALLY have to pick through the dung of second season to find a few "well, that bit was alright" moments.

I think the show worked best when it was a review of variations of loneliness.

* Dragon's Domain - Tony Cellini is burdened by the loneliness of a demon no one else sees. * Guardian of Piri - John Koenig is surrounded by the best of the best in his senior staff. But under the "spell" of the Guardian, he has disagree with all of them and make some very lonely decisions. * Voyager's Return - Ernst Queller is burdened by the memory of his mistake many years ago with development (and many deaths) of the Queller Drive. And it comes back to haunt him in real life, not just his imagination. * End of Eternity - The alien Balor shows us that immortality could be the ultimate form of loneliness.

Malic commented on Father Ted Kilnettle Shrine Tape Dispenser   stephencoyle.net/kilnettl... · Posted by u/indiantinker
theoreticalmal · 10 months ago
Feck off!
Malic · 10 months ago
Dur-INK!
Malic commented on Father Ted Kilnettle Shrine Tape Dispenser   stephencoyle.net/kilnettl... · Posted by u/indiantinker
Malic · 10 months ago
Now I want a rubber frog that croaks, “The Golden Age of Ballooning” (Monty Python reference)
Malic commented on Industry groups are not happy about the imminent demise of Energy Star   insideclimatenews.org/new... · Posted by u/Tomte
margalabargala · 10 months ago
Whose fault is it then, if dirty clothes placed in the washer remain dirty after a "wash" cycle?
Malic · 10 months ago
It may be a simple case of overloading the washer. Assuming a front loading washer (common these days), if the clothes can’t “tumble”, they’re not going to come out clean.
Malic commented on "Night of the Living Dead" accidentally became public domain (2019)   screenrant.com/night-livi... · Posted by u/edavis
Malic · 10 months ago
The same thing happened to the 1963 movie "Charade" (with Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charade_(1963_film)#Public-dom...
Malic commented on Kaleidoscopico (A Demo for the Raspberry Pi Pico 2)   youtube.com/watch?v=KhhLo... · Posted by u/Malic
Malic · a year ago
* LFT (Linus Åkesson) project - check.

* Demo with nice visuals and music - check.

* Bit-banged video with his own hardware out to VGA - check.

* Assembly coded - check.

* Didn’t go the obvious ARM instruction set path and went RISC-V instead - CHECK!

Malic commented on U.S. state welcome signs   commons.wikimedia.org/wik... · Posted by u/bookofjoe
Malic · 2 years ago
I should provide a photo submission - there are some much nicer ones for Wisconsin at the Illinois border.

u/Malic

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