DagwoodIII
@DagwoodIII@piefed.social
- Comment on New statue of computing pioneer Ada Lovelace gets green light 1 day ago:
Enjoy!
- Comment on New statue of computing pioneer Ada Lovelace gets green light 2 days ago:
'The Difference Engine' by Bruce Sterling and William Gibson. Forty years after Lovelace and Babbage perfected their mechanical computer, the British Empire is more powerful than ever. But all is not well! A great alterate history
- Comment on Not trying to disparage first responders on 911. Why aren't nurses included with fire and police departments? Did we not take care of people on the backend of the rescuing? 2 days ago:
Funny story. Back in the day, they did a study of highway deaths. One thing that leapt out was that most people who died in traffic accidents could have been saved if they got to the hospital fast enough. Pretty soon it was legislated that every community had to have an EMS system.
Basic Emergency Medical Technicians and Advance Life Saving EMTs [aka paramedics] provide medical care on scene and stabilize patients for rapid transport.
Most Fire Departments in the USA are currently Fire/Rescue with the ambulances operated by the Fire Department. Almost all firefighters are Certified First Responders, trained in CPR and first aid.
Nurses are trained for skills that paramedics don't need because nurses also do long term care, where EMS is supposed to be off scene as fast as possible.
- Comment on Many of the younger generations of folks don't know what it's like to watch TV series out of order by virtue of channel surfing on live TV and grabbing random episodes here and there 3 days ago:
First, most people aren't going to do that. Second, there's a difference between opting for randomness and having it forced on you.
Now about the idea of the older shows having more self contained episodes; OP is correct. It was the rise of night time soap opera like 'Dallas' and miniseries like "Roots" and 'Sho-Gun' that made networks/producers see that people wanted extended stories.
- Comment on RFK Jr. Blames violent video games for Mass Shootings. 3 days ago:
It's called the 'Gish Gallop.'
The best way for the Right to defeat the Left in an argument is to unload a torrent of lies, half truths, complete nonsense, and other disinformation. The idea is to overwhelm the other side's ability to form a coherent response, because there's too much to unpack.
Trump knows Kennedy is an idiot, but he's a useful idiot in that he forces the Left to deal with him.
- Comment on How to Decide what an Appropriate Medical Response is for Loved Ones 5 days ago:
That's why I put my suggestion in the form of a question. Not every adult is a grown up.
The situation reminds me of an old gag. The first kid's first nose bleed means a trip to the ER. The third kid's second nose bleed is met with "Get off the good rug!"
- Comment on How to Decide what an Appropriate Medical Response is for Loved Ones 5 days ago:
Have you tried talking to your own parents/older family members? They've seen most of the common problems and can give you reasonable answers.
- Comment on The time has come! 6 days ago:
At this point, the world is so fragmented that you can put anything, no matter how absurd, out there and claim that it's "the latest thing."
- Comment on Who is your favourite Superman? 1 week ago:
Gene Hackman had already won an Oscar when he agreed to play Luthor. He thought it would be an easy payday without a lot of work required.
The first day of filming was Hackman and Christopher Reeve. Reeve walks in wearing the suit and Hackman realizes that he's going to have to work hard to keep up with this unknown.
- Comment on don't trust cowboys or people doing cowboy voices 2 weeks ago:
Frontier Gibberish
- Comment on android 2 weeks ago:
You children need to learn and appreciate the history of the founders.
- Comment on android 2 weeks ago:
I like to think that the next generation will go back to desk top computers and landline phones.
If you want to entertain yourself you'll carry a guitar with you.
- Comment on android 2 weeks ago:
lol! I stole my father's straight razor and used it for a while. I never learned how to keep it sharp, so I abandoned it for plastic ones. Currently using an old fashioned, double edged safety razor. The best option imho.
- Comment on android 2 weeks ago:
Back in the day, men who shaved would use a cutthroat razor that would last for decades. Eventually, a capitalist started giving safety razors away for free, knowing folks would end up paying much more in the long run when they brought new blades year after year...
Similar maketing.
- Comment on Is there a word for the happiness in finding the exact right word? 2 weeks ago:
The Difference Between the Almost Right Word and the Right Word Is Really a Large Matter—’Tis the Difference Between the Lightning Bug and the Lightning
Mark Twain.
- Comment on to whomever needs to hear it 2 weeks ago:
Knock, knock.
Who's there?
Emerson.
Emerson who?
Emerson fine tiddies, ma'am.
- Comment on Ancient Nomadic Scythians Found to be Ethnically Diverse 2 weeks ago:
Let's remember that one of the main reasons America had the 'one drop of Black blood makes you Black' rule is that slave owners wanted to be able to breed with slave woman and then sell their own children.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
If you've made it a point to listen to every interview Mr. Fry has done, I'm sure he would tell you to stop and do something more useful.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Stephen Fry claims to have lost 100 pounds by walking and listening to audio books.
He made a list of all the books he wanted to read, then committed two hours a day to walking. He'd listen to the books while strolling.
- Comment on The nuclear-powered submarine crisis 3 weeks ago:
There are many things that are technologically possible but we don't have them because they are seen as being impractical.
Nuclear subs use all the tech that would be needed for a space colony.
- Comment on The nuclear-powered submarine crisis 3 weeks ago:
What's funny to me is that if you ask most people about doing asteroid mining they'll tell you that it's science fiction. But if you ask them about a machine that can stay underwater for five years they know exactly what you're talking about.
- Comment on Films and video games have age classifications. Should books? 3 weeks ago:
Realistically, any kid with an internet connected device can access whatever they want.
- Comment on Have you watched masterpiece named "Happy"? 4 weeks ago:
- Comment on Have you watched masterpiece named "Happy"? 4 weeks ago:
'Black Sails.' Not quite as whimsical, but it's a kind of prequel to 'Treasure Island' with Long John Silver learning how to be a pirate. Plenty of sex, violence, intrigue, and sex.
- Comment on PSA: WASH YOUR HANDS 4 weeks ago:
I'd recommend the physical book.
The author does some nice tricks with the typography that you'd miss with the audio version.
- Comment on What are some good "frugal" movie viewing setups? (Recommendations) 4 weeks ago:
Have you checked the local thrift stores?
You can get a good older model TV that works fine at a low cost. Many folks get rid of perfectly usable sets because they want the newest model.
- Comment on PSA: WASH YOUR HANDS 4 weeks ago:
https://bookshop.org/p/books/filth-irvine-welsh/8805998?ean=9780393318685&next=t
Lovely fiction about the vilest cop in the world, partially narrated by his tapeworm.
- Comment on Help. 4 weeks ago:
People always had private property.
- Comment on Help. 4 weeks ago:
Back in pre-agriculture days, humans would sit around every night by the fire and interact with the rest of the tribe. That's what we spent 99% of human history doing. Farming isolated us from the tribe and put every family in their own house. Then the Industrial Age gave the family distractions like newspapers, radios, and movies. Currently we've got a phone to distract us all the time.
- Comment on Nice argument. 4 weeks ago:
[off topic?]
Great novel / movie. The 7% Solution. Sherlock Holmes' cocaine addiction is out of control, and he requires the assistance of Drs. Watson and Freud to get clean.