Comment Nice flight path (Score 1) 1
Tracing out the Qantas tail logo: https://planefinder.net/flight...
Comment Nuclear tests for everyone who wants one? (Score 1) 119
Trump can't get the COVID-19 tests for everyone who needs one, why would anyone believe him on nuclear tests? Sounds like yet another distraction.
Comment Re:The lack of comments (Score 1) 79
The lack of comments on this baffles me. If ever there were "nerd news", this is it. HAM radio used to be the heart and soul of the "geek" culture, but wow, a satellite that is supposed to be dead that may still be awake? Especially from that early era.
I wish NPR had asked me for a comment, so I could have pointed them to a lecture at my local radio club on a related topic, in this case *Rescuing ISEE-3 using Software Defined Radio*: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
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Comment Re:Yes, they should (Score 2) 898
Working for an employer you constantly seek to undermine is straight up bullshit. Either get out and berate them publicly, or work for the interests of who you are working for.
As others have pointed out, White house officials are not Donal Trump's personal minions, they are employees of the US government.
I would be interested in Henry Kissinger's on the matter. I'll just leave this here: https://www.wearethemighty.com...
Comment Consult "Uncle Bob" (Score 1) 220
You could do a lot worse than getting them to watch any video (or read any book) by Robert C Martin.
Comment Mattel also owns "Thomas and Friends" (Score 1) 200
They could introduce the Fat Model and Fat View to keep the Fat Controller company.
Comment A programmer was found dead in the shower... (Score 1) 656
...he was clutching a bottle labelled with the words "Lather. Rinse. Repeat."
Comment Relevant SMBC (Score 1) 584
Parents often are complicit in this: http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id...
The recent "Barbie: I Can Be a Computer Engineer" book farce is another good example.
Comment Re:Lego plural (Score 2) 80
The plural of Lego is Legos.
Well, if you're going to be picky, the singular of "Lego" is "LEGO"
Comment This is valuable research (Score 5, Funny) 80
The Higgs Boson is like that oddball tiny LEGO piece that always finds its way down to the bottom of the tub and wedges itself inside another piece.
Comment I'l bet... (Score 2) 410
...it's that bloody boy scout, up to his old tricks again.
Comment Re:Notepad (Score 1) 545
Comment Re:Computers? (Score 1) 108
I'm wondering how Osama reconciled the use of computers with his anti-Western beliefs (which I assume includes Western technology).
Same way he rationalised drinking Coke and Pepsi, I guess.
Comment Re:And with all that attention... (Score 1) 108
...nobody in the media has noticed that Osama chose to hide out in a city named after a British colonial overlord.
I thought it was named after an American comedian. I bet al Zawahiri won't be staying in Costelloabad much longer...
Comment Don't leave home without it (Score 1) 599
If you're going off the beaten track, then I have but one word (okay, acronym): EPIRB.
As well as adequate, food, water, and fuel supplies, of course. And, if possible, tell someone at your destination when to expect you, so they can raise the alarm when you don't turn up.
