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[–] [email protected] 57 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Independence Day (1996)

They just walked in to the underground lab beneath Area 51. The president was curious how it was paid for.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They use this mixture at my work as well. Flushing out large sub freezing cooling systems. We don't dump it out on the street though.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I think that it is more about creating a routine for this particular person than the dog being neglected. Having the dog water on the list normalizes everything else. There was no instruction to clean up dog pee everywhere either.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 8 months ago

My first time shutting down a factory at the end of second shift for the weekend. I shut down the compressors first, and that hard stopped a bunch of other equipment that relied on the air pressure. Lessons learned. I spent another hour restarting then properly shutting down everything. Never did that again.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago

Personally, it's amusing at best. In the same way as the girl in Jurassic Park using "Unix" to hack the system.

That being said, I still give mad props for the development that occurred during that era.

[–] [email protected] 54 points 9 months ago (5 children)

The joke is that a couple of drunk guys enduring an eternal winter came up with something better than silicon valley could.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

National Geographic. Mutual of Omaha. Reading Rainbow. Magic School Bus. Bill Nye the Science Guy. Ghostwriter. Mr. Rogers Neighborhood

I grew up on PBS and books. Couldn't tell you if it was good or bad, but that TV had a lot of of impact on me.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Watching TNG with my mom is one of the few good memories I have with her. Somehow she managed to go full blown religious nut, while I took those early messages of curiosity and compassion to heart.

Happy birthday, friend. Let's continue to work on making the world, humanity, better together!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

The TI83 Plus was my gateway drug. Learning BASIC and the fundamentals behind connecting it to my computer. Emulating software to test code on different models. It was fascinating and engaging. The fun and learning involved with doing anything and everything you can with the technology that's available to you is something that I think is lost for a depressing majority of youth now.