Star Trek (TOS), and Monty Python’s Flying Circus.
And I go back to The Prisoner every few years.
Star Trek (TOS), and Monty Python’s Flying Circus.
And I go back to The Prisoner every few years.
Specifically usenet before “eternal September”.
When the house is sleeping, let it mellow quietly.
When everyone is awake flush, every time.
Oracle and a dozen internally developed tools.
Oracle because I’m not an accountant or bookkeeper, but was forced to do a bunch of those tasks anyway.
The internal tools because, while they were “mission critical”, they were buggy as hell and there was only a couple of people nationwide who knew how to fix them (or mitigate the damage) when things went wrong.
I would be happy if Fairphone would sell to my country.
Move there? Not sure yet.
I would like to be able to visit and explore several other places before having to make the choice to move there.
Unfortunately the list seems to have become unmaintained.
They ask what kind
Same in my area.
what is the most annoying thing you have seen about Lemmy users?
That far too many can’t stop talking about reddit…
but it feels like the rate at which things change is increasing significantly.
Maybe, but it’s not like the previous generation didn’t have massive technological change in their lives.
My parents grew up on small farms. Their “school van” was horse drawn.
It was the rare wealthy neighbor who had moved from horse power to having a steam tractor when they were teenagers.
When they were in their 30s they watched men fly to the moon on TV sets that weren’t invented yet when they were born.
They both had smartphones in the last years before alzhimers started to steal them from us.
I suspect that if and when retirement happens I’ll (GenX) be spending a lot of time away from computers.
I have similar plans, but more targeted at my phone. It’s been my nemesis for most of my career and I can’t wait to relegate it to the sock drawer for 90+% of the day.
Also no spending ceiling
Model railroads.
They fit both the signifigant monetary input and high skill criteria at the top end of the hobby.
Zappa.
Those who are into his music are really into it, and those who aren’t generally really dislike it.
Not even “Socialist ideas”.
Just simply a better understanding that people are people, no matter what they look like.
Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die
Are you trying to make an arguement for Christianity?
Same.
I don’t hate it, I’m simply indifferent to it.