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gebeeson··on Which milk alternative should we be drinking?
After that comment - you very well may be my spirit animal.
gebeeson··on Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds
The record mentioned was my introduction to the War of the Worlds. I had a much older cousin who played this album at least once per day for months. As I grew older I read the story and the various adaptations of the story and it has always been a favorite of mine. I still have great memories of the music and the story as it was told by the album - the standouts to me are "the chances of anything coming from Mars is a million to one they said" and "OOOOOLAAAAAH". That album may be what tipped me towards science fiction as well now that I think about it.
gebeeson··on Why the Cool Kids Are Playing Dungeons and Dragons
I started playing AD&D in seventh grade a very long time ago. The cool kids have always played Dungeons and Dragons. Best distraction and creative thinking platform ever.
gebeeson··on Nasa’s Mars Rover Opportunity Concludes a 15-Year Mission
I watched that show "7 Days Out" specifically for the Cassini mission. It did not disappoint. There were feelings involved.
gebeeson··on Ask HN: Engineers from non-CS background, how did you pivot into ML/AI?
MAFANG?
gebeeson··on Ask HN: What is the science behind CrossFit?Is it safe to practice?
My number one pointer would be: Don't be afraid to scale either the routine or the exercises done.
gebeeson··on Building your own deep learning computer is 10x cheaper than AWS
As did I and the excellent rabbit hole that it led to.
gebeeson··on World’s longest palindrome?
Yo banana boy

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gebeeson··on Georgia Has a Coast?
I work on St. Simons Island and enjoy the environment completely; great place for a vacation. I would also like to plug Jekyll island which is just south over the bridge - there is a fee to get onto the island and passes are available. Beaches, a water park, hotels and a largish island to explore. Good times.
gebeeson··on Georgia Has a Coast?
The horses roam all over the place - I can nearly guarantee you that you won't miss them. They are everywhere! As to where to go and what to see - choose one of the trails that hits the beach. Lots to see!
gebeeson··on Film Director James Gunn’s Firing by Disney Sets a Worrying Precedent
Especially prior to working with Disney.
gebeeson··on 3 Reasons Why Replacing Microsoft Excel Is Worth Money to a Boss
And that is really what I was hoping for - maybe something that I'd not heard of or contemplated. Not even a suggestion.
gebeeson··on Association of Type 2 Diabetes with Titanium Dioxide Crystals in the Pancreas
I've never been able to tell when my blood sugar was high or normal just by how I feel alone.
gebeeson··on US cell carriers are selling access to real-time phone location data
Even simpler: don't want to be tracked? Don't have a mobile phone.
gebeeson··on Google Workers Urge C.E.O. To Pull Out of Pentagon A.I. Project
'Our military is already trying to pick a fight'

Our military doesn't get to pick the fights. They get to fight the fights.

gebeeson··on Google Workers Urge C.E.O. To Pull Out of Pentagon A.I. Project
The US Military has zero hubris in and of itself. The 'US Military' has so many moving parts and sub-cultures, not including all the support systems, contractors and so on. On a unit by unit basis; it is just a job for many many people. You might be talking about the big picture 'US Military' - it doesn't wield itself either.
gebeeson··on The Strange Online Aesthetic of the YouTube Shooting Suspect
That is a great thought process that I agree with but haven't been able to put it in words. I ascribe it to 'hindsight being crystal clear'. Of course it is. There always seems to be dots that can be connected once 'something' happens - regardless of what that 'something' is. But until that 'something' happens, the dots are without meaning and who cares about connecting them.
gebeeson··on We can guess your name
Could not guess my name either.
gebeeson··on Supertasks
Thanks for that link - I never would have come across that 'organically'. Now I have some bedtime reading as well.
gebeeson··on Amazon Has Considered Buying Some Toys ‘R’ Us Stores
I had so hoped that at one point Fry's would buy out all the Radio Shack locations and make them out to be Frontier Fry's Locations that was more tuned to hyper local Maker Scenes.
gebeeson··on U.S. Navy awards Lockheed Martin a $150M contract to develop laser weapons
Cost overruns and delays
gebeeson··on Ask HN: iPhone users, do you use iMessage?
I use it for work and personal everyday.
gebeeson··on Japan to buy at least 20 more F-35A stealth fighters
This all assumes that the aircraft even leave the ground. First strike to cripple combat capability will most certainly be utilized among other things. The deck will be stacked, so to speak, for overall victory. Don't assume there will be a classic force on force engagement.
gebeeson··on There's a Persistent Hum in Windsor, Ontario, and No One Knows Why
The path from your throat to your ears is called the Eustachian tube.
gebeeson··on Windows 10 is adding an Ultimate Performance mode for pros
And hopefully it will also destroy RDS connectivity and mangle printer drivers. 1703 and 1709 did both quite convincingly.
gebeeson··on In-N-Out managers earn triple the industry average
I've thought this as well - location might play into all of this as well. I live in a relatively small county in southeast Georgia and all of the fast food joints here start great but end up abysmal simply due to the caliber of people that are working there. Pay? Location? Manager? Over all framework with all of the above applied as cause? Not sure. Recently several places here (Waffle House and Burger King) are super short staffed because they simply cannot find anyone to fill the positions with the pay advertised. That kind of thing here is becoming more of a problem.
gebeeson··on The Oversimplification of Results and Hard Work
Yep. Sounds like that company did her a huge favor in hind sight for not hiring her. If that is how HR is handled, cannot imagine the rest of that operation being much better.
gebeeson··on SpaceX says its rocket performed exactly as intended in Zuma launch
Or. The Zuma payload is working exactly as intended and will be forgotten in a weeks time once this fades from daily news. Might be a good time to reinforce your tinfoil hats.
gebeeson··on TempleOS creator Terry Davis is homeless and living in a van
He may be an artist AND a schizophrenic. One is not dependent on the other. Sometimes it just happens.
gebeeson··on Ask HN: What is the point of encryption at rest?
At rest encryption would not prevent a breach from happening per se. The data the breach reveals however, maybe less than accessible due to the encryption. The data could be accessed but not easily read. That is the hope anyhow.
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