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[Tosser]

I'm actually not sure what the first picture is, but I've used all the others...maybe someone can help me.

I'm not going through 11 pages to see if someone else already addressed this, but the first one is a punch card. Small rectangular holes were punched in them to create lines of code - effectively a punch was a "1" and a non-punch was a "0". Massive stacks of these things were precisely punched using something similar to a typewriter and then fed into a reader in a precise order to run a program of some sort - heaven forbid you fed one upside down or from the wrong end - the cut corner was supposed to help prevent that since it would be out of position should either of those things occur. The reply I'm writing might take a couple inch stack of cards to write out (wild speculation - but simple programs literally took hundreds of cards). They are what was in use when living things were first being sent into space.

The computer department at my college still had these, and the ability to use them, in the mid-80s when I was learning to program in COBOL at a terminal on the university mainframe - they were needed because some "simple" things were still done using these cards and the MIS majors at that time still had to know how to use them, make new ones, and to be able to trouble-shoot and fix systems that relied upon them. The lower-end laptop I'm on at this very moment probably has more computing power than that mainframe I learned programming on. Hell, my two year old phone probably has more ability and storage than that mainframe.

Anyway, programmers today have it easy compared to what I learned, and I had it easy compared to what was used in the 60s and 70s.

 

[Hexborn_Magus]

Got 15 pages left, but need a break. Probably call it for the night and get 5 more for the pile in the morning. For now:

and be honest... how many times dod you finish when you were putting those together

A few times ;3

Spoiler: I believe you <3

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I've been with ladies who dye their armpit hair, which I didn't mind

lovely stuff

I don't think I've seen a 70s porno before. It's a little funny just how well spoken(?) some of the characters are. The fairy godmother sounds like she's straight from an old Disney cartoon, it's very fitting.

Yeah, porn from that period was interesting, they actually put effort into being a movie, not just a compilation of sex scenes, and I have an appreciation for that. Damn modern porn, being just a bunch of lazy cash grab compilations >3>

What's that movie/book/song/videogame that you can go back to again and again and never get tired of?

Movie: maybe a little silly, but Winnie the Pooh.
Book: I have read a book called Sentenced to Prism about 7 times in my life, so that one.
Song: Hard one, they come in cycles for me. Right now it's a Fallout parody song called Rollout the Fallout by Chalkeaters
Videogame: I actually play a lot of Minecraft, but specifically a mod of it called Terrafirmacraft. Usually in a pack that involves going through ages of technology.

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[THSmellow09]

That's creative, I like it.

Thank you, after she texted me her new Halloween costume choice I could not wait to get home.

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I mean... the first three are just sad.

That was what I was trying to tell her and said if you had picked one of those I would have just gone out drinking with some friends. She said I bet I could do something that would change your mind.....

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She was right, I did not go out and we have been going at it ever since....though we might need to take a break before it kills us.

 

[bijuu]

Well, that's already a lot, some are very happy when they reach 100 daily, I'm almost halfway to my target of making 10000 in interest.

Geez, how much do you have in the bank then? What are you collecting all of that for?

 

[Tosser]

Geez, how much do you have in the bank then? What are you collecting all of that for?

500,000LC gives you 10,000 interest per day. I'm fairly far down the list when it comes to the "wealthy" here, but I'll be collecting more than 75K next time around. Evil Surgeon showed his balance last night and it was over 30,000,000LC and he may not even be in the top 10.

 

[Lazarus͏]

 

[potatomanproto]

Been making great progress on generating AI stuff. I jumped off the deep end, but I'm starting to get familiar with ComfyUI stuff and I've made some things I consider very promising. Can't post that stuff here, but just wanted to share that it is going well

 

[goons]

How all that sounds to me:

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I hope to get to that point someday. I better start yapping when I got time in a few days. I really want to be like the wealthy members who can make contests and give out 20k coins as a prize.

 

[Lazarus͏]

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SAND!!! Come here, come here, come here you beautiful frog bastard you!

I thought I was alone in this barren place.

 

[goons]

I think I'm going to sleep now, good night everyone

500,000LC gives you 10,000 interest per day. I'm fairly far down the list when it comes to the "wealthy" here, but I'll be collecting more than 75K next time around. Evil Surgeon showed his balance last night and it was over 30,000,000LC and he may not even be in the top 10.

 

[uncbuck]

That's kinky...

I love correlation vs causation examples -- and am truly shocked at how many people fall for them.

1. Just because Amsterdam has a rising population of storks and babies does NOT mean that storks deliver babies
2. Ice cream sales and shark attacks: These are correlated because both increase during warmer months, but ice cream doesn't cause shark attacks.
3. Sunburns and ice cream sales: People are more likely to eat ice cream and spend time in the sun, but ice cream does not cause sunburns

An example , of course, of real causation is pirates and global warming. The number of pirates in the world has decreased over the past 130 years, global warming has gotten steadily worse. In fact, this makes it entirely clear that if you truly want to stop global warming, the most impactful thing to do is -- become a pirate.

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[stoic.nothingness]

How the hell goes it everyone. I hope everyone is good and sleazy.
Work has been kicking my ass, and living life, so I have been getting on when I can.
Missed talking to all you wonderful people.

Mood Music:

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[uncbuck]

How all that sounds to me:

That's how it starts -- This is how it ends

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[User_147525]

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SAND!!! Come here, come here, come here you beautiful frog bastard you!

I thought I was alone in this barren place.

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I'm here now!

 

[uncbuck]

jesus thats so many coins a day
i fucking wish

Sad to say -- but those are rookie numbers

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[stoic.nothingness]

Make it rain.

 

[uncbuck]

I know it's no Kitty Question of the Day, but: I'd like to know what you all would share during Funday and who you would like to invite?

Considering that I am older than dirt -- fun day is having dinner with my daughter and watching a movie.

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[Lazarus͏]

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I'm here now!

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[uncbuck]

Some timely mood music as I settle in to finishing my evening backreading

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[stoic.nothingness]

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D-awwwwwwww.