@stevewfolds

@benroyce @metaphil @fj

There was a porous border in WWII in Konstanz on the Swiss/German border. People were allowed to pass small packages from CH to DE like coffee, sugar & clothing in sight of boarder guards. I knew some Milwaukee German families who’d emigrated to the US in 1860s that sent packages there.
This probably happened in several places. Basel, CH is the juncture of CH, DE & FR.

@bebadefabo @gallowaylass
An ambulance ride in Salt Lake is by the Unified Fire Department and costs about $1,800*. A Life Flight helicopter ride to one of 3 level 1 trauma hospitals is about $10,000.

* If you’re on Medicare, 65+, subsequent rides are free.

@futurebird @gallowaylass

I’m having a hip replacement in the coming weeks. Medicare will pay 80%. A secondary insurance policy will cover the rest. The premium for the “gap” insurance has more than doubled over the last 13 years. It is about $3,600/year now.
The discounted fees that Medicare & the secondary insurances obtain off full retail pricing is amazing. A GP visit is $274 & I pay $0.

@hackaday
HDOS

@cmconseils
Excellent.

@etchedpixels
Looked at Lex and Yacc but never ventured there.

@colinstu
C programming on 64KB w/Z80 cpu.

@admin
Similar to fractals that appear in vegetation, a fern or a tree.

@admin
Similar to fractals that appear in vegetation, a fern or a tree.

@CartyBoston@mastodon.roundpond.net
Worked for a LISP programmer in ‘85. Religious zeal like a televangelist & all other programming methods were trivial. I was learning C & we were happy to have ‘a way’. The LISP guy thought that he had found ‘The Way’.

@CartyBoston@mastodon.roundpond.net Bad mood ranting is more revealing than good mood banter.

@CartyBoston@mastodon.roundpond.net
Prefer to read text. Guess that I do pay to listen online, musicians on YouTube. I buy their CDs & merchandise. Wearing a t-shirt from a group rn.

@cstross@wandering.shop The ship is reportedly in dry dock being refitted. It is not going anywhere for months.

https://gcaptain.com/trump-announces-greenland-hospital-ship-mission-as-mercy-and-comfort-sit-in-alabama-shipyard/

@CartyBoston@mastodon.roundpond.net
I made less working solo than for corporations.

@augieray@mastodon.social Busy clinic w/5 docs & a lab, no masks on staff.

@tomhunt@mstdn.plus Addison County is a beautiful place. I lived there 7 years. ‘67-‘74. Paddled by otters in Otter Creek. Sawn naked in a quarry in Whiting 2 summers. It was East of route 30. Family was from Thetford Hill, Vermont.

@jbond@mastodon.social Peeked at monthlies on a WHO page. Global numbers ~1,500/month & the US is ~1,300 of those.

https://data.who.int/dashboards/covid19/deaths

@crazyeddie@mastodon.social @AmorphPanda@mastodon.social @FlashMobOfOne@mastodon.art @skeletor@mas.to

First hit …

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/97595-blessed-are-the-hearts-that-can-bend-they-shall-never

@cstross@wandering.shop PovRay consumed 100s of hours of play. Giles Tran is an icon.

https://hof.povray.org/glasses.html

@mattblaze@federate.social @me_valentijn@m.ai6yr.org @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org
He was head of TV production world wide for DDB at the end of a 20 year run as a producer. iirc he was fired 10x the last 9 years. Being the boss was the “off with his head” position.