trelane @trelane@librem.one

@ninawillburger I see that pigeons were as obnoxious back then as they are now.

@RoyBrander the apex of the Doonesbury SUV comics will always be https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2003/05/25

@pluralistic "One cool thing about banking at a tiny credit-union is that you end up talking to people who have actual authority, responsibility and agency." Spot on, though in this case the small size was also a disadvantage (part of why the scammer came across as more authentic.)

It's also my experience with the little independent telcos, in as much as I've been able to have that experience.

@mark Man, I wish this were possible.

@fsf Is it in March or May? The page says "sometime in March" but the registration pages say May 4-5.

@mattblaze @wendynather "one drop at a time" is also the answer to that age old question, "How do you titrate an elephant?"

@pmb00cs @garius perhaps I'm ignorant, but I fail to see how "it was not a door that opened, it was *supposed* to be a wall" is precisely a *defense* of Boeing.

@colindean You're weird? Then you fit right in with us!

@jredlund @sfwrtr @stevendbrewer @taur10 @alan This is a thing Apple is most qualified to solve.

I won't hold my breath, though.

@mark what minor mode was it?

@trechnex@social.trechnex.com @ebassi

You're mixing up whom they have to convince: they have to convince _you_ to talk to Cortana. They have to convince _manufacturers_ to add a (nother) dedicated Microsoft key. One of these is much easier than the other.

@jameshowell@emacs.ch Greetings from the left side of the state!

I'm pretty sure we could arrange an in person thing over in Pittsburgh, at the Code & Supply office. @colindean

@sil It's cable, Revision 2

@kev Uncle John's Bathroom Reader would like a word.

@mark

@mattblaze @jbschirtzinger @Blob_Calder I'm pretty sure microwave is how Sprint got their start.

Oh. I'm thinking of MCI: https://telephoneworld.org/long-distance-companies/the-history-of-mci/

Though Sprint also had microwave: https://utahrails.net/sp/sprint.php https://www.npr.org/2012/10/15/162963607/sprint-born-from-railroad-telephone-businesses

From these, it sounds like microwave was important for getting around AT&T for delivering long-distance telephone and delivering other telecom things.

@mark @mattblaze fun fact: amateur radio can also still use microwaves. https://www.arrl.org/microwave

The circuits are kinda funky because the wavelengths are so short.