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Forum: Computers and the Internet 1st October 2023, 03:48 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 510
Posted By Didactylos
Good, free Antivirus for Macs?

I'm main computer supporter for my octogenarian parents. My dad has a Macintosh laptop and asked me about a popup from Macafee antivirus claiming the laptop is infected. Oh, and it says he needs to...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 26th May 2023, 12:43 AM
Replies: 68
Views: 3,233
Posted By Didactylos
Maybe he figures, that with implants in his kids...

Maybe he figures, that with implants in his kids he can control whether they get any thoughts about asigned gender or any of that icky stuff.
Forum: Trials and Errors 3rd March 2023, 06:01 AM
Replies: 1,609
Views: 39,398
Posted By Didactylos
This sign indicating shared path is in the...

This sign indicating shared path is in the direction the bicyclist came from, some 500 m from the spot where she died:
...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 29th December 2022, 06:09 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,352
Posted By Didactylos
Have CTs about the RAND corporation ever been popular?

A global policy think tank founded by a major defense contractor:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAND_Corporation

Has a lot of somewhat infamous former members: Herman Kahn, John von Neumann,...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 27th December 2022, 05:00 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,235
Posted By Didactylos
Medbeds are a frequent topic in...

Medbeds are a frequent topic in r/Qultheadquarters, the Qanon-mocking subreddit. There's a selection bias for the most outrageous/entertaining posts, of course.

I remember a medbed procurer...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 9th November 2022, 10:59 AM
Replies: 2,729
Views: 124,334
Posted By Didactylos
Curiously, Unsworths lawyer was Lin Wood, who at...

Curiously, Unsworths lawyer was Lin Wood, who at that time seemed eminently capable, as he had previously won a lot of high profile cases, including one with a payout of $450M.

However, one year...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 5th October 2022, 05:42 AM
Replies: 3,528
Views: 183,532
Posted By Didactylos
Sorry, sidetrack: I read a description of the...

Sorry, sidetrack: I read a description of the Mig-25, paraphrased "not so much a combat aircraft, more like the first stage of a very long range SAM system."
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 11th September 2022, 02:24 AM
Replies: 3,528
Views: 183,532
Posted By Didactylos
At least for Zakharshenko, Igor Girkin agrees...

At least for Zakharshenko, Igor Girkin agrees that Putin is the guilty one. Girkin is not exactly pro-Ukrainian.

https://khpg.org/en/1608809849
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 9th June 2022, 12:31 AM
Replies: 154
Views: 6,355
Posted By Didactylos
This straight dope column has some more details...

This straight dope column has some more details about the flightless bumblebees:

https://www.straightdope.com/21342288/is-it-aerodynamically-impossible-for-bumblebees-to-fly

So it was over a...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 13th April 2022, 04:16 AM
Replies: 3,608
Views: 158,264
Posted By Didactylos
And I liked it or I wouldn't have bothered to...

And I liked it or I wouldn't have bothered to fact check it ��.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 13th April 2022, 04:07 AM
Replies: 3,608
Views: 158,264
Posted By Didactylos
According to wikipedia Gagarin joined the soviet...

According to wikipedia Gagarin joined the soviet space program in autumn 1959, began training 15 march 1960, and then flew in the Vostok 1 on 12 april 1961. So only about a year.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 15th December 2021, 05:45 AM
Replies: 126
Views: 8,125
Posted By Didactylos
There are lanes for commercial traffic. The...

There are lanes for commercial traffic. The collision happened where the lanes from the baltic split in two. This tweet has an animation of the AIS plot overlaid on a map showing the traffic lanes:
...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 15th December 2021, 05:25 AM
Replies: 126
Views: 8,125
Posted By Didactylos
https://www.expressen.se/kvallsposten/brittiska-re...

https://www.expressen.se/kvallsposten/brittiska-rederiet-nara--att-krocka-redan-i-varas/

This article deals with a near-miss another vessel from the british shipping line had with a big, swedish...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 3rd February 2021, 02:42 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 805
Posted By Didactylos
So according to Wikipedia, "Until 1996, the name...

So according to Wikipedia, "Until 1996, the name of each member was created by combining the first name of a female sex symbol and the last name of a serial killer."

This might be obvious to...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 13th January 2021, 03:34 AM
Replies: 277
Views: 28,930
Posted By Didactylos
Is it just me or should the reverse of insurgents...

Is it just me or should the reverse of insurgents be exsurgents?

It doesn't sound like Tintin and the Picaros. Alcazar and his picaros had been in the jungle much longer than a week.
Forum: USA Politics 9th January 2021, 06:08 AM
Replies: 358
Views: 28,950
Posted By Didactylos
I think this inability is one of the most...

I think this inability is one of the most important factors in the rise of Trump.

When written down a Trump speech is a jumble of broken, half-finished (and often unfinishable) sentences seguing...
Forum: USA Politics 28th April 2020, 10:59 PM
Replies: 1,024
Views: 74,468
Posted By Didactylos
"Meat processing plants should be FORCED to be...

"Meat processing plants should be FORCED to be reopened immediately."

Twitter thread from the husband of former NRA spokesperson Dana Loesch, who claims the plants were closed by the CDC because...
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 9th March 2020, 12:02 AM
Replies: 625
Views: 65,934
Posted By Didactylos
Vasa is the warship. Wasa is a popular brand of...

Vasa is the warship. Wasa is a popular brand of crispy bread.
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 10th October 2018, 05:35 AM
Replies: 477
Views: 61,370
Posted By Didactylos
AFAIK both M3 (Grant) and M4 (Sherman) were...

AFAIK both M3 (Grant) and M4 (Sherman) were specified and designed by the US army. The British army did however order their own version of the M3, with better armor, turret mounted radio and without...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 10th July 2018, 09:35 AM
Replies: 770
Views: 58,791
Posted By Didactylos
I like your attention to detail :-). Get writing...

I like your attention to detail :-). Get writing at once, the movie companies will be flooded with manuscripts in a month or two.

My own input:

The male main character will be a combination of...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 8th July 2018, 11:40 AM
Replies: 770
Views: 58,791
Posted By Didactylos
They even write that they worry about him and...

They even write that they worry about him and admonish him to keep warm. It's downright sweet :-).
...
Forum: USA Politics 20th June 2018, 03:05 AM
Replies: 58
Views: 4,640
Posted By Didactylos
I've skimmed some of the links from this page: ...

I've skimmed some of the links from this page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judicial_review

A common setup is to have a separate Constitutional Court. E.g. Germany has one, but I didn't find...
Forum: USA Politics 19th June 2018, 03:34 AM
Replies: 58
Views: 4,640
Posted By Didactylos
Why are apointments to US supreme court so contested

As an European, this is something that puzzles me about US politics. It was a huge deal when the republicans blocked Obamas candidate for the supreme court, and later had their own candidate get the...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 16th March 2018, 03:25 AM
Replies: 467
Views: 65,335
Posted By Didactylos
Do you mean the one about C3P0's silver right...

Do you mean the one about C3P0's silver right shin in eps. IV-VI? That's the only pop-culture ME that made me an impression on me. Then I rewatched the movies and it felt pretty obvious why so many...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 15th March 2018, 04:40 AM
Replies: 467
Views: 65,335
Posted By Didactylos
There are some who claim human anatomy has...

There are some who claim human anatomy has changed, e.g eye sockets and the location of the heart and other organs. To me (and a lot of patient commenters) it's a mix up of popular misconceptions...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 15th March 2018, 03:50 AM
Replies: 467
Views: 65,335
Posted By Didactylos
I most admit, I am quite fascinated by the...

I most admit, I am quite fascinated by the Mandela effect. It's like a crowd sourced Phillip K. Dick novel, or Fringe spin-off. And could possibly lead to new insights about the nature of the human...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 12th March 2018, 11:11 AM
Replies: 330
Views: 26,468
Posted By Didactylos
Only very superficially. Satanic panic (SP):...

Only very superficially.

Satanic panic (SP): alleged victims were kindergarteners and young schoolchildrens
UK grooming gangs (UK): victims were young teenagers

SP: coerced confessions, many...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 12th February 2018, 10:05 AM
Replies: 3,239
Views: 297,389
Posted By Didactylos
Indirectly. It pops up on /r/TopMindsOfReddit and...

Indirectly. It pops up on /r/TopMindsOfReddit and /r/SubRedditDrama quite often.


From my understanding, there has been several "very very soon" by now, the first sometime in November. It doesn't...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 11th December 2017, 04:42 AM
Replies: 839
Views: 120,252
Posted By Didactylos
Don't know if this has been posted yet ... ...

Don't know if this has been posted yet ...

You shouldn't just summarily dismiss The Flat Earth Society. It has members all over the globe! :-)
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 22nd February 2017, 04:08 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,319
Posted By Didactylos
As written the phrase means 'full of the year',...

As written the phrase means 'full of the year', singular definitive. It sounds odd to me. Maybe what you mean to convey would be something like 'mæt af dage'? (full/satiated of days)
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 14th June 2016, 01:15 PM
Replies: 467
Views: 65,335
Posted By Didactylos
I googled '"Mandela effect" Biko' and found that...

I googled '"Mandela effect" Biko' and found that this mechanism has already occurred to plenty of rational people. And (surprise, surprise) that the true believers will not abandon their dreams of...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 14th June 2016, 04:17 AM
Replies: 467
Views: 65,335
Posted By Didactylos
Re the specific case of Mandela: perhaps people...

Re the specific case of Mandela: perhaps people remember hearing about Stephen Biko. Like Mandela a big name in anti-apartheid activism, though with different organizations. He died from police...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 6th January 2015, 02:29 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 3,278
Posted By Didactylos
Well, 1864 only introduces the woo about 1/3 way...

Well, 1864 only introduces the woo about 1/3 way in, by then expectations had been drastically lowered and I personally felt there wasn't much left to ruin. A lot of people had given up on the series...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 6th January 2015, 04:23 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 3,278
Posted By Didactylos
Google 1864 and overnaturlig and you will find...

Google 1864 and overnaturlig and you will find several reviews critical of the specific woo scenes you mention. Its only that its been overshadowed by the general disapointment with the bad...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 8th February 2014, 03:25 AM
Replies: 641
Views: 38,214
Posted By Didactylos
Count me up for one of the interested, I did play...

Count me up for one of the interested, I did play a lot of some bridge about 30 years ago. I found this interesting article, I'm not sure I get it, and what is RHO and "drop"? I think I know...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 6th February 2014, 08:04 AM
Replies: 641
Views: 38,214
Posted By Didactylos
Cool Always enjoyed this puzzle. I heard of it first...

Always enjoyed this puzzle. I heard of it first time many years ago, AFAIR it was thinking of the problem as an offer to switch from the first box you choose to both of the other boxes that made me...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 8th August 2013, 09:46 AM
Replies: 57
Views: 5,117
Posted By Didactylos
Two things I have been wondering about: ...

Two things I have been wondering about:

According to wikipedia:


Thats a huge difference, 7,5000 t of optional stuff they can bring along if they want to, but don't really need most of the...
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 3rd August 2013, 05:27 AM
Replies: 329
Views: 22,709
Posted By Didactylos
A chart of how the different tanks relate to...

A chart of how the different tanks relate to earlier tanks would certainly be interesting. The most prolific models had numerous submodels. Also, the distinction between a new model and a variant is...
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 1st August 2013, 09:07 AM
Replies: 329
Views: 22,709
Posted By Didactylos
My favourite is probably the Panzer IV, the...

My favourite is probably the Panzer IV, the workhorse of the panzertruppen and in service for the entire war. Thanks to a nice roomy turret and engine power to spare it could be up-gunned and...
Forum: Computers and the Internet 1st August 2013, 08:50 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,934
Posted By Didactylos
Don't know C# though I mean to study up on it....

Don't know C# though I mean to study up on it. Are there regular expressions in C#?

In perl it would be something like this:

while(<>) {
while(/(\d+)($|\s+)/) { print $1,"\n"; }
}
...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 15th May 2013, 04:13 AM
Replies: 41
Views: 2,399
Posted By Didactylos
Both Brussels Sprouts (prepared in the right way)...

Both Brussels Sprouts (prepared in the right way) and Cottage Cheese are delicious, put them together and they're super. Steamed Brussels Sprouts baked with batter of whipped eggs and Cottage Cheese,...
Forum: Computers and the Internet 2nd April 2013, 01:18 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 3,762
Posted By Didactylos
Talking Awesome!

I'm gonna get Expression 5, but I need to upgrade my rig first, RAM has become mighty expensive lately so I'll get a couple of gigs of WOM (Write Only Memory) instead :cool:

Malbolge is new to me...
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 22nd May 2012, 09:22 AM
Replies: 58
Views: 4,725
Posted By Didactylos
Terry Pratchett get a lot of mileage out of...

Terry Pratchett get a lot of mileage out of poking fun at the wooden horsey in various Discworld novels.

In 'Eric' the besieged Trojans Tsorteans carry the horse inside their city wall and then...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 5th May 2010, 11:12 AM
Replies: 122
Views: 19,410
Posted By Didactylos
Lurker/Debunker When I have the time I will...

Lurker/Debunker

When I have the time I will often check out this board or the BAUT-forum, which also has a conspiracy-section, mainly about the moon-landing. My excuse is that I get to know a lot...
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 10th March 2010, 09:03 AM
Replies: 126
Views: 8,492
Posted By Didactylos
Lightbulb You have probably all been told again and again...

You have probably all been told again and again about a chief of the US patent office, who many years ago foretold, that everything that could be invented had been invented, and the office might as...
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 3rd March 2010, 01:23 PM
Replies: 202
Views: 13,735
Posted By Didactylos
To me, Cryptonomicon is the hardest book NOT to...

To me, Cryptonomicon is the hardest book NOT to read. Time and again, I'll buy a new book or fixin' to watch a DVD, but the insidious power of this book will grab me, and I will curl up in a chair...
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 15th February 2010, 01:37 AM
Replies: 162
Views: 7,785
Posted By Didactylos
Yeah man, you know people from outer space, ...

Yeah man, you know people from outer space,
people from outer space they come up to me.
They don't look like like Doctor Spock.
They don't look like Klingons,
all that Star Trek jive.

They...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 14th December 2006, 04:47 AM
Replies: 198
Views: 12,180
Posted By Didactylos
Red face The worst? Hmm, he could be tempted to start...

The worst? Hmm, he could be tempted to start using ellipsis as the Universal Punctuation Mark, like a certain other poster (with an IQ of 150).
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 14th April 2006, 03:22 PM
Replies: 155
Views: 22,072
Posted By Didactylos
Wink Hi I'm new to this board. I'm glad I found this...

Hi I'm new to this board. I'm glad I found this thread! I've always believed in the official "Coincidence Theories" about the destruction of the Death Star, but then I started to look into some of...
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