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Stargeezer Smith

stargazersmith@social.linux.pizza

<p>Stargeezer, retired. Worked in computer science, aerospace engineering, and astronomy.</p><p>Our two sons keep me engaged on microprocessor projects and astronomy discussions.</p><p>Recent widower after 55 years of marriage. A verse from my son&#39;s farewell poem about his Mother:</p><p>Artistically intelligent <br />Indelibly beautiful <br />One of a kind<br />In your style and grace<br />No one can take your place</p><p>Interests:<br /><a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/amateurastronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>amateurastronomy</span></a><br /><a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>scifi</span></a><br /><a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>software</span></a

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    @ChristosArgyrop@mstdn.science Very detailed description. I&#39;ve used Perl for years and didn&#39;t know all that about it. Even so it&#39;s been my go to language for decades. I generally use the PDL as data analysis was one of my main interests. For graphics I generally used the TriD 3D package and the PGPLOT package, as well as calls to the always available GNUPLOT utility. The flexibility of expression meant a lot to me, as I was also a Forth user.

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    Having tinnitus, I found this interesting . https://www.sciencealert.com/the-brain-seems-to-rearrange-itself-as-tinnitus-becomes-chronic #tinnitus

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    New Images Reveal the Stunning Properties of the Black Hole at the Center of M87 - Universe Today https://www.universetoday.com/articles/new-images-reveal-the-stunning-properties-of-the-black-hole-at-the-center-of-m87

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    Juno Measures the Heat Below Io&amp;#39;s Restless Surface - Universe Today https://www.universetoday.com/articles/juno-measures-the-heat-below-ios-restless-surface

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    Little Red Dots. https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-distant-primordial-object-may-be-a-newborn-little-red-dot

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    800 Million Years Ago, a Catastrophic Asteroid Breakup Rained Fire on the Inner Solar System - Universe Today https://www.universetoday.com/articles/800-million-years-ago-a-catastrophic-asteroid-breakup-rained-fire-on-the-inner-solar-system #asteroids

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    @Strandjunker@mstdn.social That&#39;s a pretty astute observation. It&#39;s difficult for a genuinely nice person to fake being mean because it may hurt someone&#39;s feelings, which is contrary to their nature. But a mean person may well fake being nice as a way of manipulation, which is part of being mean.

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    @Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt Exceedingly clever.

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    @susankayequinn@wandering.shop I do have a sense and a hope that Minneapolis is DT&#39;s Waterloo.

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    @markwyner@mas.to I think in Perl you could use ra[c,p]ist

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    @grimalkina@mastodon.social I had to see a grief counselor myself this year. You never know when you&#39;ll get a broken arm and need a physician, or a broken heart and need a grief counselor.

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    @VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social It&#39;s been confusing me too.

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    @VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social That one took me a minute.

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    @MessengerFlats@qoto.org @bich@apobangpo.space I concur. I felt I learned a lot as a veteran about teamwork, ethics, and focus on mission. These folks seemed to have learned none of that.

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    @NorcalGma2@sfba.social The helplessness feeling is hard on people when they have to depend upon others. I know my late wife mentioned how guilty she felt at having to step back and let me take over house chores. I told her I didn&#39;t mind at all, but she still felt bad about it.

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    @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social @defendpublichealth.bsky.social Aside from his obvious mental incoherence, do you think he looks well?

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    @VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social Have you seen the movie Being There? This reminds me of that, the way his ramblings are taken as wisdom by his devoted.

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    @skykiss@sfba.social Does this mean the Trump victory party for Orban is cancelled?

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    @heidilifeldman@mastodon.social Wrote my Congressman today on that very subject (as well as a few days ago).

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    @VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social Now that&#39;s a good one.

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    @gottalaff.bsky.social Seems like I&#39;ve heard that one before, say for the last 30 years.

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    @chrisnelsonsdog@mstdn.social Thanks for that. It is a kind of wealth.

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    @gottalaff.bsky.social Recall that thousands of charging stations across the nation was a Biden priority.

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    @NorcalGma2@sfba.social You are managing the difficult situation wisely.

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    @chiamaluca@mastodon.world You have hit on the central question that leaves me baffled.

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    @ufofeed@channels.im That&#39;s a nice image, one of my favorite star targets. I don&#39;t have equipment capable of star photography. So I use images out of the Harvard/Smithsonian MicroObservatory archive. I&#39;ve put together my own processing software that works with the #MicroObservatory format, and here is my effort of stacking some of their photos of #M13.

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    @JustFrank@mas.to A variation of that Rocky Horror Show lyric I used on a t shirt once, generally meaningful to Linux users was: Don&#39;t Dream it. Apt-get it .

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    @NorcalGma2@sfba.social Something to keep.

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    @JankaWessman@kamu.social I have met that criteria. I am not happy all the time. In fact, never anymore for entire days.

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    @RepShontelBrown@mastodon.social The challenge is to break into the right-wing echo chamber and bring some enlightenment about how things are. Most of the truths about the damage being done to the U. S. don&#39;t penetrate that propaganda bubble, and most Trump supporters and apparently even administration officials listen only to what&#39;s promoted in the bubble.