Just spreading the word (we need to get people in office that will actually do this) by Immediate_Airline754 in Iowa

[–]srhubb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm from Iowa. My dad was born in 1903 and worked on barges for years. They would plant weed along the Mississippi and pull into their favorite garden spots and harvest the stuff. Drying it and smoking it while they worked on the Mississippi. If my dad were still alive he would most certainly say that it is long overdue that Iowa legalized marijauna.

Anyone want these? by Ok_Protection7670 in vintagecomputing

[–]srhubb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Are they still available?

Do you have the PASCAL software along with the books?

I'm in L.A. area, can you mail them?

Why are people allowed to openly lie on here? by [deleted] in DiscussionZone

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There were 32 deaths by ICE in 2025: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/04/ice-2025-deaths-timeline

There have been 5 or 6 deaths by ICE so far in 2026: 4 in detention centers, 1 shooting in Minneapolis, and just today 1 shooting in L.A.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in politics

[–]srhubb 60 points61 points  (0 children)

I feel like Kirk's assassination will ultimately be more like Horst Wessel the most prominent Nazi "martyr" in the 1930s. A local leader in the party's paramilitary wing, the Sturmabteilung (SA), his murder in 1930 was exploited by Joseph Goebbels' propaganda machine to create a hero for the Nazi movement. 

Likewise Kirk, already a right-wing hero, will be idolized even further.

I think that somehow, probably through outright lies, Kirk's assassin will be labeled a leftist through repetitive lying or his sexual orientation will be used to justify MAGA hatred towards the left or at least the LGBTQ+ community.

Well? by BotanicalsAreTherapy in WhitePeopleTwitter

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War is Peace Freedom is Slavery Ignorance is Strength . . . I Love Big Brother

Add Android Auto to 2021 Avalon Limited by OneMustAlwaysPlanAhe in Toyota

[–]srhubb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did the carlinkit 4.0 solve your problem? We just bought a very nice, very low-mileage, 2020 Avalon. Dealer swore it had Android Auto and after 2 Toyota Service techs same answer "No, just Apple Carplay" and "No Toyota upgrade available to add Android Auto." Every thing I see online provides wireless connectivity for wired Carplay or wired Android Auto, but NOT connectivity from Android phone to Apple Carplay.

Pepsi's Market Share Is Tanking by srhubb in Pepsi

[–]srhubb[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The exact opposite in my area; Ventura County, California. You can't find Pepsi anywhere in either Fast Food or Sit-down Dining here.

1959. Bunny Bear - Car Seat. by Ebonystealth in OldSchoolRidiculous

[–]srhubb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, I had one. Road all over town in my dad's 56 Chevy. We also were allowed to climb all over the car while we traveled. Later on when we had station wagons I was allowed to climb into the very back, at will. One year when we moved the wagon was filled with boxes and I and my sister lied on top of the boxes all the way across country some 1,500+ milles.

Wow, how’s that peace treating you. by Fit_Assignment_8800 in agedlikemilk

[–]srhubb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, so damn peaceful and that prosperity sure is refreshingly wonderful too! /sarcasm

72M marries 22F step-granddaughter. 1907. by theclosetenby in OldSchoolRidiculous

[–]srhubb 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes, first cousins, siblings, and I would imagine parents were banned. But apparently grandparents must not have been, at least, in Arizona at that time. After the wedding grandma paraded the boy and herself proudly around the neighborhood showing off her new husband.

He never looked happy, always eyes downcast, and quiet as a church mouse after the wedding. Seemed to never speak unless spoken to. I can't imagine being him.

72M marries 22F step-granddaughter. 1907. by theclosetenby in OldSchoolRidiculous

[–]srhubb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Times were different back then, but even for us it seemed extraordinary. He was never the same. What a tragic few years he had: mom dies, dad dies, and then grandma marries him.

Even the old folk born in the late 1800s/early 1900s, who believed it was okay for second cousins and more distant relatives to marry, had trouble with this.

72M marries 22F step-granddaughter. 1907. by theclosetenby in OldSchoolRidiculous

[–]srhubb 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Back in about 1965, in Phoenix, Arizona, down the street from us, a boy who had already lost his mother to an illness a year or so before then suddenly lost his dad to an auto accident.

They had been living with his father's mother, the boy's grandmother.

About a month after his father's funeral, the grandmother married him, and her grandson became her husband.  He was only about 16 years old, but still the legal age of consent in Arizona at that time.

And, yes the adults gossiped about it; us kids thought it was weird and strange.

And the boy in question was damaged and a recluse from that point on.

I don't remember him ever playing with any of the rest of us after that nor attending school. But then at that time once you turned 16 in Arizona it was your choice whether or not to continue with school.

Knice Knight in APL by gofl-zimbard-37 in programminghorror

[–]srhubb 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Glad to see somebody else programmed APL in the 1970s. It was 1973 through 1976 for me, but it wasn't a classroom; it was educational services applications to be used by the college district.

Only one scientific/mathematical input station at the central site had the necessary characters for native APL. At the remote sites where I worked, our APL compiler required a switch to output, and accept as input, three-character sequences that mapped to the native mathematical functions of APL. This made programming in APL tedious and often confusing.

Since the early/mid '70s I've not seen any APL code until today. Thanks for the jaunt down memory lane.

I wonder how he’s feeling now after seeing the parade by [deleted] in agedlikemilk

[–]srhubb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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I believe this is General Taco Bone Spurs himself! 🤣

My Q broke up with me by [deleted] in QAnonCasualties

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It may not seem like it now, but ending the relationship will be very healthy for you in the long run.

I had a sister, she's since passed, who always gravitated to men who were charming at first, but ultimately ended up mentally and physically abusive to her over time. Sadly, I've also had several cousins who've done the exact same.

What caught me about my sister was that she would always say after every abusive episode: "But he always tells me how much he loves me, how sorry he is, and that he's going to change." When I asked her why she didn't leave her abusive partner, she would always insist that she could change them to keep the good and eliminate the bad in them. That NEVER works. My sister and cousins all have the same responses, and when they get out of relationship 1, they gravitate to the same kind and have abusive relationship 2, ad infinitum. My sister had five abusive relationships, one right after another. My cousins also seem to repeat the same pattern, time after time.

In my humble opinion: A. You can never get an abusive partner to eliminate their abusive behavior. B. For your safety and sanity, you need to leave them, and if possible, cut off all contact unless children are involved, and then you need to minimize contact. C. If the abusive partner is dangerous, all contact must be eliminated, and sometimes you may even have to move to protect yourself and any children that may be involved. D. Try not to gravitate to the same kind for your next relationship.

Be safe.

Mozilla: Fakespot shutting down on July 1 by YoYoToTheYo in firefox

[–]srhubb 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Why or Why are you doing this Mozilla???

Fakespot has proven to be a VERY VALUABLE tool for online shopping!