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@retrocomputing is great, and so is #retrocomputing - use them both! And don't forget to sign up at
https://retrocomputingforum.com/
too. You'll be in excellent company.

@Fslowly tooted this text on Humblr on Oct 17

In my hour of darkness, he is standing right in front of me
speaking words of wisdom, let it be

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I never liked "Let it be," still don't. So I was puzzled when the tune began playing over and over in my head in mid-October.

In a context of grief, I can only theorize that something in my sub-conscious demanded acknowledgment of the song lyrics. I can't recall anything like this happening before, probably won't happen again.

I construed it as a good omen when I discovered a Venn diagram about "Let it be" here in the local feed.

I still don't know what to make of a graphic image showing "Let it be" at the core of Venn or Euler intersections. But at least the tune isn't on a constant re-play loop in my thoughts.

There is a common phrase in Japanese which is similar -- usually translated to mean "it can't be helped" or "nothing can be done about it" (shikata ga nai 仕方がない; shō ga nai しょうがない)

QOTO = Question Others to Teach Ourselves?

@Fslowly tooted this text on Humblr on Oct 19

I've noticed that it's customary to thank followers. But I haven't done it before now

I didn't understand that every kind of feedback in this Humblr site is like a link in the chains I'm struggling with -- slowly

I don't think much about the size of my chain -- or the number of my followers. But I know each of the links in chains are important in ways I need to figure out. This I do care about.

So, thank you -- each of you -- for what you've done (even when I don't "get it" yet)

_______

In a context of grief, I've been thinking a lot about chains which hold me in the past. I can't distinguish between love and chains. I must let go. I want to hold on. I can't figure it out.

I construed it as a good omen when I discovered an image of chains here. This rope repair in this chain makes it the most important image I've found online in November.

The answer to questions I can't put into words is captured by this photographer. I just have to wait until understanding comes to me.

QOTO = Question Others to Teach Ourselves?

Pope Francis is expected to call for world-wide nuclear disarmament this week as he visits the atomic bomb sites in Nagasaki and Hiroshima, Japan https://on.wsj.com/35nau2H 

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Original: https://www.twitter.com/WSJ/status/1197141312597889024
#WSJ #Pope

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@design_RG @francistein Me encantó 😍

#politics #usa #eu #nato #democracy

Donald Trump has dragged America's global reputation to an all-time low

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/19/donald-trump-america-global-reputation-all-time-low

Oi, povo se chegando do tumblr!

Tem uma comunidade de gente que fala português por aqui, se vocês quiserem se achar :)

Tem dicas pra entender o Mastodon (e o fediverso no geral) em #mastoDicas, tem posts legais no @ambassador

Se precisarem de ajuda ou tiverem dúvidas, pode perguntar :)

#tumblr #pt #ptbr #portugues #português #portuguese #lusófonos #lusofonos #lusophones #brasil #brazil #br

Last time I cooked with habaneros i aerosolized them (lots of coughing)

This time went better

Found this while reading about Iraq Invasion.

Do you (or someone you know in a Portland, OR business or organization) have a computational problem for which you need a piece of software? Let me know and maybe my Software Development class can help you out.

I think it is high time to get rid of our extremely irrational fear of nuclear power. The world has moved beyond Chernobyl ... https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612940/the-new-safer-nuclear-reactors-that-might-help-stop-climate-change/