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Bill B

@ldroadie.bsky.social

9.8K followers 11K following 3.2K posts

Very blue in a very blue state. Nor Cal, Sillycon Vallee. I ride a bike a lot. I take lots of pics. no posts or no profile text = no follow Make for-profit healthcare illegal.

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Bill B @ldroadie.bsky.social · 4h

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Bill B @ldroadie.bsky.social · 1h

Yes indeed, sir!

Both of us are a solid YES vote.

Bill B @ldroadie.bsky.social · 2h

Maybe, but I will still call it whatever

Bill B @ldroadie.bsky.social · 2h

Camille Zapata, from Stockton, I think?

Bill B @ldroadie.bsky.social · 2h

I worked at bell labs but my job was maintaining a 470V8 running TSS/370. Exceptional performance from a mainframe. our group also ported unix to the ‘frame, without much success.

Bill B @ldroadie.bsky.social · 4h

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Bill B @ldroadie.bsky.social · 4h

If they wanted to spread their base widely and consolidate platforms, write a JS that runs in a browser, e.g., Firefox, Safari, Chrome. They all have private sessions. You would still have the location info through cell carriers.

Bill B @ldroadie.bsky.social · 7h

A verbose scripting language that has nothing to do with Java as envisioned by Scott McNeely all those years ago.

Give me a 'frame running MVS, JES2, TSO, and I'd be a happy boy.

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Bill B @ldroadie.bsky.social · 7h

As the owner of a Guatemalan restaurant in Sunnyvale once told me, after he put a plate of pickled jalapeños on the table, "Tastes so good going in, hurts so bad going out."

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Bill B @ldroadie.bsky.social · 21h

Just saw a commercial for Discreet, with a compound that turns liquid to gel.

Sounds like Ice-Nine.

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Bill B @ldroadie.bsky.social · 22h

Kurt Vonnegut, "Player Piano"

Bill B @ldroadie.bsky.social · 22h

It's virtual money. Meaning, it's there, but not really.

Bill B @ldroadie.bsky.social · 22h

Surprise! Surprise! Surprise!
(In my best Jim Nabors imitation)

Bill B @ldroadie.bsky.social · 23h

One thing is for certain, Governor. Trump sure knows how to alienate any potential base.

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Bill B @ldroadie.bsky.social · 1d

The Nobel Peace Prize announcement is set for Friday, 10/10.

I hope they don’t fuck it up.

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Bill B @ldroadie.bsky.social · 1d

They sign up to pay for community college.

Bill B @ldroadie.bsky.social · 1d

It's been thought for a while that a highly physically active mother can pass that on to a daughter.

Bill B @ldroadie.bsky.social · 1d

I am always amazed at how contorted a cat can be and still sleep. It boggles the mind...

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

The White House Antifa Roundtable is one of the best displays I’ve seen of this-is-how-bad-it’s-gotten — just a sewer of open fascism, dementia, morons and freaks, and incoherent rage.

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Bill B @ldroadie.bsky.social · 1d

None of the places are in California. Hmm. Maybe real estate is cost prohibitive for them? LoL.

Bill B @ldroadie.bsky.social · 1d

@williamharrisfrank.bsky.social
There was a KG account on twitter/x. Is that you?

"Venus on the Halfshell" was your best book, IMHO. 😜

Bill B @ldroadie.bsky.social · 1d

I was 90% better after two months, but cardiologist kept me on meds because that's what they do.

I feel great now. I ride my bike 3-4-5 times a week, 10-15 miles at a time.

Bill B @ldroadie.bsky.social · 1d

He's stalling so he won't have to swear in Adelita Grijalva, who would be the 214th vote forcing release of "the files"

Bill B @ldroadie.bsky.social · 1d

Have not been in a plane since 2014. Have no problem not going anywhere by air.

Bill B @ldroadie.bsky.social · 1d

i was one of the “rare” cases of myocarditis from moderna a year ago. hard pass on that one.

Bill B @ldroadie.bsky.social · 1d

I would have to get a rung doorbell camera. My maga neighbor would likely toss it out.