Gregory's ServerThis French book of prayers is unique in that it is not printed, but is woven in silk on a Jacquard loom.
It was programmed on several hundred thousand punch cards over two years.
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My Mother, in 1980: “You know, I’ve always said, if you can’t think of anything nice to say about someone, you should say nothing at all.” “What was the question? Oh yes, what do I think about Reagan.” She then sipped her coffee in complete silence. Miss you Mom.  @jetton My Mother, in 1968: "That Nixon guy looks just like a gangster." Me, in 1972: "Do you remember when you said..." She was a great judge of character, and I don't think it was about Nixon's *looks*. Been perusing late 17th and early 18th century texts, as one is wont to do, when I came across this pronoun rant.
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@jetton @Cdespinosa it’s so much better now with “youse” and “y’all” and even “all y’all”. The clarity just keeps improving  @jetton That'ſ quite entertaining; though their love of uſing the 𝑓lamboyant ſ abſolutely doeſ my head in. They could atte lea∫t have employed the even more outrageou∫ one now u∫ed in integral∫ a∫ itte *look∫* a bit like an ∫. I mean s. And not an f (or ƒ or 𝑓... whatevſ). Been curious about the age distribution of Mastodon users. *Trust me, I went to grad school in statistics. Please boost to increase precision of the point estimate and to reduce confidence intervals. Anonymous poll
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Voting ended 13 Jul 2023 at 0:07. First they came for the journalists, who were very surprised to find themselves in a giant warehouse filled with minorities, immigrants, disabled, trans, and gay people.
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@jetton Saw a Jacquard loom when I was a kid and remember the references from 'Connections'...punch cards all the way down.
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It's 400 dpi!
@jetton that’s amazing. 🤩