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Finally getting some time to set up my two new notebooks. Some quick thoughts:

16:10 high-resolution IPS matte panels are really nice these days. The smaller one is 14" at 2560x1600, the larger is 16" at 3072*1920. I have an older notebook with a 3840x2160 screen, but it's a glossy finish and the colours are more muted (plus it has huge bezels). The new screens are bright and vibrant without being oversaturated.
Four cores, 16GB of RAM, and 1TB of SSD just aren't enough for the work I do, but that's the limit of most small laptops. Fortunately the larger of the two has eight cores, 32GB of RAM, and a second M.2 slot. For the last four years I've been using an eight-core Ryzen system, and for three of those, two eight-core Ryzen systems.

I'm likely to supplement the laptops with a couple of NUCs running Linux, since I have spare RAM and SSDs just sitting around now.
Microsoft really wants you to sign in with an online account, and really doesn't want you to stop using Edge. I'm still using Windows 10 so it doesn't force the issue, but that day will come.
Disk space disappears fast and Windows doesn't tell you where it's going. Yes, sure, I did just install the entire JetBrains IDE suite, plus the Anaconda Python distro which chews up something like 3GB all by itself, but that still doesn't account for it all. And none of those apps appears on the Windows app list that tells you how much space they are using.

How to try Windows 11 without fucking up your working system. (Tom's Hardware)

Bootable USB drive.

Tech News

Software development is an illusion; JavaScript doubly so. (Nadh.in)

The author picked up an old JavaScript UI project - six months old, that he wrote himself - and tried to get it working.

It didn't work.

The fix for the problem caused another problem, and the fix for that broke things even more. The workaround for the fix for the fix failed because the library versions were incompatible and probably will be for a year.

The alternative was also incompatible, and the workaround for that was incompatible in a different way.

The solution to this didn't work, and the fix for the solution for the workaround for the original problem wouldn't even compile.
Seriously, does no-one write code anymore? (Rogulski.it)

I think at the end of all that you have something that will save a database record.
I guess if you have a 9000 sq ft home you can afford $1500 for a WiFi mesh solution. (Serve the Home)

Also, 10Gb to the base station and 2.5Gb to the satellites.

Filler Anime Music Video I've Previously Posted of the Day

Disclaimer: Are we not satellites? We are Pomu!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:22 AM

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1 Eureka!

Posted by: m at October 18, 2021 03:31 AM (fVJPF)

2 >>>(plus it has huge bezels)

Here at the AoSHq, this will always sound naughty.

Posted by: m at October 18, 2021 03:36 AM (fVJPF)

3 hiya

Posted by: JT at October 18, 2021 03:36 AM (arJlL)

4 Eureka!
Posted by: m

Myreka ?

Posted by: JT at October 18, 2021 03:37 AM (arJlL)

5 Eureka!
Posted by: m

Myreka ?
Posted by: JT

There.
There Reka

Posted by: igor at October 18, 2021 03:41 AM (vd8XM)

6 Good morning horde

Posted by: blaster at October 18, 2021 03:42 AM (mbFEM)

7 Better than xireka

Posted by: blaster at October 18, 2021 03:43 AM (mbFEM)

8 Eureka Seven!

Nyah!

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 18, 2021 03:44 AM (W6ugU)

9 any particular reason for that much wifi capacity? 90% of what they want to know goes over our phones

Posted by: Jamaica Queens at October 18, 2021 03:55 AM (b+v9B)

10 I take it the most comment list is from hash

Posted by: Skip at October 18, 2021 03:55 AM (2JoB8)

11 Microsoft really wants you to sign in with an online account, and really doesn't want you to stop using Edge. I'm still using Windows 10 so it doesn't force the issue, but that day will come.
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My understanding is you must use a Microsoft account to set up Windows 11 Home or Pro. However after the fact the Pro version will allow you to set up a local account. I don't have enough understanding of why they are enforcing this choice to have an informed opinion. My own uniformed blathering thinks it's all rather heavy-handed.

As for swapping out Edge, Windows 11 got rid of the slick option to change your browser in a couple clicks. You now have to undo about two dozen file associations and jump through some other hoops. Such artificial restrictions do nothing but irritate the public. On the flip side the chances of you ever going back to Edge once you swap it out are nearly zero because it's a pain in the ass.

None of this really matters to me as a practical matter as I am deep into the Microsoft universe and will never leave. Microsoft did pay for my kid's college and afforded me a very nice life. Plus their products do what I need and want.

Posted by: LostInSpace at October 18, 2021 04:08 AM (2zumb)

12 Good morning horde

Posted by: Skip at October 18, 2021 04:14 AM (2JoB8)

13 Hiya Skip !

Posted by: JT at October 18, 2021 04:15 AM (arJlL)

14 10 I take it the most comment list is from hash
Posted by: Skip at October 18, 2021 03:55 AM (2JoB

I think that has to be right, Skip. I have a dynamic hash and I rarely make the list; only on occasions such as election nights when I'm glued to the AoSHq.

Posted by: m at October 18, 2021 04:16 AM (fVJPF)

15 Good morning morons

Local TV reporting there will be a school strike today, parents are keeping kids home today to protest the fascist vaccine mandates.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 18, 2021 04:19 AM (EZebt)

16 Local TV reporting there will be a school strike today, parents are keeping kids home today to protest the fascist vaccine mandates.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

It is best if parents are not in charge of their children's health.

...Local School Board...

Posted by: igor at October 18, 2021 04:20 AM (vd8XM)

17 15 Good morning morons

Local TV reporting there will be a school strike today, parents are keeping kids home today to protest the fascist vaccine mandates.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 18, 2021 04:19 AM (EZebt)

Great news!

Posted by: m at October 18, 2021 04:22 AM (fVJPF)

18 Meanwhile, Rolling Stone is printing dumb things; here is some direct quotes:

"The CDC also found that unvaccinated adults faced a six times as likely to contract the virus than fully vaccinated adults."

"There's no telling how many lives the vaccine has saved as millions more have gotten inoculated."

https://tinyurl.com/b5f439z2

Posted by: m at October 18, 2021 04:28 AM (fVJPF)

19 NYC BoE is looking for kids who are not enrolled.

https://tinyurl.com/5u69ar7p

Posted by: Jamaica Queens at October 18, 2021 04:28 AM (b+v9B)

20 "here is some direct quotes"
Moar covfefe.

Posted by: m at October 18, 2021 04:28 AM (fVJPF)

21 Satellites? More like Sanallites, amirite.

Posted by: Vanishingly Rare Foreign Youkai at October 18, 2021 04:28 AM (d3GwU)

22 "There's no telling how many lives the vaccine has saved as millions more have gotten inoculated."

We can't tell because the stats have been worthless from the get go
Now, that's some great science.

Posted by: igor at October 18, 2021 04:29 AM (vd8XM)

23 I know now I can from phone am commenting more, assume from home the hash is same but see every day, sometimes multiple times phone hash changes.

JT going back to church where bell tower is but working up in attic building railing and cat walk for heating guys.

Posted by: Skip at October 18, 2021 04:30 AM (2JoB8)

24 "here is some direct quotes"
Moar covfefe.
Posted by: m

Here be some direct quotes?

Posted by: igor at October 18, 2021 04:30 AM (vd8XM)

25 https://tinyurl.com/6zncsrnc
20 Tweets from Bad Blue

Posted by: Skip at October 18, 2021 04:30 AM (2JoB8)

26 24 "here is some direct quotes"
Moar covfefe.
Posted by: m

Here be some direct quotes?
Posted by: igor at October 18, 2021 04:30 AM (vd8XM)

Yes; yes, that's what I meant to type.

Posted by: m at October 18, 2021 04:31 AM (fVJPF)

27 Stay safe, Skip !

Posted by: JT at October 18, 2021 04:37 AM (arJlL)

28 If just more person were given HCQ we don't know how many lives could have been saved.

Posted by: Skip at October 18, 2021 04:41 AM (2JoB8)

29 My Android phone had a brain fart on Saturday. I could not use the "keyboard" to enter in search info. That area was a write in area. After many attempts to find out the problem using the writing pad area, I got my computer out and after a few searches found the problem.
I guess the Gboard likes to crap out every now and then. So I had to go to the play store and "update" the Gboard.

I just love modern tech

Posted by: igor at October 18, 2021 04:43 AM (vd8XM)

30 22 "There's no telling how many lives the vaccine has saved as millions more have gotten inoculated."

We can't tell because the stats have been worthless from the get go
Now, that's some great science.
Posted by: igor at October 18, 2021 04:29 AM (vd8XM)

They're innumerate and they're o.k. with that. (I'm innumerate, but regretfully.)

Posted by: m at October 18, 2021 04:43 AM (fVJPF)

31 If just more person were given HCQ we don't know how many lives could have been saved.
Posted by: Skip

We have to give the unproven vaccines a fair shake first.

Or else!

Posted by: igor at October 18, 2021 04:45 AM (vd8XM)

32 They're innumerate and they're o.k. with that. (I'm innumerate, but regretfully.)
Posted by: m

4 out of 5 people are innumerate.

Posted by: igor at October 18, 2021 04:46 AM (vd8XM)

33 Ha, I'm still Igor

Sock change....begin

Posted by: Bruce at October 18, 2021 04:47 AM (vd8XM)

34 JJ's on vacay this week.
Wonder who's fillinin ?

Buck Throckmorton ?

or his writer brother Bic Throckmorton
or Bug Throckmorton, the Exterminator
or Bag Throckmorton, the collection Agent
or Bawk Throckmorton, the chicken Farmer
or Big Throckmorton, the midget
or Bing Throckmorton, the Crooner
or Bang Throckmorton, the gunsmith
or Bung Throckmorton, the Otter

Posted by: JT at October 18, 2021 04:49 AM (arJlL)

35 JJ's on vacation?

Does he get a week off for his birthday?

Posted by: Bruce at October 18, 2021 04:50 AM (vd8XM)

36 I have found can be commenting away on phone one minute then it stops working. The first time thought was in bad area but subsequently seen it happen again, but restarting the phone clears it. So if problem happens at least try that.

Posted by: Skip at October 18, 2021 04:51 AM (2JoB8)

37 So if problem happens at least try that.
Posted by: Skip

That's what I did. I can always here the IT guy from work, "turn it off and back on again"

Posted by: Bruce at October 18, 2021 04:53 AM (vd8XM)

38 I'm off, hopefully won't miss a thread today
.
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at October 18, 2021 04:55 AM (2JoB8)

39 You too Skip !

Posted by: JT at October 18, 2021 04:56 AM (arJlL)

40 I guess MS needs a reminder about excessively tying their browser to the OS, since it's been about twenty years since they lost their lawsuit over doing the same with Internet Explorer...

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at October 18, 2021 05:08 AM (ZSK0i)

41 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at October 18, 2021 05:12 AM (u82oZ)

42 15 Good morning morons

Local TV reporting there will be a school strike today, parents are keeping kids home today to protest the fascist vaccine mandates.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 18, 2021 04:19 AM (EZebt)

Here's the story online:

https://tinyurl.com/2ajra9w4

Posted by: m at October 18, 2021 05:12 AM (fVJPF)

43 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo, Pontoon Captain* (like a real captain, only drunker) at October 18, 2021 05:13 AM (ju2Fy)

44 since i access the net via satellite, which changes my hash almost as often as i exchange the air in my lungs, ima never be on either list, no matter ho hard i might try... it's also why i don't bother putting an authentication copy in my nick.

as if you can't figure out my poasts, even if i use a sock.

Posted by: redc1c4 *OTUS Zhou Bai-Din Cheated & we all know it at October 18, 2021 05:15 AM (TQ41L)

45
Disk space disappears fast and Windows doesn't tell you where it's going.

'Twas ever thus ...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 18, 2021 05:16 AM (pNxlR)

46
The author picked up an old JavaScript UI project - six months old, that he wrote himself - and tried to get it working.

It didn't work.

There's a hitherto unknown other form of radioactive decay at work here ... and a Nobel Prize in Physics for he or she whats figures out what it is. Just sayin' ...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 18, 2021 05:19 AM (pNxlR)

47 olddog in mo, Pontoon Captain

How is the driving?

I still have a list of Pols and DAs who will not be missed.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at October 18, 2021 05:19 AM (u82oZ)

48 PoliMath
@politicalmath
7h
Me (in Seattle): I have this lovely little house and a cute back yard, I can put up with a dumb gov't if they just leave me alone

Me (in Tennessee): I have two fucking acres of land and 18 guns, I am the god of this space, it is mine. Fuck with me at your peril.

Posted by: m at October 18, 2021 05:21 AM (fVJPF)

49 Morning, Salty. Getting around OK. However, leg and foot pretty swollen so it could slip off the brake and take out those who will not be missed.

Posted by: olddog in mo, Pontoon Captain* (like a real captain, only drunker) at October 18, 2021 05:22 AM (ju2Fy)

50
Folks talk of "Losing weight for good".

Perhaps "Losing weight for evil" would work faster and better.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 18, 2021 05:28 AM (pNxlR)

51 'morning...

Posted by: Oldowan at October 18, 2021 05:29 AM (Mfqer)

52
4 out of 5 people are innumerate.
Posted by: igor

"5 out of 4", thank you very much!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 18, 2021 05:31 AM (pNxlR)

53

My Ani, They Burn!!!

Posted by: The Man with Three Ani at October 18, 2021 05:32 AM (BCQAA)

54
... beadazzled bezels and piquant pixels ...

It's a very, very naughty device.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 18, 2021 05:33 AM (pNxlR)

55 Have a great day, everyone.

May a bright and vibrant dawn wash your worries away.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at October 18, 2021 05:41 AM (u82oZ)

56 is it just me, or are the comments on this thread a little more surreal than usual ?

in any case, g'mornin' everyone !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez (jDHSU) at October 18, 2021 05:41 AM (jDHSU)

57 Good morning all! And another glorious week begins!

Posted by: Rosasharn at October 18, 2021 05:44 AM (yEBFM)

58 Salty took the brown acid this morning

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 18, 2021 05:45 AM (EZebt)

59 Good Morning, Horde!!!!. This is the start of an amazing week.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 18, 2021 05:46 AM (ICrch)

60
20 Tweets from Bad Blue
Posted by: Skip

All the hot Czech women are heading to Nebraska

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 18, 2021 05:48 AM (pNxlR)

61 4 out of 5 people are innumerate.
Posted by: igor

"5 out of 4", thank you very much!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot

Big deal, I was only off by 1%

Posted by: Bruce at October 18, 2021 05:49 AM (vd8XM)

62 Hiya Rosasharn !

Posted by: JT at October 18, 2021 05:52 AM (arJlL)

63 G'morning, all.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at October 18, 2021 05:53 AM (3D/fK)

64 Jill Biden has been found.

And a nation that needed to be saved.

Or something.

https://tinyurl.com/262ahpza

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at October 18, 2021 05:55 AM (3D/fK)

65 My wife got a new laptop with Win10 which immediately prompted her to update to Win 11.

In the immortal words of Yul Brenner, don'do it, just, don'tdo it.

Windows has solved the problem of malware/ransomware as the entire OS is now just that.

Horrendous.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 18, 2021 05:55 AM (2E93G)

66
I take it the most comment list is from hash
Posted by: Skip

Yes, it is.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 18, 2021 05:57 AM (pNxlR)

67 The pandering to black voters in Virginia is stomach churning. McCaullife going to churches and "leading" them to the polls. 150 years and still slaves.

Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at October 18, 2021 05:58 AM (oWBc3)

68 Looks like China has revealed a weapons system for which we currently have no defense.

https://tinyurl.com/2mxm382n

AKA...Another Grim Milestone for the Administration.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at October 18, 2021 05:59 AM (3D/fK)

69 And the latest attack on Trump is right out of the USSR, "he tore down sand dunes!" "He's an eco-terrorist." Show me the man, some assembly required.

Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at October 18, 2021 06:00 AM (oWBc3)

70 @RNCResearch
Oct 17
WATCH: Joe Biden walks through an expensive Washington, D.C. restaurant without a mask, violating D.C.'s mask mandate.

Why would he score an own goal like that? Seriously.

Posted by: m at October 18, 2021 06:01 AM (fVJPF)

71
Jill Biden has been found.

What, was the subliterate community college "perfesser" stymied by Strunk and White yet again?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 18, 2021 06:01 AM (pNxlR)

72 Hi JT!

Posted by: Rosasharn at October 18, 2021 06:02 AM (yEBFM)

73 Hi JT!
Posted by: Rosasharn

Posted by: JT at October 18, 2021 06:02 AM (arJlL)

74 So we went shopping at the Navy Commissary yesterday, for the first time in abut 6 months.

YIKES!!!

You talk about a jump in food costs.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at October 18, 2021 06:02 AM (3D/fK)

75 A beautiful Fall morning here in SE NC this morning. 44 degrees.

Good morning Horde.

Posted by: Golfman at October 18, 2021 06:02 AM (hOMhY)

76 Good morning! Well, after two weeks off with the kids and the grandkids here, it's time to go back to the salt mine. I just checked my email...137 to answer...6 reports to go through...a couple of handfuls of drawings to check...And my meeting calendar looks like a tile mosaic.

Amazingly enough, there are left over Halloween cookies. It's the small things that count.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at October 18, 2021 06:02 AM (l1zez)

77 The issue with the hypersonic glide platform is not that they have it, but how they got it. Our officials are stunned that somehow, gosh darn it , they have technology equivalence from an almost standing start. My theory is that when all else fails, ginning up a fake arms race will surely refocus the Red rubes away from Brandon.

Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at October 18, 2021 06:03 AM (oWBc3)

78 They are going to use generators to charge the electric vehicles used at the Climate Conference in Glasgow this week. It's OK though because the generators will be running on vegetable oil.

Posted by: f'd at October 18, 2021 06:04 AM (Tnijr)

79 64 Jill Biden has been found.

https://tinyurl.com/262ahpza
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at October 18, 2021 05:55 AM (3D/fK)

Gack! Complete tongue bath.

Posted by: m at October 18, 2021 06:04 AM (fVJPF)

80 Three days ago, we hit 91.2 degrees in the back yard.

It's 42.3 degrees right now.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at October 18, 2021 06:05 AM (3D/fK)

81 Fuxk Windows 11.

Posted by: f'd at October 18, 2021 06:05 AM (Tnijr)

82
Why would he score an own goal like that? Seriously.
Posted by: m

Because he has the drive, comprehension and understanding of five year olds playing soccer?

Just take the a-hole to Capriotti's for his sammich already!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 18, 2021 06:05 AM (pNxlR)

83 Let's Go Brandon in Germany

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/
1449747547619201025

Posted by: vmom - link to Red's fundraiser at October 18, 2021 06:06 AM (YZG/i)

84 @67

>>150 years and still slaves.

At some point he'll pull a Biden and say that they'll be back in chains if they vote for younkin.

It's also smart to rile up your base and let's be real, blacks are the foundation of the Democrats fraud machine.

You put your main tabulation center in a majority black area, put some paper over the windows so nobody can see and scream racism if anyone tries to interfere.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 18, 2021 06:06 AM (2E93G)

85
It's OK though because the generators will be running on vegetable oil.

Now Slow Joe knows why he's down a quart and a half.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 18, 2021 06:06 AM (pNxlR)

86 " It's OK though because the generators will be running on vegetable oil."

So it's ok to kill vegetables in order for rich people to power their Teslas?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at October 18, 2021 06:07 AM (3D/fK)

87 That Javascript article is why I stopped doing UI stuff ten years ago.

Posted by: Marcus Gravey at October 18, 2021 06:07 AM (LZokg)

88 Everyone have a great day. I'm off to find something to do.

Posted by: Rosasharn at October 18, 2021 06:07 AM (yEBFM)

89 Have fun, Rosasharn.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at October 18, 2021 06:08 AM (3D/fK)

90 83 Let's Go Brandon in Germany

https://twitter.com/PapiTrumpo/status/
1449747547619201025
Posted by: vmom - link to Red's fundraiser at October 18, 2021 06:06 AM (YZG/i)

That's supergreat.

Posted by: m at October 18, 2021 06:08 AM (fVJPF)

91
They are going to use generators to charge the electric vehicles used at the Climate Conference in Glasgow this week. It's OK though because the generators will be running on vegetable oil.
Posted by: f'd

Hey, assholes, why don't you walk?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 18, 2021 06:08 AM (pNxlR)

92 So it's ok to kill vegetables in order for rich people to power their Teslas?"

Fact checkers are pointing out that world leaders will not be riding in Teslas, they will be riding in electric Range Rovers.

Posted by: f'd at October 18, 2021 06:09 AM (Tnijr)

93 "Fact checkers are pointing out that world leaders will not be riding in Teslas, they will be riding in electric Range Rovers."

Oh....Range Rovers.

Never mind.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at October 18, 2021 06:11 AM (3D/fK)

94 You talk about a jump in food costs.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at October 18, 2021 06:02 AM (3D/fK)

Last week while listening to the radio, CBS News announced, in an oddly positive context, that sales at gas stations are up 38.2% from this time last year.

The stupid is strong...

Posted by: golfman at October 18, 2021 06:11 AM (hOMhY)

95
Fact checkers are pointing out that world leaders will not be riding in Teslas, they will be riding in electric Range Rovers.
Posted by: f'd

The only rovers that I have seen on electric ranges were cockroaches.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 18, 2021 06:12 AM (pNxlR)

96 Interestingly oil and gas, while an economic driver of immense proportion to Scotland and Glasgow since the 70's also created a culture of moderate affluence, which enabled the welfare state and resulting lack of character that has destroyed the culture. Add immigration and it's the same playbook they are using in places like West Texas.

Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at October 18, 2021 06:13 AM (oWBc3)

97 Good Morning everyone.

Made it to Mount Laurel, NJ yesterday for a day full of shit today. Went to the local Wegman's for groceries (dinner) and i have to admit i wss shocked at how stressed out and ancious all the Jersey peeps are.

Anyway, back to the hotel next to the philly airport tonight and home tomorrow. I need a break, traveling sux.

What's my damned hash in this place?

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (?????) - at October 18, 2021 06:13 AM (yipjw)

98 "in an oddly positive context, that sales at gas stations are up 38.2% from this time last year. "

So the idea that increasing fuel prices has caused an increase in fuel usage would be plausible to them?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at October 18, 2021 06:14 AM (3D/fK)

99 There is a strange sensation in my feet this morning. It feels like they are chilled, a coldness even. What sorcery is this?

Posted by: f'd at October 18, 2021 06:14 AM (Tnijr)

100 There's no telling how many lives the vaccine has saved as millions more have gotten inoculated."

We can't tell because the stats have been worthless from the get go
Now, that's some great science.
Posted by: igor at October 18, 2021 04:29 AM (vd8XM)

They're innumerate and they're o.k. with that. (I'm innumerate, but regretfully.)
Posted by: m at October 18, 2021 04:43 AM (fVJPF)

The number is still Zero. You're just not allowed to tell anyone

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 18, 2021 06:14 AM (6FeV1)

101 Well, i recon it's yippie ki yea, motherf**ker

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (yipjw) - at October 18, 2021 06:14 AM (yipjw)

102 So the idea that increasing fuel prices has caused an increase in fuel usage would be plausible to them?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at October 18, 2021 06:14 AM (3D/fK)

Yep. That is some top notch logic, there. Considering the price of gas is up 42%, I figure it as a net decline.

Posted by: golfman at October 18, 2021 06:16 AM (hOMhY)

103 There is a strange sensation in my feet this morning. It feels like they are chilled, a coldness even. What sorcery is this?
Posted by: f'd at October 18, 2021 06:14 AM (Tnijr)

Getting married today or something?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 18, 2021 06:19 AM (6FeV1)

104 Halloween Kills takes number 1 movie spot with 50 mil, Hollywood sure impresses me with their ability to come up with fresh new concepts. How do Jamie Lee's boobs figure into this one?

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at October 18, 2021 06:19 AM (MxeNo)

105 Cold hands, warm heart. Cold feet? Covid.

Posted by: m at October 18, 2021 06:21 AM (fVJPF)

106 "Cold hands, warm heart. Cold feet? Covid."

Is his nose moist?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at October 18, 2021 06:22 AM (3D/fK)

107 Correction. Electric Land Rovers, not Range Rovers.

Posted by: f'd at October 18, 2021 06:22 AM (Tnijr)

108 So two stories that have disappeared.

USS Connecticut striking an underwater object.

The violent attempted take-over of a government building by rioters the other day.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at October 18, 2021 06:24 AM (3D/fK)

109 Buck's up!

Posted by: m at October 18, 2021 06:25 AM (fVJPF)

110 If I'm going on a trek across a desert and wanted to die I'd take an electric Land Rover weighted down with batteries and vegetable oil for the generators the camels are towing.

Posted by: f'd at October 18, 2021 06:25 AM (Tnijr)

111 Le NOOD

It be here

And stuff!!!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at October 18, 2021 06:25 AM (3D/fK)

112 Is his nose moist?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice. Asymptomatic raycist at October 18, 2021 06:22 AM (3D/fK)

Who are you, who is so wise in the ways of Science?

Posted by: Sir Fauci at October 18, 2021 06:26 AM (6FeV1)

113 Local TV reporting there will be a school strike today, parents are keeping kids home today to protest the fascist vaccine mandates.

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In SanFran? Wow, I'm surprised...yet glad to see the pushback.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 18, 2021 06:28 AM (sVtYq)

114 113 Local TV reporting there will be a school strike today, parents are keeping kids home today to protest the fascist vaccine mandates.

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In SanFran? Wow, I'm surprised...yet glad to see the pushback.
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 18, 2021 06:28 AM (sVtYq)

Statewide, according to this article; see the caption under the video.

https://tinyurl.com/2ajra9w4

Posted by: m at October 18, 2021 06:32 AM (fVJPF)

115 are you missing between 7gb and 9GB of storage? recently microsoft added a new feature to windows 10. they call it "reserve storage" and basically they just lock up a big chunk of space for themselves.

with 1TB or 2TB of storagw this might not be a big deal, but on a ultrabook laptop with only 32GB of storage, microsoft claiming 1/3 of all storage space is a hell of an intrusion.

you can disable it with a registry key entry but the reserved space is not released until windows update runs again.

they'll probably enable it again. after all, microsoft sees it aa their computer first, I am simply allowed to use it.

Posted by: anon at October 18, 2021 06:36 AM (q0dhq)

116 More detailed report on CA schools vaccine mandate protest:

https://tinyurl.com/ywm66xzt

Posted by: m at October 18, 2021 06:36 AM (fVJPF)

117 101 Well, i recon it's yippie ki yea, motherf**ker
Posted by: BifBewalski @ (yipjw) - at October 18, 2021 06:14 AM (yipjw)

No, that would be me...

Posted by: Oldowan at October 18, 2021 06:47 AM (Mfqer)

118 Pixy,

Thanks for all your early morning (for me) posts.

I really appreciate all the work, and though I'm not up to comment in real time, I get a lot out of them.

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at October 18, 2021 09:35 AM (BgMrQ)

119 https://tinyurl.com/bdf52bm8

Posted by: aelfheld at October 18, 2021 11:36 AM (Zy9Yy)

120 Hanayamata is a terrific anime, excellent for beginners too!
https://myanimelist.net/anime/21681/
I saw some Rolling Girls in there as well, under-rated.

Posted by: 5cats at October 18, 2021 01:01 PM (hv5ip)

121 Re: Orbi: I picked up a used Orbi system last Spring (RBR50 and a couple of RBS50 satellites)- it's a complete piece of shit. I've had non-mesh Netgear APs- as I'm sure everyone else has- run for years without a hiccup. The Orbi craps out predictably at least every couple of days, and I have to wait 5 minutes or so for it to sort itself out. Yes, it's all patched current, and my config is not elaborate. Don't take my word for it, though, Google around- you'll find plenty of other people with the same issues.

I'd stay far away from this new Orbi until it's got some reputation behind it... especially at the price tag.

Posted by: thermowax at October 18, 2021 03:13 PM (cJWvF)

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