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First World Problems [Joe Mannix]

Annoying Restrictions

I like listening to white noise to help me fall asleep. I have found that the sound of rainfall, waterfalls, the forest at night, etc. all help me fall asleep quickly and wake up rested. There are machines that play these sounds, but those seem silly when we live in a world where YouTube is a thing and I have a TV set in my room. There are limitless options for this on that platform, with thousands of hours-long videos that just play these sounds set to a static, black image (essentially, no video).

There is a problem with this, though. When the TV is on, it isn't actually dark. Even if you crank the set's backlight all the way down, it still not fully dark. Beyond this, using your TV set this way will also wear it out a lot faster. Backlights do not have an eternal lifespan. It would be far better to be able to just turn off the screen while leaving the set itself on and working.

Well, it turns out, I can! Sort of. I discovered an option in the menu on my TV that allows me to turn off the display part of the set, but I couldn't find it again. I did some digging and found that the screen disable option is only present in certain music streaming apps on my smart TV. My discovery of it in a non-approved app was a bug. I figured out how to exploit that bug reliably. Mission Accomplished, and I can turn off the screen while listening to stuff that helps me sleep.

But why does it work this way? Why do I have to exploit a bug - an exploit that may vanish with a future software update - just to access a useful feature? I suspect it might be a licensing thing where maybe the app developer can choose to not expose the option, but I don't know.

What I do know, however, is that I hate arbitrary, poorly-conceived and deliberate restrictions on things that make them less useful or harder to use for no practical reason.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 02:00 PM




Comments

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1 I have some

Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2022 02:01 PM (2JoB8)

2 Is there going to be math on this poat? Because if there is that's going to a FWP.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 10, 2022 02:01 PM (ju2Fy)

3 Power up!

Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid honors math at April 10, 2022 02:02 PM (n/szn)

4 My phone battery seems to just gave up, will not charge with different ways tried.
Need new mailbox too.

Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2022 02:03 PM (2JoB8)

5 White noise app on iPhone with a timer.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 10, 2022 02:03 PM (H4qIP)

6 >>> 2 Is there going to be math on this poat? Because if there is that's going to a FWP.
Posted by: olddog in mo at April 10, 2022 02:01 PM (ju2Fy)

NO MATH!

Posted by: Edna Mode at April 10, 2022 02:03 PM (llON8)

7 YouTube has lots of white noise channels, never listened to one

Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2022 02:03 PM (2JoB8)

8 Inner Party Members can turn it off.

Posted by: O'Brien at April 10, 2022 02:03 PM (EdQIG)

9 Wonder if Elon can get us an edti button on AoS?

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 10, 2022 02:04 PM (ju2Fy)

10 What I do know, however, is that I hate arbitrary, poorly-conceived and deliberate restrictions on things that make them less useful or harder to use for no practical reason

This is why I make a lousy corporate employee

Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at April 10, 2022 02:04 PM (II3Gr)

11
Electrical donuts
Are bound to be the next phase.

Posted by: fd at April 10, 2022 02:05 PM (vrz2I)

12 My Mother says that when I was a crying baby, the sound of the vacuum cleaner put me to sleep. As an adult, I can sleep like a baby in a moving car because of the road drone. Also aircraft. I can snooze instantly on a flight if I want to.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 10, 2022 02:05 PM (yQpMk)

13 FWP: Yesterday, I spent about three hours scheduling little league practice and putting them on the calendar. I absolutely loathe that stuff, human resource organizing. I was gung ho to get going on the master shower, until I see the 10 pm text at 2 am. So I get drained of motivation dealing with scheduling, before even getting going on the project I had planned.

Posted by: flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at April 10, 2022 02:05 PM (SH2Zi)

14 Have some laughs. Twitter employees sure aren't!

https://twitter.com/ElonMusk

Posted by: Biden's Dog at April 10, 2022 02:06 PM (9tNH9)

15 >>> 9 Wonder if Elon can get us an edti button on AoS?
Posted by: olddog in mo at April 10, 2022 02:04 PM (ju2Fy)

Yes, but I've heard the story of what happened the last time you Morons had buttons to play with.

Posted by: Elon Musk at April 10, 2022 02:06 PM (llON8)

16 Help me procrastinate on getting going working on the shower. I need to get up and do some more work getting it ready for tile. I am barely awake and my body is sore. And hooting while listening to the Mrs. play piano seems so much more rewarding.

Posted by: flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at April 10, 2022 02:06 PM (SH2Zi)

17 If you can't turn it off just unplug the damn thing.

Posted by: Braenyard at April 10, 2022 02:06 PM (iam1O)

18 Willowed below, Joe said if you are rich enough to be able to travel a day or two on horseback. You better damn well be armed like Josey Wales and be ready to fight for your life too.

Posted by: Eromero at April 10, 2022 02:07 PM (0OP+5)

19 @elonmusk 17h

Convert Twitter SF HQ to homeless shelter since no one shows up anyway

Posted by: Braenyard at April 10, 2022 02:08 PM (iam1O)

20 1. Youtube white noise vids -> youtube-dl (extract audio only)

b) Play on your phone with VLC on a loop to a bluetooth speaker.

iii. Profit.

Posted by: flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at April 10, 2022 02:09 PM (SH2Zi)

21 Willowed below, Joe said if you are rich enough to be able to travel a day or two on horseback. You better damn well be armed like Josey Wales and be ready to fight for your life too.
Posted by: Eromero


Which is why I don't understand why the "elites" think they will be exempt.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 10, 2022 02:09 PM (H4qIP)

22 Which is why I don't understand why the "elites" think they will be exempt.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 10, 2022 02:09 PM (H4qIP)


They will have henchmen.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 10, 2022 02:10 PM (yQpMk)

23 I do sleep pretty well during rain, unless I think it's going to be a disaster in the making.

Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2022 02:10 PM (2JoB8)

24 I had a TV from mid 2000 that had the option of turning the screen off. Also reversing the screen.

I used that option after a surgery and had to lay on one side. I could watch it in a mirror then.

Posted by: Bruce at April 10, 2022 02:10 PM (q07BN)

25 "First World Problems" following up "the core requirements for industrial civilization" might be two sides of the same coin.

Posted by: m at April 10, 2022 02:10 PM (rI4Wv)

26 But why does it work this way? Why do I have to exploit a bug - an exploit that may vanish with a future software update - just to access a useful feature?

I play Skyrim, still, 10 years later. Its just a fun, good game, and the new mods coming out make it amazing and extend the play life incredibly.

Except... Activision bought Bethesda. And has proceeded to crap all over the company. And Microsoft bought Activision/Bethesda, so now they're doing regular updates that break the game.

And buy break the game, I mean they make nearly every mod -- the best and most creative ones -- not work any more. So that Skyrim blows up and won't load.

This should NEVER EVER HAPPEN and it is catastrophically stupid of the company to do it. The problem is that the engine is kind of limited, and brilliant coders found a way to allow the engine to do amazing new things that were never even possible back when Skyrim came out. And those are the things that they keep breaking.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2022 02:10 PM (KZzsI)

27 Black Noise Matters ! ! !

Posted by: Marooned at April 10, 2022 02:11 PM (w6hJ9)

28 Sidebar OT: I didn't know Jack Higgins was still alive. RIP, indeed. A Prayer for the Dying is a favorite of mine.

Posted by: Puddleglum at April 10, 2022 02:11 PM (sAmhv)

29 Clearing the veg garden yesterday for planting but a little tiny baby rabbit was cowering in one of the boxes so I stopped. This might be an old world problem. Hopefully mom bunny got it out of there.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 10, 2022 02:11 PM (lgeFv)

30 Yes, but I've heard the story of what happened the last time you Morons had buttons to play with.

It... it wasn't pretty

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2022 02:11 PM (KZzsI)

31 They will have henchmen.
Posted by: G'rump928


They ain't that rich. They can't afford henchmen who will risk their lives for years on end.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 10, 2022 02:12 PM (H4qIP)

32 I'm old fashioned, turn on the fan and put a pillow on my head.

Posted by: Braenyard at April 10, 2022 02:12 PM (iam1O)

33 Golf on TV > white noise

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 10, 2022 02:13 PM (ju2Fy)

34 Henchmen only put off the lone bandit. Groups of bandits will ambush and slaughter the henchmen. This has been the pattern for millennia. The only way anyone has safety and stability is if everyone has safety and stability. Civilization and democracy creates safe environments, other than pockets of areas where both are lacking or in decline.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2022 02:14 PM (KZzsI)

35 Except... Activision bought Bethesda. And has proceeded to crap all over the company. And Microsoft bought Activision/Bethesda, so now they're doing regular updates that break the game.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2022 02:10 PM (KZzsI)

It is the way of Microsoft.

Posted by: flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at April 10, 2022 02:14 PM (SH2Zi)

36 French polling agency projections show President Emmanuel Macron and right-wing rival Marine Le Pen leading in the first round of France's presidential election.
If borne out by official results, the two will advance to a presidential runoff on April 24 with strong echoes of their last face-off in the 2017 election. The projections show Macron with a comfortable first-round lead Sunday of between 27%-to-29% support, ahead of Le Pen, who is expected to capture 23%-to-24% of the vote.
But the second round is likely to be tight.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 10, 2022 02:15 PM (Irn0L)

37 One of my brothers needs white noise to fall asleep, he will also wear eyeshades.
I found this out when we went on a road trip and were sharing a hotel room. I did not find it as relaxing and probably took longer to get to sleep than him.
I also had a friend that HAD to have the tv on to fall asleep. That was more annoying than the sound of rain.

I have never had much problem falling to sleep and never needed sounds or devices to help me do so.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at April 10, 2022 02:16 PM (OZX3C)

38 >>> 31 They will have henchmen.
Posted by: G'rump928


They ain't that rich. They can't afford henchmen who will risk their lives for years on end.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 10, 2022 02:12 PM (H4qIP)

Most of them seem to have armed henchmen right now. What percentage of the armed henchmen will stay loyal if the "living like kings" part of the deal doesn't happen as promised after the "great" "reset"?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 10, 2022 02:16 PM (llON8)

39 They ain't that rich. They can't afford henchmen who will risk their lives for years on end.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 10, 2022 02:12 PM (H4qIP)


The henchmen will work for rape, food, and rape.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 10, 2022 02:17 PM (yQpMk)

40 Microsoft keeps making "updated" operating systems that won't run anything older. What kind of dumbass makes a system that won't run older content? Everything without exception should be easily back portable, of its not an upgrade. if I cannot play Heroes of Might & Magic III on your new wonder zowie operating system, then your new operating system is a downgrade.

Its not even that tough to figure out, they just don't want to do it because then people wouldn't be forced to buy new versions of their top selling software.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2022 02:17 PM (KZzsI)

41 But the second round is likely to be tight.

Especially as the people counting the votes would rather cut their own gonads off with a fork than let LePen in office.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2022 02:17 PM (KZzsI)

42 I also had a friend that HAD to have the tv on to fall asleep. That was more annoying than the sound of rain.

I have never had much problem falling to sleep and never needed sounds or devices to help me do so.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at April 10, 2022 02:16 PM (OZX3C)

I learned to fall asleep on a sub. I could sleep through anything. I once slept through an actual engine room switchboard fire, not a drill, complete with general alarm. Now I find it difficult to sleep without the TV on.

Posted by: flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at April 10, 2022 02:18 PM (SH2Zi)

43 Scuba_Dude

Are you the guy from Paterson ?

Posted by: JT at April 10, 2022 02:18 PM (arJlL)

44 Henchmen only put off the lone bandit. Groups of bandits will ambush and slaughter the henchmen. This has been the pattern for millennia. The only way anyone has safety and stability is if everyone has safety and stability. Civilization and democracy creates safe environments, other than pockets of areas where both are lacking or in decline.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

Say you have 10 henchman. They demand $50k each a month to risk their lives for you. That adds up toot sweet.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 10, 2022 02:18 PM (H4qIP)

45 If I were a bandit, I wouldn't fight armed henchmen, even if the ransom and reward is higher than just robbing innocent travelers on the road, unless the supply of poors dried up.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 10, 2022 02:19 PM (yQpMk)

46 How does one get to be a henchman ?

Are there trade schools that teach one how to hench ?

Posted by: JT at April 10, 2022 02:20 PM (arJlL)

47 How does one get to be a henchman ?


Lacking a conscience is helpful.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 10, 2022 02:20 PM (yQpMk)

48 Most of them seem to have armed henchmen right now. What percentage of the armed henchmen will stay loyal if the "living like kings" part of the deal doesn't happen as promised after the "great" "reset"?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket


Most have them now because life is easy. Wait until the henchmen are targeted simply for being henchmen.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 10, 2022 02:21 PM (H4qIP)

49 Ok students, line up at the Hench Bench and we will learn to sharpen our axes today.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 10, 2022 02:21 PM (lgeFv)

50 Austrian leader will meet Putin in Moscow on Monday

Is his name Herr Hitler?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 10, 2022 02:21 PM (Irn0L)

51 How does one get to be a henchman ?

Are there trade schools that teach one how to hench ?

Posted by: JT at April 10, 2022 02:20 PM (arJlL)

Apprenticeships.

Posted by: flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at April 10, 2022 02:21 PM (SH2Zi)

52 Lackeys and lickspittles get better victuals than henchmen, but requires more work.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 10, 2022 02:21 PM (yQpMk)

53 Golf on TV > white noise
Posted by: olddog in mo at April 10, 2022 02:13 PM (ju2Fy)

2001 A Space Odyssey was on the other night. I was conked out within a minute.

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at April 10, 2022 02:22 PM (AiZBA)

54 Someone commenting on the Macron / LePen thing said that the wine moms always line up behind Macron in the last vote.

Posted by: Braenyard at April 10, 2022 02:22 PM (iam1O)

55 They demand $50k each a month to risk their lives for you. That adds up toot sweet.

This is why Knights were turned into a revenue generator rather than an expense: you had to pay to maintain your status as a knight, and the entire culture was built around having lands and properties, which again kicked taxes back to the liege. Problem: knights need money and get bored without war, so they started causing local trouble, so you needed to find way to keep them entertained.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2022 02:22 PM (KZzsI)

56 If I were a bandit, I wouldn't fight armed henchmen, even if the ransom and reward is higher than just robbing innocent travelers on the road, unless the supply of poors dried up.
Posted by: G'rump928(c)

I wouldn't fight them either. But sniping them over a month or so....

Posted by: rickb223 at April 10, 2022 02:22 PM (H4qIP)

57 henchmen unite and form union

Posted by: MAC V SOG at April 10, 2022 02:23 PM (P4Pk9)

58 22 Which is why I don't understand why the "elites" think they will be exempt.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 10, 2022 02:09 PM (H4qIP)

They will have henchmen.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 10, 2022 02:10 PM (yQpMk)

You set "henchmen" off as a thread topic!

Posted by: m at April 10, 2022 02:23 PM (rI4Wv)

59 Most have them now because life is easy. Wait until the henchmen are targeted simply for being henchmen.
Posted by: rickb223
--------------

They will go in the primaries.

Posted by: Braenyard at April 10, 2022 02:23 PM (iam1O)

60 You set "henchmen" off as a thread topic!
Posted by: m at April 10, 2022 02:23 PM (rI4Wv)


It is the Way of the Horde.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 10, 2022 02:24 PM (yQpMk)

61 >>>I did some digging and found that the screen disable option is only present in certain music streaming apps on my smart TV.

The web has helped turn us into fix-it people on at least some small jobs of this sort.

Posted by: m at April 10, 2022 02:25 PM (rI4Wv)

62 Trying 2nd wall charger, had plugged in truck charger and phone just isn't charging. Was fine yesterday and battery was running out during Hobby then Movie threads.

Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2022 02:25 PM (2JoB8)

63 >>> 34 Henchmen only put off the lone bandit. Groups of bandits will ambush and slaughter the henchmen. This has been the pattern for millennia. The only way anyone has safety and stability is if everyone has safety and stability. Civilization and democracy creates safe environments, other than pockets of areas where both are lacking or in decline.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2022 02:14 PM (KZzsI)

Eventually someone gets tired of the henchmens' (and their pervo leader's) shit, but then some other pervo leader and *his* henchmen move in....

....sure glad we're tearing down all this white-supremacist, Christianist-h8tery Western civilization crap!!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 10, 2022 02:25 PM (llON8)

64 50 Austrian leader will meet Putin in Moscow on Monday
...
Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 10, 2022 02:21 PM (Irn0L)
----------

They are all sucking up to Putin.
Read that a high ranking German pol left office and became a board member of Gazprom.

Posted by: Braenyard at April 10, 2022 02:26 PM (iam1O)

65 just robbing innocent travelers on the road, unless the supply of poors dried up.

Unless you want to loot turnips and ragged clothing, you don't get much off of serfs. In a feudal economy, the only people WITH money are merchants and nobility. Yeah you can always use food so a turnip is nice, but there's not enough there to survive on.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2022 02:27 PM (KZzsI)

66 Welp, thanks for nothing, horde. Off to get the projects of the day going.

Posted by: flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at April 10, 2022 02:28 PM (SH2Zi)

67 For 85 cents a month Alexa plays Ocean Sounds for Sleep, and other such options.

Or, go on YouTube to find a sleep aid video, play it and then turn off your monitor.

No TV involved.

Posted by: noam sayen at April 10, 2022 02:28 PM (DHz50)

68 First-world problem: I have a Samsung printer; about 10 years old; it's all I need. At some point I had to start feeding page one at a time, and that's fine by me. Now the rollers won't grab the paper. The owner's manual is loooooong but useless. I'm afraid it's going to become landfill.

Posted by: m at April 10, 2022 02:28 PM (rI4Wv)

69 Masturbation > Golf on TV > white noise

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at April 10, 2022 02:29 PM (R/m4+)

70 Henchmen are what communists and socialists and fascists ( all synonyms) used to gain power in democratic societies.

Posted by: Anti doesn't matter at April 10, 2022 02:29 PM (Gzbwp)

71 66 Welp, thanks for nothing, horde.
Posted by: flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at April 10, 2022 02:28 PM (SH2Zi)

Harrumph.

Posted by: m at April 10, 2022 02:29 PM (rI4Wv)

72 I have the same problem programming cheap robots to kill.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at April 10, 2022 02:30 PM (JH1tc)

73 Off to get the projects of the day going.
Posted by: flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur

Henching ?

Posted by: JT at April 10, 2022 02:30 PM (arJlL)

74 62 Trying 2nd wall charger, had plugged in truck charger and phone just isn't charging. Was fine yesterday and battery was running out during Hobby then Movie threads.
Posted by: Skip a
............

could the receptacle of your phone be faulty?

Posted by: Braenyard at April 10, 2022 02:31 PM (iam1O)

75 Why is my alphabet so small?

Posted by: Eromero at April 10, 2022 02:31 PM (0OP+5)

76 At some point I had to start feeding page one at a time, and that's fine by me. Now the rollers won't grab the paper. The owner's manual is loooooong but useless. I'm afraid it's going to become landfill.

Posted by: m at April 10, 2022 02:28 PM (rI4Wv)

Take apart, clean the rubber rollers with alcohol. Reassemble. At ten, the rubber may be hardened to the point that it is landfill.

Posted by: flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at April 10, 2022 02:31 PM (SH2Zi)

77 Why is my alphabet so small?
Posted by: Eromero

It was in the pool !

Posted by: JT at April 10, 2022 02:31 PM (arJlL)

78 I wonder if there is a lot of call for an obsequious yes-man in the wasteland.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 10, 2022 02:31 PM (yQpMk)

79 Henching ?

Posted by: JT at April 10, 2022 02:30 PM (arJlL)

Lining our custom master shower with waterproof membrane. I'd rather be henching.

Posted by: flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at April 10, 2022 02:32 PM (SH2Zi)

80 The owner's manual is loooooong but useless. I'm afraid it's going to become landfill.

This deeply bothers me about modern tech. Its impossible to repair, beyond very simple things like "replace the cartridge". And that's on purpose but also a result of tech. I used to be able to rewire stuff when it went bad, solder parts in etc. You cannot do that with modern electronic equipment. The wires are like spiderweb, everything is packed in too closely to safely work on, and the parts are rarely available.

Its all designed to just throw away which breaks my miserly heart with all the lessons I learned on thrift and reusing things from my youth. Its like sacrilege to throw something away and buy a new one the way I was raised and taught, but that's the absolute standard today

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2022 02:32 PM (KZzsI)

81 FWP: Toyota Corolla or Honda Civic?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 10, 2022 02:33 PM (llON8)

82 could the receptacle of your phone be faulty?

Posted by: Braenyard at April 10, 2022 02:31 PM (iam1O)


I have to periodically scrap the lint out of my iPhone port using a paperclip and blowing, though some charging cords seem more effected than others.
.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 10, 2022 02:33 PM (yQpMk)

83 there are also the 8 hour long (YouTube) videos with image blacked out ... rain with storm, or variations. I developed a habit of falling asleep on the couch watching TV ... still easiest path to sleep for me. Smart TV goes to sleep mode after a half hour or so, once video ends.

Posted by: illiniwek at April 10, 2022 02:34 PM (Cus5s)

84 Joe, how about a radio tuned to a no-signal AM or FM station.

Posted by: Gref at April 10, 2022 02:34 PM (AMIL/)

85 >>> 74 62 Trying 2nd wall charger, had plugged in truck charger and phone just isn't charging. Was fine yesterday and battery was running out during Hobby then Movie threads.
Posted by: Skip a
............

could the receptacle of your phone be faulty?

Posted by: Braenyard at April 10, 2022 02:31 PM (iam1O)

There's nothing wrong with *my* receptacle.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at April 10, 2022 02:34 PM (llON8)

86 noam sayem @ 67- Alexis? Last I heard she got in a slapfight with Siri and before the police arrived they all both done cut each other.

Posted by: Eromero at April 10, 2022 02:35 PM (0OP+5)

87 84 Joe, how about a radio tuned to a no-signal AM or FM station.

Posted by: Gref at April 10, 2022 02:34 PM (AMIL/)

(Jump to top of page)


crap - I meant no-signal frequency

Posted by: Gref at April 10, 2022 02:36 PM (AMIL/)

88 Before the coof scare I sometimes would have to find a youtube white noise to drown out office mates, especially those talking on phone to a spouse. And I wore out a cheap white noise generator years ago. Now I have an air cleaner that always has some low level hum and in the summer I'm usually running the fan all night. No TV or computer in my bedroom. I think I rest better not having the room be a place for work.

Posted by: PaleRider, simply irredeemable at April 10, 2022 02:36 PM (3cGpq)

89 Helena Handbasket @ 81-
Subaru Outback.

Posted by: Eromero at April 10, 2022 02:37 PM (0OP+5)

90 >>> 80
.....
This deeply bothers me about modern tech. Its impossible to repair, beyond very simple things like "replace the cartridge". And that's on purpose but also a result of tech. I used to be able to rewire stuff when it went bad, solder parts in etc. You cannot do that with modern electronic equipment. The wires are like spiderweb, everything is packed in too closely to safely work on, and the parts are rarely available.

Its all designed to just throw away which breaks my miserly heart with all the lessons I learned on thrift and reusing things from my youth. Its like sacrilege to throw something away and buy a new one the way I was raised and taught, but that's the absolute standard today
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2022 02:32 PM (KZzsI)

"planned obsolescence" *spit*

This is one reason I enjoy the various ewe-toob restoration channels. Even if I can't do that kind of work it's fun to watch. It's also nice to know there are still some things out there that have lasted so long, and probably have several more decades of life after being restored.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 10, 2022 02:38 PM (llON8)

91 Rep. Liz Cheney on Sunday blasted Russias rocket attack on a Ukrainian train station as clearly genocide, while National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan dodged accepting the description of the horrific civilian slaughter

Hey cheney get a grip non reality. It is NOT genocide you dumb bitch. Wanna make an argument it is a war crime, go ahead, but get a dictionary before you use the word genocide.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 10, 2022 02:38 PM (Irn0L)

92 76 At some point I had to start feeding page one at a time, and that's fine by me. Now the rollers won't grab the paper. The owner's manual is loooooong but useless. I'm afraid it's going to become landfill.

Posted by: m at April 10, 2022 02:28 PM (rI4Wv)

Take apart, clean the rubber rollers with alcohol. Reassemble. At ten, the rubber may be hardened to the point that it is landfill.
Posted by: flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at April 10, 2022 02:31 PM (SH2Zi)

The rollers have space between them and the "floor." So that I can push the paper under them and they don't clamp down.

Posted by: m at April 10, 2022 02:38 PM (rI4Wv)

93 51 How does one get to be a henchman ?

Are there trade schools that teach one how to hench ?

Posted by: JT at April 10, 2022 02:20 PM (arJlL)

Police academies.

Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at April 10, 2022 02:39 PM (WAxva)

94 Colleges of Education.

Posted by: Insomniac - Outlaw. Hoarder. Wrecker. Honker. at April 10, 2022 02:40 PM (WAxva)

95 The rollers have space between them and the "floor." So that I can push the paper under them and they don't clamp down.
Posted by: m at April 10, 2022 02:38 PM (rI4Wv)

What about inserting 10 sheets while pinching the bottom nine? Does that raise the paper enough to get grabbed?

Maybe there is a spring broken that should be pressing the roller bail down.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 10, 2022 02:40 PM (yQpMk)

96 I have a white noise machine I use at night in winter, and use a fan in warm weather. Sometimes for a nap I use the little app on my iPad.

Trouble is, the only sound I can stand is a rain app, and it's on a loop, and there is a little "plink, plink, plink!" raindrop tune that comes around every half minute or so. Sometimes I can fall asleep anyway, sometimes it's crazy-making. First world problems indeed.

Posted by: skywch at April 10, 2022 02:40 PM (uqhmb)

97 95 The rollers have space between them and the "floor." So that I can push the paper under them and they don't clamp down.
Posted by: m at April 10, 2022 02:38 PM (rI4Wv)

What about inserting 10 sheets while pinching the bottom nine? Does that raise the paper enough to get grabbed?

Maybe there is a spring broken that should be pressing the roller bail down.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 10, 2022 02:40 PM (yQpMk)

I honestly will try this.

Posted by: m at April 10, 2022 02:41 PM (rI4Wv)

98 How about just opening the window? That's how I listen to the rainfall.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 10, 2022 02:42 PM (U2p+3)

99 How about just opening the window? That's how I listen to the rainfall.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 10, 2022 02:42 PM (U2p+3)


Our Spring Symphony of Frogs has begun here if we leave the windows open.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 10, 2022 02:43 PM (yQpMk)

100 Sorry about the printer roller. I'll get some of my people up here, put some WD40 on it.

-Tech Sgt. Chen

Posted by: Eromero at April 10, 2022 02:43 PM (0OP+5)

101 >>> 98 How about just opening the window? That's how I listen to the rainfall.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 10, 2022 02:42 PM (U2p+3)

Yes but *you* live in the land of 24x7 rain. ;P

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 10, 2022 02:43 PM (llON8)

102 Read part of thelast thread. Just want to say, come the burning times, I'd rather hang out with AOP

If you spend any time watching van builds on You Tube, you'll see lots of folks trying to power a modern lifestyle with solar. They don't like to show the fails.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at April 10, 2022 02:44 PM (YynYJ)

103 FWP. I didn't ride yesterday and it is windy today. Years ago I used to enjoy riding in the wind if it wasn't too cold. It was invigorating on my previous steeds that tended to be a bit dull when riding field roads from home. However Tanza is an energizer bunny and conditions that wind him up over his baseline are not so fun at my 29 years. I'll probably ride him in the paddock later, at least going around in circles does take his energy level down a bit.

Posted by: PaleRider, simply irredeemable at April 10, 2022 02:45 PM (3cGpq)

104 First world problems--Russian tea cakes are delicious, but really messy to eat.

Posted by: irongrampa at April 10, 2022 02:45 PM (KATBx)

105 81 FWP: Toyota Corolla or Honda Civic?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 10, 2022 02:33 PM (llON
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I like the way the Civic looks, don't know if I fit anymore but if I do I may get one. I've brutalized Civic's before and like them.

Toyota's are notoriously tough.

If you are young enough to out live your car, consider the Hyundai - they build a good vehicle, they have the best warranty and they don't fight you when you take it in with a problem.

Posted by: Braenyard at April 10, 2022 02:45 PM (iam1O)

106 Will look if anything is blocking port, need a code from it to get into building tomorrow

Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2022 02:46 PM (2JoB8)

107 I wish my Samsung phone screen DIDN'T go dark five seconds after I start a call. Cannot figure out how to stop that.

Posted by: JM in Florida at April 10, 2022 02:47 PM (L7jyl)

108 JM, might be power saving mode?

Posted by: PaleRider, simply irredeemable at April 10, 2022 02:48 PM (3cGpq)

109 First-world Problem: Professional golf tournaments will cease for lack of TV viewers when Tiger Woods dies or permanently hangs-it up. The past decade, Tiger has come back from injury several times to re-vitalize televised golf. After he's really-really no longer playing, TV golf will be in trouble.

Posted by: Gref at April 10, 2022 02:48 PM (AMIL/)

110 Here's my first world problem:
My good wool and cashmere sweaters pill. All the time. I use a sweater shaver, but they still don't look like they should. And they weren't cheap.

Any hints?

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 10, 2022 02:48 PM (U2p+3)

111 106 Will look if anything is blocking port, need a code from it to get into building tomorrow
Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2022 02:46 PM (2JoB

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Is it a smart phone? If so, can it do wireless charging?

Posted by: No One of Consequence at April 10, 2022 02:49 PM (CAJOC)

112 I have three big Austin Air HEPA filters going. That's my white noise. Replacing the filters is expensive, but they can even clear the forest fire smoke.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at April 10, 2022 02:50 PM (YynYJ)

113 Here's a 1st world problem, coming soon to a country near you ---

Women can be strip-searched by trans officers who were born male, say police

It's in the UK for now, but sooooon. via DM.

Posted by: GnuBreed at April 10, 2022 02:50 PM (F0YaR)

114 New York City Mayor Eric Adams tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, his office said.



Maybe the new strains only hit weak liberals. Maybe there is a G-D in heaven

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 10, 2022 02:50 PM (Irn0L)

115 The low hum of my CPAP lulls me to sleep.

Posted by: Javems at April 10, 2022 02:51 PM (AmoqO)

116 There was a time when a new automobile's Owner's Manual had in-depth info such as the plug gap or distributor gap for the owner to be able to maintain their own vehicle as much as possible. Nowadays the manual says stuff like 'don't drink the green fluid'.

There has been an emphasis on children all going to college for a couple of generations. This has left a gap in the social application of knowledge that is passed down, handed off to the young-uns. Show of hands: who has a garage literally fully organized with mechanics tools? If so, who else have you taught to use them? Where did you learn/who taught you?

Same with any tech. And there's so much tech out there to become acquainted with. Annnnd it's all being redesigned annually. Hard to keep up.

Posted by: Robert17 at April 10, 2022 02:54 PM (jm8i0)

117 109 First-world Problem: Professional golf tournaments will cease for lack of TV viewers when Tiger Woods dies or permanently hangs-it up. The past decade, Tiger has come back from injury several times to re-vitalize televised golf. After he's really-really no longer playing, TV golf will be in trouble.

Posted by: Gref at April 10, 2022 02:48 PM (AMIL/)

Tuned in to the Masters yesterday. Hadn't heard of half of them. Stopped watching a couple of years ago.

Posted by: Javems at April 10, 2022 02:56 PM (AmoqO)

118 Nurse,

They pill because that is what short fibers do. They work loose, roll into a ball and sit there. Longer fibers, especially if worsted spun, don't pill.

Buy the beat quality cashmere you can, but there will always be some pilling.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at April 10, 2022 02:56 PM (YynYJ)

119 I need VERY quiet white noise to fall asleep and stay asleep (b/c I'm such a light sleeper, confirmed by my dumb watch app)...so, I use a fan in the corner of the room 365 days a year. I figure I also get some air circulation, too.

My kids like white noise WAY too loud, so I get 2 hotel rooms now when I travel (I can't even do the suite thing b/c they like airplane level noise)...

Posted by: Nova local at April 10, 2022 02:58 PM (exHjb)

120 Best cashmere, not beat.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at April 10, 2022 03:00 PM (YynYJ)

121 Women can be strip-searched by trans officers who were born male, say police

Yeah the corrupt and disgusting are trying their best to create a world that rewards and encourages perversion and perverts.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2022 03:00 PM (KZzsI)

122 Never tried wireless charge, but as said 2 wall chargers and truck nothing. Turns on but goes right out as battery is dead

Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2022 03:01 PM (2JoB8)

123 This is why Knights were turned into a revenue generator rather than an expense: you had to pay to maintain your status as a knight, and the entire culture was built around having lands and properties, which again kicked taxes back to the liege. Problem: knights need money and get bored without war, so they started causing local trouble, so you needed to find way to keep them entertained.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2022 02:22 PM


That's why they started the Crusades. It wasn't about taking back the Holy Land, it was about generating cash and making all of those landless Knights have something to do.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at April 10, 2022 03:01 PM (bVYXr)

124 I hate arbitrary, poorly-conceived and deliberate restrictions on things that make them less useful or harder to use for no practical reason.

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Never more true than in video games. I'm playing a caveman game in which I have to craft my arrows. When I do kill an enemy from an enemy tribe (damn cannibals!), his quiver is full of arrows but can I liberate them from him? Nooooo! That'd be too easy!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I am not a biologist at April 10, 2022 03:02 PM (FVME7)

125 Knights needed Facebook.

Posted by: klaftern at April 10, 2022 03:03 PM (taPSh)

126 Internet says you need to wash your sweaters inside out, preferably by hand and no tumble dryer to prevent pilling. Also interesting tidbit. Put them in a plastic bag and freeze them for 48 hours when first bought before washing to tighten the fibers and they (alpaca site) said alpaca does not pill. I just wear sweatshirts so I've no firsthand knowledge.

Posted by: PaleRider, simply irredeemable at April 10, 2022 03:03 PM (3cGpq)

127 Are you the guy from Paterson ?
Posted by: JT at April 10, 2022 02:18 PM (


Nope, I live in another State

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at April 10, 2022 03:05 PM (mcfjc)

128 automobile's Owner's Manual

Had a motorcycle manual that said something like "always maintain good progress" which of course means "hit the loud handle baby". Ach, teh Germans!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at April 10, 2022 03:06 PM (tgp/G)

129 How does one get to be a henchman ?

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Get a hench and practice, practice, practice!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I am not a biologist at April 10, 2022 03:06 PM (FVME7)

130 I have a garage with a lot of tools associated with auto repair purchased over the years as my career as an auto tech went on. 44 years in all, with every NIASE certification available.

In that time, I've mentored 5 people, 4 of whom went on to make auto repair their career, one who decided not to, but kept abreast of things enough to do all his own repairs.

Don't regret a moment of that time since it's what I wanted since childhood. How neat is that, doing something you love and being paid for it?

Posted by: irongrampa at April 10, 2022 03:11 PM (KATBx)

131 Posted by: Gref at April 10, 2022 02:48 PM


Gref, it is ridiculous how much time they are spending on Tiger Woods. Yes, in the past he was a good golfer but OMFG it was nothing but Tiger, Tiger, Tiger all week with CBS coverage of the Masters.

There are so many other golfers out there who are playing their butts off and are over shadowed by a wash out.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at April 10, 2022 03:11 PM (mcfjc)

132 You fall asleep by putting your head down (or leaning up against the window in a car) and telling yourself it's time for sleep. Takes about 4-5 mins.

Henchmen only work for Warlords. Elites only think they are Warlords. The 'elites' will last only until a warlord decides they've outlived their usefulness.
The veneer of civilization is very very thin (See looting after disaster for examples).

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 10, 2022 03:11 PM (CfbRL)

133 I tend to not sleep well in hotel rooms. Better if the weather works to run the window AC fan. But my biggest issue is too much light spilling into the room.

For ettes a bra makes a decent impromptu eye mask to block light, if the drapes let too much city light in. Not too warm, doesn't cover your nose too and make it feel like you can't breath etc. (travel is a seldom thing for me so I don't think about buying a regular light blocking mask)

Posted by: PaleRider, simply irredeemable at April 10, 2022 03:11 PM (3cGpq)

134 This has left a gap in the social application of knowledge that is passed down, handed off to the young-uns. Show of hands: who has a garage literally fully organized with mechanics tools? If so, who else have you taught to use them? Where did you learn/who taught you?

Same with any tech. And there's so much tech out there to become acquainted with. Annnnd it's all being redesigned annually. Hard to keep up.
Posted by: Robert17


My dad taught me. Don't have kids. My wife's son from an earlier marriage owns his own remodel business. He already knew. I guess we'll both teach the grandkids.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 10, 2022 03:11 PM (H4qIP)

135 HenchCo provides preliminary and on-the-job training for aspiring henchmen. In exchange for a 36-month employment commitment, HenchCo will train you in the practices of henching, but it doesn't stop there. We also provide you with a thorough education in the philosophy, history and theory of henching to you can "Hench Your Best."

In addition to the exhaustive training program, HenchCo also provides competitive wages, an industry-leading bonus plan, 401(k) matching and a top-flight benefits plan that includes complimentary life insurance - a historic first in the henching industry.

Do YOU have what it takes to engage in premium henching? If you think so, call 1-877-HENCHCO to speak with one of our professional recruiters and receive an informational pamphlet. No obligation - just opportunity. Win your future with HenchCo!

Posted by: HenchCo, a Bermuda Corporation at April 10, 2022 03:12 PM (DU+/6)

136 First world problems--Russian tea cakes are delicious, but really messy to eat.
Posted by: irongrampa

Pioneer Woman taught me something today that I'll try, mug omlettes. Get a mug, crack an egg into the mug, add whatever other omelette ingredients you like, swirl it up, and nuke it for 90 seconds. Reswirl and nuke for an additional 90 seconds. Eat.

(I'm not sure that's how the women on the frontier actually did it.)

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I am not a biologist at April 10, 2022 03:13 PM (FVME7)

137 "But why does it work this way? Why do I have to exploit a bug - an exploit that may vanish with a future software update - just to access a useful feature? I suspect it might be a licensing thing where maybe the app developer can choose to not expose the option, but I don't know.

What I do know, however, is that I hate arbitrary, poorly-conceived and deliberate restrictions on things that make them less useful or harder to use for no practical reason."

I know exactly why. Going from most likely to least likely:

- Indians. Do-not-feather. 90% of the code and software design they touch turns to shit
- American programmers under a certain age that never really learned to use a desktop or the associated interface conventions and usage patterns from pre-2010 or so. All they know is shit mobile apps and arbitrary hamburger menus
- Some MBA jerkoff who spec'ed a "feature" because of some scheme to extort more money out of customers
- Hardware limitations from Chinese engineers/suppliers, or now from supply chain fuckery

A note on the MS examples of stupidity - that organization is so overrun with incompetent H1b's that it's beyond saving.

Posted by: somedood - skull mountain sherpa at April 10, 2022 03:14 PM (BaGvt)

138 Pioneer Woman taught me something today that I'll try, mug omlettes. Get a mug, crack an egg into the mug, add whatever other omelette ingredients you like, swirl it up, and nuke it for 90 seconds. Reswirl and nuke for an additional 90 seconds. Eat.

(I'm not sure that's how the women on the frontier actually did it.)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks


Jimmy Dean's actually sells that. Just add egg.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 10, 2022 03:14 PM (H4qIP)

139 Dishwasher

Posted by: Y5 at April 10, 2022 03:16 PM (8tNUK)

140 Trying 2nd wall charger, had plugged in truck charger and phone just isn't charging. Was fine yesterday and battery was running out during Hobby then Movie threads.
Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2022 02:25 PM (2JoB
________________

Li ion batteries have to have some residual charge to be re-charged. If they're fully discharged, they cannot be easily re-charged. IIRC, there are ways around this problem, but I've forgotten what they are.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 10, 2022 03:16 PM (YqDXo)

141 Dad was not a handy man. Mom taught me plumbing. When I bought my old truck I bought a Chilton Manual. Hung out with a lot of motor heads and learned a lot.

Taught daughter the basics of all of those things.

Posted by: Infidel at April 10, 2022 03:17 PM (AhBAQ)

142 Alpaca is different. You are using the entire length of fiber. You have to remove the guard hair from cashmere and are left with the downy fibers. That's what makes the yarn. I had an internetfriend that raised cashmere goats. He got longer fiber than you see in commercial yarns. But it still pills a bit.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at April 10, 2022 03:17 PM (YynYJ)

143 how about a radio tuned to a no-signal AM or FM station.
Posted by: Gref at April 10, 2022 02:34
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No-signal would mean transmitter is off and would have no sound. No-carrier would mean the transmitter is on but not receiving programming. Then you would get your white noise.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 10, 2022 03:18 PM (ju2Fy)

144 just isn't charging.

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May be a sign of being 29. My 4Runner battery died and I thought, "What?!!! I just bought a new one!" Turns out that was five years ago.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I am not a biologist at April 10, 2022 03:20 PM (FVME7)

145 I got your first world problem, right here.
I cleaned my kitchen this morning and now my girl spawn is in there cooking churros. She burned butter in one pan then told me I picked the wrong pan to replace it. There is flour and oil splattered everywhere! She cooks like her dad. Every pan, every surface covered with ingredients and dirty dishes. At least she cleans everything afterwards. Hubbymayhem will leave everything until the meal is finished and he has had his nicotine and knows that if he leaves it long enough I will do the clean up.
I clean up as I go when I'm sure I won't need it anymore.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at April 10, 2022 03:23 PM (Vxu+H)

146 Bad part is no idea how old my phone is, it's a hand me down from the company.

Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2022 03:23 PM (2JoB8)

147 Careful folks. This COB may be sensitive about his lawn.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at April 10, 2022 03:24 PM (Wnd0C)

148 What model is ir?

Posted by: No One of Consequence at April 10, 2022 03:25 PM (CAJOC)

149 40 What kind of dumbass makes a system that won't run older content? Everything without exception should be easily back portable, of its not an upgrade.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 10, 2022 02:17 PM (KZzsI)

Ears are burnin' over here.

Posted by: Apple, Inc. at April 10, 2022 03:25 PM (DTX3h)

150 *it (Skip's phone, that is)

Posted by: No One of Consequence at April 10, 2022 03:26 PM (CAJOC)

151 146 Bad part is no idea how old my phone is, it's a hand me down from the company.
Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2022 03:23 PM (2JoB

Somewhere on my phone I found its date, once. You might look around.

Posted by: m at April 10, 2022 03:27 PM (rI4Wv)

152 I play Skyrim, still, 10 years later. Its just a fun, good game, and the new mods coming out make it amazing and extend the play life incredibly.

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Skyrim is a great game. There was a 70+ year old woman on TV the other day who has been a Skyrim fanatic for ten years.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I am not a biologist at April 10, 2022 03:27 PM (FVME7)

153 Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench

I have a very small kitchen. I have to clean as I go. But I've always done that anyway.

Besides, it makes everything much easier at the end of the project.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 10, 2022 03:28 PM (U2p+3)

154 They will have henchmen.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 10, 2022 02:10 PM (yQpMk)
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AKA: targets

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at April 10, 2022 03:28 PM (5pTK/)

155 Here's my first world problem: two-factor authentication that ends up being one factor.

"To verify your identity, we will text you a magic number. Eventually. Ha! Gotcha! We won't send it for hours! You're just standing by, waiting for it, aren't ya?"

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 10, 2022 03:28 PM (YqDXo)

156 I clean up as I go when I'm sure I won't need it anymore.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at April 10, 2022 03:23 PM (Vxu+H)

I only clean up blood as I go. Everything else can wait.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 10, 2022 03:28 PM (yQpMk)

157 I have a very small kitchen. I have to clean as I go. But I've always done that anyway.

Besides, it makes everything much easier at the end of the project.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 10, 2022 03:28 PM (U2p+3)
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*fistbump*

Plus, not everything has the same cook time, so, why not use the down time to clean?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at April 10, 2022 03:29 PM (5pTK/)

158 Here's my FWP for the week: I need my (2012 model) car to pass an emissions test before I can renew my registration. The "check engine" light is on because there's a minor problem with the thermostat, so naturally the car fails the test. IN THEORY, replacing the thermostat on my car is a relatively simple job, and the part is cheap. IN REALITY, I would screw it up badly and take forever doing it, so I feel compelled to spend hundreds of dollars for a mechanic. My grandfather could repair every mechanical device he owned with 2 screwdrivers and a crescent wrench.

Posted by: PabloD at April 10, 2022 03:30 PM (n8WRa)

159 132. The veneer of civilization is very very thin (See looting after disaster for examples).
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 10, 2022 03:11 PM (CfbRL)

How long was it before CHAZ (Capital Hill Autonomous Zone) was being ruled by a guy walking around with an AK47?? Matter of days? Hours ?

Posted by: Anonymous Guy in Kaliforniaistan at April 10, 2022 03:30 PM (cRbTb)

160 Hubbymayhem will leave everything until the meal is finished and he has had his nicotine and knows that if he leaves it long enough I will do the clean up.
I clean up as I go when I'm sure I won't need it anymore.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at April 10, 2022 03:23 PM (Vxu+H)

Hold the nicotine hostage until the kitchen is clean.

Posted by: Moki at April 10, 2022 03:30 PM (JrN/x)

161 What kind of dumbass makes a system that won't run older content? Everything without exception should be easily back portable, of its not an upgrade.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

Have you tried finding a system with a working 3.5" drive recently?
Computer technology moves on and if you don't stay fairly up to date your favorite hardware that you've used for 10 years just doesn't work any longer.
I don't believe in 'planned obsolescence', I think people have been buying the *cheapest* thing that does want they need for so long the manufactures have to build with parts that are selected by cost not engineering excelence.
We pay the price in the long run.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 10, 2022 03:30 PM (CfbRL)

162 How long was it before CHAZ (Capital Hill Autonomous Zone) was being ruled by a guy walking around with an AK47?? Matter of days? Hours ?
Posted by: Anonymous Guy in Kaliforniaistan at April 10, 2022 03:30 PM (cRbTb)
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amazing how the warlord of CHAZ has been airbrushed out of that whole period of time.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at April 10, 2022 03:30 PM (5pTK/)

163 Apologies for typos.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 10, 2022 03:31 PM (CfbRL)

164 I only clean up blood as I go. Everything else can wait.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 10, 2022 03:28 PM (yQpMk)
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Obviously, you weren't cooking a red sauce, because then, blood cleanup becomes optional.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at April 10, 2022 03:32 PM (5pTK/)

165 Plus, not everything has the same cook time, so, why not use the down time to clean?
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at April 10, 2022 03:29 PM (5pTK/)
___________

Ah, a critical path aficionado.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 10, 2022 03:33 PM (YqDXo)

166 What kind of dumbass makes a system that won't run older content? Everything without exception should be easily back portable, of its not an upgrade.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

I am an ancient Rome fanatic so when Rise came out I bought an Xbox One because my 360 couldn't play it. Turned out, Rise sucked donkey dongs. Now I'm excited for Starfield but I'll need an Xbox series X/S. But will it suck? (See comments about Bethesda above.)

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I am not a biologist at April 10, 2022 03:33 PM (FVME7)

167 Computer technology moves on and if you don't stay fairly up to date your favorite hardware that you've used for 10 years just doesn't work any longer.


I have some really cool 370 Assembler code that I wrote long ago, stored on some round tapes, which nothing can read.

All that code lost ... like tears .. in .. rain..

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 10, 2022 03:33 PM (yQpMk)

168 Another thing...
My nephew called with a math problem. Geometry to be exact and seemed to expect me to be capable of helping him. I DON'T MATH! Everyone who knows me should be aware of this by now! What was that kid thinking? He seemed a bit confused that my answer to his geometric conundrum was..... ORANGE! The answer to every math problem is orange. Chemistry questions are answered with "1908 was an interesting year you know".

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at April 10, 2022 03:33 PM (Vxu+H)

169 How long was it before CHAZ (Capital Hill Autonomous Zone) was being ruled by a guy walking around with an AK47?? Matter of days? Hours ?
Posted by: Anonymous Guy in Kaliforniaistan at April 10, 2022 03:30 PM (cRbTb)
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The Duke of Seattle. He's A #1!

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 10, 2022 03:33 PM (YqDXo)

170 It's getting to turns on shows low battery and off.
It's a Samsung Galaxy S5

Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2022 03:35 PM (2JoB8)

171 I have some really cool 370 Assembler code that I wrote long ago, stored on some round tapes, which nothing can read.

All that code lost ... like tears .. in .. rain..
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at April 10, 2022 03:33 PM (yQpMk)
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I was working IT years ago, guy had some code he wanted recovered that was on 5 inch floppy disks. I scavenged a drive, appropriate cables, dusted off an old system I had laying around, fired it up with the appropriate OS, got the data. Easy peasy! Okay, maybe not.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at April 10, 2022 03:35 PM (5pTK/)

172 My grandfather could repair every mechanical device he owned with 2 screwdrivers and a crescent wrench.
Posted by: PabloD a
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Faced that problem last month. Been so long I got the heebie geebies.

But I nutted it up and did the replacement at Auto Zone parking lot. It was text book or now you could say UTub.

Anyway, don't forget to drain the coolant and either do it at the Parts parking lot or expect to need more coolant than you think.

Posted by: Braenyard at April 10, 2022 03:36 PM (iam1O)

173 FWP - I'm a little embarrassed to admit getting to post 159 before it dawned on me what FWP meant....

Posted by: Anonymous Guy in Kaliforniaistan at April 10, 2022 03:36 PM (cRbTb)

174 Prepping for the food thread. This afternoon I have been rehabilitating my CharBroil Tru Infrared gas grill after being neglected all winter. Some rust, crud, etc. I need new infrared grates, but they're hard to find in the specific size I want/require. Some are too small, others too big. Seems ridiculous.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 10, 2022 03:36 PM (BFigT)

175 Bad part is no idea how old my phone is, it's a hand me down from the company.
Posted by: Skip

My ancient phone stopped recharging last week. There was something wrong with the plug; if I canted the mini-usb the wrong way it started discharging. I had replaced the battery twice in the past few years and the Android version was so far out of date that I just decided to find another one. (I don't use data but I was pissed to find I could even d/l the library book app .)

Bought a 'refurbished' Pixel 3 expecting the worst but surprisingly the phone is in immaculate condition. No scratches or scuffing. Nothing. The set up is considerably more confusing than that of my previous. Hafta' use a goog account to get it to work; no more ghosting but whateve's, they already have all of my data.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 10, 2022 03:36 PM (p6Md5)

176 Actually it was post 158....

Posted by: Anonymous Guy in Kaliforniaistan at April 10, 2022 03:37 PM (cRbTb)

177 ORANGE! The answer to every math problem is orange. Chemistry questions are answered with "1908 was an interesting year you know".
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at April 10, 2022 03:33 PM (Vxu+H)
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sigh. Uncultured barbarianette! 42 is the correct answer.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at April 10, 2022 03:37 PM (5pTK/)

178 173 FWP - I'm a little embarrassed to admit getting to post 159 before it dawned on me what FWP meant....
Posted by: Anonymous Guy in Kaliforniaistan at April 10, 2022 03:36 PM (cRbTb)

Learn by doing!

Posted by: m at April 10, 2022 03:37 PM (rI4Wv)

179 170 It's getting to turns on shows low battery and off.
It's a Samsung Galaxy S5
Posted by: Skip
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Turn it on with the charger running.

Posted by: Braenyard at April 10, 2022 03:37 PM (iam1O)

180 FWP - I'm a little embarrassed to admit getting to post 159 before it dawned on me what FWP meant....


Fucking with the paolo

Posted by: Y5 at April 10, 2022 03:37 PM (8tNUK)

181 165 Plus, not everything has the same cook time, so, why not use the down time to clean?
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (5pTK/) at April 10, 2022 03:29 PM (5pTK/)
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Ah, a critical path aficionado.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 10, 2022 03:33 PM (YqDXo)

Rachel Ray never taught you how to multi task in cooking, huh?

As for the dishes, while I do clean up most times, if I'm cooking for 7 (like I do) and 7 people eat, 1 of those 7 not named me should be chomping at the bit to volunteer to clean up b/c they got the benefits of my cooking...it doesn't ever happen, but I do get helpers when I ask, so I guess I'll take the still acceptable option.

Posted by: Nova local at April 10, 2022 03:38 PM (exHjb)

182 I had my own first world problem trying to open a gate. I cant' remember the combo and I'm deciding if I want to use my master key on the lock when I realize the chain is rusted through so the lock isn't really doing anything. Locks are for honest people anyway.

I did get through the gate and was able to close it behind me but I can't find any chain to fix it.

Posted by: CaliGirl at April 10, 2022 03:38 PM (4XsZ/)

183 I'm fairness, the galaxy s5 is 15 models behind

Posted by: Y5 at April 10, 2022 03:39 PM (8tNUK)

184 163 Apologies for typos.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 10, 2022 03:31 PM (CfbRL)

"Don't apologize. It's a sign of weakness". Capt Nathan Brittles. USA.

Posted by: Anonymous Guy in Kaliforniaistan at April 10, 2022 03:39 PM (cRbTb)

185 Amazon Echo Dots make great, cheap little white noise generators. It's probably the most common thing we use them for in my family.

"Alexa, play thunderstorm/beach/river/forest/campfire sounds."

"Alexa, sleep timer, one hour." (To turn off after an hour.)

If privacy is a concern (understandable!), teardowns show the mic mute is hardwired to the indicator light, and while that's lit the mics have no power. It *can* change the mute status, but not without also turning off the mute indicator.

Posted by: Bitblt at April 10, 2022 03:40 PM (D8Do3)

186 ORANGE! The answer to every math problem is orange. Chemistry questions are answered with "1908 was an interesting year you know".
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at April 10, 2022 03:33 PM (Vxu+H)
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Math: 2 pi.
Chemistry: Aromaticity. P-pi D-pi backbonding.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 10, 2022 03:40 PM (YqDXo)

187 Mannix, your TV is watching you

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 10, 2022 03:41 PM (EZebt)

188 I tried some of those noise makers you put in the bedroom and it might help you sleep. I have one that recycles the sound every 2 minutes with a click as it goes back and starts again. Annoying as hell, you end up waiting for the click.
Never been able to sleep on anything that moves. Bus, airplane, train, car. I have flown across country on an over night flight and looked around and everyone is sleeping and I'm wide awake. I guess I am worried the pilot is going to fall asleep or something, Bus driver is also going to do that or the train driver. Why...am I like that?

Posted by: Colin at April 10, 2022 03:41 PM (YVx1O)

189 Been trying to turn on while plugged in, and been plugged in last couple hours. Not working.

Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2022 03:42 PM (2JoB8)

190 Math: 2 pi.
Chemistry: Aromaticity. P-pi D-pi backbonding.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara

No really. 1908 was a very interesting year.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at April 10, 2022 03:42 PM (Vxu+H)

191 158 Here's my FWP for the week: I need my (2012 model) car to pass an emissions test before I can renew my registration. The "check engine" light is on because there's a minor problem with the thermostat, so naturally the car fails the test. IN THEORY, replacing the thermostat on my car is a relatively simple job, and the part is cheap. IN REALITY, I would screw it up badly and take forever doing it, so I feel compelled to spend hundreds of dollars for a mechanic. My grandfather could repair every mechanical device he owned with 2 screwdrivers and a crescent wrench.
Posted by: PabloD at April 10, 2022 03:30 PM (n8WRa)

My idiot lights are on all the time in my car and my gas gauge doesn't work. When I was sick last year and didn't go anywhere for about a month mice ate some wires in my truck. I haven't had it fixed because I don't want to leave my car at the dealer.

Posted by: CaliGirl at April 10, 2022 03:42 PM (4XsZ/)

192 183 I'm fairness, the galaxy s5 is 15 models behind
Posted by: Y5 at April 10, 2022 03:39 PM (8tNUK)

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And it looks like it needs a special case in order to use wireless charging, so probably not an option.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at April 10, 2022 03:44 PM (CAJOC)

193 Wonder if Elon can get us an edti button on AoS?

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 10, 2022 02:04 PM (ju2Fy)

Maybe he can remove the letter W from AOS
At least Ace will always have hoboes to hunt

https://tinyurl.com/2p8f8488

Posted by: Kindltot at April 10, 2022 03:44 PM (xhaym)

194 The only math I've used successfully is. (RU/21)QTpi.


Posted by: Anonymous Guy in Kaliforniaistan at April 10, 2022 03:45 PM (cRbTb)

195 58 Here's my FWP for the week: I need my (2012 model) car to pass an emissions test before I can renew my registration. The "check engine" light is on because there's a minor problem with the thermostat, so naturally the car fails the test.
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And here's your next FWP: if you do any number of things, such as disconnect the battery, you have to drive the car for a while to reset the computer. Otherwise you'll flunk the emission test even if there's nothing wrong.

Ask me how I know.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 10, 2022 03:45 PM (YqDXo)

196 FWP

Friends with privileges?

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 10, 2022 03:45 PM (u82oZ)

197 190 Math: 2 pi.
Chemistry: Aromaticity. P-pi D-pi backbonding.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara

No really. 1908 was a very interesting year.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at April 10, 2022 03:42 PM (Vxu+H)

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I was helping a friend with calculus in college. For every question, she'd rattle off "negative infinity, positive infinity, 1, 0, -1". The right answer was usually in there somewhere.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at April 10, 2022 03:45 PM (CAJOC)

198 170 It's getting to turns on shows low battery and off.
It's a Samsung Galaxy S5
Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2022 03:35 PM (2JoB

February 2014, I'm finding online.

Posted by: m at April 10, 2022 03:45 PM (rI4Wv)

199 FWP - I'm a little embarrassed to admit getting to post 159 before it dawned on me what FWP meant....
Posted by: Anonymous Guy in Kaliforniaistan


Fire Willy Pete!

Posted by: rickb223 at April 10, 2022 03:46 PM (H4qIP)

200 My nephew called with a math problem. Geometry to be exact and seemed to expect me to be capable of helping him. I DON'T MATH! Everyone who knows me should be aware of this by now! What was that kid thinking? He seemed a bit confused that my answer to his geometric conundrum was..... ORANGE! The answer to every math problem is orange. Chemistry questions are answered with "1908 was an interesting year you know".
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at April 10, 2022 03:33 PM (Vxu+H)

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Geometry is logic more than math.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 10, 2022 03:46 PM (EZebt)

201 > https://twitter.com/ElonMusk

My favorite is the poll he put up about turning Twatter headquarters into a homeless shelter since all the employees are still working from home anyway.

Second favorite: the one about removing the W from Twitter.

He is just trolling the shit out of the stupid and humorless Twitter demographic.

Posted by: Crystal Gayle at April 10, 2022 03:46 PM (bW8dp)

202 Sock off, dammit.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 10, 2022 03:46 PM (bW8dp)

203 Sometimes the best answer to first-world problems are third-world solutions. Just hire a couple of hobos to wave sheets around the room to mimic the sound of rustling wind. Works like a charm.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 10, 2022 03:47 PM (KFhLj)

204 Sometimes the best answer to first-world problems are third-world solutions.
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Jury-rigging a solution, aka "Third World engineering."

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 10, 2022 03:48 PM (YqDXo)

205 I have some really cool 370 Assembler code that I wrote long ago, stored on some round tapes, which nothing can read.

All that code lost ... like tears .. in .. rain..
Posted by: G'rump928

Learned IBM 360 assembly coding on a sperry/univac 90/60.
Threw the code away after passing the class!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 10, 2022 03:48 PM (9L+wm)

206 The girl will be taking calculus next year. She will be a junior in high school. I defer all math to her. She will also be taking an advanced chemistry class.
I wonder if she know about 1908?

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at April 10, 2022 03:49 PM (Vxu+H)

207 Geometry is logic more than math.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 10, 2022 03:46 PM (EZebt)

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My son took a Statistics class. He hated it, because it had very little to do with math. It was much more about the analysis.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at April 10, 2022 03:49 PM (CAJOC)

208 Anyone have an insight into this French Election and the possible outcome of the run off

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 10, 2022 03:49 PM (Irn0L)

209 203. Just hire a couple of hobos to wave sheets around the room to mimic the sound of rustling wind. Works like a charm.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 10, 2022 03:47 PM (KFhLj)


The hobo smell gave me a headache.....

Posted by: Anonymous Guy in Kaliforniaistan at April 10, 2022 03:49 PM (cRbTb)

210 He is just trolling the shit out of the stupid and humorless Twitter demographic.
Posted by: Crystal Gayle at April 10, 2022 03:46 PM (bW8dp)
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He is, and Twitter can't ban him, obviously.

It's a beautiful thing.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 10, 2022 03:49 PM (YqDXo)

211 I have air cleaners in the bedroom and den. There is the constant low background whispering of those. I don't even notice it, unless...the power goes off, then the silence is so noticeable as to be disturbing.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 10, 2022 03:50 PM (830x5)

212 Hey, folk,

Got a few minutes before Miss Linda and I head out for an early dinner at a very popular place in the city (thanks, Miklos!). I was running errands this am and didn't get a chance to nip in to the Book Thread, but I see Perfessor Squirrel took up my idea to use Fred Dannay and Manfred B. Lee ("Ellery Queen") as the mystery guests. He's right; they also used the pseudonym "Barnaby Ross" for a second series of deductive mysteries featuring Drury Lane, a former Shakespearean actor who turns amateur detective. Later the books were reissued under the Queen byline.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 10, 2022 03:51 PM (c6xtn)

213 My son took a Statistics class. He hated it, because it had very little to do with math. It was much more about the analysis.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at April 10, 2022 03:49 PM (CAJOC)

On average most people find statistics boring. Was it Mark Twain who said 'there's liars, damned liars and statisticians...". ?

Posted by: Anonymous Guy in Kaliforniaistan at April 10, 2022 03:51 PM (cRbTb)

214 The Travels of Diogenes

If you like noise, you'd of love being next to the room I was in my hotel in Oklahoma City.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 10, 2022 03:52 PM (5pkZu)

215 211 I have air cleaners in the bedroom and den. There is the constant low background whispering of those. I don't even notice it, unless...the power goes off, then the silence is so noticeable as to be disturbing.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 10, 2022 03:50 PM (830x5)

Navy on ships for too many years. As an Electronics guy, if the power went out, we needed to turn everything OFF ASAP so it wouldn't blow up (especially Radars)... so, if things got too quiet, no blowers... powers out... TIME TO WAKE UP.

I sleep with an air cleaner next to my bed.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 10, 2022 03:52 PM (oHd/0)

216 Geometry is logic more than math.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 10, 2022

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Which was why I loved it in high school. Well, until the 6-week section we spent on trigonometry, which had math and arithmetic. The logic, for an Ellery Queen fan, was fun.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 10, 2022 03:52 PM (c6xtn)

217 Anyone have an insight into this French Election and the possible outcome of the run off
Posted by: Nevergiveup

French run-off: In the past everyone votes for anyone but le pen after it gets down to 2 people.
So it depends on whether the people are tired of 'not le pen' finally.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 10, 2022 03:52 PM (9L+wm)

218 213 My son took a Statistics class. He hated it, because it had very little to do with math. It was much more about the analysis.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at April 10, 2022 03:49 PM (CAJOC)

On average most people find statistics boring. Was it Mark Twain who said 'there's liars, damned liars and statisticians...". ?
Posted by: Anonymous Guy in Kaliforniaistan at April 10, 2022 03:51 PM (cRbTb)

don't know who said it.. but... Statistics are a column of numbers, looking for an argument.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 10, 2022 03:53 PM (oHd/0)

219 I have tinnitus, so I need some kind of white noise so I can tune it out. In the winter we run a fan on the low setting, and that works. In the summer we have the window AC, which is actually a little louder than I like, but it still works.

Too many metal shows without ear plugs, I reckon.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at April 10, 2022 03:54 PM (x8Wzq)

220 My son took a Statistics class. He hated it, because it had very little to do with math. It was much more about the analysis.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at April 10, 2022 03:49 PM (CAJOC)
==]=

Yaaaaas! *drools a little*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 10, 2022 03:55 PM (EZebt)

221 I see I'm not the only one holding onto a Samsung Galaxy S5 way too long.

Posted by: Puddleglum at April 10, 2022 03:56 PM (sAmhv)

222 Skip the internet says it might be a software issue on your S5. Try holding the power button down for 20 seconds and see if you get a reboot screen.

Sounds like you might end up having to call supervisor for a different way to get in tomorrow and get a new phone if you can't get this one happy. If it is not a gradual thing of the battery not holding a charge for long or having to fiddle the connection to get it to charge it may well be the software panic bug that a hard reboot will fix if it will cooperate that long.

Posted by: PaleRider, simply irredeemable at April 10, 2022 03:56 PM (3cGpq)

223 They keep voting Marcon they fkin deserve Marcon

Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2022 03:57 PM (2JoB8)

224 Which was why I loved it in high school. Well, until the 6-week section we spent on trigonometry, which had math and arithmetic. The logic, for an Ellery Queen fan, was fun.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at April 10, 2022 03:52 PM (c6xtn)
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The entire time they were attempting to teach me trigonometry I was thinking, Why? Whhhhy??

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 10, 2022 03:57 PM (EZebt)

225 P-pi D-pi backbonding.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara

Need transition group metal for that. Right? I've made my share of hapto-bonded metal compounds.

The recent synthesis of the benzene ring infinity compound showed the rings had local aromaticity, not extended pi-bonding. All P=pI bonding with the carbon atoms.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 10, 2022 03:58 PM (u82oZ)

226 The other curse of working on my own car is the near-absolute certainty of having something else go wrong while working on the known problem.
"Let's see, disconnect the coolant hose... oh, you mean the thing that is bonded at the atomic level to the radiator, and which will split if I exert enough force to separate them? And do you expect me to walk to the auto parts store for a new one, now that my car is disabled even further?"

Posted by: PabloD at April 10, 2022 03:58 PM (n8WRa)

227 Been trying stuff but as said it comes on, low battery and immediately off. Could be software but not letting me do anything.

Posted by: Skip at April 10, 2022 03:58 PM (2JoB8)

228 Pug Mahon @ 219- I have tinnitis left ear from 36 radiation treatments. Most of the time I block it out of my mind but at night it bothers me so I run a fan. And to think I used to go to sleep listening to Led Zeppelin.

Posted by: Eromero at April 10, 2022 03:58 PM (qF7JJ)

229 Puddleglum

I have never owned a smart phone. You need a smart user for that. Flip phones only.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 10, 2022 03:59 PM (u82oZ)

230 And here's your next FWP: if you do any number of things, such as disconnect the battery, you have to drive the car for a while to reset the computer. Otherwise you'll flunk the emission test even if there's nothing wrong.

Ask me how I know.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 10, 2022 03:45 PM (YqDXo)

My son gave me a code reader. It's invaluable as it tells me what is wrong that I'm going to have to pay for.

Posted by: Javems at April 10, 2022 03:59 PM (AmoqO)

231 I like white noise at night, and do NOT have a tv in the bedroom. I found a small white cube, relatively inexpensive which does the job marvelously, and has 20 or 30 choices of white noise to choose from.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 10, 2022 03:59 PM (q3gwH)

232 They keep voting Marcon they fkin deserve Marcon
Posted by: Skip
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Macaroni>Macron

Posted by: Mike Hammer, crossing the beams at April 10, 2022 04:01 PM (WZ5i4)

233 don't know who said it.. but... Statistics are a column of numbers, looking for an argument.
Posted by: Romeo13

That's mean! Don't you have a mode besides anger?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I am not a biologist at April 10, 2022 04:01 PM (FVME7)

234 GET CLEANED UP ITS FOOD THREAD TIME

Posted by: Skip advising you of your Nood threads at April 10, 2022 04:01 PM (2JoB8)

235 This place is obviously a self-affirming hotbed of prejudice.

Posted by: Pink Noise at April 10, 2022 04:04 PM (WZ5i4)

236 228 Pug Mahon @ 219- I have tinnitis left ear from 36 radiation treatments. Most of the time I block it out of my mind but at night it bothers me so I run a fan. And to think I used to go to sleep listening to Led Zeppelin.

Posted by: Eromero at April 10, 2022 03:58 PM (qF7JJ)

Both of mine have been ringing for a long time. Really don't notice unless I think about it, like now. I probably would be lonely if they ceased.

Posted by: Javems at April 10, 2022 04:04 PM (AmoqO)

237 P-pi D-pi backbonding.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara

Need transition group metal for that. Right? I've made my share of hapto-bonded metal compounds.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 10, 2022 03:58 PM (u82oZ)
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Yep. Funny story: a prominent chemist who held himself out as an expert on the topic of some litigation gravely intoned p-pi d-pi backbonding as his explanation for some phenomenon. In fact, the whole point of using that ligand class was that it DIDN'T exhibit any such backbonding; that's why it was chosen.

Yeah, he obviously hadn't read even the papers cited in the litigation. The sad part was, that I was only person in the courtroom who knew he was full of shit, but it was too "inside baseball" to bring up.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 10, 2022 04:04 PM (YqDXo)

238 There are some sound generators that will give you a black screen along with the sound.

Posted by: Frank at April 10, 2022 04:04 PM (rglbH)

239 The results of the French Election were pretty much what polls predicted, surprisingly. Macron 28% (FAR from a majority) Le Pen, 23%, Melenchon (socialist) 21%, Zemmour (Le Pens biggest competition from the right) 7%. A lot of small parties making up the balance.

So the runofff will be Macron vs LePen, and the biggest question is, what will the socialists do? They are furious at Macron for a lot of the moves he has made the last couple of years.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 10, 2022 04:05 PM (q3gwH)

240 AOC Questions GOP's Right to Define Word "Woman"

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I'm pretty sure Pierre Delecto doesn't know.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I am not a biologist at April 10, 2022 04:06 PM (FVME7)

241 232 They keep voting Marcon they fkin deserve Marcon
Posted by: Skip
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Macaroni>Macron
Posted by: Mike Hammer, crossing the beams at April 10, 2022 04:01 PM (WZ5i4)
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Macaroni > Macron ~ Maricon.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 10, 2022 04:06 PM (YqDXo)

242 Finished my retaining wall yesterday, so today's FWP here is, do I buy the plants from the local nursery and put them in or do I go on line and get the ones I really want and wait two weeks to get them?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 10, 2022 04:06 PM (+I4ai)

243 Shut it all the way down, wait ten minutes and re-boot it?

Posted by: Braenyard at April 10, 2022 04:07 PM (iam1O)

244 Skip

Muslims support Macaron. Le Pen, not so much.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 10, 2022 04:07 PM (u82oZ)

245 I have never owned a smart phone. You need a smart user for that. Flip phones only.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
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[fist-bump]

My phone is about the size of a deck of cards, fits easily in my trouser pocket.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 10, 2022 04:07 PM (bk3Sg)

246 My son gave me a code reader. It's invaluable as it tells me what is wrong that I'm going to have to pay for.
Posted by: Javems at April 10, 2022 03:59 PM (AmoqO)
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I have one, too. They're great. OBD = on-board diagnostics reader.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 10, 2022 04:07 PM (YqDXo)

247 This is one of the reasons why I don't like Macs: They seem designed under the philosophy that, if Apple didn't imagine you needing to do something, then you can't do it.

Posted by: Socratease at April 10, 2022 04:08 PM (oqnjT)

248 I have never owned a smart phone. You need a smart user for that. Flip phones only.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
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I miss my flip phone. Smart phones just don't fit well in a pocket. In a back pocket you risk sitting on the phone. In a front pocket, you risk squashing your privates when you sit.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 10, 2022 04:09 PM (YqDXo)

249 Here's my first world problem: two-factor authentication that ends up being one factor.

"To verify your identity, we will text you a magic number. Eventually. Ha! Gotcha! We won't send it for hours! You're just standing by, waiting for it, aren't ya?"
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara

Here's a button to send another code if you didn't get it.

Oh, you hit that and now we sent you two codes out-of-order and neither one works? So sad for you.

Hit it again. So we can take you to another page that tells you to wait 60 seconds between clicks.

Back button? Oh no, that won't be acceptable. Start the login process over.

Posted by: mikeski at April 10, 2022 04:09 PM (P1f+c)

250 Deplorable Jay Guevara

Any discussion of back-bonding >> white noise for sleep.

You chose ... wisely. Plus you knew he was a hack.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at April 10, 2022 04:10 PM (u82oZ)

251 Macaroni > Macron ~ Maricon.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at April 10, 2022 04:06 PM (YqDXo)
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That took a second.

Posted by: Braenyard at April 10, 2022 04:10 PM (iam1O)

252 Yeah, he obviously hadn't read even the papers cited in the litigation. The sad part was, that I was only person in the courtroom who knew he was full of shit, but it was too "inside baseball" to bring up.
Posted by: Deplorable
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This is why I have enjoyed reading depositions. More often than not, the attorneys don't understand their own questions, and the deposed are often full of bullshit.

It's very easy to provide the defendant attorneys with demonstrable facts which condradict 'expert' witness.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 10, 2022 04:13 PM (GBHAb)

253 Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara

Here's a button to send another code if you didn't get it.
Oh, you hit that and now we sent you two codes out-of-order and neither one works? So sad for you.
Hit it again. So we can take you to another page that tells you to wait 60 seconds between clicks.
Back button? Oh no, that won't be acceptable. Start the login process over.
Posted by: mikeski
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and then - There have been an unwarranted number of attempts at your account. We are putting a security lock on it until you contact us.

Posted by: Braenyard at April 10, 2022 04:13 PM (iam1O)

254 There have been an unwarranted number of attempts at your account. We are putting a security lock on it until you contact us.
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"Our offices are open from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m., Monday through Friday"

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 10, 2022 04:16 PM (GBHAb)

255 Amen.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 10, 2022 04:16 PM (Wg1SU)

256 For white noise I use the Noizio app on my iPad. You can mix different sounds. My go-to is October Rain with a little Thunderstorm thrown in.

My late mom's favorite sleep aid was The Perry Mason Show. There's now a Perry Mason channel on Pluto TV. She'd have a field day with that or at least a good sleep.

Posted by: sinalco at April 10, 2022 04:24 PM (yODqO)

257 Anyone have an insight into this French Election and the possible outcome of the run off

Posted by: Nevergiveup at April 10, 2022 03:49 PM (Irn0L)

1908 was an interesting year

Posted by: Kindltot at April 10, 2022 04:28 PM (xhaym)

258 "Our offices are open from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m., Monday through Friday."

Our offices are located in Bangalore. That's local time, not East coast.

Posted by: PabloD at April 10, 2022 04:28 PM (n8WRa)

259 Nood food, if you're in the mood.

Posted by: PabloD at April 10, 2022 04:29 PM (n8WRa)

260 I like my Samsung phone. I can access this site while stewing in a waiting room or when I am getting take-out.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Ne'er-Do-Well at April 10, 2022 04:29 PM (x8Wzq)

261 Would-be Reagan assassin books concert gig in New York City

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I wonder if he'll do I Shot the Sheriff. Bridge Over Troubled Water? I Fought the Law and the Law Won?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I am not a biologist at April 10, 2022 04:35 PM (FVME7)

262 "Our offices are open from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m., Monday through Friday."

Our offices are located in Bangalore. That's local time, not East coast.
Posted by: PabloD

Since Bangalore is about halfway around the world, that would make it more convenient for the Americans who have to do their own jobs between 0800 and 1600, though. A first-world solution!

But you still have all the fun of 3 seconds of audio delay, 24-bits-per-second audio quality, and talking with some dude named Vishwan who insists that you call him Victor, and pronounce both D's in Wednesday.

Posted by: mikeski at April 10, 2022 04:38 PM (P1f+c)

263 Get an OLED TV.

OLEDs don't have a backlight so blacks are completely dark.

LG OLEDs have a screen off button. Audio plays until you hit any button on the remote to turn the screen back on.

Posted by: RustyB at April 10, 2022 05:26 PM (B/kJm)

264 I was just reading up on the Song dynasty (960-1279). Unbelievable how advanced, compared to Europe at that time, its technological and societal improvements were. Seems like they were about at the limits of pre-electrical tech. Then the Mongols invaded. Fucking Mongols.

Posted by: SFGoth at April 10, 2022 05:31 PM (KAi1n)

265 Too many comments to read so dunno if this has been suggested already. Wear an eye mask. I wear one to block out the blue light of our thermostat (with a display to rival our tv) and the alarm clock's blue numbers.

Posted by: carol at April 10, 2022 05:41 PM (raCUr)

266 edit to my stupid comment. Should have read the question more fully. duh. Anyway, as you were...

Posted by: carol at April 10, 2022 05:45 PM (raCUr)

267 For 'white noise', just run a fan in your room. Also circulates the air (also a good thing.)

If you need the rain or surf sounds, there are CD's for that. Check the local thrift stores, there are usually some there ( for about a buck.) better than running a TV...

Posted by: the last to post at April 10, 2022 06:36 PM (p6P5m)

268 expensive, but I love my Bose sleep pods. Highly recommend.

Posted by: chris not rock at April 10, 2022 06:36 PM (sQuhB)

269 Evening.

"What I do know, however, is that I hate arbitrary, poorly-conceived and deliberate restrictions on things that make them less useful or harder to use for no practical reason."

Being able to do audio only would be an interesting feature but I wouldn't go so far as to call it a deliberate restriction. It's a TV. It's off or on.

Posted by: Robert at April 10, 2022 07:34 PM (a0lWM)

270 136...(I'm not sure that's how the women on the frontier actually did it.)

You had to hook a horse or an ox to the "AUX IN" shaft at the back.

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at April 10, 2022 08:37 PM (Ucb0d)

271 Burn screen faster, buy new TV faster.

I can't listen to the audios of waterfalls or storms, etc., because I can actually HEAR when the pattern starts to repeat, even if it has been several minutes and the pattern is subtle (I'm a musician). I find myself tensing, waiting for the beginning to loop around again and it drives me nuts.

Posted by: Beverly at April 10, 2022 08:48 PM (w+IAw)

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