elucubra

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elucubra ,

At the rate this is going, you may be saying this seriously soon

elucubra ,

The Fox News figure is definitely inflated

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If those are regular size flooring slats, the screws are impossibly large. I call fake.

elucubra ,

Yeah, but you don't go as far as rejecting having your name added to the Trump Kennedy center.

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BTW?

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Winboat looks nice. I'm planning to play with it today. I'm also going to try distro box etc. Wish me a happy Virt-day.
(yeah, yeah, I know where thee door is.)

elucubra ,

Doesn't having WSL under the hood negate Linux's inherent security?

I'd much rather have Windows shit containerized within Linux.

elucubra ,

I was thinking about doing this, getting a storage constrained, apple constrained, obsolete piece of hardware, to do what the phone I already carry does better.

Oh, wait!

elucubra ,

True. That's why I started the comment with "I".

elucubra ,

My phone is jailbroken (rooted, Android).

Unless I discover a deeply hidden part of me, it's highly unlikely that I'd get a grinder notification.

Anyway, you won't get that notification I the ipod, but you will in your phone.

I'm actually restoring a Motorola Startac phone for my son, but there is no pretense of usability there, (except battery life), it's simply for the cool factor.

elucubra ,

I installed in my(old but very good) car a surprisingly nice sounding stereo unit, very inexpensive, like 30€.

The unit has no cassette or CD. It does have a micro Sd slot, two USB, one is charge only, for phones, and the other for storage. It has a remote. Physical buttons and a multi modal knob.

My phone has 512Gb of storage, and I almost never use streaming services.

I imagine your phone notifies you of texts, anyway, no?

elucubra ,

This is pedestrian crossing logic:

I, pedestrian, have the right of way while crossing the street, so when that coaler truck comes at me full speed, I will die. But I will die being right.

Sorry, but I will die defending my children's rights. My children will not die to defend my rights.

Seriously, if you are willingly exposing your children to bullets, actual bullets, tear gas, physical violence, you should be barred from reproducing.

elucubra ,

And often not even haptic.

elucubra ,

I have a somewhat basic home automation, and my lights are programmed to be cooler during daylight hours (where necessary, desk lamp, corridor, etc), and they become warmer at night. The reverse happens early morning in winter, where I wake up while still dark.

elucubra ,

Microsoft has historically shipped Alpha versions, followed by Betas, in paid software.

elucubra ,

I should look for a clear and simple list of reasons, published somewhere to share with family and friends.
ADHD and lazy stand in my way.

elucubra ,

Thanks.
I don't know about the "smartest people" thing, though, after the whole hegseth thing 😂

elucubra ,

Why didn't they pour money on Jitsi?

European, mature, FOSS...

I fear grift is there somewhere.

Also, French engineering has a habit of turning sound concepts into messy overengineerd but underbuilt results.

elucubra ,

I've had several French cars, starting with an R4. That one was good, did exactly what it was designed to do. Next I had Talbot Horizon, an american (Chrysler) car with a very good diesel engine. Then I had a Peugeot 505, that had a good engine that was over complicated to the extreme, to the point that the oli overflow pipe litrelly crossed over from one side of the engine to the other, a truly brain dead design. Also the electrics in the back were literally routed under the rear light seals, so a seal failure meant that the electrical system shorted when it rained, the central locking and windows actuators had similar design flaws.

I also had a Xara, which had several secondary ecus, which had to be progressively eliminated , until I sent the thing to the scrap yard, out of despair, despite having a sound body and engine.

I'm in Europe, and I sometimes play the game of observing how many old cars (15+ years) I spot by nationality. Plenty of German, Spanish, Czech, Japanese and Korean. Very few Italian or French.

My daily driver now is a 26 year old Skoda. I do all maintenance. In nearly 500.000 km, it has had zero major failures. A few minor things, starter (Bosch), two window regulators, a CV joint, and the usual, belts, clutch, brake pads... Consumables. I love how logical the engine bay is.

elucubra ,

I'm 100% pro-union, but union leaders rarely have integrity, sadly.

elucubra ,

They usually only care about the perks, the grift opportunities, and they often sell out their coworkers in negotiations, usually paid under the table by management, to accept less than they could have obtained.

See the Boeing strikes, for example.

elucubra ,

I bought and installed Monster cables for my fairly high end (Not audiophile) HiFi setup in the 80s. Oxygen free copper yada yada. It's true that they are fat conductors (good), very flexible sheathing (good), transparent (cool), but I could have saved a bunch by using fat plain electrical cables.

Microsoft’s $440 billion wipeout, and investors angry about OpenAI’s debt, explained ( fortune.com )

The immediate catalyst, it seems, is an intensifying focus on capex, or capital expenditures. Microsoft revealed that its spending surged 66% to $37.5 billion in the latest quarter, even as growth in its Azure cloud business cooled slightly. Even more concerning to analysts, however, was a new disclosure that approximately 45% ...

elucubra ,

Which will create a labor boom, to operate the robots, a la Tesla

elucubra OP ,

1st, lighten up. This is a meme sub, fer chrissakes!

2nd, if you are a Dane, as your UID implies, it's likely you identify with Vikings, whose main contribution to Europe was pillage, rape, and redheads all the way to north Africa.

3rd, cultural appropriation is bullshit. That amounts to saying that culture is a thing, and that it can be owned, if we go down that route, no Japanese Orchestra should be allowed to play Beethoven, or Bach, or classical Spanish guitar, or anyone in the world should be allowed to listen or play to Rock, because it appropriated African rhythms and other musical elements.

But mostly, yeah, lighten up.

elucubra OP ,

I don't have those traits, which is why a duck is my spirit animal. If I had all the traits I'd be a fucking duck.😛

elucubra ,

In most places in my country, the locking pins are removed, to prevent spills from people who leave them running, in case of the auto stop not working.

I carry a rivet in my car to use as a pin

elucubra ,

There are many scenarios, such as the user not putting the spout far enough in, or the spout being pulled out by someone tripping on the hose, etc... It's obviously rare, but when it happens it's really messy, and dangerous

elucubra ,

Windows 8 .1 was effectively Windows 9.

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That there is no law for chocolate, but there is for mayonnaise in Belgium is downright absurd

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elucubra ,

Please, don't bring logic or facts into my anonymous conversations with random, unseen, strangers on the internets.

elucubra ,

Actually, I believe there is a European law that mandates minimums, although it's a feckin joke, 35% minimum for dark chocolate. SMH.

Cruz reportedly says Trump yelled and cursed over warning of midterm election ‘bloodbath’ ( www.theguardian.com )

Ted Cruz warned Donald Trump, his fellow Republican, that he would face a “bloodbath” in the November midterm elections if prices continued to rise, prompting the president to respond, “fuck you, Ted,” the US senator told donors, according to a secret recording of the private conversation obtained by Axios. ...

elucubra ,

Actually, Trump's reaction may be.

If he would have said "Don't worry" with his trademark schoolyard mafioso wannabe smirk, then it would be worrying.

elucubra ,

Nazi Germany had millions of smart people supporting the world domination effort.

Where does smart=decent?

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I my case, I use a 5 year old Xiaomi flagship, that still runs like a charm, and has a 1.5-2 day battery life. That means that having this phone has meant a 250% reduction in ewaste if we use the 24 month cycle average for the industry.

elucubra ,

You've never used tickly velour condoms?

elucubra ,

What is it that you people don't understand about "The right's right to bear arms shall not be infringed"?

Maybe you should take a course to read good.

elucubra ,

Realistically it'd be Spanish, especially because so many locals in these states already do.

elucubra ,

I believe the Danish take the crown.

elucubra ,

She's not talking about people with opposing views, she's talking about drama queens, trolls, and all the other louts.

She's right.

elucubra ,

From Canada, I imagine.

elucubra ,

I don't know why you are being downvoted.

The general populace is uneducated/dumb, that's why safeguards are implemented.

I'm all for the idea of freedom, but making the exercise of that freedom informed.

I do onsite IT support, and much of my job is preventing and undoing user fuckups.

How many apps do you need to install per day? How many of those are sideloaded? I think that

If you look into fauna before each major extintion events, things get weirder and weirder, so weird that Hollywood would have a hard time selling a movie with that shit

elucubra ,

Heh, neither. Voyager had saved text from an earlier unsent reply, and on the phone it was above the fold, so I didn't see it.

elucubra ,

Yeah, but, but...A Tan Suit!

elucubra ,

17 years is prehistory in IT years. Basing your comments on experiences from nearly 2 decades ago is just plain useless

elucubra ,

Yeah. A crushing defeat in midterms is a better outcome. Also, if some republican senators and congrespeople figured that they can save their asses by opposing Trump, those from tariff ravaged states, for example, he could even be impeached.