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Re: Ye never know?!.....Kanye West says he likes Jews again.... - Yesterday

I think West's PR people told him to try promoting a Jewish actor to rehabilitate his image and when he couldn't name one, they picked Jonah Hill for his recent interracial love story movie "You People." But Kanye's only seen him in "21 Jump Street" and that's all he could think of. 'Probably for the best as "You People" turns out to be little more than a long

by Tiangou - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Why is googling asking for my location all the time? - Yesterday

Quotebtfc Unfortunately, while their results were nearly on-par with Google for awhile, in recent years their reliance on Bing for results has made them far less useful. Typically, I start a search in DuckDuckGo, but for all but the most glaringly obvious results I end up returning to Google to find what I'm looking for.

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Re: Why is googling asking for my location all the time? - Yesterday

Inexplicably, Apple only offers you the option of declining location-tracking for a short period at the prompt instead of allowing you to disable it entirely. You have to know (or find somehow) that you can disable it in Safari's "Website" preferences.

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Re: Cast Iron question - Yesterday

Quotegadje The grate does not rock. The frying pan rocks. Stoopit question: Have you checked to see whether the base of the frying pan is level? I've had some warp.

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Re: Wolverines! - Yesterday

Wolverines are scavengers, and they're very smart and sociable. They do have some wicked teeth, useful for ripping the flesh off off large animals that others have brought down. There are no documented wolverine attacks on humans. When domesticated, they tend to attach themselves to a single human (much like cats) and are shy around others, but they seldom bite or scratch so long as they're

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Re: Cast Iron question - Yesterday

Quotegadje At this point I think the stove top is horizontal, but that is one thing I need to check... If the "grate" rocks, that's not an issue with the stove-top. But the problem may be exacerbated by a stove that's not level. Takes 30 seconds to use a level to check, and maybe 10 minutes to mess with the legs to re-level the stove unless the legs are embedded in the floor. Might

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Re: I finally got rid of that mac that I HATE! - Yesterday

QuotehalMost important for the bedside computer is that iTunes will no longer plays most m4b or m4a files... You'll need to change the media-type metadata to "Music" to keep it in iTunes or the Music app. You can then change the Genre to "Audiobook" or "Books and Spoken" or whatever to sort it.

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Re: Chopper's Saturday Hypothetical Question--Print a Newspaper? - Yesterday

Now I feel bad. Should have said that. Support your local print shops!

by Tiangou - Tips and Deals

Re: Chopper's Saturday Hypothetical Question--Print a Newspaper? - Yesterday

No. Not if you want the quality of a real Sunday circular. Used web printers easily cost $20K and up, take up a space that would fill a room, and should be run by an experienced pressman. The inks are highly volatile. A good Xerox or Epson toner-based press that can print and fold to approximate the same type of publication would start around $25,000... Maybe $7-10K for a good used one that

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Re: Florida Man hallucinates on internet - Yesterday

QuoteMr645 QuoteTiangou QuoteMr645 And yet judges and courts and prosecutors can't find any of this evidence. It all seems to exist only in the minds of anti American fascists of the Democratic party. Just what do you think the various grand juries have been doing all this time? Coming up empty? Seems to be the trend They have not yet adjourned. There nothing from which one might conclude

by Tiangou - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Touch his belly and he'll shred you [pic] - 2 days ago

Tory: I think Grant should do it, 'cause he just had his middle name legally changed to Danger. Grant: Danger Imahara...I like the sound of that.

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Re: USBC to USBA hub help - 2 days ago

1. You will kick yourself later if you don't go for a 4-port iMac. 2. A new iMac is expected by mid-summer or early fall, can you wait? 3. There are hundreds of USB-C hubs on Amazon that will provide USB-A ports, and if you prefer one of those sweet Anker 7/10-port USB-A powered hubs, you can adapt it (as mentioned above). Don't sweat that part.

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Re: Trump predicts violence against NY prosecutors - 2 days ago

Donald Trump wants his '74 million' supporters to sign a petition railing against his potential arrest. Those who sign it are asked to donate $3,300 and more...

by Tiangou - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Florida Man hallucinates on internet - 2 days ago

QuoteMr645 And yet judges and courts and prosecutors can't find any of this evidence. It all seems to exist only in the minds of anti American fascists of the Democratic party. Just what do you think the various grand juries have been doing all this time?

by Tiangou - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Florida Man hallucinates on internet - 2 days ago

QuoteMr645 I think the next investigation on Trump will be successful, proving he committed a crime, they have eye witnesses that he removed the tag from a mattress he purchased in 1997. Finally a crime that will stock For various crimes... Hundreds of witnesses (including his own kids), his own public statements in interviews and on social media, photo-evidence, video evidence, audio reco

by Tiangou - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: "Independent" producers that are still around selling food stuffs - 3 days ago

Upstate NY, Stewart's.

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Re: nother one: Judge sentences Jan. 6 defendant who breached Pelosi’s office to 36 months in prison - 3 days ago

QuoteTed King Twenty two years old at the time: "...treat her like an immature child who couldn’t be responsible for her actions." No so far out. Purely subjective of course, but in my experience, few Americans seem to be emotionally stable prior to age 26 or so, and many are nuts on the order of hormonal teenagers well into their 30s.

by Tiangou - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Google Voice question - 3 days ago

This is what they give you:

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Re: ‘ If your Netgear Orbi router isn’t patched, you’ll want to change that pronto ‘ - 3 days ago

WiFi routers -- and Netgear's stuff in particular -- should be set to auto-update firmware wherever possible.

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Re: Florida Man hallucinates on internet - 3 days ago

Quotebtfc “ George Soros drove a car out onto the airport tarmac chasing after his plane to try and block it from taking off “ He turned me into a newt! Sadly, he did NOT get better.

by Tiangou - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

45 may no longer have attorney-client privilege after he allegedly lied to his attorneys to conceal federal crimes... - 4 days ago

In her sealed filing, Howell ordered that Evan Corcoran, an attorney for Trump, should comply with a grand jury subpoena for testimony on six separate lines of inquiry over which he had previously asserted attorney-client privilege. Sources added that Howell also ordered Corcoran to hand over a number of records tied to what Howell described as Trump's alleged "criminal scheme,"

by Tiangou - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: help needed: Is this a National Lampoon line? - 4 days ago

Dunno. How 'bout this one? George Bush received his morning briefing. "Mr. President, we're going to have to make a statement. Thirteen Brazilian soldiers were killed during human rights protests yesterday." Bush was silent for a moment, appearing deeply touched. Eventually, he spoke. "Dear God," he said, "how much is a brazilian?"

by Tiangou - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Do Not Disturb issues - 4 days ago

Allowing any bypasses?

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Re: Prosecutors reveal planned Proud Boys witness was informant - 4 days ago

Quotehal aren't prosecutors supposed to share all evidence with the defense? I hope that doesn't invalidate the trial. They are obligated to provide evidence with a reasonable time to review it before they present it. There's a lot of wiggle room there.

by Tiangou - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: I bring my case to this court - 4 days ago

Squaretrade only covers batteries if they drop to below 50% max power within the extended warranty period. That's how they define a covered "failure." And yeah, that's ridiculous since an iPhone is basically an annoying paperweight when it gets much below 80%.

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Re: I just watched the first Shazam! and - 5 days ago

Just saw the sequel. It didn't suck. This is not to say that it was good. It had more continuity than the reviews might lead one to believe, but relied very heavily on special effects to hide the gaps in the story (except where they just gave up and went with a pure deus ex machina) and the effects weren't very good. C+ for effort.

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Re: Prediction: PAB45 will found a religion soon... - 5 days ago

"If you want to get rich, you start a religion."

by Tiangou - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Decipher Panic Report.... A1286 MBP Funkiness.... - 5 days ago

That last one could also indicate a problem with an external drive. Got anything hooked up?

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Re: baDUNKaDUNK?!....RIP: Dunkin' discontinuing/retiring this menu item..... - 7 days ago

QuoteJPK I am not sure how it works in your area, but here in Chicagoland there is no "time to make the donuts" at Dunkin'. They no longer make donuts in store but at a massive 'commissary bakery' that delivers to all the stores in the metro area. I seldom go there anymore. JPK There are still stores that make their own, but none near me. Kind of sad when the donuts arrive

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Re: Decipher Panic Report.... A1286 MBP Funkiness.... - 7 days ago

Don't need anything from the boot after the KP. There's usually much more detail below that first part where it says "*** Panic Report ***" and above the part where it says "Model: MacBookPro6,2..." With what you've posted, it does look like a straightforward GPU panic during GPU-intensive operations. Chrome tends to stress graphics cards/chips. If you can find other pan

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