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Re: SCOTUS on the watch for us - 3 days ago
QuoteSmote I'm not debating that at all. But Congress wrote muddled law perhaps, as is their right I suppose. But that is no excuse for the EPA seeing a hole in the laws, and filling them on their own authority, not by the authority of Congress. Agencies are created by Congress with authority delegated by both Congress and the executive. They do not have their own authority. They have to gby Tiangou - 'Friendly' Political Ranting
Re: PSA: Don't buy HP inkjets... - 3 days ago
Another thing that HP does... After years of holding out, my family finally succumbed to a pandemic inkjet purchase. (Like many, we were doing a lot of online shopping in 2020, which meant a lot of return labels.) I girded my loins for the agony of paper jams, phantom spooler errors, and the dreaded utterance “Driver not found.” What I did not expect, however, was for my printer to shaby Tiangou - Tips and Deals
Re: SCOTUS on the watch for us - 3 days ago
QuoteSmote QuoteAcer Agencies are given authority to interpret the law by Congress. They can't "usurp" it. Congress never gave the ATF the authority to change legal definitions of short barrelled rifles, or "machine guns" hence the law suits. Those 2 definitions were set forth in the GCA of 1934. Only a change to the law, by Congress, can alter those deffinitions. Agencby Tiangou - 'Friendly' Political Ranting
PSA: Don't buy HP inkjets... - 3 days ago
HP has found an exciting new way to DRM your printer! Amazon’s No. 1 bestselling printer is the HP Deskjet 2755e. It’s not hard to see why. For just $85, you get a wireless color printer, scanner, and six months of free ink. It also comes with HP Plus, one of the most dastardly schemes Big Inkjet has ever unleashed. I’m not talking about how printers quietly waste their own ink, or prby Tiangou - Tips and Deals
Re: SCOTUS on the watch for us - 3 days ago
QuoteAcer Agencies are given authority to interpret the law by Congress. They can't "usurp" it.by Tiangou - 'Friendly' Political Ranting
Re: flasher?!….the upcoming ‘Flash’ movie has an unexpected cameo from major actor *spoiler*…. - 3 days ago
Yeah, question is what will his suit look like.by Tiangou - Tips and Deals
Re: ‘ Baby bison killed after a Yellowstone visitor helped the animal and its herd rejected it ‘ - 3 days ago
The Park Service enjoys telling people that they’re idiots. Was actually referring to the folks in the back offices who make news/social-media posts. Never had a problem with park rangers.by Tiangou - Tips and Deals
Re: SCOTUS on the watch for us - 3 days ago
QuoteSmote Quotemattkime It seems that the text is never specific enough when some don't like what it says. Also part of the problem, because the Agencies seem to think they have the authority to interpret the laws. They don't, the Judicial Branch DOES... administrative law Agencies are created through their own organic statutes, which establish new laws, and in doing so, create theby Tiangou - 'Friendly' Political Ranting
German news site drops bomb on Tesla safety coverups... - 4 days ago
The Tesla files contain more than 2,400 self-acceleration complaints and more than 1,500 braking function problems, including 139 cases of unintentional emergency braking and 383 reported phantom stops resulting from false collision warnings. The number of crashes is more than 1000. A table of incidents involving driver assistance systems where customers have expressed safety concerns hasby Tiangou - Tips and Deals
Re: (long post) Just got a phone call from AT&T re: an added phone - 4 days ago
Never respond to such calls in any other way than to hang up and immediately call the company in question to make inquiries with their agents at their official phone number from your bills... I strongly suggest that you list every piece of personal information that you gave them and consider EVERY item provided as compromised. Phone#/email/account-number/social security/address/mother's maidenby Tiangou - Tips and Deals
Re: New problem texting my wife - 4 days ago
Make sure that the number listed in "favorites" in the Phone app is her iPhone number.by Tiangou - Tips and Deals
Re: SCOTUS on the watch for us - 4 days ago
QuoteFritz phew, that was a close one ... Supreme Court Limits E.P.A.’s Power to Address Water Pollution ...Contrary to the actual text of the Clean Water Act which extends to "discharges of pollutants into the waters of the United States."by Tiangou - 'Friendly' Political Ranting
Re: Oath Keepers founder sentenced to 18 years in prison - 4 days ago
...It was the first time the terrorism enhancement has been applied to a Jan. 6 defendant. ...according to prosecutors, Rhodes and his fellow Oath Keepers planned for violence ahead of the Capitol breach, communicated via encrypted messages and radios during the attack, and celebrated their actions in its aftermath. "It is conduct that threatened and continues to threaten the rule oby Tiangou - 'Friendly' Political Ranting
Re: Defense Spending quibble - 4 days ago
QuotegabesterI remember reading about a $74k wrench back in the 80s. In other words, maybe the US just isn't getting the bang for its buck that it should be... Without a doubt, we spend too much on defense contracts. A lot of them are no-bid and allow for indefinite extensions without penalty. But the famous $600 hammer did not exist. There's a complicated story behind it, but it wasby Tiangou - 'Friendly' Political Ranting
Target pulls "Pride" merchandise after propaganda vid falsely portrays adult pride clothing as kids swimwear... - 5 days ago
Vid: Debunked: Target's response: For more than a decade, Target has offered an assortment of products aimed at celebrating Pride Month. Since introducing this year's collection, we've experienced threats impacting our team members' sense of safety and well-being while at work. Given these volatile circumstances, we are making adjustments to our plans, including removing items thatby Tiangou - 'Friendly' Political Ranting
Re: ‘ Baby bison killed after a Yellowstone visitor helped the animal and its herd rejected it ‘ - 5 days ago
Quotecbelt3 Leave the baby animals alone… they imprint SO easily. Dumb visitor. From the description, it sounds like it had already been abandoned by its herd. While helping may have been a mistake, my guess is that it was a harmless mistake. And it did have a potential payoff. The Park Service enjoys telling people that they’re idiots.by Tiangou - Tips and Deals
Re: BoobTube Tonight?!....Series P: 'Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai'_'Clone High'_'SmartLess: On the Road'_'What Am I Eating? With Zooey Deschanel'....'Shazam! Fury of the Gods'.... - 6 days ago
Time to stop listening to SmartLess.by Tiangou - Tips and Deals
Re: Somebody crashed a U-Haul van into security barriers around the WH - 6 days ago
Quotedecay Fox5 shows and mentions the MAGA flag here: Local news is not the same as Faux.by Tiangou - 'Friendly' Political Ranting
Re: So, who do you read, watch or listen to when you are seeking wisdom? - 7 days ago
Quotedavester QuoteDeusxMac “‘God’ is an ever receding pocket of scientific ignorance.“ - Neil deGrasse Tyson That is an inflammatory, out of context, partial quote. It was used in a rather long debunking of an attack on him by a political nutcase and does not reflect his attitude toward the overall question. You are just trolling here. I agee that it's taken out of context. But thby Tiangou - Tips and Deals
Re: Hard drive showing 90% Full - diet ideas? - 7 days ago
Make sure that your backups are up to date. Then run this in the Terminal: sudo tmutil thinlocalsnapshots / 1000000000 4 (This is a good command to run if you delete a lot of files and you don't see your drive-capacity increase. It purges storage reserved for local snapshots left behind from Time Machine and OS updates.)by Tiangou - Tips and Deals
Re: Any deals on Photoshop Elements? - 7 days ago
Yeah, Affinity Photo is a PITA sometimes. This is why I use Pixelmator Pro. Affinity Publisher is a better app, but still has some weird layer/selection behavior.by Tiangou - Tips and Deals
Re: ‘ SanDisk Extreme SSDs keep abruptly failing ‘ - 7 days ago
Quotebobinmurphy I recently has two Samsung 1TB MicroSD cards fail as well. Wonder if it could be related. Very different things. Different flash memory, controller, interface. Also, Samsung is not the same company. SanDisk is Western Digital's brand.by Tiangou - Tips and Deals
Re: Well Crap This Stinks Wireless Won't Let Me Access It Details Below - 7 days ago
Quotejh Well the keychain had no passwords for that particular network. The wireless network was at the top of the list now it is not even there any more. Strange, very strange. Then it shows later in the list of wireless networks but yet still asking for a password. Missing from the top of the list implies that it has been removed from the list of saved WiFi networks in the System Preferencby Tiangou - Tips and Deals
Re: Keynote for Big Sur - 8 days ago
Quotemrbigstuff QuoteTiangou Quotemrbigstuff Where can I get a copy ? Should be in the "Purchased" section of the App Store. If you try to download it from there on a Mac running Big Sur (instead of from the main Keynote page in the App Store), you should be prompted to allow the install of the version for Big Sur. No, not allowed. The prompt is that it requires a minimum of 12.by Tiangou - Tips and Deals
Re: Any deals on Photoshop Elements? - 8 days ago
Big learning curve to go from Adobe to Affinity, and frustrating limitations for layer-controls and item-selection and other stuff. I'm finding that Pixelmator Pro is my go-to for image-editing these days, Affinity for DTP in lieu of InDesign. Back to the OP: Amazon has the best deals when there are deals. Going rate is $99, but it goes down to $89 sometimes. Students can save $20 buckby Tiangou - Tips and Deals
Re: Keynote for Big Sur - 8 days ago
Quotemrbigstuff Where can I get a copy ? Should be in the "Purchased" section of the App Store. If you try to download it from there on a Mac running Big Sur (instead of from the main Keynote page in the App Store), you should be prompted to allow the install of the version for Big Sur.by Tiangou - Tips and Deals
Re: The Ark (TV show) (borderline spoiler-ish) - 8 days ago
QuoteSDGuy I didn't make it through the first episode...did it get better after that? It got sooooo much worse. In a good way. Went from just plain "awful" to "astonishingly bad, make popcorn" very quickly.by Tiangou - Tips and Deals
Re: Well Crap This Stinks Wireless Won't Let Me Access It Details Below - 8 days ago
Sometimes this points to a problem with the saved password in the Keychain. Open Keychain Access and search for "Airport" passwords in yout login and localitems/iCloud keychains. Delete the one(s) corresponding to your home network. Then turn WiFi off/on again and sign in again when prompted.by Tiangou - Tips and Deals
Re: So, who do you read, watch or listen to when you are seeking wisdom? - 8 days ago
Dr. Chris Smith. Neil DeGrasse Tyson tends to speak in absolutes and it puts me off.by Tiangou - Tips and Deals
Re: The Ark (TV show) (borderline spoiler-ish) - 8 days ago
QuoteAllGold I was really enjoying The Ark until the season finale. There were always some things that were a little absurd in the episodes but I could let them go. Then came the finale which was chock full of absurdities and was very disappointing. "A little absurd..." I enjoyed it because they doubled down on every piece of stupid absurdity with even more stupid absurdity. Geoby Tiangou - Tips and Deals