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Re: The iMac is too thin for needed ports - 5 days ago

QuoteDeusxMac QuoteFilliam H. Muffman Two ports on any desktop computer is too few. Base model only has two, but other models have 4: 2 Thunderbolt/USB 4, 2 USB 3, They must be fatter then

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Re: The iMac is too thin for needed ports - 5 days ago

QuoteLux Interior Buy a dock with a long cable and tuck it out of sight. And USB-C to A adapters aren't that big. Kludge. How is that better than more ports? Plus, docks aren't cool with most audio interfaces.

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Re: The iMac is too thin for needed ports - 5 days ago

QuoteN-OS X-tasy! QuoteMarkintosh I can no longer put spark plugs into my EV BECAUSE YOU NO LONGER NEED THEM. That's one of the dumbest examples I've ever heard. This is the only reason I am not going to have a new Mac for the foreseeable future. I have stuff to connect (it's not as useless as spark plugs in and EV, sorry), and I'm not going to have a huge extra dongle. Skinny is sexy, b

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Re: Catalytic Converter Thief: The Sequel - 6 days ago

QuoteDeusxMac Quotekj Death decreases eliminates the probability of the target behavior occurring, but doesn't count That might be why it doesn't count. It's no longer a matter of probability. It's a certainty.

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Re: Catalytic Converter Thief: The Sequel - 6 days ago

QuoteTodd's keyboard QuoteRolando In Texas, you can shoot some one for stealing your car. Dragging the perp...yeah that's hate. (snip) In an operant-conditioning sense, I suppose shooting someone in the leg while that person is in the act of stealing would be considered negative reinforcement. (An uncomfortable environment exists while the behavior manifests. As soon as the behavior stops, the

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Re: There are too many versions of USB plugs - 6 days ago

All the little ones. There's got to be 4 or 5.

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Re: "Gaming" PC - 8 days ago

The only problem is you literally can’t get a video card right now.

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Re: Tesla S Plaid $133000 - 9 days ago

Quotesekker Amazing. This is just a way for Tesla to 'tax' the rich and have them buy (and pay for the development of ) the latest and greatest technology - and these features WILL 'trickle down' into next gen Model Y and 3s etc. . Except Chevy hasn't made dung on the sales of Corvettes, so it's more like sales of pickups subsidize corvettes. Maybe they get some of that back by using the te

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Re: Tesla S Plaid $133000 - 9 days ago

QuoteKen Sp. QuoteRAMd®d One could really get in trouble with a car like that. Rolling starts are much easier on the drive train, so I'm ok with that. And I think when you pay that much for a car with that much grunt, you should get some track time with an instructor for some safe driving tips. What do two or three hard launches do to battery capacity? Not that they would be routine;

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Re: “ Lobster diver survives brief entrapment inside whale's mouth “ - 9 days ago

He's a commercial lobster diver, it's his job. He said he was in the whale for 30sec. I bet it seemed like 30sec, but I bet it was shorter. It wouldn't take long to start having your life flash before you, etc., I would think. I bet he started thrashing around like nobody's business. I'm sure the whale was like, wtf. Bleh, this is not a plankton.

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Re: decent walking sneakers under $50? - 9 days ago

I don't know if all stores do it, but the REI here puts out rolling shelves of returned shoes, often, and I got two pair of Hokas for right around 50 each, which was a steal. We also got a pair of "On" shoes for around the same. If your local REI does the same thing, it's worth a shot. I try not to skimp on shoes. They make a huge difference, health wise, at least for me.

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Re: To go to the ER or not, are you qualified to self-diagnose? - 11 days ago

QuotePeterB Quotep8712 QuoteThere's no question that there may be stupid patients out there, but there's no need to compound that with the use of derogatory slang; doctors and nurses are supposed to be professionals and act professionally. It's not the kind of thing you say to a patient. No, it's the kind of thing you can get sued for, if it should happen that the patient overhears you: I

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Re: Houston Methodist Hospital suspends 178 staff for not complying with COVID vaccine mandate - 12 days ago

Quotehal Quotekj The health care industry probably can't afford to lose that many workers. If they did, would that impact health care negatively in other, maybe worse, ways? And, I have to admit I am a little put off by the fact that the "liberal way" has been persuasion, historically. And more and more, I think that has changed to a more conservative bonk people over the head approac

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Re: Houston Methodist Hospital suspends 178 staff for not complying with COVID vaccine mandate - 12 days ago

QuoteRgrF Quotekj The health care industry probably can't afford to lose that many workers. If they did, would that impact health care negatively in other, maybe worse, ways? And, I have to admit I am a little put off by the fact that the "liberal way" has been persuasion, historically. And more and more, I think that has changed to a more conservative bonk people over the head approa

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Re: Houston Methodist Hospital suspends 178 staff for not complying with COVID vaccine mandate - 12 days ago

The health care industry probably can't afford to lose that many workers. If they did, would that impact health care negatively in other, maybe worse, ways? And, I have to admit I am a little put off by the fact that the "liberal way" has been persuasion, historically. And more and more, I think that has changed to a more conservative bonk people over the head approach. It's odd to m

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Re: Houston Methodist Hospital suspends 178 staff for not complying with COVID vaccine mandate - 12 days ago

"not a preservation of “I don’t wanna” or “my hairdresser’s antivax cousin says” right to be irresponsible with the lives of others. " I don't remember, and can't locate in the text above, where I said anything like this. Coercion just isn't always the best way to achieve legit goals. You know, three strikes and out, etc. etc. If that's policy and procedure for that

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Re: FBI and Australia dropped the hammer today - 12 days ago

800 suspects is quite a few, and they seem to be pretty high level, at least many of them. They also prevented the murders of many innocent people (I'd like to know what's up with that?) I'm thinking the main benefits are less tangible than the number of tons of this or that, though. They mention insight into the structure...etc. I'm sure it's just the tip of the iceberg. Of course, it depend

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Re: Do we need to change the names of birds that were named after people who owned slaves? - 12 days ago

Also, if you read about how text books are published, and what it does to text when everyone in the world gets to have input about what is offensive, important, etc., as far as creating sterile, boring experiences, you have to wonder. The only real option is resorting to "bird1, bird2, etc.", and that's awful. It just is.

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Re: Do we need to change the names of birds that were named after people who owned slaves? - 12 days ago

Quotemrbigstuff Quote$tevie @#$%& like this makes a mockery out of things such as addressing monuments to the Confederacy and the obliteration of the history of enslaved people and their descendents. I hate this stuff because it gives the right wing plenty of fodder to make fun of being "woke" and "libtard" while serving no purpose in regards to moving forward to find proper r

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Re: Houston Methodist Hospital suspends 178 staff for not complying with COVID vaccine mandate - 12 days ago

"The kind of incentive that works." I know you're just being funny, but fwiw this is most definitely coercion, not incentive. There are books written about why coercion is not particularly effective in the long run, but it does feel good to be "tough on crime", if you get what I'm saying. That said, I do believe it would be in everyone's best interest to have as many pe

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Re: FBI and international law - good one! - 13 days ago

They stopped a bunch of murders of innocent people, etc. I don't know how long you can stop things like that, as well as huge scale other crime and still keep it under wraps. It seems authorization like that usually is time-limited by courts, etc. for sort of obvious reasons, also. You've got to arrest people, and then the gig's up. The thing that is interesting is that it wasn't a "ba

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Re: How do I open this devices case? - 14 days ago

I used the plastic scraper that came with our lodge skillet and it popped right open. The key was that it goes from skinny to fat and has a longish edge. Thanks!

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Re: How do I open this devices case? - 14 days ago

Robert, the thought had crossed my mind. Oddly, we actually play that song. So I just need to get good prying things and reef on it. I can do that! I never heard of a spudger, but I need one.

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How do I open this devices case? - 14 days ago

I have a set of sennheiser xsw-d wireless thangs. Work great, but the batteries were marginal when I got them, and 2 yrs. later are not lasting long enough. The only resource I found is this: People asked for details, and he never provided them, but, does the picture suggest what he did to get them apart to any of you? I've cracked a mini mac case, but that was clearly different. There

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Re: Self-sharpen Shun knife? - 14 days ago

Nice, thank you!

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Re: Self-sharpen Shun knife? - 14 days ago

Sweet, thank you. I think it would be best to send it in, and I may buy something to sharpen knives and practice on some of our old henckels. Or something even cheaper, to start. If I get good, maybe I'll try the Shuns. Thanks for the link and the rest!

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Re: cancer smancer?!.....new breakthrough, promising treatment for prostate cancer...... - 15 days ago

QuoteGrateful11 A friend told me he saw this on NBC news. BTW: I'm tentatively scheduled for my MRI Ultrasound guided needle biopsy on June 29th. Ultrasound or MRI? Do they use it as they do the biopsy? I can see that with Ultrasound, but not MRI, although it seems like it would be helpful to have the MRI.

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Self-sharpen Shun knife? - 15 days ago

I know you obviously can sharpen them, but does it take a lot of technique? Would it be best to learn on a crappier knife first? Or do people ever take them somewhere to be sharpened? My only experience was sharpening knives for salmon fishing, and it was harder than I would have thought to do it well. And the knives didn't necessarily look real good after doing it a few times (they were chea

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Re: If we get into a big war with say China, they'll kick our a**ses. - 16 days ago

Vision's absolutely right. What we need right now in this society is yet another way to isolate. I wonder why people are so lonely? Good lord.

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Re: Holey Shat, NVIDIA 3080Ti graphics card cost more than M1 iMac - 16 days ago

QuoteJoeH Quotekj Yeah, he can't really sell his, but I've been thinking of selling my laptop with a rtx2060 because I don't really use it. I can't figure out what it's selling for though (maybe not much since you can't remove the video card), but if it was enough for an macbook air, I'd probably do it. I mostly just use my playstation 4 anyway. Many laptops with discrete video like the RTX 2

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