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Re: The computer monitor in Picard's ready room on Star Trek TNG - 3 days ago

QuoteLux Interior Quotecbelt3 It's military space grade hardware. With built in explosive charges so it kills crew members when there is a phase strike 100 meters away. You should read Red Shirts by John Scalzi. Spock character: The blood trails lead into the woods. You two, go investigate.

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Re: RavPower got kicked off of Amazon... - 4 days ago

for more significant purchases, there's fakespot.com

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Re: "we will be with you shortly" - 5 days ago

please pay careful attention as our menu options have changed

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Re: Could use a positive thought or prayer. - 5 days ago

Here's hoping it's nothing

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Re: Dodged that bullet - 7 days ago

Quotetestcase I still remember the "dual bag" vacuum cleaner for an anniversary gift a decade plus ago. It ran about five minutes and had a very subtle commercial for J.C. Penny at the end. I think it was titled: "Beware the Doghouse" When the wife unwrapped the blender I'd gotten her for Xmas one year, her family was aghast ... until she squealed with delight because sh

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Re: Tesla S Plaid $133000 - 10 days ago

QuoteN-OS X-tasy! Plaid? You've 'Scot to be kidding! Hey! Don't mock my school colors!

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Re: ALZ fair in love and war?!.....FDA approves new Alzheimer's drug...... - 13 days ago

For reasons too complicated to type, I'm plugged into the AD research community. The science behind this drug is questionable, the clinical trials were inconclusive at best, and ineffective at worst.

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Re: What do you (not) do when your car gets stuck in the beach sand? - 18 days ago

Quoterichorlin Quoteraz Odd. I've never had a car whose driver door remained locked when I got out. To pull that off, I would have had to manually lock the door, then close it with the handle extended. On newer cars, once the doors are closed and the the car is in gear, the doors automatically lock when the car reaches approx 10mph. OK. Then, how did the car start accelerating from 0 to 10

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Re: What do you (not) do when your car gets stuck in the beach sand? - 18 days ago

Odd. I've never had a car whose driver door remained locked when I got out. To pull that off, I would have had to manually lock the door, then close it with the handle extended.

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Re: Holey Shat, NVIDIA 3080Ti graphics card cost more than M1 iMac - 18 days ago

Bitcoin miners, mostly. The algorithms are highly parallelizable, and work well on high end graphics cards.

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Re: 15+ yr old Maytag dryer auto timer not turning off - would you replace the part or buy a new dryer? - 20 days ago

Repair. I just had to kill a 30 year Kenmore. I could live with the rust or only one heating element, but the motor went. I’d be surprised if the new one lasts 1/3 as long.

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Re: Discounts on Gasoline? - 20 days ago

Costco

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Re: What are Chevys made of? - 23 days ago

Quotespace-time I should have dash cam video, let me see if I can find it. Of course, it only shows the front view, but we should get an idea how fast she was driving and maybe some sounds. You might want to mute any sounds that came from your wife. Just sayin'

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Re: What are Chevys made of? - 24 days ago

It wouldn’t surprise me if they total the car.

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Re: Elon Musk called lidar a ‘crutch,’ but now Tesla is reportedly testing Luminar’s laser sensors - 25 days ago

Quotedavester QuotePaul F. In some folks minds, Tesla autopilot has to be 100% perfect, foolproof, and a level of AI to rival the Hal9000, before it can be used. True. Also, Hal9000 killed the crew. Clearly user error. The manual specifically stated that you should not leave the ship while on autopilot.

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Re: Going tankless could save you money. - 27 days ago

The Wife had been advocating for tankless for years, and I finally caved. Our summer gas bills (just for gas, not fees) runs about $9/month. So, I couldn't see where any savings were coming from. The unit plus installation was about $4K. Still can't see where I'm saving money. But, The Wife is happy.

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NJ High School Edits Girls' Yearbook Photos - 29 days ago

It's behind the paywall, but it looks like the teacher who ran the yearbook (there's got to be a word for that, but my High School yearbook days are long past) was assigned the task of photoshopping away any hints of cleavage. His PS skill leave much to be desired The article

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Re: Wet spot on closet carpet - 4 weeks ago

Could the leak have been caused by the freeze ?

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Re: Any baseball fans? Can someone explain why this slo-mo pitch/homerun happened yesterday? - 4 weeks ago

QuoteLew Zealand The only eephus pitcher I ever saw pitch was Luis Tiant, and his pitches were at least over 50mph, up to 60. But it was pure pleasure watching him pitch, though some batters eventually figured him out. I'm pretty sue I saw Tom Seaver throw one or two back in the day.

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Re: U.S. Airlines May Start Weighing Passengers At The Gate - 4 weeks ago

QuoteGGD Quoteraz There are very few things that annoy me more than paying for my 14 inches of airline seat and having one or two overweight neighbors overflowing into my space. How do you feel about the space in front of you when someone fully reclines? The 2.5 inches that the seat moves? I’d say I don’t care, but since my knees are already touching that seat … I’m not a fan

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Re: Aw hell, I might as well share the good news. - 4 weeks ago

Most excellent

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Re: U.S. Airlines May Start Weighing Passengers At The Gate - 4 weeks ago

There are very few things that annoy me more than paying for my 14 inches of airline seat and having one or two overweight neighbors overflowing into my space.

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Re: This is NOT funny. Really. At all. Even a little bit. Just terrible. - 5 weeks ago

Quotejonny How many people could you pull this on before getting clobbered? Can you construct some sort of rudimentary lathe?

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Re: Checkbook software - no bells and whistles needed - 5 weeks ago

MoneyDance here. It does what I need it to do.

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Re: It's John Cleese - 5 weeks ago

Cute, indeed. Though I don't see how Magnavox was a 'creator of CD technology'

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Re: You're slackin', pRONnie! - 5 weeks ago

It did appear the the sign lit up late/

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Re: Why doesn't macOS recognize Apple keyboards? - 5 weeks ago

QuoteN-OS X-tasy! I have to go through this whenever I use my Apple Extended II with a new Mac for the first time. Ahh... another happy member of the Luddite Club. I have a spare in the basement in case my 28 year old ][ dies.

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Re: Anyone here gone to iOS14.5.1 ? - 6 weeks ago

I’m not noticing any problem with my 8. YMMV

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Re: Speaking of Old Time Baseball - I found some of my Dad's Brooklyn Dodgers memorabilia - 6 weeks ago

Way cool. Treat them well.

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Re: Single vision vs. bifocals? - 6 weeks ago

One step further than bifocals .. 'executive bifocals'. Here the line goes all the way across the lens. They allow me to see an entire page of a book. I'll never go back.

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