Yes, my username is my real name. There aren't many of us in the states, due in large part to that fucker from WWII. If you meet another one, they're most likely related. Just don't lend any of 'em money. Most importantly, I have three incredible kids. You'll be hearing about them in the future for sure -- they'll all be making their mark on the world as soon as they're done with college. One's an ME, another's a performer, and the last is the Mycroft to his brother's Sherlock. (Smarter, but no good at field work.) For me, I am a Land Rover Owner through and through, even though I don't currently own a working one (see note about college above). I'm a big fan of electric skateboards (I own two) and have gotten into woodworking in order to build a skateboard rack and a harmonograph. Oh, yeah, I designed a harmonograph for schools and science museums. (Currently, as of 2022, in testing/fine-tuning before going to Kickstarter.) I've also, in the past, led backpacking trips for the Sierra Club, taught swimming under the legendary Charlie Sava, collected computers, sang with the SF Opera & SF Symphony, and owned tap shoes. I'm on the board of a theatre company non-profit and ran for the Board of Ed in San Francisco's historic 2018 election. I am a mentor for a FIRST Robotics team. Politically, I am ultra liberal, albeit with the healthy dose of reality that comes with being on the planet for well over half a decade. I have fought long and hard for the rights of the LGBTQ+ community and am proud of having been quoted in a scholarly book as a "lesbian blogger" (despite being neither female nor gay). I have spent the last 40 years (not a typo) as a computer programmer; I was on the internet before most of you were born.
I always thought that being POTUS was the most dangerous occupation -- more than 1 in 10 end up getting shot or killed while in that position.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presidential_assassination_attempts_and_plots
By the end of this year, the Orange Death will make sure the US doesn't either.
I assume you mean between devices from the same manufacturer... I've seen very few tools that could use batteries made by another manufacturer.
(Just bought my kids' robotics team a cordless router that can use Makita batteries (which they have) but the Makita tools won't work with the router's batteries.)
I'm not in Wisconsin and shipping beer is too pricey for me, but I think I'm gonna buy a gift card to support them.
I see law enforcement officers in uniform. I also see people in street clothes apparently attacking and kidnapping someone. Why aren't they being stopped and arrested?
I was given a very expensive bottle of wine recently. I brought it home and told my (23yo) son about it. He was ready to crack it open. I said, no, that's going to be for when he dies.
I too am not a pro when it comes to photo editing (but I do make custom holiday cards every year) and I get by with a combination of IrfanView (for viewing and simple cropping) and Paint.Net.
I still use Office 2003...
(But I am considering getting a copy of the most recent desktop version so I can take advantage of the newer Excel features.)
#12 - Dad's parking place
The first computer I ever used was actually in another room I wasn't allowed to go in. I was a bit spoiled in that I got to use a terminal with a screen most days. "terminal" today is an emulator of what was once my way of life. I still use 2 different terminal emulators all day every (work) day.
My son works about 50mi away so he charges every weeknight but, really, he could get away with every other night easily.
Fair enough. I work from home and leaving the house is pretty much only: going to class once a week, going to the kids' school to mentor the robotics team (1km), and shopping. My wife's school is about 3mi from home. So not a lot of miles on our car.
Ah, my mistake. I kinda assumed that since their outlet sold both, (plus hart), they owned both.
and, yes, the cold was a factor but, again, we stopped for lunch and charged on the way up and we didn't have a problem. We were never worried about range or finding a charger.
even in stop-and-go traffic, while you use energy for the "go" part, you also recover some of that for the "stop" part.
Our electric gets well over 250mi on a single charge; if we're taking a long trip, a 15 minute stop or two to top it off lets us hit the loo or get some food at the same time.
If you have an EV, surely you know about PlugShare. A quick look shows you're rarely very far from a public charger these days. We recently took our Ioniq for a trip to Lake Tahoe for New Year's >
You have a point; my privilege is showing. Not everyone has the capability to install a charger (though, even with horrible wiring in the rest of the house, you should be able to get a connection where power connects to the house and run a line to where the car is).
Years ago, I had a 1.5-2 hour commute each way. It was 23 miles. The thing is, sitting in traffic like that, not moving, I was still burning gas. In an electric, you use very little energy when you're not moving and >
And Rigid. And even so, the batteries aren't interchangeable.
We went electric a year ago. This year, my son bought an electric as well. We take turns charging in the backyard. Still have the gas minivan (robots and robokids don't all fit in the wee electrics) but, fortunately, I filled it up right before all this went down. Won't need to put gas in it for at least another month.
Other than specialty needs (and cost) there is zero reason not to own an electric vehicle in the US today.
#7 - ffs, I know I would trust a trans person with my life way more than than a homophobic cuck who would turn on others for living as who they really are.
#7 - Sorry Mary, The Orange Death is pretty evil, but I think Kazzzmer still has you beat with the resident nazi.
My wife would kick my ass if I went off on a nazi like that. I'd still do it.
(not because she'd disagree; just because she'd be scared for me.)
Not sure I get this... Trash, Compost, and Recycling all get picked up on the same day. The kids put 'em out the night before after dinner.
Well, duh.
Reminds me of the time my very religious mother freaked out and turned off the radio because Dire Straits' "Industrial Disease" was playing and she heard "Jesus". She assumed that the devil's music must have been denigrating her best bud.
The actual line is "two men say they're Jesus; one of 'em must be wrong" meaning they both can't be which is simple logic. Could even be they're both wrong.
But she didn't want to risk hearing something she didn't like so off it went.
#48 - The left side of that region includes Mali so, really, the appropriate music would be the Blues (and pretty much all other "western" genres of music.)
I imagine a VPN might help with that.
I'd have to ask my kid how to do it though because I'm old.
I like my onions sliced paper thin. My theory is that more of the unpleasant part of the onion taste is freed up that way and you just get the good onion taste. Not sure how scientific that is, but it definitely tastes better to me. Also, I would want like 10x that much onion.
#8 - David Lopez on YouTube. His "I can buy myself tacos" is pretty good.
https://www.youtube.com/@DavidLopezfilms
I hear tell that gas prices have gone way up lately. So glad we went electric (x2 if you count my son's car) a year ago.
When I started school, the top tax bracket was nearly 90% and that helped pay teachers a living wage, provide books and supplies, and keep the schools well-maintained.
By the time I got to high school, the schools were no longer being maintained, we had to buy our own supplies, and teachers were underpaid -- and buying supplies with their own money.