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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grGrDirztI0&feature=emb_logo LOKI
I'm sad because all the programmers that report to me get quad-core laptops 2 versions ahead of mine, while I get a dual-core machine that slows me down and causes lost work. I'm supposed to ask my manager for an upgrade, yet my programmers got their laptops when they hired on and never had to ask anyone. Bleah. Reminds me of the time when I asked an employer for a larger monitor (I had a little 13" CRT at the time). The admin assistants got 24" monitors. I was told I didn't stare at the screen all day like the admin assts. therefore I didn't need one. Hmmm...
#203 smart girls - that was really neat
re #205 Too young to be intimidated by limiting ideas Would be interesting what outerspace looks like from those elevations
I'm sad because we are endlessly debating calling '<' and '>' "special characters" that can't be in data set variable labels (or not). Apparently 'lt' and 'gt' are clearer (but potentially make the labels too long). We've always used '<' and '>' (plain ASCII characters) in labels and never had this issue before.
resp:207 Sad indeed. Has something about the system changed to drive this reclassification?
ISB Carl Reiner, comedian, actor, screenwriter, etc. known for The Dick Van Dyke Show, Your Show of Shows, and many others, passed away at age 98 on June 29, 2020. R.I.P.
re 208: the thing that changed is we have a different team on the client side and since they've gone through so many layoffs and re-hires since I worked there, very few people understand how things work anymore. The system hasn't changed that much. They were also worried that XML couldn't handle '>' and '<' because they are part of tags.
Human beings are STILL sold as slaves in Libya 🇱🇾. I'm sad that Obama put American resources toward Arab Spring and the Muslim Brotherhood. I'm also sad that Nike and Apple use slave labor in China. The good news is that so many government pensions benefit from their rising stock prices. My dead grandpa already filled out his mail in ballot.
Nixon vs JFK Chicago carries Not for nothing but I worked in county gov and saw how DNC pushed the DNC controlled municipalities to move toward mail-in. And yea...I also saw how County Ethics and County Elections depts buried the news that they found shelves full of uncounted ballots and still bury the news. It's a machine and it's real.
1. Trump wins but the DNC quickly contests the results. 2. Mail-in ballots are said to be counted. 3. It turns out Trump didn't really win (surprise!). 4. Trump refuses to leave and calls the mail-in ballots bogus. 5. The Democrat House calls on the military to remove Trump and for anyone who helps him to be arrested. This scenario has been written about for over a year in the mainstream press. They have been conditioning people for this outcome. The Obamas aren't campaigning for Biden. They are campaigning for mail-in ballots. Think about it. Michigan already sent us ours. We promptly ripped them in half and threw them away. If they close the polling stations "due to covid" there will be RIOTS. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/13/michelle-obama-vote-by-ma il-push
resp:213 Possible, but I feel no confidence predicting step 6. I have voted by meil-in ballot for thirty years, but I feel bad thinking that it's even possible a major political party might stoop to abusing the voting process for political gain. But here we are, Boss Tweed.
re #214 Now if we can get some cartoons in Harper's maybe we can get Boss Tweed exposed. That is if things aren't "burned down" or "defunded"
I'm sad because although my boss strives to be transparent all that is translating to is "I'll tell you when you are no longer needed at this company." Looks like I have a couple more months of work before I find out what the real plan is.
I'm sad because Grady on Sanford and Son was only 41 in the first season. He looked more like 60 or 70 at the time.
ISB Diana Rigg passed away from cancer yesterday at age 82.
IBB Never Forget means forget anything in the past few years which resembles Hezbollah jumping for joy on September 11
I'm sad because now Batman has *3* Jokers. *sigh*
ISB Eddie Van Halen passed away from cancer at age 65 on October 6. R.I.P. -- Rock In Peace
HORRIBLE NEWS
Terrible news.
11 months ago Bart Walsh died. He was the guitarist for the VH cover band out here in Los Angeles and eventually he toured with David lee Roth. Both of those guitarists had serious health issues. It's tragic.
Still at this place (working from home). Latest project is going badly due to too many changes for things that should have been reviewed and fixed weeks ago. And the closer we get to delivery day the more changes there are.
I've discovered that putting an orange filter over my LED office lamp helps my brain wake me up with fake sunlight. Flourescent bulbs or dimly lit spaces have the opposite effect.
resp:226 And that makes you sad because ...?
re #226 Flourescent bulbs and dimly lit spaces make me sad. I don't want to leave that out there without shining a light on the solution
resp:228 I see what you did there!
Just like Bruce Springsteen, he was Blinded By The Light. I'm not sad at all. In fact, I feel blessed, even when my job sucks. I'm working and many others are not. Life is challenging and nothing good comes without a challenge. Challenges help us grow. Challenges, when met with solutions keep us in good favor with out employers. Bitching is useless. Bitching is for bitches.
I'm sad because Spencer Davis is demised. RIP Spencer Davis.
ISB actor Sean Connery passed away on October 31. He was 90.
ISB Chuck Yeager, first man to fly faster than the speed of sound passed away on December 7 at age 97. R.I.P. Fly high!
ISB Alto Reed, sax player in the Silver Bullet Band, passed away today, aged 72.
resp:234 He had a great name for a sax player. R.I.P.
resp:234 Oh, he did the sax solo in Turn the Page! That was awesome. Not to be confused with the similar and also awesome sax solo in Gerry Rafferty's "Baker Street" played by Raphael Ravenscroft.
Alto was also in the Blues Brothers
Retired LA Dodgers Manager Tommy Lasorda bought the farm. He was 93. R.I.P.
LAsorda
Well, darn, Dusty Hill, bassist for ZZ Top died at age 72.
I'm sad because NetBSD/amd64 no longer supports my
ancient (rescued from the scrap shelf several times and
pressed back into service) dual-core Atom 330 board (Intel
D945GLF2). I think they have moved the installation image
to UEFI/GPT.
As a possible replacement, there's the Chaco Canyon NUC,
which has a dual-core Celeron N3350, 4GB RAM (soldered) and
an M.2 SSD. They seem to be $350..$400 new though and that's
money I could spend on a Detroit Bikes Sparrow. :-)
resp:241 I think your Atom board has been and will continue to run on your TLC rather than support from NetBSD. :)
#241 Why not try 32-bit version of Ubuntu or Debian? If you are ready to retire it, there's nothing to lose. If you are looking for a good low-cost machine with a small footprint, you might also want to look into running NetBSD on an older Mac Mini. They are excellent. I have a few of them around the house serving different purposes. One runs Ubuntu Server and rarely needs any maintenance, and the other two just run the Ubuntu Desktop but sometimes I boot Tails with USB. I do get the attraction to BSD. I'm sure you could run that on the intel Mac Mini too.
Re. #243: They're 64-bit boards that used to happily run NetBSD/amd64. They can run Linux but that's not what I'm looking for. I'll find something.
ISB the old crackpots on Backtalk are probably right. :(
"Let them eat cake." This is the state of journalism: Why inflation can actually be good for everyday Americans and bad for rich people https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/01/economy/inflation-good-bad-winners- losers/index.html They declare that anything other than their bold-face lies and manipulation is "misinformation" while also declaring that the working poor benefit from inflation. It's more insidious than dangerous as we all fall further into the void. Have you tried communicating with people in the real world? For most, reality is defined by propaganda outfits like CNN. They will literally pull up a phone and "fact-check" you by using Snopes when they hear something they don't like. In the meantime, mainstream news, television and music is literally cancer. Promoting pedophilia, suicide, class division, violence, theft and dystopia and calling it entertainment. "This is your new reality."
It's a jimmy savile world out there
Aw rats. R.I.P. Robert Clary aka Corporal LeBeau, real life Holocaust survivor. 96 is a great run.
We should all live that long. Very nice, imo.
R.I.P. Frederick Phillips Brooks Jr., architect of IBM's OS/360 and author of "The Mythical Man-Month". - Nov. 17, 2022. I thought he had passed away decades ago. It would have been possible for us to cross paths during my stint in NC 1988-1991.
I was in NC 1990-1992. I also enjoyed IBM 360 (and Magnuson) a million years ago. Frank Farmer FTW.
That makes two near-misses with greatness during my NC sojourn. ;)
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