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Speaking of warm weather, I am SO DONE with mosquitos!
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Speaking of warm weather, I am SO DONE with mosquitos!
Damn little biters love me!
From the peek I took a while ago stormy tomorrow and then nice for several days.
But you never know their ouiji board may be broken.
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My home weather guess for the next 5 days... Too freaking hot!
Idaho Falls where I'll be again next week.
Not as hot, but delightfully cooler in the morning!
Idaho Falls where I'll be again next week.
Not as hot, but delightfully cooler in the morning!
Well I guess you could say that unicorns exist, but I'm not aware of their existence.
Yes, but the light from distant galaxies that we observe today has taken a very, VERY long time to reach our space telescopes. So what we are observing is not the fact these distant galaxies are still moving away from us RIGHT NOW. Instead, we only see the fact they WERE moving away from us, i.e., back at the time when the light that, at present day, we can see, WAS emitted by them. We don't factually know that these galaxies are currently still in existence. The deeper you look into space, the further you're looking into the past. If we can assume that our own galaxy already existed back at the time when a distant galaxy existed also, then if we can also assume that this same distant galaxy still currently exists, we are still only making assumptions, regardless of whether we can argue that they are logical assumptions, and, even if these assumptions are correct, all that we can tell about speed is just the speed at which this same distant galaxy WAS moving away from us back at the time when the light we see today started its VERY long journey from there.
Lucky for me, I'm not every generation. ?
The US has reported over 1,000 covid related deaths every day this month.
Well they announced San Diego is on the rolling black out list...
Well actual wording is “Flex Alert” between 3-10pm
TIL Wednesday...So have the Honda generator filled and 5 gallons of gas... mostly for the fridge.
I only set the AC to 80* normally anyway...in LA I had the house wired to support power from the generator with a flip/plug in of the breaker at the panel... the generator supplied the fridge, lower bathroom lights and kitchen outlets... good enough to keep food from going bad, enough light to take a shower and power for phones etc to stay powered
If the humidity wasnt near 90, I’d probably do without the AC.
Anyway be safe, be rad.
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Why would a for profit utility keep up/expand the infrastructure for rare roving blackouts for 10% or less of a year? Return on investment would be poor at best.
During the blackouts they are selling 100% of their product.
vs prepping for such shortages and having 10% or so unused capacity for 90% of the year.
It is just business/capitalism at work.
During the blackouts they are selling 100% of their product.
vs prepping for such shortages and having 10% or so unused capacity for 90% of the year.
It is just business/capitalism at work.
I used to buy programs for my computer. Games word Processors, etc.
Now all they have are apps???
Now all they have are apps???
An app is just a program for a mobile device. And I think that a couple of the newer PC OSes use that term now.
Instead of floppy or CD, they are downloads. Sometimes paid for or sometimes free with ads to bring in revenue. Sometimes free of charge but not of license. Sometimes open source but monetarily paid for. Just like programs on disk or from Linux and BSD repos.
All software...
Just ones and zeroes.
Just arrange them in proper order and they will do many different things.
Saw where the rest of the Apple lineup is going away from INTEL to ARM processors...
Just ones and zeroes.
Just arrange them in proper order and they will do many different things.
Saw where the rest of the Apple lineup is going away from INTEL to ARM processors...
I remember the backlash when they went from PPC to Intel, to accommodate dual boot set up.
PPC were great in their day.
The Motorola chips?
PowerPC 970 - Wikipedia
Oh Yeah forgot about them. Only apples I ever messed with much were some IIE's that I designed expansion boards for and wrote programs to test telecom equipment.PowerPC 970 - Wikipedia
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The first computer I worked with had no CPU chip. Was all discrete 7400 series chips and such that made up the CPU. Magnetic core ram too 
I had an Apple Basic. Which was similar to a iie with a basic interpreter.
Then PCs until a g4 ibook (PPC) . Then a mac book pro with core 2 duo, which I installed Linux on and never bought another Mac.
I think that I briefly used SUSE. V6 IIRC. Before distro hopping through the usual *buntus. A while on sabayon until I broke it (gentoo base does that frequently) and settling on Arch Linux, which is a bit gentoo for slightly stupid people like me.
So recent laptops are cheap secondsies. Especially since younger Cockatiel can dislodge keys in about 3 seconds if I let my guard down with laptop open.
I was young when we got a Tandy t80. So I don't know technical specifications. But My Friend Eliza is firmly in my memory.The first computer I worked with had no CPU chip. Was all discrete 7400 series chips and such that made up the CPU. Magnetic core ram too
The first computer I actually owned was a Commodore Vic 20, then a C64, then a C128 which I ran CPM on.
Then I built a PC compatable from scratch. Had a RLL 32 meg hard drive that sounded like it ran on diesel and cost $400. That is $400 just for the drive.
Apps were introduced to the PC with Windows 8.0 via the Microsoft Store. The idea was to make the PC software user experience more touchscreen-friendly for everyday normal tasks especially, or to move away from the outdated notion that a PC almost always uses a mouse for the pointing device, and, the Universal Apps concept was also introduced to make apps cross-platform and to synchronize the user's data between apps across multiple devices seamlessly. A touchscreen device is not necessarily always part of a mobile device, however, as there also exist all-in-one touchscreen PCs the touchscreen in which is big enough that they can't exactly be called portable devices, for example. But the UI that these PC apps use (originally dubbed Metro UI) still stems from the─now obsolete─mobile OS called Windows Phone, which had Live Tiles, and that was capable to automagically spontaneously synchronize my appointments in my Calendar app each time when I arrived back home with my Nokia Lumia phone's WiFi turned on.
Apps by and large are data miners. Spyware. Malware. Install and be tracked.
Buh you can see your bank balance. sooo...
Buh you can see your bank balance. sooo...
scary
Earth's closest ever recorded fly-by: Asteroid the size of a CAR flew within 1,830 miles of our planet this weekend and NASA didn't see it until AFTERWARDS
where is Bruce Willis when we need him?
where is Bruce Willis when we need him?
At the current US corona death rate we will hit 1/4 million deaths by mid November?
Can you show the data source and math for this wild claim?
We are at 170K plus now and at 1K deaths per day... 30 more days 200K ...
50 days after that 250K. So around 3 months or so...
And with schools back in session we are likely to see a 'school surge' in cases too.
Yes a lower percentage of the young die but they do go home to mom and dad and the grandparents...
In a month or so we may be back to all online schooling though... But the spread will have happened.
Of course it is remotely possible that one day we will wake up and it will just be gone...
In a few years?
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US Daily COVID Cases and Death Numbers Tumble
Coronavirus data from Monday showed that America is hitting low levels of new cases and deaths not seen in weeks.
Johns Hopkins recorded 35,112 new confirmed cases for Monday, the lowest since 40,804 cases were listed on June 29.
The Worldometers website noted that Sunday totaled 521 deaths in the U.S., the lowest death toll since 467 on Aug. 2.
www.westernjournal.com
Coronavirus data from Monday showed that America is hitting low levels of new cases and deaths not seen in weeks.
Johns Hopkins recorded 35,112 new confirmed cases for Monday, the lowest since 40,804 cases were listed on June 29.
The Worldometers website noted that Sunday totaled 521 deaths in the U.S., the lowest death toll since 467 on Aug. 2.
US Daily COVID Cases Hit Lowest Level Since June
As America's coronavirus numbers dip, Preident Donald Trump is urging Americans to keep the caseloads falling by using common sense.
www.westernjournal.com
Linux is now going over to Flatpack and Snaps. This helps standardize all the various different packaging models of distribution. You're running Redhat but want something only in Debian? Look for a flat pack or snap of it.
These forms create a virtual sandbox for the application to run in for each user. There doesn't need to be any messy using sudo or su. This further then improves security as users can use whatever without fully installing it, causing any system wide damage.
And if something goes wonky in an application/program, it's sand boxed so close the terminal running it and your done. It doesn't lock the system up.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the White House and state health departments failed to meet guidelines when communicating vital information about COVID-19 to the public, according to a study released Tuesday.
The CDC, the American Medical Association and the National Institutes of Health all recommend that medical information for the public be written at no higher than an eighth-grade reading level.
But after studying 137 federal and state web pages, Dartmouth College researchers found that public information about the coronavirus averaged just over an 11th-grade reading level.
The CDC, the American Medical Association and the National Institutes of Health all recommend that medical information for the public be written at no higher than an eighth-grade reading level.
But after studying 137 federal and state web pages, Dartmouth College researchers found that public information about the coronavirus averaged just over an 11th-grade reading level.
Many Americans may not comprehend COVID-19 information as agencies fail to meet health literacy guidelines, study says
The CDC, the AMA and the NIH all recommend that medical information for the public should be written at no higher than an eighth-grade reading level.
www.usatoday.com
US Daily COVID Cases and Death Numbers Tumble
Coronavirus data from Monday showed that America is hitting low levels of new cases and deaths not seen in weeks.
Johns Hopkins recorded 35,112 new confirmed cases for Monday, the lowest since 40,804 cases were listed on June 29.
The Worldometers website noted that Sunday totaled 521 deaths in the U.S., the lowest death toll since 467 on Aug. 2.
US Daily COVID Cases Hit Lowest Level Since June
As America's coronavirus numbers dip, Preident Donald Trump is urging Americans to keep the caseloads falling by using common sense.
The daily total number of covid tests performed has been declining since late July...
Sort of CONTRADICTING Yourself and your Tabloid Trash Posts aren't you?
We shall see..
I have been more correct of predicting covid effects than those you admire and follow.
After all we were supposed to be back to normal by now right? Economy booming stores full and everyone ready to attend school or back in school...
Easter came and went... So did July 4, etc
The in person school effort will largely fail and just cause more issues and cost for the failed effort.
Yep everything is under control...
I do now better understand the difference between ones who think covid is a hoax, etc and the ones who take it seriously and take precautions to slow the spread.
That 11th grade reading level average thing on covid articles and guidance...
That 11th grade reading level average thing on covid articles and guidance...
By your 3rd Grade Math your WRONG or just lying.
I think I will corner the oleander market and make a killing
bit of a risk though... After all might wake up tomorrow and the covid just be gone pfft... And I would be stuck with all that oleander...
bit of a risk though... After all might wake up tomorrow and the covid just be gone pfft... And I would be stuck with all that oleander...
I've found it interesting sitting back and reading the back and forth here regarding COVID. As a Canadian who lives in an area that hasn't seen a COVID death in the month of Aug and only a few new cases last week (an area of 800k) I feel confident in saying that we have this under control. Our local government made masks mandatory inside of public places months ago and while I normally push back on big brother telling me what to do, this was just common sense and the proof is in our current COVID numbers. My biggest concern is Canada opening up our border too soon, I hope they keep it closed until things are under control in the U.S
I might recommend building a border wall.
Covid is not the only problem in the US that Canada does not need.
Add more cow bell. If that isn't handy try adding a little potato starch.
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No I am not sending secret messages to C'thulu. There's no proof.
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All extended auto warranty telemarketers should be struck by lightning!
Not effective enough IMO. Try the ancient Japanese torture technique instead... you know... a drop of water falling repetitively on top of their head.
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And all the Medicare Supplement Insurance sales telemarketers too.
Yep most of that I get is postal trash though and less aggravating to deal with.
It always surges the closer one gets to the Medicare re enrollment time, but is around thick all year.
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Let He who taketh the Plunge Remember to return it by Tuesday.
Mexico's solution to the Covid-19 educational crisis: Put school on television
Brilliant of them.
the US could have something set up along the same lines by now if so many weren't so busy being part of the problem instead of part of the solution.
A great idea for rural areas especially where net coverage is sparse and more expensive.
Brilliant of them.
the US could have something set up along the same lines by now if so many weren't so busy being part of the problem instead of part of the solution.
A great idea for rural areas especially where net coverage is sparse and more expensive.
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Public Broadcasting System is set up and ready for it. I think you may be familiar KET. Years ago, I took a bit of remedial math in a local course here. They used a televised math class from KET as part of the curriculum. In Virginia there's WVPT through VPM in Harrisonburg on the James Madison University campus.
At one time this hosted episodes of Sesame Street as well as various adult education classes. JMU now coordinates with Eastern Mennonite University and teaches doctors, lawyers, nurses, scientists, engineers.
My point being there is a robust system in place already that could handle public education via televised schedules and curriculum. It's called the Public Broadcast System, and it could be supplemented by National Public Radio, or use one as primary and the other as fallback.
If the Fed decided to go that route it would make a lot more sense than letting locales ad hoc put children back in school. Unfortunately the Fed isn't taking any leadership role as of yet.
I say the system is in place and by and large it is, technically at least. Education wise a standard would need agreed on by all states, and then federal funding used to produce the material. All in though it wouldn't require what I think many suppose it would, mainly be initiative and the will to do.
Homework possibly could be handled by local public libraries collecting flash drives "dead drop" style from students. The librarians could then email assignments into the local education coordination center for a local. Teachers could then grade and log student progress. Again, it's a matter of will and initiative.
Yes, local libraries may need to hire education staff. These would be special librarians that assisted the education coordination centers. And even then many children in the U.S. have home internet/web access so they could email their own homework, or let parents do it. Again, it's a matter of will and initiative.
This requires leadership, something we're currently lacking in. At least in my opinion. Apologies, not intending this as political, merely expressing a commonly echoed opinion. One having evidence that can be observed if one looks with half a wit.
Education improves the human condition. That isn't political, it's about human dignity. When leadership fails so does the society it leads. We see this every day.
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Yep already in place in most all states. Watch KET a LOT and PBS in other states I have lived in.
The US has so much potential but such poor leadership.