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Creimer is getting his Windows 10 certification in two months!

I spend so much money on computers that I should be ashamed of myself. I am a grown man but if a relative or immediate family ask me how much that costs I pretend that I got it dirt cheap. I even quickly throw away the receipt. I promise myself not to do this any more in 2019! So now I try to budget and if I see something I like I do research on it.. I do not just purchase everything computer related randomly any more.

On https://duckduckgo.com/ all review pages are from years ago! and the only thing modern about the webpages are the videos that play automatically... and i keep on having to customise adblocker to block them.. And then duckduckgo seems to want to give me Japanese websites which have backgrounds that flicker with a advertising video that flickers so much you have to look away from your monitor..

I think I may be the only person who still uses the World Wide Web, everybody else is stuck on Facebook and YouTube. And now I have my suspicions that the Vivaldi web browser may be spying on me. All these software companies can never get enough of everybody's information. What do you want? https://youtu.be/zalndXdxriI

https://www.chromium.org/

https://vivaldi.net/

https://youtu.be/FACK2knC08E

The way I understand it, take people out of extreme poverty, educate the women, lower child mortality and give access to family planning and voila, everyone, regardless of culture, background, religion stabilizes close to the replacement value.

I though that everyone knew this by now.

Or not?
https://youtu.be/Sm5xF-UYgdg

https://youtu.be/FACK2knC08E

The way I understand it, take people out of extreme poverty, educate the women, lower child mortality and give access to family planning and voila, everyone, regardless of culture, background, religion stabilizes close to the replacement value.

I though that everyone knew this by now.

Or not?
https://youtu.be/Sm5xF-UYgdg

Meanwhile, creimer is planning to take the Windows 10 exam before it retires on March 31, 2019.

You order a delivery meal from a restaurant. A guy brings the food in regular restaurant bowls with regular utensils, not disposable. You eat your food. You put all the bowls, utensils, and waste food outside your door. The guy comes back later to pick everything up, and takes it all back to the restaurant which is better outfitted to handle mass dish cleaning and waste food disposal.

i was referring to
https://youtu.be/p3biL20Rz84

The choice to go stainless is more about this...

https://youtu.be/CkgCF64QLgg?t...
(Richard Hammond is awesome) ...and the fact that stainless can reach almost 1400 celsius before melting, than it is about weight.

Everyday Astronaut

Bill Burr: https://youtu.be/pC9m45AIsGY

Here it is: https://youtu.be/gn4nRCC9TwQ

"they just care about not being on the hook for abetting copyright infringement. Once it's in the hands of a court it's not their problem ... "

Exactly, as this guy explains: https://youtu.be/OuGPvlCVsqo?t...

where laws is basically "whatever whim the sheik comes up with".

It's good to be the King. Magna Carta, anyone? Of course they're the ones that need to do it.

It's good...

So the lady on the Simpsons that throws cats at people was just schizo from cat parasites.

Or it's just a joke.

Y'know, THAT is the exact reasons why I prefer anime/cartoon over real-life actors. With live action set in current time like CSI, people might become confused about things. "That picture is just too pixelated -- let's zoom in to see the details." Also, actual CSI Effect - "Our criminal justice system must find ways to adapt to increased expectations"

You can't get confused over a cartoon, there is Absolutely. No. Way. to get them confused with things in real life. (The bright colors usually give it away.)

Or so I thought. Guess I'm going to start watching static on TV instead. (They're HERE!)

Kurzgesagt has a good explanation of what measles does to you.

https://youtu.be/y0opgc1WoS4

In case you aren't familiar with it, here's the King Crimson song I'm talking about, from a brilliant live version they did.

https://youtu.be/FhKJgqxNDD8

I have it playing in another tab right now and I'm about ready to turn off the lights and lie down on the floor.

Go ahead and live your life like nobody is watching.

Every breath you take, Every move you make
Every bond you break, Every step you take
I'll be watching you

Every single day, Every word you say
Every game you play, Every night you stay
I'll be watching you

Oh, can't you see
You belong to me

Every move you make, Every vow you break
Every smile you fake, Every claim you stake
I'll be watching you

Every move you make
Every step you take
I'll be watching you

Here's an exercise for you: find the numbers for total amount of oil, coal, and gas that the world has used ..

We couldn't have scripted it better. Here is your question answered by a Nobel laureate in physics.

https://youtu.be/SXxHfb66ZgM?t=1428

Love conspiracy theorists ;). Are you saying that the hopper, one of the most obsessively-monitored-by-amateur-spy-shots things on the planet right now, isn't real and was just photoshopped? You do realize that there are frequent drone flyovers of the thing, right?

Since I've seen this notion going around the TSLAQ circles before, I'm going to guess that you're part of that bubble who retweets people like Mark Spiegel and the like, since I've seen this conspiracy theory pop up there. It goes like this: "Look, the positioning of the american flag is all wrong! And the things in the background don't match some other pictures I saw! Fake!".

Hint: There's two American Flags on it, one on each side.

Just letting you know: you're not the plucky hero of this story.

https://youtu.be/pwaWilO_Pig

Start here if you prefer listening than reading. Otherwise buy his book which summarizes all we know about sleep.

Having followed his advices in the last 8 months I started sleeping 7 to 9 hours per night. The effect is nothing short of miraculous...

Why do I know so much (general culture) people often ask me. Could it be in part that I read hundreds of books while growing up, every day for hours, usually before sleep? I think so...

but judging by the video, the resolution looks terrible.

Certainly, it is impossible to send young baby-face astronauts to the Mars by 2020. It is too risky. If they die in an accident the young promising lives will be destroyed and people will be upset.

However, there are fit old men who could risk it. For example, try to do the exercises which this 70+ years old mad does: https://youtu.be/HMe2JyoIOYk

Such men if selected and trained properly could do it.

https://youtu.be/GS4Nzwo3cKc

Obligatory Psych: You heard about Pluto? That's messed up, right?

I'm really happy to see that the vintage Mac community is alive and active as these machines still have so much creative potential. I restored my Mac SE/30 just in time for the 30th anniversary of its release and have been using it to make pixel art with MacPaint and 8 voice music with Super Studio Session.

I once had it on the Internet with an Ethernet card on the PDS slot, but ever since the hard drive died, I haven't bothered setting up the Internet connection again because I've discovered that the functional constraints of the system actually encourage me into a focused "flow" experience.

I hope this new platform eventually supports HyperCard stacks. There's been a nice resurgence thanks for the Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/hy..., and I'd love to distribute some adventure games without using a Javascript virtual machine.

Creating computer generated realistic bio-metrics is not that hard. See link below filled with very real looking computer generated faces.

https://youtu.be/kSLJriaOumA

What Dorsey is saying is that they want to move to authentication based on whether you own a recent Apple device. Still not that hard to beat by a bot, but sure, will filter out low cost bots (and 80% of the smartphone market with it).

Do we want the people who deplatformed Scott Horton and fired James Damore to control Wikipedia? Supposedly Google employees share internal blacklists of other employees who don't have Right Think and keep them away from projects of influence.

https://youtu.be/uQ1JeII0eGo

On the other hand, I think I've donated a higher percentage of my net worth to Wikimedia than Google is doing here, so it's probably just a token.

Moon cracks...smash becomes.

Personally, I'm more concerned with Facebook's lasers and their new CLO, Chairface Chippendale.

What came first? The chicken, egg, omelet, or chick? Oh wait, I had the answer as soon as I typed this.

I run 'em all through my Bass-o-matic and ya know what? I can't tell the diff. Tastes like .... no, not chicken. Exactly.

Yes. It's a good think that well-established auto companies like Volkswagen don't have these issues.

http://youtu.be/bkSuyXnCSO4

Should have linked the videos.

https://youtu.be/hCv_Ha0oWjE
https://youtu.be/rk1QRJjHjsM
https://youtu.be/RytwKuBAIuM

Basically when it's been raining and you open the boot, water pours in and all your stuff gets wet.

The seal isn't great either, there is a guy on TMC who didn't close it properly (car said shut, but it wasn't) and the boot got completely flooded. When he presses on the carpet it releases a puddle of water now. Apparently there is no drain!

Unfortunately the design has already been approved for the EU so that's what we are getting.

Should have linked the videos.

https://youtu.be/hCv_Ha0oWjE
https://youtu.be/rk1QRJjHjsM
https://youtu.be/RytwKuBAIuM

Basically when it's been raining and you open the boot, water pours in and all your stuff gets wet.

The seal isn't great either, there is a guy on TMC who didn't close it properly (car said shut, but it wasn't) and the boot got completely flooded. When he presses on the carpet it releases a puddle of water now. Apparently there is no drain!

Unfortunately the design has already been approved for the EU so that's what we are getting.

Should have linked the videos.

https://youtu.be/hCv_Ha0oWjE
https://youtu.be/rk1QRJjHjsM
https://youtu.be/RytwKuBAIuM

Basically when it's been raining and you open the boot, water pours in and all your stuff gets wet.

The seal isn't great either, there is a guy on TMC who didn't close it properly (car said shut, but it wasn't) and the boot got completely flooded. When he presses on the carpet it releases a puddle of water now. Apparently there is no drain!

Unfortunately the design has already been approved for the EU so that's what we are getting.

It's true, Trump's great wall can be defeated in minutes by a $1 hacksaw.

https://youtu.be/b2gedQN26YI

Hmmmmm, maybe. Could also be that she's not really flying at that point either ( https://youtu.be/e2Wm5tuTllk?t... ). The force was never meant to be some deus ex machina though that will just make things happen just because. Who's to say Luke didn't use the force to physically (forcially?) push the torpedoes down the hole? They do seem to make a pretty unnatural turn. Anakin was said to be extremely gifted and all that but he never just knew how to do things, he'd been pod racing for a while and knew how to fly and if I recall he's on autopilot til he gets there, he does get lucky sure but doesn't do anything really out there, he thinks a roll is a good move.

In the middle of last century, the 45 rpm record did the exact same thing. Before that, pop songs would have long intros and the singer might not come in until the third chorus. For example, here's a Tommy Dorsey/Sinatra record from the 40's that was a big hit (it's a cool tune, so you should listen to it):

https://youtu.be/M_EPgmVaLWA

I wish some Tommy Dorsey/Sinatra tunes could have made it into the Fallout games. The song still comes in at 3:19, but the structure is pure 78 rpm.

Once the 45 rpm came out, it was one measure and the singer comes in. Verse/chorus/verse/chorus. Not even a bridge sometimes.

https://youtu.be/-eHJ12Vhpyc

It has been said that 3 minutes should be the outer limit for a pop song. One of the greatest records of all time had an average song length of about 2 minutes, and many songs much shorter. Here is a great song from The Ramones' self-titled first record that comes in at exactly 1:30. No fat, no filler, all pumping pure pop goodness.

https://youtu.be/K6GAGdBiJF0

In the middle of last century, the 45 rpm record did the exact same thing. Before that, pop songs would have long intros and the singer might not come in until the third chorus. For example, here's a Tommy Dorsey/Sinatra record from the 40's that was a big hit (it's a cool tune, so you should listen to it):

https://youtu.be/M_EPgmVaLWA

I wish some Tommy Dorsey/Sinatra tunes could have made it into the Fallout games. The song still comes in at 3:19, but the structure is pure 78 rpm.

Once the 45 rpm came out, it was one measure and the singer comes in. Verse/chorus/verse/chorus. Not even a bridge sometimes.

https://youtu.be/-eHJ12Vhpyc

It has been said that 3 minutes should be the outer limit for a pop song. One of the greatest records of all time had an average song length of about 2 minutes, and many songs much shorter. Here is a great song from The Ramones' self-titled first record that comes in at exactly 1:30. No fat, no filler, all pumping pure pop goodness.

https://youtu.be/K6GAGdBiJF0

In the middle of last century, the 45 rpm record did the exact same thing. Before that, pop songs would have long intros and the singer might not come in until the third chorus. For example, here's a Tommy Dorsey/Sinatra record from the 40's that was a big hit (it's a cool tune, so you should listen to it):

https://youtu.be/M_EPgmVaLWA

I wish some Tommy Dorsey/Sinatra tunes could have made it into the Fallout games. The song still comes in at 3:19, but the structure is pure 78 rpm.

Once the 45 rpm came out, it was one measure and the singer comes in. Verse/chorus/verse/chorus. Not even a bridge sometimes.

https://youtu.be/-eHJ12Vhpyc

It has been said that 3 minutes should be the outer limit for a pop song. One of the greatest records of all time had an average song length of about 2 minutes, and many songs much shorter. Here is a great song from The Ramones' self-titled first record that comes in at exactly 1:30. No fat, no filler, all pumping pure pop goodness.

https://youtu.be/K6GAGdBiJF0

It was a joke.

It shouldn't be. Enthusiasts are an inquisitive and experimental crowd. You may have made a joke but your joke has been a very serious question asked over and over again on online forums.

People do all sorts of wonderful things such as using full sized car radiators: https://www.reddit.com/r/shitt...

I wish I still had the link to it but in the mid 2000s I remember seeing someone who laid copper tubing in a giant S bend under the foundation slab of his new build garage and cycled that through his CPU. Dirt and cement have a high specific heat so that apparently worked well enough that he ran into condensation issues in winter.

Also people with annoying voices like Linus Tech tips also get in on making jokes: https://youtu.be/EV6oYfcAwLM?t...

So next time you make a joke, add a smiley ;-)

Ray was mentored too. Kylo was grooming her to be his partner, and deliberately demonstrated the power of the Force for her, in particular the mind trick.

These are all just standard copy/paste criticisms that don't align with the actual movie. This is a rather good debunking: https://youtu.be/4iqN68PejEc

How does it behave if I kick it, whack it with a bat or just mess with it? Not that I'd normally even think of doing that, but the researchers are giving me ideas.

Ancient Sumerians believed their gods were aliens. https://youtu.be/L3ogy-pqvKQ

Modern day Scientologists do too (no surprise there since the religion was created as a get-rich-quick scheme by a Science Fiction author).

One could possibly interpret God as being an "alien" in the Mormon branch of Christianity too- although I don't think Mormons like that analogy.

https://youtu.be/p3JhEYnsJQs https://youtu.be/p-WfaKFynHA https://youtu.be/9x5_y3IZV_g

https://youtu.be/p3JhEYnsJQs https://youtu.be/p-WfaKFynHA https://youtu.be/9x5_y3IZV_g

https://youtu.be/p3JhEYnsJQs https://youtu.be/p-WfaKFynHA https://youtu.be/9x5_y3IZV_g

Ancient Sumerians believed their gods were aliens. https://youtu.be/L3ogy-pqvKQ

Note: Ice repelling not the same as Ice rappelling. Sorry for the shaky video. Couldn't find a decent one of the Ben, Ames or Bridalveil.

"Scaling... not incompatible to be libertarian at the state level, communist at the commune level... Singapore vs China... Norway (size of NYC borough) vs Canada vs USA" --Nassim Taleb http://youtu.bet3m8s/

corrected link: https://youtu.be/Dn_XEDPIeU8?t...

https://youtu.be/rcLcxAwdjmo?t=5040

I think we made a lot of progress in the sciences last year.. Just check out this video I came across that summed up 2018's most noticeable, and possibly world changing, scientific advancements and discoveries fairly well. https://youtu.be/xfQ2si7ksTY