If people want to blame the NSA spying scandal on anyone, it should be Obama. He knew and approved of their actions. He should be held accountable.
And it's Congress' job to rein in the President. Congress won't rein in this president. They didn't rein in the previous one. They'll give a pass to the next one, too. Separation of powers was supposed to prevent one branch from "going rogue". That's broken now. Both parties have had opportunities in Congress to go after Presidents in the other party -- it hasn't happened, it's not gonna happen.
Can it tell if the small animal is *inside* the paperbag? I'm thinking of cats specifically. Cats and paperbags... cat lovers know what I'm talking about.
You got modded "funny" but you make a good point. Unless you know what's in the paper bag, you should try to avoid it providing you don't have to do something even more dangerous. And you never know what's in the paper bag . ..
Sometimes people don't think too far past the end of their noses. I mean they don't pronounce bowling like howling in the U.S. so it shouldn't be much of a stretch to pronounce Rowling like bowling instead of howling. sheesh.
I pronounce it the way that annoys Harry Potter fans more.
A family archive maintained by the "tech guy/gal" in the family is also subject to failure from death or disability or the aforementioned maintainer. Any storage/backup solution should therefore be sufficiently documented (probably on paper, too) that the grieving loved ones can get things back after a year or two of zero maintenance and care of the system. That would also imply eschewing home-brew type systems in favor of using standard tools so a knowledgeable tech person not familiar with the creator's original design can salvage things in this tragic but possible scenario. Document the system so even if the family can't do it themselves, and an IT guy has to be contracted to resurrect the data, he'll have the information needed to do so.
Any system sufficiently dependent on regular maintenance by just one particular person is indistinguishable from a dead-man time-bomb.
I'm under the impression that the more specific a tech job requirement is, the more likely it was written to target one person, such as a specific foreign citizen on an H-1B visa. That or the company just wants to be a cheapskate, wanting the new hire to be productive from day two instead of taking two weeks to train him or her.
This is exactly it. Extremely specific job notices satisfy the requirement of posting the job and finding no qualified citizen or resident, allowing the importation of the H1B worker. Unless you're applying for the job to satisfy unemployment insurance requirement, no point in even applying.
When acetaminophen is combined with aspirin and caffeine, it's called "Excedrin," and is sold over-the-counter in the US. I have no idea if acetaminophen has synergistic effects with other pain relievers. Try google, maybe.
This Thanksgiving I am going to hear from all of my pro-union family members about how evil Walmart (my employer) is, and how they treat their employees. All the while comparing books they are reading on their Kindles and shopping for Kindle Fires for their kids.
Liberals are so awesomely hypocritical.
So we trade families for Thanksgiving. You can have my awesomely hypocritical conservative in-laws instead.
I was targeted by mistake several years ago - a debt collector thought my number was the number of someone with a debt - and the calls were non-stop every day for a month or so and then they suddenly quit. A bizarre experience, since I have never had an unpaid debt and barely use credit at all. I did some research into what was going on and found a sleazy underworld of debt collectors that surprised me by just how vile it was.
A change of number does fix this, since the only reason they're calling you is that you have someone's old number that they think they can collect on. They won't trace you to a new number, because they don't know who you are in the first place -- if they did, they'd know it wasn't the guy they wanted.
It's annoying to have to change your number because of this sort of crap, though. Like admitting defeat.
If it's a scam, it a law enforcement issue. Tell the cops. Even if they don't help, you've got a paper trail. Your state's Attorney General's office may have a division to investigate consumer frauds and scams, as well.
There are some other possibilities. First off, are they asking for you specifically? There's always a possibility that they're a junk debt collector that's trying to collect on something that's actually been paid off, cancelled or otherwise dealt with that another debt collector with (deliberately) shoddy record-keeping sold them. Could also be an actual debt, but one you shouldn't really owe because it was fraudulently or accidentally applied to you instead of someone else. This can be a real PITA to sort out.
If they're not asking for you personally, it may be someone else's debt. I've had bill collectors call me repeatedly because someone who had my number before (allegedly) owed someone money. Convincing them they got the wrong guy took many tries, and sometimes they just sell off the debt to another junk collector who'd try again. One guy even asked if I knew the new number of the (alleged) deadbeat. Really? It's a phone number -- It's not like I sold someone my car. Those calls only went away with a change of number when I moved.
Unfortunately, Fair debt collection practice laws don't seem to be as helpful to people who don't actually owe a debt. I guess the authors really didn't expect that issue to come up, but it does.
Considering all the bits of Georgia (the country) that keep trying to split off, apparently people *want* to govern themselves.
While we're talking non-sequiturs, the Falkland Islands ownership dispute continues, and I wish clothing manufacturers could settle on a standard location for care tags.
Ghettos started as segregation of Jews, in places they were not treated well, in other gettos they were treated VERY well, encouraged to settle, and left alone to practice Judaism without restraint.
Separate but equal, right? Who could complain about that?
Look into ways to make PCBs at home. I prefer the glossy paper/clothes iron toner transfer method, but direct milling is easier if you have a CNC minimill. With a little practice, toner and etchant gives finer features than milling.
For those who, like me, hadn't even heard of this until recently when I saw thesearticles. (The first is just a version of the second with the text cleaned up for readability -- English isn't second article author's native tongue.)
As for the rest, I like your list. Often overlooked, since it's just sitting there covered with all the other stuff, is a nice (anti-) static mat.
If you have a real electronics bench, you need a scope -- at least occasionally. If what you're doing doesn't require soldering, and can be done on a desk rather than a bench, then maybe not. As in, your projects are more "programming" than electronic design and assembly. Standard interfaces with the rest of the world, already designed, built and tested by someone else. On board power supplies built and tested OK. Clocks already working. Off-the-shelf stuff that you plug in to other off-the-shelf stuff with cables you buy . . . off the shelf.
There are cheap brand-new Chinese scopes and older used (and recalibrated) brand-name stuff that are plenty good enough to find signal glitches, impedance problems, timing issues, etc. Stuff that you could spend forever trying to find with a multimeter and logic analyzer -- and maybe never find without one, for that matter. These can be had for no more than what you'll spend on a decent solder station. Why skimp now?
But again, if someone's only going to do a project that involves plugging together highly-integrated, off the shelf black boxes, I guess they can wait to get the scope till they're wanting to do something a little more homebrew. Today's top-of-the-line scopes will be half-price in a few years . ..
Wife is pregnant. We've gone to a few "baby" classes. They talk about the "unknowns" of what causes SIDS and all the things people "think" cause it (no real proof or idea). But every one outright dismisses the use of any monitoring to alert you if the baby stops breathing, because there is no proof it helps.
. ..
Seems strange to dismiss something, when you have no proof either way it works.
As with everything, doing all the things that "might" work can make it harder to actually do the things that do work -- you're expending time, money, energy, etc. that could have gone somewhere else. You'll have plenty of real, actionable worries to choose from, so just get your regular checkups, vaccines, babyproofing, etc.
And don't forget to sign up the little one for the Princeton Review APGAR prep course. You don't want to get behind on those test scores, what with those competitive preschools and all.
...with little focus on the rights and interests of consumers, let alone broader community interests.'"
No! Really?
You idiots keep electing rich fucks, and then everyone acts amazed when they continue to create and enhance systems designed to benefit rich fucks and leave the rest of your mucking about in the gutters. Since you've proved you're just exactly that stupid, I guess it'll never change.
Cheers.:)
Who were you replying to? The text you quoted is from TFS.
I occasionally hit up Best Buy, and honestly their prices are frequently on par with Amazon and even sometimes Newegg.
I haven't darkened their door in years. Maybe they've changed, but it seemed like they set up the whole store from the architecture to their policies to the staff to be maximally irritating (or worse). The physical space seemed intended to be agoraphobia-inducing in a way few retailers could match. The irritating know-nothing salespeople who seemed to exist for no other reasons than to hover until needed and then vanish and sell extended warranties on stuff that would be obsolete in less than 2 years. The sneering roided-up inventory control yellow-shirt at the door. The stories of managers hassling and even calling the cops on customers comparison shopping. It was just really unfriendly and unpleasant.
Because what I remember was that anything you ordered took weeks to show up.(This was back in the 80s) It took so long most of the time I had already bought it locally at another store. After doing that a few times I didn't bother ordering anything from Sears since it was a waste of effort.
I think getting that call that the snowblower had arrived in April was the best. My parents would order stuff from Sears and have to wait forever. And even when it came it, wait some more in the pickup room while they tried to find it. Was the store just sitting on orders till they got enough to reach a better quantity price point with the manufacturer? At least you could get that weird-sized socket off the retail floor and get back to taking apart or putting together whatever needed fixed the same afternoon.
There was a known fee for a late video, and you returned the video late, and got a fee? And then cut you cut your card in front of a minimum wage employee for doing his job properly?
You sound deranged.
Hobbies aren't about doing things the easy way . ..
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If people want to blame the NSA spying scandal on anyone, it should be Obama. He knew and approved of their actions. He should be held accountable.
And it's Congress' job to rein in the President. Congress won't rein in this president. They didn't rein in the previous one. They'll give a pass to the next one, too. Separation of powers was supposed to prevent one branch from "going rogue". That's broken now. Both parties have had opportunities in Congress to go after Presidents in the other party -- it hasn't happened, it's not gonna happen.
Can it tell if the small animal is *inside* the paperbag? I'm thinking of cats specifically. Cats and paperbags... cat lovers know what I'm talking about.
You got modded "funny" but you make a good point. Unless you know what's in the paper bag, you should try to avoid it providing you don't have to do something even more dangerous. And you never know what's in the paper bag . . .
7. I am the real Napster.
Sometimes people don't think too far past the end of their noses. I mean they don't pronounce bowling like howling in the U.S. so it shouldn't be much of a stretch to pronounce Rowling like bowling instead of howling. sheesh.
I pronounce it the way that annoys Harry Potter fans more.
A family archive maintained by the "tech guy/gal" in the family is also subject to failure from death or disability or the aforementioned maintainer. Any storage/backup solution should therefore be sufficiently documented (probably on paper, too) that the grieving loved ones can get things back after a year or two of zero maintenance and care of the system. That would also imply eschewing home-brew type systems in favor of using standard tools so a knowledgeable tech person not familiar with the creator's original design can salvage things in this tragic but possible scenario. Document the system so even if the family can't do it themselves, and an IT guy has to be contracted to resurrect the data, he'll have the information needed to do so.
Any system sufficiently dependent on regular maintenance by just one particular person is indistinguishable from a dead-man time-bomb.
I'm under the impression that the more specific a tech job requirement is, the more likely it was written to target one person, such as a specific foreign citizen on an H-1B visa. That or the company just wants to be a cheapskate, wanting the new hire to be productive from day two instead of taking two weeks to train him or her.
This is exactly it. Extremely specific job notices satisfy the requirement of posting the job and finding no qualified citizen or resident, allowing the importation of the H1B worker. Unless you're applying for the job to satisfy unemployment insurance requirement, no point in even applying.
No
So no frickin' sharks, then?
Why isn't acetaminophen also used in combination with asprin, naproxin, or ibuprofen in a single pill? Does it do no good with used with those non-opiate pain medications? See: http://www.fda.gov/drugs/drugsafety/informationbydrugclass/ucm239874.htm
When acetaminophen is combined with aspirin and caffeine, it's called "Excedrin," and is sold over-the-counter in the US. I have no idea if acetaminophen has synergistic effects with other pain relievers. Try google, maybe.
Oh, right, it only posts news that matters.
I haven't seen that motto lately . . .
It's "pro se", btw.
Gesundheit.
This Thanksgiving I am going to hear from all of my pro-union family members about how evil Walmart (my employer) is, and how they treat their employees. All the while comparing books they are reading on their Kindles and shopping for Kindle Fires for their kids.
Liberals are so awesomely hypocritical.
So we trade families for Thanksgiving. You can have my awesomely hypocritical conservative in-laws instead.
I was targeted by mistake several years ago - a debt collector thought my number was the number of someone with a debt - and the calls were non-stop every day for a month or so and then they suddenly quit. A bizarre experience, since I have never had an unpaid debt and barely use credit at all. I did some research into what was going on and found a sleazy underworld of debt collectors that surprised me by just how vile it was.
A change of number does fix this, since the only reason they're calling you is that you have someone's old number that they think they can collect on. They won't trace you to a new number, because they don't know who you are in the first place -- if they did, they'd know it wasn't the guy they wanted.
It's annoying to have to change your number because of this sort of crap, though. Like admitting defeat.
If it's a scam, it a law enforcement issue. Tell the cops. Even if they don't help, you've got a paper trail. Your state's Attorney General's office may have a division to investigate consumer frauds and scams, as well.
There are some other possibilities. First off, are they asking for you specifically? There's always a possibility that they're a junk debt collector that's trying to collect on something that's actually been paid off, cancelled or otherwise dealt with that another debt collector with (deliberately) shoddy record-keeping sold them. Could also be an actual debt, but one you shouldn't really owe because it was fraudulently or accidentally applied to you instead of someone else. This can be a real PITA to sort out.
If they're not asking for you personally, it may be someone else's debt. I've had bill collectors call me repeatedly because someone who had my number before (allegedly) owed someone money. Convincing them they got the wrong guy took many tries, and sometimes they just sell off the debt to another junk collector who'd try again. One guy even asked if I knew the new number of the (alleged) deadbeat. Really? It's a phone number -- It's not like I sold someone my car. Those calls only went away with a change of number when I moved.
Unfortunately, Fair debt collection practice laws don't seem to be as helpful to people who don't actually owe a debt. I guess the authors really didn't expect that issue to come up, but it does.
Considering all the bits of Georgia (the country) that keep trying to split off, apparently people *want* to govern themselves.
While we're talking non-sequiturs, the Falkland Islands ownership dispute continues, and I wish clothing manufacturers could settle on a standard location for care tags.
Ghettos started as segregation of Jews, in places they were not treated well, in other gettos they were treated VERY well, encouraged to settle, and left alone to practice Judaism without restraint.
Separate but equal, right? Who could complain about that?
Look into ways to make PCBs at home. I prefer the glossy paper/clothes iron toner transfer method, but direct milling is easier if you have a CNC minimill. With a little practice, toner and etchant gives finer features than milling.
For those who, like me, hadn't even heard of this until recently when I saw these articles. (The first is just a version of the second with the text cleaned up for readability -- English isn't second article author's native tongue.)
As for the rest, I like your list. Often overlooked, since it's just sitting there covered with all the other stuff, is a nice (anti-) static mat.
If you have a real electronics bench, you need a scope -- at least occasionally. If what you're doing doesn't require soldering, and can be done on a desk rather than a bench, then maybe not. As in, your projects are more "programming" than electronic design and assembly. Standard interfaces with the rest of the world, already designed, built and tested by someone else. On board power supplies built and tested OK. Clocks already working. Off-the-shelf stuff that you plug in to other off-the-shelf stuff with cables you buy . . . off the shelf.
There are cheap brand-new Chinese scopes and older used (and recalibrated) brand-name stuff that are plenty good enough to find signal glitches, impedance problems, timing issues, etc. Stuff that you could spend forever trying to find with a multimeter and logic analyzer -- and maybe never find without one, for that matter. These can be had for no more than what you'll spend on a decent solder station. Why skimp now?
But again, if someone's only going to do a project that involves plugging together highly-integrated, off the shelf black boxes, I guess they can wait to get the scope till they're wanting to do something a little more homebrew. Today's top-of-the-line scopes will be half-price in a few years . . .
Perhaps they should crowd-fund it to get higher bounties.
Ya, I saw something on Slashdot about that.
Personally, I love Seneca's sentiment: “What need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears.”
Besides that is a pretty epic way to die.
I'm more of a Mel Brooks guy:
"Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die."
Or maybe Hemmingway:
" . . . all stories, if continued far enough, end in death . . ."
Wife is pregnant. We've gone to a few "baby" classes. They talk about the "unknowns" of what causes SIDS and all the things people "think" cause it (no real proof or idea). But every one outright dismisses the use of any monitoring to alert you if the baby stops breathing, because there is no proof it helps.
. . .
Seems strange to dismiss something, when you have no proof either way it works.
As with everything, doing all the things that "might" work can make it harder to actually do the things that do work -- you're expending time, money, energy, etc. that could have gone somewhere else. You'll have plenty of real, actionable worries to choose from, so just get your regular checkups, vaccines, babyproofing, etc.
And don't forget to sign up the little one for the Princeton Review APGAR prep course. You don't want to get behind on those test scores, what with those competitive preschools and all.
You do realize that The Jungle is a work of fiction, right?
You realize that it helped bring attention to actual problems, right?
No! Really?
You idiots keep electing rich fucks, and then everyone acts amazed when they continue to create and enhance systems designed to benefit rich fucks and leave the rest of your mucking about in the gutters. Since you've proved you're just exactly that stupid, I guess it'll never change.
Cheers. :)
Who were you replying to? The text you quoted is from TFS.
I occasionally hit up Best Buy, and honestly their prices are frequently on par with Amazon and even sometimes Newegg.
I haven't darkened their door in years. Maybe they've changed, but it seemed like they set up the whole store from the architecture to their policies to the staff to be maximally irritating (or worse). The physical space seemed intended to be agoraphobia-inducing in a way few retailers could match. The irritating know-nothing salespeople who seemed to exist for no other reasons than to hover until needed and then vanish and sell extended warranties on stuff that would be obsolete in less than 2 years. The sneering roided-up inventory control yellow-shirt at the door. The stories of managers hassling and even calling the cops on customers comparison shopping. It was just really unfriendly and unpleasant.
Because what I remember was that anything you ordered took weeks to show up.(This was back in the 80s) It took so long most of the time I had already bought it locally at another store. After doing that a few times I didn't bother ordering anything from Sears since it was a waste of effort.
I think getting that call that the snowblower had arrived in April was the best. My parents would order stuff from Sears and have to wait forever. And even when it came it, wait some more in the pickup room while they tried to find it. Was the store just sitting on orders till they got enough to reach a better quantity price point with the manufacturer? At least you could get that weird-sized socket off the retail floor and get back to taking apart or putting together whatever needed fixed the same afternoon.
There was a known fee for a late video, and you returned the video late, and got a fee? And then cut you cut your card in front of a minimum wage employee for doing his job properly?
You sound deranged.
Hobbies aren't about doing things the easy way . . .