Cool and clear, according to the national forecast, overcast and clouds according to openweathermap. Guess we’ll see who guessed better. It was cool and clear yesterday, but windy as all get out. Crazy windy. I suppose it helped dry things out, but it blew stuff all over my yard and driveway.
I did stuff close to home yesterday. Worked in the garage doing a little clean up. Very little compared to what needs to be done, but it was a start. Moved some stuff around in the house too. Spent some time on the computer doing auction stuff, and worked on some pipes. I’m finding it to be very relaxing to refurbish them as I watch videos or work on the computer.
Today will be more of the same, with some domestic bliss added in.
And it’s time for me to start thinking about the Hamfest, and what I’m bringing there for sale. I re-read my posts from last year and I haven’t done any of what I thought I should, mainly selling the higher value stuff on ebay. I guess I’ll give it one more try since it’s only a few weeks away. I’m definitely adding some of my test gear to the sale pile. I have stuff I haven’t even turned on in 3 years, and barely know how to use. That’s not in itself an issue for me, I’ve got lots of stuff I only use occasionally, and only to the extent I need to get something done. But there are things that someone else might better use, and that are so specialized that I might never learn to use them properly. Since it’s mostly radio test gear, the Hamfest it the place for it.
My non-prepping hobby will be having a mini swapmeet next weekend at our usual meeting too, so I should get some stuff together for that. Suddenly, I feel really busy…
That’s just par for the course I guess. Note to self, don’t falter…
Stack what you need, get rid of what you don’t.
nick
Pre-pandemic, Americans were the one nationality who management could count on doing that consistently for cr*p money and a Honda Accord in the garage – Just like the one Jeff drove every day to Amazon HQ in the Legend.
Maybe Canadians.
Not anymore.
The one upside of Illness Kabuki. Of course, things don’t get done anymore, even by the 20% of the population who really were productive before Covid.
As long as you are not dealing with a state-level actor, Signal should be safe.
If your’re concerned about leaks, no one should be communicating using SMS in your group, and I’d be wary of any communications service run by a tech company plugged into the agenda. Maybe not mom-and-pop hosting providers in places like Utah, but those numbers are dwindling.
And the big tech companies are all plugged into the agenda.
Good luck with the lawsuit.
Even if encrypted communications cannot be read, it’s easy to see who is communicating with whom. Messages have addresses, and those have to be readable, in order for the messages to be delivered.
If the feds decide they want to read someone’s messages, I seriously doubt they will even try to break the encryption. They will just install spyware directly on the phone/PC of one of the participants, which makes encryption irrelevant.
And many of them sell out to major providers, who now have any data which the privacy-respecting mom-n-pop had.
Cool this morning. Low overcast and breezy. The wind is very uncharacteristically coming from the northwest. Wife’s weather app says rain in Houston this morning. Openweathermap still says ‘no precip’. The clouds look like at least light rain, but the radar map is clear…
SO. I’m going with ‘weird weather but no rain.’
Family is out the door to their respective obligations. Coffee is in the cup, and the intarwebs await!
n
I attempted to watch the Grammy’s last night. What a puke fest. The piece with Joni Mitchell was just bizarre. She could not stand, was sitting, sang really badly with a voice that had been ravaged by cigarettes, wiggling her cane the entire time. But she got a standing ovation for some strange reason. Other performances with “songs” that were barely more than thumping noises with some screeching on the side and a lot of jumping around.
Those people are just weird.
barely more than thumping noises with some screeching on the side and a lot of jumping around
I’d blame your hearing aids but that is a pretty succinct description of about half of what I hear on the radio too.
n
Cali is sliding into the ocean! oh, false alarm, put down the cake…
– seriously though, disasters strike everywhere. Know your local risks and PREPARE.
n
Some homes will slide down the hills and change zip codes in the process.
A few months ago California was pitching a fit about not enough rain, major drought. All due to global warming. Now they have too much rain, record snow pack, all due to global warming.
I have been a major hurricane in Virginia where it was necessary to walk at a 45 degree angle and impossible to walk backwards. Rain pounding agains the window in sheets of water. I have been around a tsunami in Hawaii. I have been in two earthquakes. I have been chased by a tornado. The farm in Oregon was surrounded by a massive forest fire with smoke so thick it was difficult to see beyond 50 feet. I have been in major floods in Oregon in 1964 that cutoff some neighbors for 10 days.
Of all the events the earthquake was the scariest. All the other scenarios were predictable and there was warning. The earthquake has no warning. Being tossed out of bed on the 5th floor of a Holiday Inn while in a deep sleep is terrifying.
Windows 11 update. Following my recent installation experience, I thought it would be fair to update based on a fresh, from ISO install. My earlier experience was based on the 2nd hand system I received which had been pre-installed with W11, but not set up.
The ISO install was cleaner and better. Before running, it asked a couple of questions, which reduced the issues I had previously experienced, including allowing me to opt for a local account rather than insist on a Microsoft account.
On SMRs:
Dang, I’m hoping these come to fruition in my lifetime. But, let’s watch Congress pass a “border security” bill that gives Ukraine another $70 billion and lets in 5,000 crimmigrants a day. How about an X prize for the first viable SMR. Give the top 3 competitors $5 billion, with $55 billion as the prize. That seems like a better use of my tax dollars.
Back from Disney World. Great time!
>> California is hit by devastating MUDSLIDES: More than 500,000 homes are without power and celebrity properties in Beverly Hills are under flash flood warnings as record-breaking ‘bomb cyclone’ is set to drench LA for 24 HOURS.
I wonder how many of those eight figure Beverly Hills mega mansions have whole house standby generators?
SMRs have the potential to disrupt the status quo and we can’t have that. Jostle the gravy train? Upset some sinecures? Are you crazy???
>> Dang, I’m hoping these come to fruition in my lifetime. But, let’s watch Congress pass a “border security” bill that gives Ukraine another $70 billion and lets in 5,000 crimmigrants a day.
The Senate bill from Chuckie Cheese is “only” 370 pages. No ‘pork’ hidden in there, right?!
The Grammy’s have been very Rap/Hip-Hop/R&B-centric for probably 30 years now. That’s fine if you like those genres, but if you don’t then it’s mostly a disappointment to watch. MTV’s VMAs are the same.
I watched most of it with my daughter last night because she’s a big Taylor Swift fan and there were rumors Taylor would be announcing an album release (which she did). I spent most of it scrolling through my tablet and only looking up when my daughter was getting excited about something. It’s probably the first time I watched the Grammy’s in probably 15+ years.
Joni Mitchell got a standing ovation for still having a pulse. That’s about it. I don’t mean to downplay her contribution to music, but if they wanted to honor Joni Mitchell they should have done it decades ago when it wouldn’t have been so cringy. This had more of a, “Oops, you’re about to die soon. So after snubbing you for years let’s hurry up and honor you before you’re gone.”
I always hate the opening monologues to these award shows. They seem to mostly start out the same way. The comedian they got to MC launches into a whole thing about “look at all these stars, we’ve go so and so that’s famous for such and such” and on and on. It’s one big ego-stroke for the stars in attendance. It’s the Grammy’s (or the Oscar’s or the Emmy’s), so of course there are a lot of celebrities in attendance. You don’t need to state the obvious. Are you worried people might change the channel if they don’t immediately hear an attendance list of A-listers? It’s such a celebrity circle jerk. I get a headache from all of my eye-rolling. I agree with the few celebrities that have called out the poor ratings for review shows, “Why would a bunch of people want to spend 3 hours watching celebrities give each other awards?”
“Sneak and Peek” warrants imaging the hard drive. The drive contents can then be correlated with stored network traffic records using Hadoop and file system forensic analysis tools.
I saw papers from Brian Carrier, creator of SleuthKit, on creating analysis systems like that up until 10 years ago. I doubt that interest in those suddenly went away, particularly at certain three letter government agencies.
Sounds like I need to keep my distance from you. You’re bad luck.
Pastis and you are conflating two ideas.
Restricting access to adult materials to adults is not banning. Curating what children see is not banning. Letting parents know what their children are being exposed to is not banning.
I’m not a believer, but sometimes I wonder if a Christian theocracy might be better than what we’ve got now, and the coming Muslim or Hindu theocracy.
Where’s our Martel when we need him?
Sorry. Europe has dibs on the next hammer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Martel
@lpdbw
‘sometimes I wonder if a Christian theocracy might be better than what we’ve got now, and the coming Muslim or Hindu theocracy.’
No.
The defining difference is that our government recognizes that men have rights.
Rights are not conferred by a divinely selected ruler who can change them at any time—they belong inherently to the individual and cannot be taken away or infringed by government.
That we have lost our way and allowed government to become corrupt is a fault of men, not the curse of divinity spurned.
Tell that to people who protested the stolen election on Jan 6th. Whether actually stolen or not, didn’t they have the right to protest? Or to the people who pray outside abortion clinics, or who dare to stand up and say that “gender-affirming treatment” of minors is a bad thing, or that women’s sports should belong to women, or a whole host of victims of other actions of the government to limit and cancel people who just want to be left alone.
The government you mention exists no longer. And really, it was formed over 200 years ago by WASPs (but not devout), for WASPs, and a significant part of the slide is due to immigration and dilution of that culture.
Well, I know that EdH and JimB are too far from the coast to slide into the ocean. In contrast, I am about 1.5 mi from the coast; however, I am at sea level so I won’t be sliding down.
Yes, just a light but near continuous rain here in the Antelope Valley. No power outages, internet is up, none of the 65mph winds or snow that were predicted, in fact it is nearly windless and a warmish 46F.
The ex-stray ex-tom is laying on the hearth in front of the pellet stove … life is good for him.
Those folk making their home in Amaragosa Creek … probably not so good.
Biden makes baffling decision to SKIP Super Bowl interview for second year in a row: President, 81, misses out on reaching millions of Americans in an election year as he continues to dodge TV interviews
– not baffling at all. Non Compos Mentis .
n
I’m not a believer, but sometimes I wonder if a Christian theocracy might be better than what we’ve got now, and the coming Muslim or Hindu theocracy.
The Spanish Inquisition come to mind for a theocracy. The Salem Witch Trials come to mind for a local version. You do not want a theocracy of any sort. Pournelles Law Of Iron Bueracracy will be enacted in any theocracy and soon.
– increased prices, ya think?
n
Non Compos Mentis . Downvote? Really?
watch any video of him longer than 20 minutes and tell me I’m wrong. Provide a link to any recent video longer than 30 minutes where he behaves rationally and intelligently past the 20 minute mark.
n
Do you remember the “football” games which had a smooth plastic field, on which you placed your players, then flicked the power switch and the whole thing would vibrate and the players would move around pretty much randomly? That’s what will happen to you in an earthquake. Maybe your house will shake closer to the ocean, maybe it’ll move farther, maybe it’ll just spin in a circle and not go much of anywhere.
I don’t know when these games were made or when they were popular. We got a used one in the mid-1970s.
They can’t show that you’re wrong so they’ll yell at you for the way you said it, or for saying it at all.
I recognize this behavior from my wife and any number of other outraged women who Do. Not. Like. what I say, even when (or especially when) I’m demonstrably right.
Is the former Crossroads (think Goodings Supermarket) property still idle?
My guess is that it will be idle for three more years, until after Governor Gaetz’ Inauguration.
The real crime there is that most of the businesses were still very successful even up to the day the bulldozers rolled. The Pizzeria Uno was the most profitable store in the entire chain.
Throughout the 70s, right up until the introduction of Mattel’s first electronic football game handheld.
After that, it was “game over” for analog.
Any Sears Wish Book catalog from that decade would have the mechanical football games.
Note the downvote on my comment. Either someone’s goofing around (I approve!) or that demonstrates my point.
En Fuego!
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/disney-enlists-prof-ludwig-von-drake-to-help-fend-off-activist-investors-1235816220/#!
Maybe I should have kept a couple of shares of DIS just for the entertainment value.
I guess I’ll vote my one share.
n
Fast food, minimum wage:
When I was in engineering school, there was a senior project / contest to come up with something snazzy architecturally for McDonalds. Cash was the way to pay then, so we suggested pneumatic tubes and multiple drive thru lanes ala any bank. The judges/profs died laughing thinking we were proposing to send drinks/shakes that way. We had a horizontal dumbwaiter in mind for food delivery but it took awhile for the profs to hear that bit. 😛
Today, I’d propose the “AutoMac” McDonalds, drive through only. Reduced menu, no dining room, no cash, no employees, except for the route driver to restock the machines and a skilled robot repairman on demand. Open 24 hours.
Popping up in California anytime now.
>> Tell that to people who protested the stolen election on Jan 6th. Whether actually stolen or not, didn’t they have the right to protest? Or to the people who pray outside abortion clinics,…
Is that really really an apples-to-apples comparison?
I imagine that this concept is highly automated, maybe even pre-fab construction like Checkers.
https://cosmcs.com/
Chick-fil-A has a concept in the works similar to what you describe, but the kitchen will be located above four drive-thru lanes with food sent down to window staff via dumbwaiters.
Ever seen a Chick-fil-A in Texas at lunchtime? Four drive-thru lanes operating simultaneously might not be enough.
@nick
“– not baffling at all.”
Nope. No upside. Repeating the lies doesn’t advance anything. Descending into spit-flecked gibberish again for the biggest tv audience of the year isn’t a good look. Getting hooked off early, losing his way again, falling, staggering, or calling for mommy when he fills his diaper are all real possibilities.
Absolutely. In that long ago project the kitchen footprint was an inviolable black box.
The cosmcs concept focuses on dozens of drinks with a short list of food that look like prepackaged microwaveable items. Burgers and fries are a bit more involved to automate, but the incentive is there. Maybe come up with a signature, easy to automate, premium item only available at the AutoMac. Still need to have some depth and connection to traditional McDonalds, I’d think.
I’m not a believer, but sometimes I wonder if a Christian theocracy might be better than what we’ve got now, and the coming Muslim or Hindu theocracy.
The Spanish Inquisition come to mind for a theocracy. The Salem Witch Trials come to mind for a local version. You do not want a theocracy of any sort. Pournelles Law Of Iron Bueracracy will be enacted in any theocracy and soon.
My former USMC son lived in a muslim hell for two years in Iraq. On his second tour, their base was 100 feet away from the call to prayer loudspeakers that were used for for 15 minutes five times a day from dawn to dusk. My son said that he had to be physically restrained from dropping two pounds of C4 and a 15 minute timer at the base of the loudspeakers.
ADDED: McDonald’s is actually a real estate company whose franchisees provide the cash flow by selling the food.
Chick-fil-A has a concept in the works similar to what you describe, but the kitchen will be located above four drive-thru lanes with food sent down to window staff via dumbwaiters.
Ever seen a Chick-fil-A in Texas at lunchtime? Four drive-thru lanes operating simultaneously might not be enough.
The ChikfilA in Stafford, Texas has had a two lane drivethru for a decade now. The second lane is handled with a mechanical dumbwaiter using a chain drive.
“Feral hogs are not as harmful as we thought, according to a new study”
https://www.chron.com/life/wildlife/article/feral-hogs-harmful-18649000.php
“The wild pigs were actually found to increase plant diversity in environments where they are introduced.”
Yeah, pull the other leg, it has a bell on it.
“Trump Doubles Down on Mass Deportation Plans”
https://www.infowars.com/posts/trump-doubles-down-on-mass-deportation-plans/
Me like.
Hat tip to:
https://thelibertydaily.com/
With my cracked crystal ball and moldy tea leaves, I’m suspecting, come November, RFK will siphon enough anti Biden/Trump Democratic votes to give Trump the victory. Michelle would be a wild card to upset that train of thought. Without her, I’d think that Democrats will stay home in droves.
Bah. Jarheads.
A more sophisticated, nuanced, and deniable approach would have been to get up there and fray the wires going to the loudspeaker. Or clip a strong magnet to the underside of the loudspeaker. Or to run a wire down the horn and puncture the diaphragm in several places.
The problem is that the rhetoric will just encourage more to start now.
I believe it was Hannity who dropped the stat sometime last year that trafficking across the Darien Gap generates more revenue for the cartels than the NFL does on an annual basis.
To recap, Venezuelans are not Cubans.
The Savannah party is over. The negotiations for replacing Biden are underway.
If the replacement is Moochelle, they’ll wait to unload that drama until right before the convention.
I’ve never found an explanation for the possible Moochelle rally we encountered underway in Wisconsin in early November. Even the UW Milwaukee basketball arena’s calendar didn’t mention anything on that afternoon when I checked once we got to our hotel that night.
“Impulse (Jumper)” by Steven Gould
https://www.amazon.com/Impulse-Jumper-Steven-Gould-2014-02-25/dp/B01N0BRCWY?tag=ttgnet-20/
Book number three of a four book science fiction young adult series. Or is it a fantasy series ? I have read this book several times, maybe four or five times now. I read the well printed and well bound MMPB published by Tor in 2013 that I just bought new from B&N as my original book is packed. I am now reading the fourth book, Exo, in the series. I had trouble getting books two, three, and four as they have not been reissued in trade paperback and their reprint runs have run out.
Would you like to be able to teleport ? I have always wanted to be a teleporter. I mean, it is the ultimate for a lazy man.
David and Millie have a 16 year old daughter now, Cent, and live in a log cabin in Canada, 60 miles north of the Arctic Circle. Very difficult to get to for non-teleporters and kidnappers. Cent has recently put a notice on her bedroom door in butcher paper:
“HELP !”
“BEING HELD PRISONER BY TELEPORTING ALIENS !”
“KEPT FROM NORMAL LIFE.”
“SEND FRIENDS.”
“AND ICE CREAM.”
Warning: There are adult situations in this book (and in the series in general).
My rating: 6 out of 5 stars
Amazon rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars (1,146 reviews)
Lynn
Michelle and RFK only have their name recognition and the American electorate’s apparent fascination with dynasties. Neither has said anything galvanizing. To my knowledge, Michelle hasn’t said anything at all, being mum is even better than hiding in a basement. Either, if elected, would be just more of the same, just flopping around in different ways. The other possible Democrat candidates are a total snooze or a fright fest. (Gah! Kamala.)
So one is Black, a Woman and Former First Lady but otherwise a cipher. The other is ‘not Trump’ and has a lineage that appeals to old memories. Makes the whole process like a Student Council popularity contest. Not a cute cheerleader or football captain in sight.
So, that’s really a batttle between democrats.
A co-worker had a little league game field across from his house. Against city ordinances and contrary to their own written agreement for permission to use the public elementary school’s field they used the speakers. A lot. And no city official dared to stop them from blaring out the scores and players names until 9:30pm, six days a week.
It turns out that a small pin driven through the wires and broken off will short things out nicely, and is almost completely undetectable.
I’ll repeat it; he/she/it will never run. The Dumbo’s would have to offer her guaranteed $$millions win or lose. She would then run and work to lose to line her pockets. He/she/it does not want to work for a living. He/she/it gets money just to fart out a keynote (sorry, Mr. Ray).
I did that when I was in a war game in the Army, when I was in the Reserves shortly after enlisting. My group was captured. (We didn’t screw up; that was the scenario, that we were dopey Russian opposing force and the other unit was supposed to process us and guard us and whatever.) The other guys didn’t search us for crap, and in particular didn’t notice that I had a half dozen small safety pins in my pocket. (Don’t recall why. Putting markers on maps, maybe?) And they had commo wire running through the “prisoner compound”. And the single guard watching us wasn’t very interested and paid more attention to whatever else was going on. So, before long, commo was seriously compromised. And there was much tumult and confusion and scurrying about, so we prisoners just moseyed on out when no one was watching. And found weapons (unattended M16s with the training attachments). And captured their headquarters tent and the battalion (?) staff in it.
I don’t recall hearing how the judges scored the other unit, but I can’t imagine they came off too well. I don’t think that we opfor people were evaluated, aside from our company commander trying not to laugh when he heard the story.
So, Hogan’s Heroes is a true(ish) story?
I suspect the Super Bowl is also past Spongey’s bedtime and his handlers are afraid he will fall asleep. The image of a president, even as demented as this clod, is not a good luck. Spongey may even ask how come there are no blue and yellow lines on the field when they clearly show on his penthouse monitor.
With my cracked crystal ball and moldy tea leaves, I’m suspecting, come November, RFK will siphon enough anti Biden/Trump Democratic votes to give Trump the victory. Michelle would be a wild card to upset that train of thought. Without her, I’d think that Democrats will stay home in droves.
Ballet harvesting, legal and illegal, will be going on in droves this year. So it does not matter if people stay home, they will still get to vote.
Why do you think that RFK voters will be from the dumbrocrat branch of The War Party ? I have read an opinion piece that 60% of RFK voters will come from the repuglican branch of The War Party, thereby sinking Trump.
Running through the possibilities:
If Biden doesn’t run, and nominates KH and she wins, he is guaranteed a pardon by her.
If Biden doesn’t run and taps KH but isn’t succeeded by her, and another dem wins, then his chances of staying out of jail depend on the victor’s kindness.
If Biden runs and loses to DJT his chances of a pardon are probably non-existent.
The behind the scenes wheeling and dealing going on right now would really be something to witness.
Ballet Harvesting???
Traditional with beautiful women I hope.
“Burgers and fries are a bit more involved to automate, but the incentive is there.”
IIRC MacD’s already has a fry robot. Loading the basket, emptying and salting, then packaging is all pretty standard.
White Castle has had square patties for decades. At some point I would expect to see a ribbon bun machine –a continuous ribbon of raised dough in one end and a ribbon of buns coming out the other. Slice down the middle, turn the top over, apply fillings and condiments, turn the top back over, and slice completed burgers off.
And speaking of absurd,,,
https://www.unilad.com/technology/news/tesla-owner-driving-wearing-vr-headset-602071-20240204
@Lynn
You may have a point. OTOH, RFK is a spoiler and I’d guess that his voters will be more Donkeys than Elephants.
On a somewhat unrelated point, how did Obama end up with 3 multimillion dollar estates? I’m sure his books paid well, not certain they sold that well. Will a close examination of his, and therefore his wife’s finances stand up to close examination?
“The behind the scenes wheeling and dealing going on right now would really be something to witness. ”
DT to JB:
“Here’s the deal: Joe retires honorably, no impeachment, not competent. Hunter pleads guilty to felonies, cooperates, and gets a wrist slap. You answer all questions and stay out of jail. Jim goes down. All the puppeteers go down. The alternative is you get charged and have to defend multiple lawsuits and RICO. I’ve spent $80 million on lawyers in the last two years–what’s your bank account look like”
Even if you just cut your workforce in half you can get back to where your labor cost was at $10 instead of the $20 joke we have out here in California. Most of this minimum wage carp was pushed by the unions.
Couple of nights ago I worked late and was really wanting a cheese burger. Went to the Habit (part of Yum Foods with KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut) Double cheese, onion rings, and small choc shake; $18.64. It was good.
Was it “a pound of prime steak ” good?
n
Hmm. Didn’t realize that the Habit was part of Yum Brands. I had a couple of their burgers back in Sacramento and while they were good, I didn’t think they were $18 good. Nor were they “$16 in 2018” good. Nor was SmashBurger or any of the other “premium” burger brands.
Oh hell no. There are several places to get that kind of burger but I’m talkin’ fast food. I think for fast food The Habit is right there with In-n-Out, sometimes better like their Santa Barbara Char comes on sourdough. But really odd I always thought In-n-Out’s claim that their lettuce was hand leafed didn’t really matter but guess what. It’s much better then the shredded stuff Habit and most others use. Really. Sort of mouth feel thing.
I would have watched Tracy Chapman on the Grammy’s with Luke Combs:
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/02/tracy_chapman_puts_woke_whining_out_of_its_misery_at_the_grammys.html
Extraordinary song. Extraordinary performance.
Stephanopoulos claimed that Vance was “not troubled by the sexual assault and defamation.”
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2024/02/05/jd-vance-highlights-key-point-about-our-weaponized-legal-system-n2634813
The correct reply would have been:
“Well George, as someone who worked for Bill Clinton, a serial sexual abuser who lost his law license for lying under oath, and whose wife Hillary defamed every woman who justly accused her husband, how is it that you can sit there and twist my words and act indignant? Where was your indignation then, to say nothing of your morals and human decency? Didn’t you actually take part in the lies and defamation?”
The Habit was a half-pound of beef for $16. In-n-Out is a little less beef, but half the price, and tastes better.
Burger was only about $9, onion rings and shake was the rest, oh and tax. 8.5%
Donut Operator breaks down the shooting that went viral a few weeks ago in Houston, mainly because an ex-con helped pull the wounded officer to safety…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2LdXKx5EtI
Lots of good video. What a real shoot out looks like. How many rounds it takes to end the threat. Why you need a blowout bag in your car. The benefit of everyone carrying a tourniquet.
n
This video was pretty good too. Fog of war, civilian armed response, “when seconds count the cops are minutes away”, what rural crime and law enforcement looks like…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tGR1yyLsD0
n
It’s been almost Spring-like here for the past 10 days or so. Sunday, Winter returns. I just hope the fruit trees haven’t invested too much effort in their buds, too early, or they’ll lose them to the second half of Winter.
Just finished with the very last grade from last semester. Spring semester start for us week-after-next, so I get a bit of a break between. Just a couple of preparation steps to do, maybe adapt the first lecture a bit. For the software developers out there, the first lecture is their first contact with Git. I only expect them to be able to clone/commit/pull/push. I mention branches, but don’t expect them to be used. Yet somehow, some students always manage to make a complete, tangled mess out of their repository. Sometimes the only solution is to throw it away and start over.