I suck as a weatherman… today will likely be hot and humid, because we did get some rain yesterday, just after I said we wouldn’t. Just enough to wet everything in my truck… and today will probably be similar, threatening clouds, while slightly warmer and more humid than the last week. Or not, as I said, I suck at forecasting. Of course, so do they.
I did my long round trip yesterday. Took routes I haven’t taken in a while (290 to Austin) and never took (Alt 90 back to Houston instead of I-10.) I am a firm believer in taking different routes places so you see new things.
The stuff I picked up is in pretty good shape. I’ll test the big money pieces today, but I already got a working pro level fog machine, and two older but still working moving lights. My living room was like a disco last night…
Today I’ll do some more testing, and work my list of normal stuff. I really hope I can work outside in comfort. I’ve got a lot to do out there.
There is always stuff to do.
Since I’m moving and re-stacking food preps, I’ll encourage you to do the same. I’ve had some losses, both food and water storage. Those will have to be replaced. My buckets are getting brittle from the UV of indirect sunlight, just like my Aquatainers did. And I’ve had several gamma lids fail. It’s an argument for keeping stuff in the bags it came in, inside the buckets. You won’t fit as much, but it might reduce spoilage in the event of a failure. Also, gamma lids are for buckets that are “in use” not long term storage. Make sure you have extra buckets, lids, and gamma lids.
Stack what you need.
nick
Ah, home again. Always nice 🙂 Even if the first thing I had to do was mow the lawn.
Younger son is apparently at a pro-Palestine demo. I doubt he’s participating directly, more likely being part of a supportive audience. It’s not even that I am pro-Israel, but the whole Middle East is a mess, and the Palestinians are as guilty as anyone. Just look to last October.
Ah, well, things look simpler when you’re young.
After living in Europe for a while, the Puritanism of the US looks pretty weird. On the evening trains, it is completely normal to see people relaxing with a beer. In the US, public drinking is at best frowned upon and in most places illegal. Why? Open container laws. Drinking age 21. Etc.
Oh, another one that’s hilarious: women’s nipples not being allowed to show through their clothing on TV. Nude scenes everywhere, but covered nipples will surely corrupt the youth.
@ EdH & JimB,
David and I were not going to Red Rock State Park anyway, However, our next trip will be to the low desert Anza Borrego Desert State Patk going to stay in Borrego Springs Friday, day after Thanksgiving, and returning that Sunday. We have reservations at the Palm Canyon Resurt Hotel, We would be very delighted to see you.
We will be doing the Indian Wells Brewery, Five Fingers and Lone Pine next year.
Just surfing, so I looked in on Gateway Pundit and glanced at the top couple of paragraphs of two articles.
– Article about the Loch Ness monster being sighted on sonar “328 feet above the surface of the loch”.
– Article about Hurricane Helene: “…the people throughout the southwest who are struggling…”
I know no one bothers hiring editors any more, but apparently journalists don’t even proofread their own articles? FWIW I’m pretty sure that’s not AI – those are human mistakes.
… and want to get into the pants of the cute blonde coed wearing the head scarf for “solidarity” with the cause.
AI.
I’ve seen some pretty gross things at work lately related to AI use, but I got a weird email yesterday about company policy regarding sharing on social media which makes me wonder if someone is out here poking around.
I’ll leave it at “gross”.
Heh.
Having started Season 2 of The Rings of Power last night (mostly sound-off in the background) this was funny:
https://xkcd.com/2994/
Weird that they have commercials during their own flagship “original”.
Overcast and humid. At least it’s not 90F yet.
I’m up, caffeinated, and fed. Time to start on stuff.
A little bit of auction stuff first, then I’m off.
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The other day I saw “riff” used when the author meant “rife” and another incorrect word with similar spelling that I can’t remember. Proofreading is for suckers, apparently. So is school.
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@brad, I’m sure you pointed out to him the repercussions of being in the wrong databases? And the power of facial recognition? The US is not the only country that will be locking people up for attending a rally, and while pro-murderer is currently on the approved list, it’s not impossible that there is a future where that is flipped.
FBI is STILL arresting people for the January 6 demonstration.
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A significant portion of the population wants nothing less than to see Bad Daddy swing from gallows built on the very spot where he was Inaugurated in 2017.
Not that I believe it would satisfy them, but, in the mean time, there are plenty of other Bad Daddies to arrest and imprison.
Eventually, the Jacobins themselves were rounded up and put to the guillotine blade.
Eventually, the Jacobins themselves were rounded up and put to the guillotine blade.
– not before irreparable harm was done though.
n
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13921083/dangerous-rat-creatures-orange-teeth-invade-california.html
nutria
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Nah, he’s a big boy. And fully aware of IT issues. That’s one reason I’m pretty sure he wasn’t in the demo, but just looking on. His girlfriend, not so sure, she’s far enough left that she might participate. If so, there’s nothing I could say that would matter.
Hates what Austin has become, but took the money when his house appreciated…
Complains about “guns” in Texas. And the heat. Texas and Austin seem to have been pretty good to him and his family.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13917579/austin-photo-liberal-texas-city-alex-hannaford.html
plugging his book.
n
So… what do they taste like and how long do you have to boil them to kill the parasites?
No word on where the author lived. I’m guessing up in my area for the schools, which would be somewhat hypocritical.
SxSW still occasionally has a breakthrough movie or musician get discovered at the festival, but that doesn’t happen much anymore.
The last mainstream film which flew under the radar and blew up at SxSW was “Baby Driver”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcRVWoyIuaE
“That’s some Oscar sh*t right there.”
Indeed.
Poor baby. If he liked Austin in 1999, 1980 would have blown his mind.
From yesterday:
Of course, it can only keep track of the phone number the caller used, but you already knew that. Until we are forced to use a personal ID, we can hide behind any number we wish. Most are personally identifiable with KYC (Know Your Customer), but there are ways to get a truly anonymous phone number, or to use someone else’s. Nick of all people might know something about this.
As for data integration, it goes way deeper than what Nick said above:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkCkilZ7EaQ
Already deployed in small ways. The people who want this are learning and refining. Be afraid.
That surveillance story I posted earlier reminded me of this.
I was involved as a customer in planning a new IT system before I retired. Even back then, biometrics was (probably) good enough to be used as ID. When someone proposed that during the formative stages, several people said no way, and I didn’t have to say a word against it. We wanted something divorced from the individual for many good reasons. I retired before it was fully specified, but biometrics was not part of it. Now I realize some of our objections could have been satisfied while using biometrics as the front end, but am still glad it was eliminated.
Here is a different twist on biometrics that says courts have held that the authorities can (legally, without a warrant) force you to use your biometrics to unlock your phone, but would need a warrant to force you to reveal a passcode to do the same thing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBnOXSgMWJI
All this is probably already moot, because encryption might now be too compromised to be useful:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwxaRPuJkyU
Remember, an honest man only needs to fear dishonest people.
Thanks for the invitation. That’s a long way to go, and I don’t yet know our plans for Thanksgiving. We will likely be here. We were here for the previous two Thanksgivings, and my wife really enjoyed being home.
I enjoyed your visits to this area, and it will be good to see you next year.
Encryption isn’t compromised, but it doesn’t need to be. I don’t understand why governments keep pushing for that. They can easily compromise the endpoints. Let you send a perfectly encrypted message, using an app that sends a plain-text copy somewhere else.
The Gulf is still bathwater as another storm heads towards Florida. This time, the track is right across Tampa Bay through Orlando.
https://baynews9.com/fl/tampa/weather/tropical#Water_Temperatures-WX
Rodents of unusual size in SF? That’s a harsh, if accurate, way to describe the city board of supervisors….
>> I am fairly sure that Kamala is going to EO some serious Red Flag laws that will catch 100% of the gun owners in the USA. All they will have to do is just show up at your house, note that you are breathing, and grab your guns.
Yet she (and Timmy) have guns (plural) at home, and are prepared to use them? Not sure (for her) that her Secret Service protective detail would go along.
Hmm, do former VPOTUS get lifetime SS protection? Timmy though, can get a gig as a social influencer for Tampax.
>> The Gulf is still bathwater as another storm heads towards Florida. This time, the track is right across Tampa Bay through Orlando.
More details:
>> I like the Mountain House variety boxes that Costco used to sell. I’ve got a bunch on the shelf. I do add to them, instant coffee, instant oatmeal, koolaid powder, and some leftover plastic utensils. Then I reseal the box.
Hmm, it’s a bucket now.
Thanks @nick, those buckets look like a good choice. And coincidentally, the first bucket being gluten free reminded me that since W2 is now g-f, I need to make sure that’s accounted for. And thanks to everyone else that made suggestions, much better than some rando AI response from Goog.
>> Oh. And canned ravioli. And Vienna sausages. Stuff kids will eat.
And something the dogs will eat, and water for them.
No. Six months then out.
That’s why Plugs was able to store the secret documents in the garage next to the ‘vette. Secret Service would have noticed and had them moved.
First Ladies get protection until they die. The Secret Service hut out at the LBJ ranch was remodeled and kept up to date until Lady Bird Johnson died in 2007.
Wizard Of Id: Bike Trail
https://www.gocomics.com/wizardofid/2024/10/05
That is one long bike trail !
The power of timezones and going to bed late. I can now, on Sunday morning for me (well, middle of the night), post the latest post on Friday. Cool.
Goodnight, all.
Found a $1500 Bosch microwave on the curb. Really good condition, super clean, built in 2018. Has arcing and noise inside when run. There is a $3 cover over the waveguide that is half missing and burnt, which is where the arcing is happening.
I ordered the part, with shipping it’s $12. Worth the small risk of $12 to get a like new built in Bosch microwave… especially since I’ll be redoing the kitchen at the BOL in the near-ish future. Plus I get to fix something, and keep it from the landfill. That’s pretty green…
n
>> That’s pretty green…
Retrieved while riding your tricycle, right?
Topic of Ace of Spades Hobby Thread today is prepping.
https://ace.mu.nu/
Illustrated with single-panel Peanuts and Simpsons, and a Dilbert from 2011 (marked July-311).
Nice “canned goods” meme, too.
“Tropical Storm Milton forms in the Gulf: Zero impacts for Texas, but a very serious threat to Florida”
https://spacecityweather.com/tropical-storm-milton-forms-in-the-gulf-zero-impacts-for-texas-but-a-very-serious-threat-to-florida/
“Although we remain about four days—give or take—from a landfall along the west coast of Florida, it is important for residents of the state to take Milton very seriously. We realize that some areas of the state remain dazed by Hurricane Helene, but this is a similarly threatening storm. Although we don’t have full confidence in precisely where the storm will track, it does seem very possible that it will directly impact the greater Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area, which has a population in excess of 3 million people.”
I have a recipe for seagull, and I’m sure that it would work just as well for nutria.
This came up in my feed today.
Be willing to bet that any notes, including names, locations and events, can be searched.
Nutria are supposed to be really tasty.
n
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13921083/dangerous-rat-creatures-orange-teeth-invade-california.html
nutria
Good eating. Tastes like squirrel. Dark meat.
We’ve got huge colonies of nutria in Fort Bend County.
Of course, it can only keep track of the phone number the caller used, but you already knew that. Until we are forced to use a personal ID, we can hide behind any number we wish. Most are personally identifiable with KYC (Know Your Customer), but there are ways to get a truly anonymous phone number, or to use someone else’s. Nick of all people might know something about this.
I wonder if there is a place for your Social Credit Score already ?
Found a $1500 Bosch microwave on the curb. Really good condition, super clean, built in 2018. Has arcing and noise inside when run. There is a $3 cover over the waveguide that is half missing and burnt, which is where the arcing is happening.
I ordered the part, with shipping it’s $12. Worth the small risk of $12 to get a like new built in Bosch microwave… especially since I’ll be redoing the kitchen at the BOL in the near-ish future. Plus I get to fix something, and keep it from the landfill. That’s pretty green…
Wow, that is very 1970s pricing for a microwave. I just buy a Hamilton Beach at Walmart for $100 or so.
>> Oh. And canned ravioli. And Vienna sausages. Stuff kids will eat.
One of my friends has a couple of hundred cases of canned ravioli from Sam’s Club under the beds in his house. He figures that is the best prepper food for high carbs, etc.
Wow, that is very 1970s pricing for a microwave.
– it’s a really nice 30″ built in. Lot of nice one button features too. Pity that it’s not the dual that has a convection bake function…
https://www.bosch-home.com/us/en/mkt-product/cooking-baking/microwaves/built-in-microwaves/HMB50152UC
Modern high end appliances are crazy money. Especially german, swiss, or other european imports.
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I can’t eat the orange colored pasta in a can. It tastes and smells exactly like stomach bile to me. I would try if I was hungry enough, but not by choice. I don’t even eat good red pasta sauces. Nor do I cook them, so my kids don’t eat them either.
n
I’m really glad we have running water and modern hygiene.
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