65F and clear, headed for 80F.
There has to be more to the story in Boston. I’m thinking human error, or sabotage.
Some folks got really lucky on the coast. Some, not so much.
Time to start my day.
N
Fri. Sept. 14, 2018 – huh….
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Human error, human malevolence, or human complacency (trusting machines to think for you).
I’m about 60 miles south of the affected area and work about 30 miles south of there. So I’m not directly affected. Whenever something like this happens I always ask myself “what can I learn from this?”
When houses start exploding around you and the authorities start yelling “get out” you don’t have time to pack a bag. This is why everyone needs a good go-bag. Just grab and run.
There’s been much talk about utility companies getting hacked – mainly electric power, though. I, too, am wondering if it was a subtle attack. Although I suppose error or incompetence are at least as likely, if not more. Wasn’t it Napoleon who said, “Never attribute to malice that which can be explained as incompetence”?
Someone, either intentionally or incompetence, over pressurized the main gas line and old joints starting failing. Happens with the water around here when the pressure on the mains gets too high.
Not something on most people’s prepping hazard list in any case.
I’ve looked at all the pipeline date I can get for my area, I pay attention when I see the little marker flags for underground work, and I look for the marker signs. When it’s the line coming into your house though, you’re screwed.
As has been mentioned before, sometimes bugging in isn’t an option. Having a bag and a list is a good thing.
N
I have a list … of people to stuff into my house before it explodes. “Gee, I don’t know why they all broke into my house and hid in my basement. Do you think they were going to attack me in my sleep? And do you think they were responsible for my house exploding? How do I file a lawsuit against their estates?”
That’s the way to succeed in life: always have a plan.
ok. somehow borked even the built in browser, and the only mainstream browser that will install on this tablet is opera mini. Terrible permissions, but I’ll have to live with it until I get home.
@stevef it’s always good to have a plan!
@nick, maybe it is time for a complete reset on that old Samsung tablet and get a fresh start. I have an original Samsung Tab A 10.1 that seems to require the reset routine every 6-months or so. Good practice, I guess. If it wasn’t for its good screen it would have been a frisbee a long time ago.
It’s a sad statement of the times, that we are one incompetent boob from local to global disaster. The systems of redundancy and checks and balances are all but gone. We have gotten to the stage that we are relying on “George” and/or technology (developed, implemented, and operated by people who really do not have a clue).
It is hard to convey to people who have not actually been submariners that one has to pay attention to everything and everyone, no matter how seemingly insignificant. That is why the newbies were put to the “test” (hazed in some ways), even if you have qualified on one boat you have to fully re-qual on a new boat (even if it is the same class). Admiral Rickover was very wary of technology and believed the backbone of a safe nuclear plant and submarine was the operator. Woe is the person that let a situation arise where an automatic safeguard actuated, they might as well shoot themselves out of a torpedo tube. Sadly the Navy in general and the Submarine Service in particular no longer follow Rickover’s philosophy.
Just because it can be done doesn’t mean it should be done. KISS
Peace, out.
@nick, maybe it is time for a complete reset on that old Samsung tablet and get a fresh start. I have an original Samsung Tab A 10.1 that seems to require the reset routine every 6-months or so. Good practice, I guess. If it wasn’t for its good screen it would have been a frisbee a long time ago.
I have a Galaxy Tab 7-4. Its only use is light reading around the house and caching maps on long drives.
My “current” tablet is a Nexus 7 2nd gen with LineageOS and FDroid installed along with GApps to pull in the Google cr*p if I really want/need it.
That is what I have Tab 10.1a
i suspect the failed tor browser intall is the issue as it wanted to install a proxy server, but that failed. I can’t find any place for proxy settings….
opera mini is fast and renders well, they just want access to everything on the tablet.
n
That is what I have Tab 10.1a
Check to see if the tablet is on the official hardware list for LineageOS, and consider flashing the OS onto the tablet if it is supported.
Samsung keeps most of their tablets locked down, but you might get lucky.
I have a G4 Play that I run strictly open source with LineageOS … well, except for Firefox … and VLC.
Get ready for truth overload.
https://thefederalistpapers.org/opinion/todays-democratic-party-summed-13-hilarious-savage-pictures
“Media Politicize Florence, Blame Trump for Storms, Predict Mass Death”
https://news.grabien.com/story-media-politicize-florence-blame-trump-storms-predict-mass-de
Yup, we are still heading for peak crazy years. Blaming the president for weather is simply amazing.
Plus they are now trying to blame Trump for the Puerto Rico hurricane last year. In a banana republic controlled by the socialists that is trying very hard to become Venezuela.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/13/politics/trump-puerto-rico-death-toll/index.html
Hat tip to:
https://drudgereport.com/
The Air Force Will Treat Computer Coding Like a Foreign Language
“Kanaan says these computer language skills are vital for weathering the current sea change in battlefield analytics, big data, and artificial intelligence. He ought to know: He serves as the enterprise lead for artificial intelligence and machine learning at U.S. Air Force Intelligence headquarters.
““There’s a lot that goes behind delivering any meaningful application of AI at scale. You have to have the right level of compute; you have to have the appropriate data,” Kanaan says. “But another key piece is human-centric. You need people. People make algorithms.””
But, but–I was given to understand that coders were fungible, you know, identical widgets, pretty much interchangeable. 🙁
Apropos my previous comment, a musical interlude.
People on the right refer to Trump (usually jokingly) as the God Emperor.
People on the left think Trump truly is a god.
re programmers, of course managers think all programmers are the same, they’re infinitely interchangeable and replaceable, and the only difference is the hourly rate they charge. To a manager who understands nothing of what programming involves, it’s all a mystery and the only thing they can grasp is the dollar amount, so that’s the only part which is important.
Re: Puerto Rico
Granddaughter went there last year with her boyfriend who was with one of the electricity restoration crews. She had a great time, was put up at a nice resort. Her boyfriend said when his team is called in to restore power after a storm it’s usually straight forward. But in Puerto Rico he said the infrastructure was a disaster before the storm. In many places wires and poles had been stolen. They had to hire non-local security to watch their trucks because anything left unattended would disappear. And some villages had obviously been without power for years. It was effectively building a whole new distribution infrastructure in a hostile environment. But they were paid very well. He did comment that he expected his work to be undone within a year of their departure. Puerto Rico seems to be without a functional government or anything like civil order.
Puerto Rico seems to be without a functional government or anything like civil order.
Unlike other failed states, however, Puerto Ricans can land in the US and vote within 45 days (in Florida, at least, IIRC).
@mediumwave: I was paid an additional $75 a month after I reenlisted because of my computer skills. I reenlisted at the 2.5 year mark to get the $10K bonus and the extra pay. That was a lot of money in 1973. So what this “forward thinker about language skills” is proposing is nothing new.
“Dramatic Increase of DDoS Attack Sizes Attributed to IoT Devices”
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/dramatic-increase-of-ddos-attack-sizes-attributed-to-iot-devices/
“A new report released today shows that distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks have increased dramatically in the first two quarters of 2018 compared to 2017. The increase in attacks is being attributed to large scale botnets being created by attackers using insecure IoT devices.”
I am shocked, shocked I tell you !
Hat tip to:
https://www.codeproject.com/script/Mailouts/View.aspx?mlid=13862&_z=1988477
But in Puerto Rico he said the infrastructure was a disaster before the storm. In many places wires and poles had been stolen. They had to hire non-local security to watch their trucks because anything left unattended would disappear. And some villages had obviously been without power for years. It was effectively building a whole new distribution infrastructure in a hostile environment. But they were paid very well. He did comment that he expected his work to be undone within a year of their departure. Puerto Rico seems to be without a functional government or anything like civil order.
Yup, third world country. A failed banana republic.
The USA may look like this in a decade. Some of the video that I am seeing out of the hurricane Florence area already looks like this with people “too poor to evacuate” so they are waiting for their homes to flood and the soldiers to take them out.
Puerto Rico seems to be without a functional government or anything like civil order.
Unlike other failed states, however, Puerto Ricans can land in the US and vote within 45 days (in Florida, at least, IIRC).
You forgot about the free housing and welfare payments when they show up here.
BTW, I predict that Florida will have a state personal income tax in a couple of years so they can help out these poor unfortunate people.
More treasure hunting and cleaning today.
Still no will.
No good finds.
Memorial tomorrow.
n
More treasure hunting and cleaning today.
Still no will.
No good finds.
Memorial tomorrow.
Good luck. I hope that tomorrow goes well. Like somebody here said, remember the good times.
Yes, Mr. Nick, remember the good times.
“121,965,000 on Government Health Insurance; 52.2% of Those With Incomes Under $75,000”
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/terence-p-jeffrey/121965000-government-health-insurance-522-those-incomes-under-75000
““Government coverage,” it said, “includes federal programs, such as Medicare, Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), individual state health plans, TRICARE, CHAMPVA (Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs), as well as care provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs and the military.”
Wow, what a mess !
Well, now we know.
The Dems are irredeemably despicable.
BTW, I predict that Florida will have a state personal income tax in a couple of years so they can help out these poor unfortunate people.
Getting the Florida homestead exemption declared unconstitutional is first on the Prog agenda. The last modification to “Save Our Homes”, advanced by the RINO Governor Charlie Crist 10 years ago, created a weakness in the law which a court could use to throw the whole thing out. Florida would have Texas-level property taxes in a heartbeat.
Income tax has a tougher road. An amendment would have to pass with 67% voting in favor of income tax -or- the FL Supreme Court would have to impose one like the judges did in New Jersey for education — unlikely given the extremely low constitutionally mandated expenditures and 20 year of Republican court appointments by the sitting Governor and his predecessors, including the RINO’s single term.
The Dems are irredeemably despicable.
They passed that mark decades ago. Channeling OFD, it is time to line them up against the nearest wall.
Not sure if anyone else looks at the Drudge Report. He has been running a picture of a dog sitting in the middle of a flooding rain pouring down street all day.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DnDtbtyV4AEWDmn.jpg
Hat tip to:
https://drudgereport.com/
Not sure if anyone else looks at the Drudge Report. He has been running a picture of a dog sitting in the middle of a flooding rain pouring down street all day.
The kids are playing in the rain just off camera. I grew up in Florida. The whole yard is a water slide.
The kids are playing in the rain just off camera. I grew up in Florida. The whole yard is a water slide.
We moved to Houston in 1972 when I was 12. We lived in the south-southwest portion of Houston at the 14,000 block of South Post Oak. Four blocks away from Sims Bayou. It would overflow if someone spit in it. One day we had the great idea of getting dad’s canoe out in the middle of a thunderstorm in the street in front of our house. It was awesome paddling up and down the street. Until my mother noticed that we were out and started screaming at us to get out of the lightning.
Hmmph. It’s obvious your mother was never a boy.
It’s ok to say that because back in the benighted days of the 1970s they hadn’t yet discovered that some girls have penises and all the rest of the modern learning.
Regarding lightning:
Recently we spent a lot of time watching the Little League World Series competition, played in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania every year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_League_World_Series
During this year’s competition, many of the games were delayed due to lightning sensors detecting lightning 10-miles away. Mind you, no visible lightning at the games but those sensors and the “rules” required everybody to take cover.
I have a respect for lightning, I have been close several times, as in a few feet, of lightning strikes (I grew up in the tornado alley North of Chicago), but this “lightning at 10-miles rule” just shows how “snowflake” we have become.
They will also shut down games if the officials hear thunder.