Hot, humid, chance of rain… and all that noise. It was a bit cooler yesterday than it has been, so maybe summer is winding down. On the other hand, it was still 82F at midnight.
Got the kids off to school, kinda. Turns out the bus drives by, then picks up some other kids, and returns to pick up mine. As it was 20 minutes late when it passed the first time, we didn’t wait. Kids had a good first day.
I did some auction stuff then went shopping. Dropped a bunch of money at Lowes on plumbing stuff for the BOL, then hit up Costco. Dropped a bunch of money there, but got a bunch of meat too. Freezers are full again, until I move more to the lake.
Today I’ve got auction pickups, home and rent house maintenance, and some other errands to run, but first D1 needs to have her braces checked. That takes up most of the morning, by the time I’m back home. Oh well. Poor planning to schedule the appointment during the school week, when we could have done it last week, but we are getting near the end of her treatment. ‘Bout time to get D2 started.
One of the auction items I picked up last week was a solar inverter. Solar for the BOL is moving up the list. I just have to figure out how all the pieces work together, and find the time to assemble what I have. Seems like it should be more straightforward than most people online make it out to be. Hmm. Lotta things like that.
The other thing I have to do is some auction listings. I’ve got some high value stuff just sitting here, getting older, without being listed. Keeping up with listings is probably the hardest part of reselling, but there isn’t any “selling” without listing. Seems like there is always something more important to do though.
Dinner yesterday was all from stores. Sesame chicken “simmering sauce” from HEB, costco chicken from cans, and instant rice. Came together pretty quickly and tasted good. Every bit got eaten, and my wife said she’d eat it again… Starting with the packaged food cuts prep time considerably, reduces cook time dramatically, and makes it easier. All of those are good things in a disaster, or just when you can’t be bothered to cook from complete scratch. All of the elements of the meal store for a long time too.
Bulk ingredients are great, and are an integral part of any long term plan, but consider some meals that use less time and energy for the times when you are short of both.
Then stack it up!
nick
I read the comments (ok, sometimes just skim the comments) from top to bottom. It’s like being with a group in a bar – listening on on various conversations going on, and chiming in when I feel like it. I never click thumbs-up or thumbs-down, because why would I?
Avatars are kinds of cute, but not really important. Do y’all really care what my cat looked like as a kitten?
The problem is: I’m usually the person trying to read my code, months or years later. 😛
Still lots of sound and fury, and very little information. I suppose it’s going to stay that way for a while. The left is certain Trump is about to be arrested, the right is sure he has been wronged.
I suspect that the truth lies somewhere in the middle. Trump is a classic narcissist, bending his view of reality to what he wants it to be, and surrounding himself with people who don’t dare contradict him. It is entirely believable that he assumed any document he ever touched was his personal property. No criminal intent, just narcissism at work.
@ED:
Point made. Which begs the question, would the FBI EVER admit to any wrongdoing? Taken further, would ANY three-letter government agency ever admit to wrongdoing. Any disclosures of mistakes by the FBI have to come from external sources. Even those are questionable as reporters are mostly looking to get their name and face on CNN. Regardless, I would tend to believe the reporter than the FBI.
I had two audits with the IRS where I was able to prove them wrong. There was never any admission of being wrong, only that they accept my return. One of those instances was blatant, two weeks from seizing my property because of taxes owed by someone else. To add insult to injury the IRS stated after accepting my return, that they could still go back 10 years if I am incorrect.
I expect nothing less from the FBI, probably even more secrecy. Lying by omission, deflecting obvious mistakes. I trust no agency from the government, none. They all have to be watched full time. Workers within the agency will stop at little to protect their jobs.
Well it IS slightly cooler today. Beautiful sunrise, currently 76F.
One kid off to school, the other back in bed. Time to start my day.
n
https://youtu.be/DnB2Am6KL0g
The FBI was formed after the outrage from the Palmer Raids, ca. 1919 where thousands of anti-war, anti-draft Lefties were rounded up. Like the rest of the 3 letter nightmares, it is hard to find a successful operation in domestic affairs of historical events. From Pearl Harbor, Waco, Ruby Ridge, 9/11, and the Whitmer debacle, the intelligence “community” has been an expensive farce.
ADDED: I liked “Three Days of the Condor”. 😉
It’s an invasion. Period.
n
Three Days was a good adaptation, but I liked the book better…
n
@Nightraker
The book was Six days. One of the rare times that Hollywood decided that a book was just too improbable.
Clothing engineers studying how to restore credibility to Flora McDonald at NBC:
https://nypost.com/video/stay-abreast-of-the-latest-news-anchor-wardrobe-malfunction/
My code runs about 50% whitespace and comments. I like to be able to understand, at a glance, what I did.
And WHY, which can be far more important.
What with object oriented code, and delegates, and multiple event handlers often obfuscating the “flow” I find its a real necessity.
Ray Thompson asks
They never HAVE.
Uh-huh
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2022/08/16/hmmm-fbi-returns-trump-passports-that-never-appeared-on-search-inventory-n489959
As to why it took a week to go public with the passport theft, consider the result.
I can’t recall any government agency admitting to wrongdoing.
So it’s stretching a bit, but one of the benefits of stocking up is there is time for someone else to find issues with the food you bought…
The Wild Cherry Capri Sun in the kids’ lunches today is March 2023…
n
Congrats sweetheart, you made laundry detergent.
“the blocks can replace detergent and stains removers ” – they can replace them, because they ARE them.
One of the gateway drugs of prepping is making your own laundry detergent. Usually the recipes just substitute cheaper and more basic ingredients in a standard formulation, just like the store bought.
Something as a detergent (often bar soap or soap flakes), something as a surfactant, something as a bleach, something as a deodorizer. Rarely is there a fragrance or rinse aids.
I’m not opposed to the idea, and it’s not a bad idea to be able to assemble something as an alternative to a particular product, but it’s not a “hack” or anything new.
I guess to the baby ducks, everything is new, and there are a lot of baby ducks out there.
n
You would, or maybe not, be surprised of the number of the “woke” generation do not realize that meat does not come from grocery stores. When told that meat comes from animals that have been slaughtered, they are shocked, revolted, stunned, overwhelmed, aghast, light-headed, flabbergasted, distraught and numbed.
Today’s thesaurus is brought to you by Funk and Wagnalls. Having been kept in a Mayonnaise jar on a random front porch.
Huh. Looks a lot like chemistry.
The FBI can come for my passports any time. My first one expired 24 years ago and I never used it for travel. Back then we didn’t need any documentation to cross into Mexico as there were no Mexican attendants at a non-gate, just walk in through an 8 ft, one way, revolving door. On the way back, US Customs agents racially discriminated and we were never asked to show documentation.
Several years ago, we were advised to now get passports as they had to be shown both going down and coming back. My SIL and I wanted to go to Tijuana for the afternoon, so I applied for the passport card which was sufficient for that but not likely for air travel to Europe.
However, with all the cartel crimes down there now, I can’t think of ever going back.
So, FBI, come and get both.
“The lost nuclear bombs that no one can find”
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220804-the-lost-nuclear-bombs-that-no-one-can-find
“The US has lost at least three nuclear bombs that have never been located – they’re still out there to this day. How did this happen? Where could they be? And will we ever find them?”
Interesting.
One of my uncles was a navigator / bombadier on a B-52 stationed in Fort Worth back in the 1970s – 1980s. Their squadron had just flown to Alaska and back to Fort Worth which they did three times a week. Upon landing, the front wheels brake hose ruptured and this was a B-52 built before the reverse thruster engines so it landed and slowed down with brakes only. They all jumped out of the plane at 80 mph and the plane went into the 300 foot deep lake at the end of the runway.
The B-52 had a special on it. He did not elaborate what a special was but, special is special. Within an hour, they had Air Force men surrounding the lake every ten feet. All of those men stood at their posts until they got a huge crane and pulled the B-52 out of the water the next day. The special was still there.
“Where was the FOOM? There was SUPPOSED TO BE A FOOM!”
n
Memphis has been on a downward slide for a while…
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11115453/Memphis-hospital-lockdown-eight-people-injured-shootout-ER.html
n
FOOM makes me think of Ignition!, but that might have been FOOF
EDIT: Yup. https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/things-i-won-t-work-dioxygen-difluoride
“Judge orders Twitter to give Elon Musk former executive’s documents”
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/judge-orders-twitter-elon-musk-210609812.html
“WILMINGTON, Del (Reuters) – Twitter Inc needs to give Elon Musk documents from a former Twitter executive who Musk said was a key figure in calculating the amount of fake accounts on the platform, according to a Monday court order.”
“McCormick said in her order on Monday that she was denying Musk’s request for access to 21 other people with control over relevant information.”
Looks like the deck is stacked against Musk.
Someone decided they made enough money, and either went off her meds, or got into a whole bunch…
– Calling her a “musician” seems a bit generous, but she has had some big pop hits. And her look has always been part of her public image… Since when did the word “feminine” need ****s? AH, maybe it’s “F#ckable”. Either one raises some questions about who’s been whispering in her ear.
n
Interesting to see how “brave” this breakdown makes her. For laughs, compare and contrast with the other one who shaved her head, Lindsay? Brittany?
n
“Photo timeline reveals monkeypox patient’s symptoms changing day-by-day”
https://www.the-sun.com/health/6011050/photo-timeline-monkeypox-patients-symptoms-by-day/
Gross. You were warned.
Hat tip to:
https://www.drudgereport.com/
https://youtu.be/NT5zcmLeRLo?t=90
Jeez, got it wrong, was “Ka BOOM” not foom….
n
“California unveils proposal to keep Diablo Canyon nuclear plant open with $1.4B loan to PG&E”
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/california-diablo-canyon-nuclear-plant-open-newsom-bill/629727/
Still cheaper to shut it down. CA is gonna have to come up with some real money as a grant.
Tuskegee comes to mind.
Sinéad O’Connor did. Tragic life
>>“Photo timeline reveals monkeypox patient’s symptoms changing day-by-day”
https://www.the-sun.com/health/6011050/photo-timeline-monkeypox-patients-symptoms-by-day/
Gross. You were warned.
He does these things so we don’t have to!
Reminds me of when Bob was explaining, IIRC, home-made detergents. He used the technical term “goopy” to describe adapting their viscosity. That was good, but not as good as his napalm how-to video.
>> costco had a three pack of this product in the store at I 10 and Bunker Hill.
https://essentialbaking.com/shop/take-and-bake/take-and-bake-sourdough/
it was great to have on the shelf and heat one up when we had stew or pot roast… although I am not a huge fan of sourdough bread. The taste and texture were excellent.
@nick, have you kept any of these well past their “use by” dates? My wife has bought them a few times but ends up using them fairly quickly.
We’ve had our daughter in private school since she entered school. K-2 was amazing. That school closed. 3-4 was a huge painful struggle. This summer they made big changes to curriculum without parental input. Then brushed off our concerns.
The changes were kept under wraps. We only learned of them recently.
Last minute scramble to change schools (still private).
When our daughter completed 2nd grade she was a full grade and a half ahead in math. Doing work of the fourth graders in her multi grade class. She was challenged and loved it.
The assessment for the new school says she’s barely fourth grade level. And she hates math.
grrrrr
We knew this and were heavily considering changing. I guess we should be glad the 3-4 grade school went woke and forced our hand.
Sinéad O’Connor did. Tragic life
And Brittany too IIRC. Being bipolar sucks. My brother-in-law was bipolar. Lithium made him feel really weird so he smoked pot instead. Apparently Kurt’s song Lithium describes being bipolar perfectly.
https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/4045/
“Eye on the Tropics: And away we go”
https://spacecityweather.com/eye-on-the-tropics-and-away-we-go/
Nah.
We spent several days there recently. I won’t go back.
“Southern Rock Energy proposes $5.6B ‘next generation’ refinery outside Victoria”
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/energy/article/Southern-Rock-Energy-proposes-5-6B-next-17359136.php
“A “next generation” oil refinery powered by blue hydrogen could be developed in a small town outside Victoria, according to an application for a tax break from Bloomington ISD.”
“The $5.6 billion project proposed by El Campo-based Prairie Energy Partners, a subsidiary of Southern Rock Energy Partners, would create 423 jobs and have a capacity of 250,000 barrels per day.”
Well, hello. I did not think we would ever build another refinery in the USA. Of course, this one is just a fancy tea kettle. A real refinery would cost $20 billion.
“Texas might be ‘colder than normal’ this winter, Farmers’ Almanac says”
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-weather/article/texas-winter-forecast-2022-17375801.php
Bring it.
My daughter got her third iron infusion this year this morning. She will get her fourth next week.
“Linux 6.0 arrives with performance improvements and more Rust coming”
https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-6-0-arrives-with-performance-improvements-and-more-rust-coming/
“While there is nothing fundamentally different about this release compared with 5.19, Torvalds noted that there were over 13,500 non-merge commits and over 800 merged commits, meaning “6.0 looks to be another fairly sizable release.” According to Torvalds, most of the updates are improvements to the GPU, networking and sound.”
Looks like a real operating system. I suspect that there are over 10,000 software developers.
>> Just what we need, more inflation and more taxes. I do like the fact that Medicare can now negotiate on drug prices but they are limited to 12 drug negotiations per year (why ?).
Big Pharma Lobbyists (with steaks, single malt scotch and “entertainment”).
And first, the negotiation program doesn’t start until 2026 (yes, you read that right…why? See above.)
Then there are rules…
And there’s a lot more here, including specifics for biologics.
ADDED: And a Part D yearly out-of-pocket cap of $2,000 doesn’t go into effect until, yup, 2025.
So, all of the prescription drug related price negotiation in the Get More Inflation bill signed by Biden today is a joke. Do they think we are stupid ?
I’m recalling memories from a number of years ago when RBT highly recommended Linux (Ubuntu) in place of Windows. I finally accepted that advice and received a disk from one of the guys on our technical forum and installed it on my PC’s second hard drive, leaving Windows still available. After several updates I just gave up on it as there were several negative issues that I could not resolve. Conseqently, I gave up on it and stayed with Windows and MS Office.
This is entertaining.
The Dalton Highway is a primitive beast. I drove a portion of it in 1993. I got two flat tires within ten miles of each other shortly after I crossed the Yukon River. I had one more spare tire but opted to slink back to Fairbanks.
“Highway” is generous. When I drove it thirty years ago, “narrow goat track” would have been more accurate.
https://mustreadalaska.com/portable-charging-stations-made-it-possible-for-arctic-road-rally-to-drive-the-dalton-highway-to-promote-evs/
@nick, have you kept any of these well past their “use by” dates?
– yes, The O2 absorber turns black and stains the crust but I just cut off the stained part. Tasted fine and texture was good.
Having three loaves in the house was just about right for us, as we normally avoid bread and minimize carbs. We really only eat a loaf that sturdy with something like beef stew or pot roast. If I want bread with a meal, I keep naan bread in the freezer and just warm some up. One piece, cut into 1/8th is good for all of us. Or king’s hawaiian rolls for mini sandwiches, or tube biscuits…. I guess we eat more bread than I thought.
If I have to buy a case, it will def take longer to roll thru them, so I’ll be pushing the best by.
n
I’m still running my NVR software on Mint, but it’s a dedicated machine, and I have gurus on tap.
Even given that, I had issues I couldn’t resolve, until someone fixed them in an update.
n
I’m recalling memories from a number of years ago when RBT highly recommended Linux (Ubuntu) in place of Windows. I finally accepted that advice and received a disk from one of the guys on our technical forum and installed it on my PC’s second hard drive, leaving Windows still available. After several updates I just gave up on it as there were several negative issues that I could not resolve. Conseqently, I gave up on it and stayed with Windows and MS Office.
If you have a cell phone, it is probably running a variant of Linux. Except iPhones, they run a FreeBSD variant. Blackberries ran a custom O/S that I do not remember the name of.
If you have supercomputer with a 1,000+ nodes, it is probably running Linux.
If you have a web server, it is probably running Linux. Except mine runs FreeBSD.
If you have a IBM mainframe, it is probably running Linux with MVS, CMS, and a million other emulators on top.
If you are running a desktop computer, it is probably running Windows.
I suspect that Microsoft will be moving Windows on top of Linux soon. It is rumored that MS already has a port running that runs all Microsoft software.
Don’t ask obvious questions when you really know the answer. We are all serfs who should bow to them in gratitude. Failure to do so will result in a FBI raid.
I tried using Linux on a spare computer. Getting things to work was difficult. Asking questions resulting in RTFM or “if you can’t figure it out you’re too stupid to be running Linux”. So I agreed and quit running Linux. I could not find the manual to read as the command to read the manual produced nothing. How does one fix something by reading the manual when reading that manual is what is not working?
On a few occasions I did get a response which generally involved re-compiling the kernel after downloading some module. Then use some cryptic command sequences involving a sequence of parameters that only a zit-faced lonely geek could understand. Get one wrong, misplaced character, and the task was ruined.
The closest I come to Linux now is the OS on my MacBook air. Apple did a good job hiding the underlying OS. Even then some things are difficult to figure. Why, oh why, cannot Apple use CTL-C, CTL-V, CTL-X like other popular OSes?
Why does Apple seem fit to write to a USB thumb drive? If the drive is full, Apple will write the files anyway and in the process will make the entire contents of the USB thumb drive not accessible. Except for the hidden files that Apple used to destroy the contents.
Why does Apple seem fit to write to a USB thumb drive?
— BFYTW
‘natch.
n
Voted.
Rank choice voting to decide whether Begich (R), Palin (R) or Peltola (D) temporarily fill Don Young’s seat.
The Palin supporters have been very vocal that they won’t participate in ranked choice voting. That means if Palin doesn’t take it in the first round of tabulation, those votes disappear for the second round of voting.
It is highly probable that Peltola (D) will win in that case.
For example, assume 100 votes. Half-ish republican, half-ish Democrat. To win requires 50% + 1 of votes in that rounds tabulation.
First round of tabulation:
25 Palin
26 Begich
49 Peltola
Palin is dropped for having the fewest votes and they retabulate based on what the losers voters ranked fir their second choice.
26 Begich (original votes)
49 Peltola (original votes)
0 ???? second choice from Palin voters, those 25 votes disappear because they’re refusing to play the rank choice voting game, believe one person one vote, believe Begich is RINO, whatever. Doesn’t matter the logic l, end result is we lose a seat that’s been R for decades.
Peltola takes it with over 50% of 75 votes in second tabulation
If Palin has more votes in the first round of tabulation it could look like this:
First tabulation:
26 Palin
25 Begich
49 Peltola
Begich is dropped for having fewest votes in this scenario. Begich voters have been vocal about holding their noses and selecting Palin as their second choice of Begich is dropped.
Second tabulation:
26 Palin (original votes)
49 Peltola (original votes)
25 new votes for Palin from the Begich voters.
Palin. Palin has 51 votes out of 100 and takes it.
Rank choice voting does traditional conservative voters no favors.
>> WRT Trump having three passports, I had two…It’s possible one of his might still be a diplomatic passport, that would be a nice perk.
FTA…
I never heard of rank choice voting. Sounds like a way to make things confusing. Said by the guy who lives in a state that has “jungle” primaries.
An old friend always said, “Don’t vote, it only encourages them.” Catchy, but of course he always voted. So do I. Sometimes my vote counts.
Vote fraud has been a tradition since the early days of our republic. Probably dates back to Greek times. Maybe earlier.
Is there no crime Trump could commit that would lose him GOP support?
blares the “Opinion” in WaPo.
Well, let’s see now: Since Trump hasn’t committed any crimes–your shadowy source phoning from a dirty staff bog at DoJ doesn’t count–let’s just put that one on hold, shall we?
Instead we could look at the overwhelming evidence that FJB is the head of a crime family that has been up to their necks in felonies for years, and specifically that he has violated his oath of office for personal gain.
So let’s reformulate the question:
Is there no crime Biden has committed that would lose him WaPo support?
Note that it’s a question that the editorial board of the Bezos spin machine could answer.
That is not a statement that can be said with certainty, about Trump or anyone. Has not been convicted of a crime, true. But it cannot be said with certainty that someone hasn’t, say, driven in a reckless manner (as defined by state criminal law) and simply didn’t get caught.
https://www.amazon.com/Three-Felonies-Day-Target-Innocent-ebook/dp/B00505UZ4G/ref=sr_1_1?crid=UDSJKB3A1QB6&keywords=3+felonies+a+day&qid=1660702520&sprefix=knudson%2Caps%2C245&sr=8-1&tag=ttgnet-20
The man built skyscrapers in Manhatten, Atlantic City and Chicago. But of course.
PJ O’Rourke has a book with a similar title.
>> Why does Apple seem fit to write to a USB thumb drive?
Does Windows do this? If not, why continue to use Apple products? First time I ‘tried’ to use an iPad I gave up after 10 minutes when nothing in the UI seemed intuitive. It was ‘Steve’s way, like it or not.’
Anybody with a Dewalt miter saw?
https://www.consumerreports.org/home-garden/home-product-recalls/dewalt-miter-saw-recall-blade-guard-can-break-or-detach-a4305133440/?EXTKEY=EE282BDAC&utm_source=acxiom&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20220816_cromc_engagewkly&bt_ee=xMAMOKvE4KDPnLZFyu144NjtClDQCzQ0d5Spb%2FQv3w9jH7jutLeEoNfeFJ4SCOoo&bt_ts=1660691613994
>”Blackberries ran a custom O/S that I do not remember the name of.”
The Blackberry used QNX for its OS. QNX is also used in many automobile infotainment systems, and other embedded applications. I spent about 14 years working with it on an embedded control product. It was good for that, although since it is a microkernel architecture, it is a little slower than other options. It can be used as a desktop OS, but has (or had – it’s been a few years, now) a very limited set of application programs. Most of what it had was Unix/Linux like.
>> “WILMINGTON, Del (Reuters) – Twitter Inc needs to give Elon Musk documents from a former Twitter executive who Musk said was a key figure in calculating the amount of fake accounts on the platform, according to a Monday court order.”
“McCormick said in her order on Monday that she was denying Musk’s request for access to 21 other people with control over relevant information.”
Looks like the deck is stacked against Musk.
Don’t overlook the chance for the richest man in the world to fill his gutshot straight flush draw on the river.
>> I liked “Three Days of the Condor”.
One of my all-time favorite movies…one of the few DVDs that hasn’t gone to the thrift store.
>> I’m not opposed to the idea, and it’s not a bad idea to be able to assemble something as an alternative to a particular product, but it’s not a “hack” or anything new.
I guess to the baby ducks, everything is new, and there are a lot of baby ducks out there.
Found the DM article and as I figured, screenshots of her (soap lady above) are from her Instagram and tiktok feeds.
Fifteen,no five, okay, 30 seconds of fame.Anyone here even have a tiktok account?
>> Reminds me of when Bob was explaining, IIRC, home-made detergents. He used the technical term “goopy” to describe adapting their viscosity. That was good, but not as good as his napalm how-to video.
@Denis, uhh, link? Asking for a friend…
Get it free here:
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/52176
Liz lost her House primary by 2-to-1 to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman. Tissues at the door if you need them.
And speaking of tissues, apparently “Dr.” Jill has the kung-flu.
I probably have a QNX install disk somewhere here. I had it installed and running on a lappy at some point.
cops are working street racing again tonight. Very chatty. Kinda early in the week for it.
n
I never heard of rank choice voting. Sounds like a way to make things confusing. Said by the guy who lives in a state that has “jungle” primaries.
Sounds like a violation of the one person, one vote mandate to me.
My home pc LG 27 inch monitor from 2015 has a vertical line from top to bottom about one quarter away from the left side today. I have turned the monitor on and off but it is still there. Hopefully it is the old water inundated home pc that I have yet to replace. Hopefully my monitor is not dying on me.
Lynn, in my experience, lines in the display are related to ribbon cable issues, usually with dirty contacts in the on board connectors. If you can’t tolerate it, pull the covers, unlock the connectors and remove the ribbon cables. Wipe the ends with a cleaner like DeOxIt, put a little on the connectors, insert and remove the cable a couple of times, dry everything and reassemble.
If that doesn’t do it, it’s a board failing and time for a new monitor.
n
>> But it cannot be said with certainty that someone hasn’t, say, driven in a reckless manner (as defined by state criminal law) and simply didn’t get caught.
Not DJT though, Secret Service stopped him from grabbing control of The Beast. Hmm, does he even have a current driver’s license?
Blackberry was ridiculously hard to program. The payoff for the effort for a developer was intrinsic security being light years better than the iPhone … until Blackbery threw that away and gave their SSL signing keys to certain Gulf states with relaxed attitudes towards pesky things like human rights … and bone saws.
Easy development has been one of the keys of success for the iPhone among developers, but Steve Jobs was initially not in favor of releasing an Objective C/C++ API on the platform because the phones did not initially have sufficient memory to support sloppy third party programs in terms of memory management. iPhone OS 4, C++11, and Automatic Reference Counting solved a lot of problems, but the early days were rough.
Our former RINO Congresscritter in WA State who voted for Impeachment, Jaime Herrera-Beutler also lost her bid for reelection.