… fer Pete’s sake. Cool and damp in Houston today. Some places got rain last night. I don’t think we will/did. Thursday was hot and oppressively humid, and today will likely be similar.
I did home stuff in the morning, but did pickups in the afternoon. Did a grand circle around Houston in fact, starting out heading north on the Beltway, swinging east, then south and finally closing the circle by coming back up through downtown and heading west. Ok, not quite a circle. Lots of driving.
While I was doing pickups I hit one thrift store (the Deseret Industries mentioned a day ago) where I got a pair of tactical shorts and a DVD of Disney’s Swiss Family Robinson. I love the book and loved the movie. I hope it holds up to my adult eye. I always swing through the store if I’m in that part of town.
And after my last pick up (by Hobby Airport) I swung by the Habitat for Humanity reStore (which I try to do when I’m in that part of town). Turns out they had a bunch of doors that will be a very nice upgrade to the BOL. New interior doors were on the list, just not very high. New door knobs were going on the old doors as they got primed and painted (got a bag of knobs at the goodwill). It’s amazing the change in appearance that getting rid of the flat builder grade (cheap) doors and gold doorknobs makes. Upgrading doors and door hardware is straightforward and can be done over time and on a budget. It’s great bang for buck, for updating an older property, especially if the original doors were cheap and nothing special. Buying them new would have been over $800, with another $300 for knobs. Got lucky the reStore had some cheap. This particular reStore almost always has doors. I’ve bought a bunch there.
Secondary market, meatspace. If I needed the doors right away, there are other places I’d have looked besides the big box stores. There are places that just sell doors, and sell manufacture overstock, closeouts, blems, etc. There are architectural salvage stores (where I went to replace a door and some windows on my rent house, which was built in the ’20s or 30’s.) There are other places to look as well. KNOWING those places, that they even exist, is part of what I’ve been encouraging people to do. Start participating in the secondary economy now, while it is voluntary. Swapmeets, bodegas, discount stores, farmer’s markets, yard sales, thrifts, estate and garage sales, and person to person selling are bound to increase as traditional sellers have supply issues or staffing issues, or just can’t pay the bills and close their doors.
Get some practice buying in places that mostly take cash, that don’t have a constant inventory, that might have ‘irregular’ supply chains… (not stolen, I’m not advocating that), but if things go all splodey in the economy, informal economies grow. The line between ‘informal’, ‘grey market’, and ‘black market’ might blur and knowing what is ‘normal’ and what is not can help you avoid any issues. Or seek them out if it comes to that.
Business always finds a way to get done. Become familiar with some of the alternative ways…
And the cash you save will help you stack things higher!
nick
Node.js is about reinventing the Tcl wheel, and the concepts behind Docker are borrowed from mainframes. Still, Hot Skillz!
You’ll cringe watching “Swiss Family Robinson”.
And “Book ’em, Dan-O.”
(You’ll see.)
The Austin Speed Queen dealer is not the kind of place you would imagine buying a washer with that kind of price tag. OTOH, they really knew their stuff.
Lots of gentrification all around, however, so if a serious downturn doesn’t come soon, I’d guess that, sadly, they will be gone within five years.
It definitely seems like a race is on between the practical and the superficial around here. I’m sure it is happening elsewhere.
Batten down the hatches, everyone: Friday the Thirteenth falls on the Fourteenth this month.
That reminds me – @Nick, if you are developing the DVR for clients long term, Docker might be something to consider to package the system to run on more modern flavors of Linux or even Windows.
Borrow @Lynn’s intern.
Work sent us all to training on Kubernetes/Docker this year. I don’t know if the system is applicable to our product, but I can see where it would be useful and not just Hot Skillz.
@greg, I’ve decided that it takes way more effort and attention than the initial cost savings to implement the NVR. I wouldn’t put it in a client or remote location absent some real need, like facial or license plate recognition, or very expensive legacy cams…
64F and only 83%RH with clear sky. And a big moon high in the sky, so this will be one of those days where both the sun and moon are visible at the same time.
D1 is still sleeping. I’ll test her when she gets up for breakfast.
n
Putin goes ballistic: Kremlin moves supersonic nuclear bombers to airbase near Finland and Norway borders as tensions rise over threat of ‘Armageddon’
I think Divemedic was the first of my normal blog reads who pointed out the movement and buildup when it first started.
Not a good thing.
Putin warns of ‘global catastrophe’ if NATO troops clash directly with Russia and says there is ‘no need for massive strikes on Ukraine… FOR NOW’
one of the things you learn when studying violence and threat recognition on a person to person level is that violence doesn’t usually happen in a vacuum. There are usually many ‘tells’, which is the whole point of studying stuff like ‘pre-attack indicators’. One of the interesting things is that violence often comes with a warning. The ‘bad guy’ will often tell you that he’s going to engage in violence. “If you don’t shut up, I’m going to kick your @ss” for example. “Leave now before I really get angry.” “Gimme your money, or I’ll shoot your @ss”.
Sometimes it’s posturing, but if the person has the ability to carry out the threat, you have to take the warning seriously. Works for nations too, and is the basis of Mutual Assured Destruction, which for better or worse guided our policy for decades. To discount the historic validity, and the psychology of violence is … unwise.
n
Why yes, I am avoiding work.
The reporting is confused an low information, but it’s still early. Sounds personal to me, based on very little info.
Definitely worth a compare and contrast with articles written about shootings involving ‘urban youths.’ Notably the active tense, “he murdered”, “shot and killed”.
The authorities blame lockdowns, the economy, and geopolitics.
n
Sounds like a winning bunch.
n
So a serial liar and plagiarist, a fabulist and fantasist who makes up whatever he wants, because it helps him look “folksy.”
oh, and I forgot ‘panderer.’
and in clown world, you can end an article about all the lies and made up stories with this…
n
Jeez, where is everyone? It’s quieter than Monday morning after a holiday…
n
Good morning.
Today is Friday, October 14, 2022 and plugsy McSpongeBrain is a lying, braindead, scumbag.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11312945/Nine-year-old-boy-kidnapped-gunpoint-central-Mexico-street.html
wanna bet the teen girl fingered the kid for the snatch?
What a lovely vibrant people and culture, I wish we had more of them here, snatching our kids.
n
It seems to me, Putin is using up all of his cannon-fodder in Ukraine. I will attest the Soviet era troops Putin inherited after the “tear this wall down” weren’t that good, but I can’t believe some of the incompetence of the ground troops. He has upped his game with drone, artillery, and bomb strikes, which should have started the campaign. I think we would see some crushing Rooskie tactics, if Vlad wasn’t insane. I also believe he has some degenerative disease. He might croak before he gets what he wants.
This caught my eye.
https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-safety-and-availability/fda-announces-shortage-adderall
I’m here. Now what I just heard on our local news radio station, KNX, is that the youth killer in North Carolina was white.
How unusual, when they are Amish religion, their color is never described.
their color is never described.
and the unfortunate use of the phrase “white boy”.
n
@gavin, just what we need, an alderall shortage.
There goes the tech industry in Texas, especially Austin.
in good news:
SpaceX Dragon capsule has left the space station, returning the old crew (6months on orbit) to Earth, after delivery of a fresh crew.
Looks like things are going well.
The announcers will NOT shut up, ever, which is too bad but typical. I have a mute button.
A beautiful morning here in the California high desert, 58F, clear, no wind.
Astronomy Club business meeting tonight. Officer nominations and Christmas Party preparation.
You clearly left out the true root cause:
Global WarmingClimate Change.You clearly left out the true root cause: Bad Orange Man.
Rick, did the editing options change or am I just having a dumb day? I used to be able to click a widget to view the HTML markup of a comment being created, which allowed me to create nested blockquotes. I couldn’t find it a moment ago.
(I edited the comment above, which let me see the HTML and modify it as I wished.)
The button to switch between HTML and ‘raw’ (text) mode was removed quite a while ago. If you edit the comment after submitting, that editor (which is different than the editor for the regular comment box) shows only HTML code.
The plugin that does the ‘edit after submit’ doesn’t use the built-in (or plugged-in) CKEditor5 that is used in the comment editor. I’ve complained to the plugin author, but crickets.
I’m barely used to the quirks of the current editor. Don’t want big changes….
n
https://wilderwealthywise.com/the-one-where-i-prove-electric-cars-are-a-lie/
I don’t plan to make any big changes to the site theme used here (which provides the look and functionality of the site, including the editor used in the comment box).
I have been working on a change to the admin-level process used here of quick links to moderate comments, but that doesn’t affect non-admin visitors. Not sure when it will get done, though, as other projects keep getting in the way.
Right now, I am working on several self-publishing related web sites. Including a revamp of my personal book author site.
FIFY.
Gravatars.
Gravatars.
Gravatars.
Please.
Please.
Please.
Not a cloud in the sky here today. 85 F and climbing.
RIP Robbie Coltrane.
Stolen from https://www.gocomics.com/arloandjanis/2022/10/14 comment:
Geography of a Woman:
Between 18 and 22, a woman is like Africa – half discovered, half wild, fertile and naturally beautiful.
Between 23 and 30, a woman is like Europe – well developed and open to trade, especially for something of real value.
Between 31 and 35, a woman is like Spain – very hot, relaxed and convinced of her own beauty.
Between 36 and 40, a woman is like Greece – gently aging, but still a warm and desirable place to visit.
Between 41 and 50, a woman is like Great Britain – with a glorious and all-conquering past.
Between 51 and 60, a woman is like Israel – has been through war, doesn’t make the same mistakes twice and takes care of business.
Between 61 and 70, a woman is like Canada – cool, self-preserving, but open to meeting new people.
After 70, she becomes Tibet – wildly beautiful, with a mysterious past and the wisdom of the ages … an adventurous spirit and a thirst for spiritual knowledge.
Geography of a man:
Between 1 and 80, a man is like Iran – ruled by a couple of nuts.
They were disabled because of abusive images from some commenters. (And not just ‘that’ person.)
https://wilderwealthywise.com/the-one-where-i-prove-electric-cars-are-a-lie/
I like the Tesla ER with the generator and gas cans on the luggage platform attached to the trailer hitch.
That generator wouldn’t cut it to recharge the Tesla in a roadside emergency.
Someone patented a mobile supercharger rig and was selling franchises for territories across the US last year. I wish I remember where I saw that.
That sucks.
I’m not the only one who has made the connection between Hagrid and the “Blackadder Christmas Carol” special circa 1990, long before the first “Harry Potter” book hit the shelves.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq78i67N7Z4
The better clip on YouTube is MIA.
“When it comes to darker skin, pulse oximeters fall short”
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/07/11/1110370384/when-it-comes-to-darker-skin-pulse-oximeters-fall-short
Well, that sucks. I regard the pulse oximeter as a vital tool in diagnosing heart issues.
That generator wouldn’t cut it to recharge the Tesla in a roadside emergency.
Someone patented a mobile supercharger rig and was selling franchises for territories across the US last year. I wish I remember where I saw that.
No, no, no ! You start the generator when you start your trip. That way you prevent having the roadside emergency.
“CarPro Advice: How To Avoid Flood-Damaged Cars”
https://www.carpro.com/blog/10-tips-on-how-to-avoid-flood-damaged-vehicles
“Hurricane Ian, one of the most powerful storms in history, hit landfall in Florida recently, then roamed up the east coast leaving a trail of damage and flooding.”
“Thousands of cars have been flooded and no matter where you live, these cars will show up for sale to unsuspecting buyers. Cox Automotive believes that vehicle losses from Hurricane Ian could top 50,000.”
“REVIEW: 2022 Ford Bronco Raptor Is The Most Over-The-Top SUV I’ve Ever Driven”
https://www.carpro.com/vehicle-reviews/review-2022-ford-bronco-raptor
“This week I’m excited to bring you the all-new 2022 Ford Bronco, a true off-roader and the most insane, over-the-top SUV I’ve ever driven. The Raptor has virtually nothing in common with the regular Broncos, not even the body.”
“This beauty features massive 37” tires and huge fender flares. Look at the width of this beast, it is over 7-feet wide, so wide it has to have marker lights in the grill, much like the F-150 Raptor. The grill is heavily vented as are the hood and fenders. The Raptor graphics ($1075) on the sides and hood are optional, but I really like them.”
“MSRP: $81,085 with transportation.”
Mama said NO.
The latest Apple Watches have an O2 sensor. My testing puts it on par with my fingertip device. The ECG function checks for afib.
“Report: SpaceX Can No Longer Fund Starlink In Ukraine, Asks US to Pay”
https://www.pcmag.com/news/report-spacex-can-no-longer-fund-starlink-in-ukraine-asks-us-to-pay
“According to CNN, the Pentagon is annoyed since the US and other governments already pay to subsidize the Starlink access, contrary to some of SpaceX’s past claims.”
Rocket ships are less expensive now but still not cheap.
For $81,000, I would want the monster V8.
Are the “Blue Advantage” (is that the right name) ads running on Jerry’s show again?
You forget that it is hunting season, perhaps…?
Busy, apart from that. Mother-in-law is visiting, so father-in-law promptly had a fall in his care facility and spent a night in hospital. Spouse (understandably) in foul humour. An elder relative on my side of the family died (not a bundle of laughs, myself). General hilarity dealing with the fallout from all of this. Still also dealing with unpleasant long-COVID effects.
Also trying to fathom bureaucracy. If I may renew my passport online, with a photo from my mobile phone camera sufficient as the ID picture, why on earth must I appear in person to renew my driving licence? Now I need to book return flights and a rental car. Grrr.
More bureaucracy… and thanks, greenies and the professional gardening mafia. Apparently selective weedkiller for lawns (the kind that kills the weeds, but leaves the grass) is no longer available for purchase by mere members of the public. Attempts by spouse to use non-selective weedkiller in a limited fashion (i.e. apply only to weeds…) were not good (vast dead patches, anyone?). Spouse now want to try desiccating weeds with a gas torch. Procured same. Metal propane cylinder is “too heavy”. Procured ultralight plastic propane cylinder. 100 bucks for 5kg of propane in a fancy bottle! It better be good.
Apologies for venting.
For $81,000, I would want the monster V8.
Are the “Blue Advantage” (is that the right name) ads running on Jerry’s show again?
Dad had a F-350 in the late 1970s with the 460 in3 (7.5 L) V8. It was a bear to work on, I changed the plugs once and the back two plugs were under the firewall. It was obvious they had never been changed before since the electrodes were totally worn off. I had to sprawl myself across the air cleaner to reach them. I highly doubt the new monster V-8 engine would fit in anything smaller than a present F-250.
I don’t listen to Jerry’s show, I just get his weekly email. Mom and Dad listen to it religiously.
Nah. Ain’t buying it. The palms and fingers of hands of the negro folks I’ve worked with are not black.
They’re not “never in the Sun from northern Sweden” albino pink. Just tanned. Well within range of the oximeter to compensate.
And…. why is all this stuff racist? Oximeters work fine for folk from south of the border.
Just wash your hands and warm your fingers.
My grandfather’s was always strapped to a dolly. Big tank and probably twenty feet of hose. Originally meant for sterilizing chicken house floors but he used it on weeds too.
No monitor shopping today.
Yesterday was turning Hibernate off. And turning off “wake with mouse”. And poking around. Everything seems to be hidden. I haven’t found the new version of Win7’s “All Programs” on the Start menu yet.
Today was a “why does this new little fanless PC feel so hot and why is the CPU nailed at almost 100% all of the time?” project. I mean, I don’t think it should be almost as hot as a desktop coffee cup hot plate.
Rigging up a case fan to cool it seems like a silly thing to need doing.
The CPU was churning along at 90 to 100% all of the time. While looking up on Google on this machine what the various busy services are on the new machine, I noticed Windows Update was chugging along.
Ok. After a reboot and a few OS self reboots, I now have Win11 Pro version 22H2. I also have a new recovery partition of 875MB. Along with the original recovery partition of 758 MB.
Now to figure out how to copy the original recovery that came with the machine partition to CD or DVD and then play with Disc Management.
WordPad is still a thing. I’m good. Type dreck into Thunderbird for the spellchecking, toss that to the Hemingway Editor site for grammar and such, paste into WordPad for fonts and such. WordPerfect was easier but what the heck. I don’t need Office at all.
New PC is now acting almost as expected. Sure, it’s a bit warmer than my little Pi-Hole critter but it’s a lot larger too.
Win11 Pro version 22H2 seems smoother than the previous version. I’ll screw that up pretty soon. It’s still all flat and mostly monochrome and I can’t seem to find a dang thing but I’ll get there.
Because it gives the people claiming racism an advantage. Such advantage is not racist of course even though they used the color of their skin to get an advantage. If a person is black, does not like something, immediately scream racism. It will work almost every time. Such a shame. Everything should be color blind. Everyone gets what they earned based on qualifications, not skin color.
You are apparently not “woke” enough. Off to remedial “wokeness” training camp for you.
Don’t bother. If the machine is so borked you have use the recovery partition, just download W11 from Microsoft to a thumb drive and start from scratch. I have never had good luck using recovery partitions as what is broken is much deeper than recovery can handle. A reinstall is faster and always works.
For $81 grand I want a few acres and a little house. Out in San Saba County or a bit more west. I’m cool having an old Dodge p/u without a/c.
I listen doing errands on weekends. As long as it isn’t the investment guys, I’ll leave the radio on, but I don’t go out of my way to catch the show.
Until I know the Blue Advantage ads have stopped, I won’t take him seriously about his thoughts on any Ford product.
I nuked the recovery partition on my ThinkPad installing Linux.
Any of the big manufacturers are gonna load the thing with their bloatware. Might as well get a ISO from Microsoft with a more limited selection of bloatware … and NO MCAFEE.
I will disagree. I somehow effed up my Win7 a few years ago. I forget what stupid thing I did. But I did it..
It re-installed from the recovery partition slicker than snot.
If the machine is so borked, how ya gonna d/l anything?
Having a boot disc of some kind seems like a good idea.
“Tulsi Gabbard Speaks the Truth, Leaves Democrat Party”
https://www.clayandbuck.com/tulsi-gabbard-speaks-the-truth-leaves-the-democrat-party/
“Former Democrat Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (HI) slammed President Joe Biden and VP Kamala Harris over the crisis at the southern border. Gabbard said Trump’s immigration policy “needs to be reinstated.””
Download from another machine, if you can find the same version of Windows. Better is to create/recreate the installation on a thumb drive anytime Microsoft does a major update to the computer. I have three computers any one of which I could use to get the bootable thumb drive.
Was that the vendor partition or the Windows partition? Big difference. The vendor partition is a copy of the OS that was installed when the machine was delivered. That has always worked as it is basically a new install of windows. Problem is that the version may be several versions behind and will require much downloading and updates to become current.
The one caveat I will state, if it works for your needs, excellent. Screw my advice.
Huh. Wouldn’t have occurred to me to use it in such a way. I guess that shows that I’m on a moral plane which makes me simply too good for this world.
What I told blacks, or whites who were outraged on behalf of blacks, several times when they were complaining about facial recognition software or medical imaging devices not working properly on dark skin or complaining about drugs not being thoroughly tested on blacks (even though the previous day the “allies” were probably proclaiming that there’s no such thing as race) was that there’s nothing stopping them from doing the research or modifying a device to work better for blacks. After all, White culture is parasitic on the accomplishments of blacks, who invented everything important, and blacks are more intelligent and harder working than Whites. Didn’t I hear you saying that last month, Thomas? So why are you sitting there complaining and expecting Whites to fix their invention for you?
This caused butthurt.
(Related: There’s a long-standing, critical shortage of blood and organs donated by blacks. Pointing out that this cannot be, because race is a social construct, also causes butthurt. Pointing out that cultural issues within the black community must be the cause of the discrepancy in donations causes severe butthurt, threats of violence, and threats of legal action.)
I recently heard about a group of black healthcare people and I think a beautician who were shocked and appalled some years ago to learn that EEG pads don’t work through typical black people’s hair, so a black patient with a suspected brain injury or stroke generally had to get small patches of scalp shaved. What made this group different was that after the obligatory pissing and moaning, they figured out how to make probes that made good enough contact and got good enough results, no shaving required. I’d have given them full credit for seeing a problem and fixing it, except that the spokesman for the group told an attentive media that it’s a sin that they had to do this to fix a problem caused by white supremacy, or nonsense to that effect.
Well, plans and letting the gods know, and all that…
Power went out around 1215. UPS for the NVR stayed up for an hour. No UPS for my main machine, and I don’t know why. I think that it’s because cyberpower suxmaauthorite’ and it wasn’t actually on, despite all appearances.
So I skipped the shower (still don’t have a UPS on the water heater) and went out to do pickups. Missed one as they had already locked up. Power came back on after 2 hours, according to sick child.
Got home eventually, and the NVR is somehow borked. Bad XML file – so something got corrupted when the hard shutdown happened. It says it’s copying the old file to back up and starting with a blank file but it never starts. Joy. more messing around.
n
Ok Rick something weird is going on. The previous comment is the second time I’ve hit submit and had a comment go straight to the trash folder. Once is happenstance…..
n
That’s what my Gateway has. It worked. Sure, Windows Update churned a lot afterward.
Your advice is good.
@Paul – to get the list of all apps on your Win 11 computer, click the Window icon on the taskbar. The top right has a link for ‘all apps’ . Click that.
An alphabetical list of all the apps (programs) on your computer magically appears.
“RTFS” …. <grin> …
Your IP address was mistakenly put on the blocked list. The block list is used to automatically trash comments if any itme on the list is in the comment text.
Fixed.
>> (from yesterday) “04 Mar 2022 The 2030 Self-Driving Car Bet” by Jeff Atwood
“It’s my honor to announce that John Carmack and I have initiated a friendly bet of $10,000* to the 501(c)(3) charity of the winner’s choice:”
“I am betting against, and John is betting for.”
I side with Jeff.
+1 for Jeff. It’s a pretty big leap from Level 4, more or less the Waymo taxis geo-fenced to the least crowded part of Phoenix, to Level 5 which takes Level 4 and removes the fences and presumes it can run on any street or highway under any weather conditions. Let’s just start with – has anybody perfected a ‘black ice’ mode? Or what to do when there’s unplowed snow and no road markings are visible, or there’s emergency construction to fix a broken water main? And there are more. And afaik, Tony is still only at Level 2. A lot to get done in just seven years – I just don’t see how it happens.
The 6 Levels of Vehicle Autonomy Explained
Well, don’t know what I really did, but I’ve got the NVR again.
Killed a couple of processes and tried to start up again.
seems to have worked.
n
Carmack is probably counting on GPU development continuing on the pace it has been for the last few years, and there are no guarantees there.
Interesting to see what Carmack is doing, and that he is still relevant. Nice that there is longevity for some people in gaming, even with the shift in focus. I did not expect that.
n
He was running the Occulus division of Meta and still plays with rockets out in Cedar Park.
Portland Business Journal today had an article that Meta was eyeing the old HP campus in Vantucky for offices, the place where the inkjet printer was invented and manufactured for a decade.
No one should get excited about large scale manufacturing returning to the building, however. During the time that SEH America owned the property, they stripped the industrial water rights for their wafer production in town, and the campus has sat about half empty ever since.
Like Sharp Labs up the street, it was briefly a school. Sharp had better real estate, however, so the school stayed.
Ha ha! /muntz voice
– musk says “just following his recommendation.”
–$20M/month. and their primary user, USDoD is learning a whole lot about how to use it on the battlefield for free.
$100M a year for a small country’s internet and access.
n
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/musk-cant-fund-starlink-ukraine-spacex-letter-reveals-request-pentagon-funding
+1 for Jeff. It’s a pretty big leap from Level 4, more or less the Waymo taxis geo-fenced to the least crowded part of Phoenix, to Level 5 which takes Level 4 and removes the fences and presumes it can run on any street or highway under any weather conditions. Let’s just start with – has anybody perfected a ‘black ice’ mode? Or what to do when there’s unplowed snow and no road markings are visible, or there’s emergency construction to fix a broken water main? And there are more. And afaik, Tony is still only at Level 2. A lot to get done in just seven years – I just don’t see how it happens.
The 6 Levels of Vehicle Autonomy Explained
Ford is claiming that they have level 4 / 5 hands free for 300+ interstates in the USA using their BlueCruise system.
https://electrek.co/2022/09/08/2023-mustang-mach-e-gaining-hands-free-lane-changes-with-fords-bluecruise-1-2-update/
–$20M/month. and their primary user, USDoD is learning a whole lot about how to use it on the battlefield for free.
$100M a year for a small country’s internet and access.
Reputedly, the USA Special Forces in Ukraine controlling the drones are using Starlink. The drones carry one grenade and find a Russian soldier. They then arm and drop the grenade.
I’ve had pretty big V8’s that were close enough to monster.
For $81,000 I want the jetpack the Brits have for shore assault. That is, if it’s not really mandatory to put both hands in oversize mittens to fly the darn thing, I’m too old to learn to shoot an M16/M203 with my teeth.
“Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act is not reducing inflation”
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/bidens-inflation-reduction-act-is-not-reducing-inflation
What ! I am shocked !
“
Biden’sThe Democrat’s Inflation Reduction Act is not reducing inflation”We need to hang that around the neck of every Democrat in the country next month.
The Pentagon has gone off the deep end.
I’ve said for a long time that the freak show commands at MacDill need an enema.
working on the script for the end-of-month ad:
“You’ve worked hard all your life. Raised a family. Paid your way. Put some aside for your golden years. Just when you were thinking retirement was in reach, Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi went wild spending money the country doesn’t have. Inflation is out of control. Social Security is going to have the biggest inflation increase in 40 years, but they are saying it will run out in 7 years and have to reduce benefits, or raise taxes on your kids.
That extra you put aside was invested wisely, until Biden started wrecking the economy. Suddenly the price of gasoline doubled, with natural gas and electricity is up twenty, thirty, forty percent and more to come. A loaf of bread costs twice what it did a year ago. You’re having a hard time with the monthly budget, and that retirement you were thinking about is almostt two years further out than you thought.
But you shouldn’t complain. Joe has more armed federal agents than we have U.S. Marines to protect the country, and his attorney general doesn’t like people that are unhappy.”
Cue the tapes of twenty armed stasi come to arrest a Christian for using the First Amendment.
The RINOs don’t have the balls. They always insist that by avoiding calling the Dems out, they are taking the high road. See how convenient that is? THEY aren’t failing, they are losing with integrity and manners…
n
That generator wouldn’t cut it to recharge the Tesla in a roadside emergency.
Someone patented a mobile supercharger rig and was selling franchises for territories across the US last year. I wish I remember where I saw that.
Not exactly what you’re looking for but NIO EVs in China have “Triple A” for their EVs: https://www.nio.com/cdn-static/mynio/videos/nio-power/charging-van.mp4 Ten minutes of charging adds ~60 miles of range. They also have a valet service that will pickup your car, charge it and then return it. And the original NIO vehicle owner is entitled to lifetime free warranty, free roadside rescue and free car connectivity services.
Chinese electric vehicle (EV) start-up Nio plans to enter the US market in late 2025 and launch more affordable models to compete against the likes of Tesla’s Model 3 and Model Y.
Will be interesting to see if they maintain the same services when they launch in the US.
>> Ford is claiming that they have level 4 / 5 hands free for 300+ interstates in the USA using their BlueCruise system.
https://electrek.co/2022/09/08/2023-mustang-mach-e-gaining-hands-free-lane-changes-with-fords-bluecruise-1-2-update/
Did I miss the reference to this providing Level 4 / 5 capabilities? Seems like still Level 2 (or maybe Level 2+)?
Oh, what joy ! Windows Update wants to install Windows 11 Update 22H2 on my office PC.
I will pass for now.
>> Ford is claiming that they have level 4 / 5 hands free for 300+ interstates in the USA using their BlueCruise system.
https://electrek.co/2022/09/08/2023-mustang-mach-e-gaining-hands-free-lane-changes-with-fords-bluecruise-1-2-update/
Did I miss the reference to this providing Level 4 / 5 capabilities? Seems like still Level 2 (or maybe Level 2+)?
The 6 Levels of Vehicle Autonomy Explained
I meant level 3 / 4. I forgot that the list started with a 0.
I thought that geo-fenced hands free around corners on interstates, changing lanes to pass other vehicles or obstructions, was at least a level 3.
I’m headed to bed. Don’t want to be tired and run down with sickness in the house and I haven’t been getting enough sleep.
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