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by k310 11mo ago
When one eludes my ban ... (see other posts how to ban it inside the phone, but it exists outside (people send me messages)) [0] samples to play with. On the desktop, Preview app (and lots of others) will open and export as ... On the phone
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by k310 11mo ago
Damn stuff won't die. One ipod touch has zero battery capacity. One ipad Air2 grew a bulge,but still runs, so I wiped it for recycling. Imac screen quit. Needs repair. Of course stuff gets obsoleted in software conpatibility, but the i
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by k310 11mo ago
Many believe that "the federal health care system has become unwieldy and unaffordable since the passage of Obamacare (ACA)" Well,it's unaffordable if the wealthy don't pay their fair share of taxes and what we call &quo
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by k310 11mo ago
Save your money. https://arxiv.org/html/2411.13965v3
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by k310 11mo ago
It's really funny. I had a department chairman in a department where the staff used macs (I supported the macs and Sun workstations for the academics) and bemoaned that "Students should be using Windows because that's what th
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by k310 11mo ago
IIRC, hooking a two button mouse to an Apple (I can't say which or when) gave you right click/control click, when Apple was selling only one-button mice. Correct me if you know more or better.
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by k310 11mo ago
Every Accusation is a Confession. He's always projecting.
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Takeover artists and hatchetmen destroyed many thousands of jobs. Were they taxed or punished? Hell no, movies were made of them. Just saying ....
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by k310 11mo ago
> The humanoid form factor consistently proves inferior to specialized alternatives across every proposed application domain. I persists because it generates the kind of media attention and investor enthusiasm that Tesla requires for it
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by k310 11mo ago
My clearest recollection (don't know the episode) is when he attends an event, probably in place of Alan Brady, that turns out to be a big fund-raiser. The Hostess addresses him as Mister Petrov. When asked for a donation, he is stupef
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by k310 11mo ago
"Social" media have gone from being abusive to actively user-hostile. They have none of the benefits of ancient, dinosaur email.
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by k310 11mo ago
The article is specifically about surgical masks, built to a different standard and fit than N95 masks, which in my observation far outnumber surgical masks in grocery and other stores. Being retired, I can't speak for work environment
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by k310 11mo ago
Oh, you jogged my memory. Coastie here again. Soon after moving to the west coast, 1980-ish, I lost my wallet around Easter, on or about University Ave in Palo Alto, and a kind stranger found it and dropped it off with police, IIRC. He woul
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by k310 11mo ago
> Republicans earlier this year failed to pass a similar 10-year moratorium on state laws that regulate AI as part of Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, with the Senate voting 99-1 to remove that ban from the legislation. Trump’s order
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by k310 11mo ago
> "There is growing concern ... that in 2029 the ICC will turn its attention to the president, to the vice president, to the secretary of war and others, and pursue prosecutions against them," the Trump administration official
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by k310 11mo ago
Thanks! It's puzzling that being so far from friends seems to limit both visits (only one outside of family) and electronic communications that just drop. It's 50 miles to populated cities, friends, stores, and the V.A. Presence i
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by k310 11mo ago
As I have stated before, AI is freeing us to: 1. create our own porn at home and (soon) 2. have home orgasmatrons. Parents have complete control of the Chat/Porn server and since the orgasmatron necessarily has all your desires stored
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by k310 11mo ago
I am running through my memory bank, and can't really think of one outside friends and family. OTOH, I seem to be "that stranger" whenever possible. And that's mighty satisfying. People I've studied under or assiste
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by k310 11mo ago
Interesting. I (male, 76) never carry my phone except in a shoulder bag. At home, it always lies somewhere (the watch finds it) or on a charger. Out in my rural property, I never carry it because it's steep, (a ridge), slick with tiny
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by k310 11mo ago
The Epstein Distraction Act.
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by k310 11mo ago
Technology has done a splendid job of speeding up processes that are broken. For example: real estate, hiring, social media, and even autos that can go zero to sixty in three seconds but can't recognize a school bus (or even warn of on
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by k310 11mo ago
I have used paper notebooks for decades. One set for journals and others for project ideas and plans. Mostly 5 by 7 or so Moleskine or clones. Why not electronic? I use Apple notes to save interesting stuff to post. Also, I just swiped some
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by k310 11mo ago
If religion is what you practice rather than what you preach, I'd say it's pretty much DOA, but that's just my opinion from observation.
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by k310 11mo ago
I had a Trump-blocker extension enabled in Firefox, but it prevented me from grabbing graphics off the internet for my clever memes, and about half the internet. I can't be like Chamberlain and say it's a nothing-burger. That noth
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by k310 11mo ago
Well, it looks like the 90% plus of wealth hoarding just got a whole lot more unstable. Machines will do everything and the jobless have nothing to do but sever power lines. Is nuclear power safe from assault? I dunno. Visit Chernobyl and s
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by k310 11mo ago
The bidding for approval begins. Watch the crypto fly.
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by k310 11mo ago
It's Trump's way of saying No Kings. Emperor will do. Caligula.
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by k310 11mo ago
And Fresno, California has the highest total electricity costs in the U.S. (rates times usage) [0] [1] > Fresno was No. 1 on the list, with the average household in the Central Valley city paying $3,123 annually for electricity. By compa
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Chip prices.
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2004, Frank Wilczek, the Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge.

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