Conservative. Idaho. Software engineer. Historian. Trying to prevent Idiocracy from becoming a documentary.
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Friday, August 30, 2024
If Harris Wins...
Thursday, August 29, 2024
Why the First Computers Were Made Out of Light Bulbs
This Morning's Incompetent Scam
Look at the date sent stamp:
Yes, 2/2/2330. The default outlook domain is onmicrosoft.com. These crooks were not smart enough to set a valid or at least not onviously bogus email address.
Wednesday, August 28, 2024
The Duplicate File Program
Weirdest Video of the Day
Monkey Torture Videos
DupGuru
Not the Most Photogenic Examples
But still nice to see. 8/27/24 AP.
Hawaii residents carry battle-axes, samurai swords, celebrating a change in weapon laws
Monday, August 26, 2024
Threat to Democracy
Do You Have Friends at Venmo?
A couple years ago, one of you nice people sent me $20 through Venmo. I had no Venmo account so I opened one. I could never sucessfully move that money to my checking account, but someone hacked into my Venmo account, took that $20 and proceeded to use it for I suspect shady purposes. Fortunately, Venmo is so insecure that I was able to regain control of the account.
Then I received a notice that someone bought cryptocurrency with my Venmo account. I tried to get in and delete my Venmo account. But it wanted me to give the verification code that it texted to a number ending with four digits that I have never used. There is no phone number that I can find that lets me talk to a human at Venmo. The Chastbot is not smart enough to recognize "human agent." I really want this awful thing to forget that I exist.
They keep insisting that my selfie with my license is too blurry to use. This is obviously a way to keep the account open. FDIC next.
Sunday, August 25, 2024
The Fascists Drop the Mask
"While experts and industry leaders sounded the alarm about the international free speech implications of his arrest, Vindman championed the move, taking to X to warn its CEO about the "growing appetite for accountability" before suggesting that Musk could be next....
"Vindman's warning to Musk seemingly garnered significant backlash, prompting him to double down in a follow up post, where he railed against "free speech absolutists weirdos.""
Yes, if you want to know why our current masters need to be overthrown, here it is.
Saturday, August 24, 2024
Saying Good-Bye to Racism
The University of Kentucky will disband its Office for Institutional Diversity in response to questions from policymakers on whether the school has stifled political discussions, its president said Tuesday.
The action on the Lexington, Kentucky, campus comes after state lawmakers debated whether to limit diversity, equity and inclusion practices at public universities. Republican supermajorities in the Kentucky House and Senate were unable to resolve differences on the issue before ending this year's session in April, but the matter has been expected to resurface when lawmakers reconvene early next year.
In the school's preemptive action, units housed in the shuttered diversity office will be shifted elsewhere on campus, including into a newly created Office for Community Relations, UK President Eli Capilouto announced in a campuswide email. The restructuring won't result in job losses, he said.
Capilouto stressed that the school's core values remain intact — to protect academic freedom and promote a “sense of belonging” for everyone on campus, regardless of background or perspective.
Belonging is fine. It applies to the melanin-challenged as well. I am disappointed that there will be no lost jobs. Every unneeded administrator increases the cost of higher education.
Friday, August 23, 2024
Urbanization By Decade U.S.
Thursday, August 22, 2024
Not the Babylon Bee
Biden Appointee Strikes a Blow for Second Amendment
I do not have a link to it yet.
CRPA v. Los Angeles Shariff's Depasrtment (C.D.Cal. 2024). This is "ORDER GRANTING IN PART,
DENYING IN PART, PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION." This means the final decision still requires trial, but on a preliinary basis some California concealed carry licensing laws are unconstitutional.
The plaintiffs challenged the extraordinary license fees and limitation of licenses to California residents. While the judge did not direct that California recognize out of state licenses, it appears that her decision would require non-residents to be able to apply for carry licenses.
Here, Plaintiffs have only demonstrated that the text of the Second Amendment likely applies to the first of its arguments, that non-residents have the right, like California residents, to apply to lawfully carry firearms for self-defense while in public.
One of the other erteaining parts of California's defense (and upn which I( had great in the rebuttals) was:
Plaintiffs respond that the LA Defendants’ showing is insufficient. First, Plaintiffs contend the LA Defendants purportedly rely on laws that post-date both relevant eras. Second, Plaintiffs argue that, to the extent the LA Defendants cite to laws from the Founding era, those laws are “explicitly racist laws that have no place here.”
The Court finds the LA Defendants have not carried their burden to demonstrate that the over 18-month delays imposed on Individual Plaintiffs Weimer and Messel are part of a historic tradition of firearms regulation.
Time for reparations?
This Should Be Easy to Find
A spreadsheet with the U.S. population by decade from 1790 to 2020, It is coubtless somewherer in the Census Bureau's website but obscured by thousands of other tables. I asked ChatGPT and it told me to visit links to that data. While colored as though they were links, they were not.
Specifically, with an official source.
What Happens If Trump Wins While in a New York Prison?
Wednesday, August 21, 2024
Today's Scam
It looks legit. I call the number and the East Indian in a boiler room wants me to correct the error with a URL ending in live. Oh yes, if I do not, the charge will go to my checking account. Worse, when I try to close my Venmo account which has been hacked in the past, it wants to send me a verification code to a number that I have never had. Venmo is apparently very insecure.
Venmo's instructions for dealing with this are wrong. No such choices appear. They seem to have no phone number.
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Tuesday, August 20, 2024
For Almost Any Need There is Something Open Source
Even Billionaires Do Not Get Out of Here Alive
"The vessel sank Monday — killing one of the 22 people on board — after its mast, one of the world’s tallest, broke in half during the storm. Fifteen people have been rescued."
There are no U-Hauls headed to Heaven. Nor are there wire transfers there. Live your life as though you may not be here tomorrow and in a way that makes you not afraid of Judgment.
Treasury Yield Curve Inversion Alert
That WiFi Connection That Keeps Dropping
Cool Kids Change Their Pronouns
Really cool kids change their nouns. 8/16/24 Telegraph:
Church of England dropping word ‘church’ to be more ‘modern’
Maude Royden-Shaw (not Disraeli) called the Church? of England "the Conservative Party at prayer."
It is not even that anymore. It is not even a church anymore. Suggest a more appropriate noun.
Monday, August 19, 2024
Do Republicans Do This?
"Jenkins hired Monifa Willis, a nursing professor at the University of California, San Francisco, in 2022 to run the District Attorney’s Office’s Victim Services Division before she was promoted in March.'
The criticisms in the story include evidence that the DA and the chief of staff have been friends since high school. The only good news is thst she replaced Boudin, who charged one guy with felon in possession, carrying an unregistered assault weapon, carrying without a license and he served three days in jail
Where Low-Trust Society Takes You
"The cost of doing business is tremendous. There’s vandalism, and people come and eat and walk away, and there’s no one to stop them," Haque reportedly said."
When no one enforces even minor crimes such as defrauding an innkeeper, we get money first then your meal and everything in locked display cases.
I Have Hope for America in November
Saturday, August 17, 2024
When You Lose the Washington Post ..
How Far Does Harris Have To Go? Nuking Israel?
“We’re not going to do anything different. We’re going to mobilize,” said chief organizer Hatem Abudayyeh, the national chair of the US Palestinian Community Network advocacy group.
“Harris represents the administration; she represents Biden. There is nothing that she has expressed,” he added."
Harris is fiercely pro-Hamas and picked Walz to get the Dearbornistan vote. That is not enough? In 1968, the protestors were challenging the VP of Vietnam LBJ. What more can the Democrats do? Require Jews to wear yellow stars?
Why Defeating Trump is So Important
- The jobless rate for Hispanics hit a record low of 3.9% in September, while African Americans maintained its lowest rate ever, 5.5%.
- The unemployment rate for Asian Americans was 2.5% in September. The jobless rate for adult women came in at 3.1%. "
A 9th Circuit Victory
Nguyen v. Bonta chakllenged California's one gun every thirty days purchase limit law. We received a summary judgment in district court. California appealed of course. The 9th Circuit initially stayed the district court's summary judgment. Now they have reversed that stay. We are still awaiting a decision but upholding that summary judgment means California now needs to request a writ of certiorari from the Suprteme Court and these are usually rejected unless other Courts of Appeal come to different conclusions.
Friday, August 16, 2024
Alternative to Red State Secession
Do Not Panic
Remember That Story About the Lab in Reedley?
Thursday, August 15, 2024
This Was the Improvement From Biden?
Early Repeaters
I have a page now with 18th century American ads that mention repeating arms. Tell me if you find more.
Wednesday, August 14, 2024
Drone Surrender
Tuesday, August 13, 2024
Is This the Future?
Sunday, August 11, 2024
Remember When All Your "Libertarian" Alt-Right Friends Were Saying Russia Was About to Defeat Ukraine?
“Ukraine is proving that it really knows how to restore justice and guarantees exactly the kind of pressure that is needed – pressure on the aggressor,” Zelensky said in his nightly address to the nation on Saturday, thanking “every unit” of Ukraine’s armed forces for making it possible “to push the war out into the aggressor’s territory.”"
Russia should file a complaint with the U.N.
At a minimum, this should force movement of Russian forces out of Ukraine and back to Russia. I suspect if Ukraine occupied Moscow, the same "libertarian" alt-right crowd would be claiming Ukraine was on thr brink of destruction.
I confess that this weird coalition of Rothbardites and people who support Putin because he claims to be fighting the "globohomo" conspiracy has always left me befuddled. Whatever the motives for Biden, giving money to Ukraine instead of a face to face war of NATO vs. Russia is a clear win.
Even if Putin ordered use of nuclear weapons, I am pretty sure there would be a 9mm veto by his commanders. They are not that stupid. They may have been lying to Putin about their military readiness with respect to Ukraine, but they know darn well thst war with NATO will either incinerate 1/3 of the Russian population or have a NATO flag (preferably Polish or Lithuanian) on the Kremlin in a few weeks. Ukraine has been fighting Russian with our surplus weapons tightly controlled out of fear that Putin might get angry.
Would President Harris Extradite?
"We will throw the full force of the law at people. And whether you’re in this country committing crimes on the streets or committing crimes from further afield online, we will come after you," Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley told Sky News."
I think such extradition would cross the clear line of ctuonable criminal behavior by our government.
8/9/24 Reuters clarifies that posted material need not be incitement to riot:
"The act, passed in October but not set to be enforced until early next year, allows the government to fine social media companies up to 10% of global turnover if they are found in breach.
Friday, August 9, 2024
When You Enter WiFi Password, Where Is It Stored?
Thursday, August 8, 2024
Surgery. September 4th
Wednesday, August 7, 2024
Tuesday, August 6, 2024
At the Jaguar Dealer
A month or so ago, the tire store installing my new tires broke a pressure sensor. To their credit, they admitted fault immediately and handed it off to their insurer. The sensor took a while to arrive and waiting for a service appointment. While I fixed the backup problem for backing up to OneDrive, it still has not finishing putting everything to OneDrive, so there is little that I can do right now.
And it could be worse. When I called the insurer about paying the bill they were in a tornado shelter and could not come to the phone.
Embarrassing Miatake
Monday, August 5, 2024
my Cardiologist Expects Surgeon To Open Me Ip in a Week or So
Does Anyone Make a Peltier Effect Cooling Fan for Laptops?
None of my CPUs are hitting 100 C NOW.
Sunday, August 4, 2024
Excel Trendlines
Friday, August 2, 2024
Michael York Playing John the Baptist
Thursday, August 1, 2024
Sea Hunt
Are There Any Microsoft Access Users Out There?
I used to know SQL. I wrote queries every day. But it was not Access. SQL is different.
A simple example: TABLE2 has a field VEHICLE. 0 is never a valid value.
I think
UPDATE TABLE2.VEHICLE=' ' WHERE TABLE2.VEHICLE = 0;
should do the job. What am I doing wrong?
Should be:
UPDATE TABLE2.VEHICLE=null WHERE TABLE2.VEHICLE = 0;
It would help if saving queries in Access actually saved them.
We Did Not Find What We Wanted: "Sad and shocked"
Duke Medical School has studied the effects of gun control laws on child gun deaths.
Reading the release from Duke is more entertaining than one could imagine.
From 2009-2020, there were 6,735 suicides and 10,278 homicides by firearm in the U.S., totaling 17,013 child deaths. Overlaid with the state law database, the researchers found:
- States with safe storage laws and mandatory waiting periods demonstrated lower suicide mortality rates among children.
- “Stand your ground” laws, prevalent in states with less restrictive firearm legislation, showed a correlation with higher suicide mortalities.
- There were no significant reductions in suicide death rates in states with laws setting minimum ages for possession or purchase of firearms.
- There were no notable distinctions between states with and without firearm laws for homicide mortality rates.
“It was surprising to me that no laws appear to be impacting the rates of homicide in children, not even safe access,” Haines said. “It’s sad and shocking.” [emphasis added]
Why would stand your ground laws increase suicides? Homicides perhaps, but suicides? She was sad and shocked that gun control laws make very little difference. Maybe she should focus on finding what does matter.