Say what you will about Microsoft, and I've said plenty, but their backwards compatibility is really good. There shouldn't be any software that runs on 10 that won't run on 11. Just got my answer: "Microsoft released the Windows 11 operating system on October 5, 2021. Currently, only QuickBook...

Do be aware that Windows 10 spies on you a lot, but Windows 11 apparently does so even more.

Say what you will about Microsoft, and I've said plenty, but their backwards compatibility is really good. There shouldn't be any software that runs on 10 that won't run on 11.

Happy to help, Vinny!

^ …machine learning stuff. {arduino tiny machine learning kit.jpg} Cool! I often think about learning to program microcontrollers but unfortunately my 🧠 is also a very tiny machine. … 64 in my daily driver. I can’t remember: what is the operating system of your daily driver? Debian. I use it for ev...

I think the biggest issue (which is another way of saying what you're saying, dualstow), is that if you wait a year before using your new machine, you could have gotten a year newer machine for the same money. And that's not counting the 5% you would have earned on your cash during that year.

You'll want to do all that BEFORE the old one fails.

Good to know. I’ve had 16GB forever, and was looking to put 32GB in the next Mac mini. Although, I don’t need the power (for lack of a better word) that you guys need. I used to be able to have a reseller add RAM and other things, but as you well know, Mac RAM is now soldered in so you have to buy ...

So many machines are RAM starved. I think it's a major problem with Maca actually. 16GB is just not enough. 64 in my daily driver.

dualstow wrote: ↑Sun Aug 13, 2023 7:28 pm This Skynet-y thread is cracking me up
https://twitter.com/MachinePix/status/1 ... 67747?s=20

Well it's not QUITE as intimidating as the T-800, although it does resemble it a fair bit.

dualstow wrote: ↑Sun Aug 06, 2023 9:54 pm

boglerdude wrote: ↑Sun Aug 06, 2023 6:48 pm cash in a local bank and Vanguard. Too big to fail too watched to scam you.

^ Same here, pretty much ^

I would have thought Wells Fargo would fall in the "too watched to scam you" category but it seems to keep happening.

dualstow wrote: ↑Fri Aug 04, 2023 1:49 pm RIP Mark Margolis, aka Hector Salamanca in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul

Did somebody swap his pills or something?

Humidifier vs Dehumidifier

https://www.theonion.com/point-counterp ... 1819563858

Somehow that image along with my use of the word "classy" reminded me of this hilarious early attempt at removing obscenity: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2667634/The-Clbuttic-Mistake-When-obscenity-filters-go-wrong.html The Clbuttic Mistake: When obscenity filte...

dualstow wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 6:16 am What do you think, Smithers
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/168 ... 87875?s=20

He's keeping it classy, as always.

Terrifying.

I do happen to know that preservative-free eyedrops come in individual containers, so that would have been a red flag for me, but that's just luck, basically.

stuper was responding to seajay's assertion that Russia moved ethnic Russians into the Donbass before the invasion, in order to justify it and/or make it easier. stuper was pointing out that Russians have been living there a long time. I know. That’s why I said “how about something more timely” Nev...

stuper was responding to seajay's assertion that Russia moved ethnic Russians into the Donbass before the invasion, in order to justify it and/or make it easier. stuper was pointing out that Russians have been living there a long time.

They also have the neat feature of being usable to fund higher education with no tax on the growth, like a 529. Sadly there's an income limit on that. Still could be VERY handy.

IMHO Vinny is right about the Mac keyboards. They're pretty much useless. I make very heavy use of insert, home, end, page up, page down, and delete. (Note that "delete" on a real keyboard is quite different from what's labeled "delete" on an Apple keyboard, which is really "...

Aren't Bitcoin and anonymity completely at odds with each other?

mathjak107 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 04, 2023 12:59 pm when i try it , it says item not found

I got the same thing, but only after I signed in. So it doesn't seem to be purchaseable.

<r><QUOTE author="boglerdude" post_id="250432" time="1688451643" user_id="2662"><s>[quote=boglerdude post_id=250432 time=1688451643 user_id=2662]</s> Gold's taxed as ordinary income. No favorable long term cap gains treatment. <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> It's capped at 28%. Not ideal but it's something....

Many things in the world would have been different if not for the American Revolution. Top of the list is the relationship between Britain and her colonies. I don't think we can reliably play "what if" in that regard.

My first thought on Prigozhin was Mike Ehrmantraut.