As true as that may be, what’s the deal with all the times I’ve read stories of people setting up and configuring everything the way they want, and then after installing whatever particular updates manually, then MS reverts a bunch of settings back the way they want?

I dunno, but when I got my HP laptop that shipped with Windows 10, I got to an initial setup screen that asked me something like what’s my mother’s middle name or maiden name or something like that, for sake of password recovery I believe.

Even though I’m sure I could have entered in any random nonsense that I’d remember, I was like what effing business is it of the OS to ask such private details?

I didn’t even finish the setup and first boot, I shut it down right then and formatted and installer Linux Mint MATE 20, and I couldn’t be happier.

Isn’t it just wonderful how M$ can just screw you without your consent? To hell with Windows!

Welcome fellow penguin 🐧

The ENIAC, one of the original ‘programmable’ general purpose digital computers.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENIAC

https://books.google.com/books/about/ENIAC_the_Triumphs_and_Tragedies_of_the.html?id=l2nGQgAACAAJ

This was a significant era of computing history, and in the modern digital era, I think everyone should at least get a sense of the early days of digital technology.

It’s definitely not a top notch phone, so don’t expect it to be a powerhouse of a gaming phone or whatever, but it’s actually a pretty decent phone to be fair.

It doesn’t have many sensors, only the accelerometer, light, proximity, and significant motion sensors, so don’t expect it to work with RFID or NFC devices either. No compass sensor either ☹️

But where it lacks in power and features, it makes up for in an amazing battery life, plus even the stock Android ain’t too damn bad. 👍

I wasn’t suggesting that I’d expect newer DirectX to work on older versions of Windows. I was suggesting that I would have expected newer DirectX standards to still be backwards compatible with older DirectX standards.

Sigh, I guess Satya Nadella decided to scrap backwards compatibility. Oh well, I switched to Linux after Windows 8 came out anyways. 🤷‍♂️

Guess not, but as far as I ever knew, M$ has been known to try to maintain backwards compatibility for longer than most users would even consider necessary.

XP supported DirectX 7/8/9

I would have figured that would have continued on with future versions of Windows, but I guess Satya Nadella decided to scrap backwards compatibility.

Oh well, all the more reason I switched to Linux as my main daily runner after Windows 8 came out. 🤷‍♂️

Why would someone expect DirectX12 to not also support 11/10/9/8/7?

I have a Blu B131DL that allows the bootloader to be unlocked without being online. No WiFi, no SIM card, it just simply allows unlocking. No catches.

I haven’t actually done anything with it though, it’s still on its stock Android 11, but it’s nice to know I have that option.

Léon URL Cleaner

It’s a simple app that strips extra unnecessary details like tracking tags from copied URL links. Highly recommended for sake of privacy, plus the cleaned links are shorter and tidier.

I think I’d go insane trying to properly solve the black and white version…

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/rubiks-cube-die-magic-puzzle-cube-3x3-4630228457

With just two 180⁰ twists on two sides, you can get the die to have numbers 0, 2, 2, 5, 5, 7.

I dunno much about Yahtzee, but I’m pretty sure in most circles that would be considered cheating LOL!

As cute as this is, we used to have around 20 goats on a 40 acre open horse ranch, and you couldn’t get within 50 feet of any of them without them all running away.

I just finished watching for myself. I think he held up pretty well and brought up many valid points and fact checks.

One thing I didn’t see anyone bring up much regarding the topic of abortion is the topics of the health of the mother and the baby.

When I was 2 years old, we were rear ended by an 18 wheeler. My mother’s head hit the windshield. They took her to the hospital and ended up prescribing her pain killers.

It didn’t cross anyone’s mind that maybe she was pregnant again. Once the doctors found out, they realized the pain killers were the kind that cause gross life threatening fetus/baby deformities.

There was literally zero percent chance that embryo was going to survive at that early point in her pregnancy. So the doctors had no choice but to highly suggest she abort the pregnancy. Otherwise she’d either end up with a highly deformed baby, or even worse she’d end up dead herself.

She regretfully had them carry out the abortion, realizing that her first child (me) was literally named after my uncle from my father’s side that only lived to be a day and a half old, because of intestinal birth defects where his intestines were formed on the outside.

Medical technology wasn’t so great back in the 1950’s when my deformed baby uncle was born, so there wasn’t much way to know that he would be born deformed. ☹️ My father decided to name me after him in honor.

By 1984, at my own age of 2, my mother was pregnant again, but nobody knew when the truck rear ended us. But medical technology had improved enough by then that they should have at least checked whether she was pregnant or not before prescribing her medicine.

The doctors made the wrong call and prescribed something known to cause extreme birth defects. So once they found out, they insisted she have an abortion, which she regretfully did, for sake of her long term health.

She still regrets that decision today to an extent, but my mom very likely wouldn’t even be alive today if she had carried that baby.

So, my opinion on all of that is, pro choice, and to hell with politicians or religious people practicing medicine without a license…

So, aside from numerous other angry words I could say…

How is this going to affect incoming phone calls? Will I be able to at least talk with my friend, without having to hear ads the whole time because I was watching a video?

Just a friendly reminder, https://grayjay.app/ is a thing, screw the YouTube app.

Front right: Wallet. Always there, even when I sleep.

Edit for front right, I also keep minimal keys there.

Front left: Phone.

Rear right: Multitool.

Rear left: Smokes and lighter.

I told Marine Patrol to fuck off in Mississippi. He threatened to arrest me. His passenger told him he was the one in the wrong, because he had no business laying on his horn like he did as he passed me on my bicycle.

There was no sense in him laying on the horn. He could have easily caused me to get startled and wreck my bike. He would have definitely been in the wrong if he had startled me that much to cause an accident.

Interesting. I’m not quite sure what the laws were back in 1996, but yeah with school and all, plus the travel distance of over 30 miles, even if it was legal for me to work a few hours a day after school, it wouldn’t have been practical at all.

Still nice that he offered the job, I was trying to brainstorm and troubleshoot why my first sound card didn’t work. Turned out he got a defective batch, like 3 other customers had the same issues.

He knew I did all the proper troubleshooting already. Honestly I forget what model sound card it was, but once I proved it didn’t work, he gave me a different card that cost twice as much, for no extra money.

I was offered a job at a computer repair shop at age 14. Dude had to retract his offer when I told him my age, he assumed I was 17 or older.

Mississippi.

Karolina Protsenko, the famous young violinist, said she keeps her violin with her at all times ever since someone broke into her parents’ SUV. Luckily they didn’t take or damage her violin, but they did get away with multiple electronics and microphones and stuff.

You gotta hate thieves 😡

That is why the letters are all in a funny order, but that’s not why the keys were staggered. They were staggered because of the mechanical linkages underneath the keys, so the linkages could be made straight rather than having to bend around other keys in the way.