I hope he saw that animated “explanation” video Iran did (not the Lego one, the shorter animated one) because, while it’s probably too complicated for him to understand, that’s the closest “briefing” I’ve ever seen to his level of stupidity.
Aside from what everyone else’s already mentioned, there’s the whole hassle of setting up a new device - debloating, tweaking the settings, etc. Why go through the pain of adjusting to a new device when the old one works just fine?
Funny how the price has gone from 200m to 300m and now 400m - gee, I wonder where that money has come from and disappeared to.
which he aims to complete by 2028.
So he has to live with the noise of construction for three and a half years and gets to enjoy it for maybe 2-3 months? Not the actions of a person who’s planning on voluntarily leaving office.
QAnon people would go absolutely rabid conspiracy minded.
I don’t know if it would work in Canada, but I just buy a Visa gift card and use that.
Trump may be unable to end the war he started with Iran, even if he wanted to
Yeah, we know. It’s one of the (many) reasons we didn’t want this.
Microsoft, Google, Palantir, IBM, Nvidia, and Oracle’s offices and cloud infrastructure in Israel and some Gulf countries as the new targets.
Because it’s a warning shot. They don’t want to immediately target the US government, large financial or tech companies, or infrastructure - they may attack those later, but not at the start. It’s too quick an escalation.
If and when they do attack the US government sites, expect it to be a “less consequential” agency - Health and Human Services or something. If they have a way into the Pentagon, Department of Energy, or other high-value targets (for them), then the information they can get from those targets is way more valuable than attacking them and losing that access.
he goes on about how people speak English in America and in Germany and Norway, they speak other languages
They do speak other languages. However, 88% of Norwegians seem to be fluent in English. The percentage is less in Germany, I think about 25%, but that’s still enough people that you could get by, particularly in the tourist areas.
Initial thoughts, which shouldn’t cost much if any money:
Check your hard drive: how full is it? Clear out caches and programs you never use. Maybe run a check for bad sectors. Way back in the day, I’d suggest defragging the drive, lol.
Update your definitions and run a virus check on your laptop: you may have picked up a virus or PUP that’s slowing you down.
Take a look at Task Manager at various times: are you close to maxing out RAM, processor, or disk cache? Figure out if there are processes running that you can kill.
Go through everything that’s set up for Quick Start and set it to non-Quick Start if you’re not using it regularly. [I just set everything to non-Quick Start.]
If your browser supports it, install Ublock Origin. If you can do it, install a pi-hole.
While you’re at it, check your router. This is a laptop, so I’m assuming it’s not wired to the internet, but if it is, try switching out the wire in case it’s worn. Check the cables between the router and the wall while you’re at it.
Unplug your router for at least a minute, then start it up again.
Are you running a lot of different devices that may be interfering with your connection, or running against potential high-bandwidth applications (streaming, livestreaming, torrenting)?
Is this problem specific to one or more areas? It’s possible that you’re too far from the router or there are things obstructing the signal.
Are there times that you get better speed (either times of day or times of the month)? Your ISP may be congested or they may be throttling your connection.
Did you leave your wifi open and other people are piggybacking off it? Is it running recent firmware?
Consider contacting your ISP and asking them to run a line test to see if there are issues external to your home. (Be prepared for them to try to upsell you.)
Switch to a lightweight browser like Firefox, Vivaldi, or Cromite.
Things that you can do that will cost money: increase the memory in your laptop (you have 4gb, it can take up to 12gb). If it’s not already on an SSD, switch to an SSD.
What I miss most are the (physically) local communities. On reddit, there was a subreddit for my general locality, and the nearby big city, and several subreddits on different aspects of life (the music scene, the food scene, etc). I miss that - randomly finding an event or something interesting simply because I came across a random post.
I know it’s a function of the fact that it’s still (comparatively) early days, but I do miss it.
It must be scary, living in a world where you’re constantly confronted by the fact that people exist who are “not like you”.
… I think I shall start disregarding you, disregardable. Goodbye.
Might’ve only had to be on the registry for a few years?
Anyway, here: https://web.archive.org/web/20050706062151/http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-molest01.html
We should pretty much assume that all age verification efforts either currently are feeding into surveillance efforts, or will be bought out by surveillance companies.
The guy before me said what she did “was pretty fucked up”; I’m saying there are multiple sides to this story, and we know pretty much none of them. I’m saying that she stayed with him for 20+ years and there’s must’ve been a reason she left when she did.
Back in 2001? I lived in semi-rural Maryland and our grocery stores were open till 10, or midnight if you wanted to drive to the nearest “big town”, and there was a 24-hour Walmart about 45 minutes away. I can’t speak to Kmart - there wasn’t one in my area - but I wouldn’t be surprised if her stores stayed open later as well.
Edit: also, regardless of normal store hours, this was a couple weeks before Christmas, so extended hours could definitely be in play.
I’m wondering what the husband was like.
[some brain-damaged speaker for the Kennedy Center said] “The Democrats have been calling artists urging them to cancel and attacking the Center non-stop.”
Uhh, no, we haven’t.
[And also added] “Commonsense Democrats must speak up before this violence takes a life.”
Someone needs to send them that analysis of where almost all the political violence in the US originates from.
first reported by Fox News
Of course it was …
The USPP Major Crimes Unit is reviewing security footage and investigating
Does the Major Crimes Unit not have, y’know, some actual major crimes to investigate?
Here’s the animated one; here’s the Lego one. And the first one on this page is (afaik) their most recent.