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    The official "WTF" thread

    Wish you didn't put that bra comment in. I'm responding about Datapoint. As part of my career journey while in Texas, I worked a few years for Datapoint and fully support the claim that they built the very first commercial PC, the model 2200. It used semiconductor memory before semiconductor...
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    Money & Economics

    You triggered me. Bought a couple of 16" take and bake pizzas last week, with about 3 ingredients each, for 24 friggin bucks each. Each one had 14 slices, so close to 2 bucks per slice, and not particularly big slices. Totally nuts.
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    Remember America Online?

    We have an elderly friend who still uses it. I occasionally help her with some computer problem, and AOL is so slow and full of junk that it's aggravating.
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    Money & Economics

    Another example of you can't believe anything in the media. Highlighting just the upper right and lower left headlines. Pick your truth, both options presented at the same time and the same place. Portland News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News but has probably rolled off before you look at it.
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    Mitch "Pike" McConnell
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    The official "WTF" thread

    Not sure what forum is for this. Another big indicator of the decline of the nation. The gist of the story is: 1. Prof embeds instructions for AI to spit out some gibberish, using a white font to hide it from the students. 2. Students cut-and-paste the AI output as test answer, with...
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    If AIPAC wants it, it might have a chance.
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    Not voter fraud, per se, but obvious foreign interference in US elections. We've been sold down the river by the people we vote for, and continue to vote for them. A special kind of stupid? *** = "anything we deem antisemitic" defined as saying anything against Israel or a Jew, whether...
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    New 7 series

    Just got back from Costco, drooling over a $40k Yamaha piano. Makes those $600 cameras look almost free.
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    I think the common "extend the subsidies" solution would make the overall problem worse. Sure, on an individual level, it sounds great and makes for convincing bleeding heart stories. For the overall big picture, it will just make a poorly designed, corrupt system worse, eventually biting...
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

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    Its not a Myth - more and more people are moving over to Linux

    Partially disagreeing: Now you can run MANY windows apps on linux through an emulator. I've encountered some that won't run at all, and some that run for a while and crash.
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    Click bait of course. Whenever I see these headlines I wonder if the shock is because the number is so high, or so low? When I saw the numbers for Biden I always wondered how so many sane people could approve of what he was doing.
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    Its not a Myth - more and more people are moving over to Linux

    For me the downsides of going to linux were: 1. Complicated to install software 2. Applications that don't have linux versions 3. Cryptic, non-intuitive names for commands 4. Having to un-learn windows apps in order to learn equivalent linux apps #1 and #2 are slowly and steadily getting...
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    2026 New Release from EmpireTech

    I'd be tempted to try one of these big lens guys, but alas, no animal detection claimed, which is a no-go for me. That is, unless the human and vehicle filters could be really turned off, but that was lied about for so many cameras that I wouldn't trust any claim about it. I shelled out the...
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    Dahua 5459TM-ASE-IL

    Do we really know for sure that the -PRO and -IL use the same sensor? I often prefer the image from the -IL over the -PRO.
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    Money & Economics

    This is a test to see if I can do a fact check without getting dumped on :). According to the the Canadian Taxpayers Federation: "“Carney spent more money on airplane food during one trip than the average family will spend on groceries in almost a decade,” said Franco Terrazzano, CTF Federal...
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    Is the regime in Iran soon to be toast?

    Find out whoever did this and hire them for the reflecting pool!
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    DO NOT BUY: LG’s Spyware TVs, Monitors, and Wiretapping Concerns

    I have a newer Sony and Vizio TV. Neither is connected to the Internet and serves as a monitor for a satellite receiver, TIVO, or Roku. Hopefully this crap isn't sophisticated enough to send TV-generated spy info over HDMI to one of these devices that then forwards it on to the mother ship. I...
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    Funny / Satire

    I'm jealous. I'd like to have a ZTR mower but with the lawn tractor still going strong it's too hard to part with the $. A good ZTR costs at least 20 541Rs, about 30 for the one I'd want. All the pros use them, without exception as far as I can see.
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    This is a pretty convincing report that voter fraud is real, and it's only 5 minutes long:
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    Dahua 5459TM-ASE-IL

    I believe the firmware for the fixed focal and ZE is the same. Even the same for the -PRO cameras. But do verify this.
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    Do I have a defective IPC-B52IR-Z12E ? It refuses to allow resetting of the generic IP

    After you initialize the camera, go to Search Setting and enter the Username/Password you set the camera to. Then try to change the IP. It "should" work. (this info for configTool) The newer versions display a warning to do this after you initialize the camera, but it's easy to miss and...
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    Dahua 5459TM-ASE-IL

    What firmware does yours have? I'm running V3.146.0000000.6.R, Build Date: 2026-04-01 on a 6mm version. As far as I can tell, you're the 2nd person in the world to have one of these :).
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    Do I have a defective IPC-B52IR-Z12E ? It refuses to allow resetting of the generic IP

    Are you changing the password in configTool after initializing the camera? This is a big gotcha in configTool, until you learn it the hard way, then it's a nothingburger.
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    Funny / Satire

    I had a couple of possible disasters with my compact tractor that fortunately were averted in time. 1. When I was a newbie, I tried to lift a very heavy rock with the bucket. As I kept trying to raise the bucket the rock never moved, and I finally discovered that the rear wheels were off the...
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    What's Up With Boeing?

    Absolutely no intent of making light of the situation with this post. Why the heck don't journalists need to know basic grammar? "Maksimović recalled how she unbuckled her seatbelt and grabbed him with another female passenger. " And nice description by Ryanair that the window "dislodged"...
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    Not disagreeing, just pointing out that it also applies to the other side of the uniparty, and bundling bills that can't pass on their own has been routine business as far back as I'm able to remember. The parties play tag team over who's the worst one. In the end, they're both corrupt...
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    What's Up With Boeing?

    A good debate question. If a defective tire fails on a new car, I wouldn't blame the car manufacturer if the tire specs were appropriate for the car. In the past I had a Chrysler vehicle built with a Mitsubishi engine. These engines had a problem with leaking valve seals., and I have a harder...
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    What's Up With Boeing?

    All these false headlines a few weeks ago.. When the accurate headline should have been: Boeing 787 correctly retracts nose landing gear when commanded to by maintenance workers "Proper maintenance procedures directed technicians to install the landing gear downlock pins before...
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