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    Money & Economics

    Gee, another fear inducing social media post leaving the reader to guess what's really happening. Even from crappy AP, this at least provides some explanation. European postal services suspend shipment of packages to US over tariffs " The end of an exemption on tariff duties for low-value...
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    Here's another good one: "Trump has discovered a simple trick: If he doesn’t like the number, he changes it." To get the complete humor of this article you have to read it. It argues over and over that until Trump was in office, all the numbers that came out of the government were factual...
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    I ran across a great example of why to not post a link or a headline without at least reading the article first. What's the "staggering" number? Thousands, tens of thousands? No, it's 245 during a 6-month period. (I'd consider that staggeringly low). And why do they do this? "Americans'...
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    My that was diplomatic of you! Aside from politely pointing out the inaccurate description, did you have anything to offer about the issue of a state government providing this level of support for another country, or was it just to air your insult? For anybody interested in the issue, look at...
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    There is an obvious explanation for this. After about 20 years I left Intel right at Y2K. The stock price immediately dropped and has never recovered to what it was back then. ;)
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    bidens incredible transition to electric cars

    Got this today. Being a hopeless liberal state, Oregon has aggressively pushed electric cars, plus we coincidentally have a fairly new data center nearby. I'm sure that will cut back so the ordinary people won't have to :D:rofl::D.
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    There has to be a lot of BS hocus-pocus with this Intel deal. Look at the confusing statements in the same report: The U.S. agreed to purchase a 9.9% stake in Intel for $8.9 billion at a price of $20.47 a share, The government will purchase the 433.3 million shares with funding from the $5.7...
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    Bernie thinks this is great. Who would have thunk it?
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    Funny / Satire

    Anybody else remember what a fried selenium rectifier smells like? Wikipedia: During catastrophic failure they produce significant quantities of malodorous and highly toxic hydrogen selenide that let the repair technician know what the problem was.
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    Windows 10 EOS (22H2) Oct. 14, 2025

    Lucky for me, Win 7 isn't expiring in the foreseeable future.
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    On tariffs, I'm looking at it just the opposite, saying short term it's a bad thing because it will raise prices and disrupt commerce. Long term a good thing by bringing more jobs, manufacturing and know-how back into the country. Besides plain old common sense, it's a national security issue...
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    NVR vs Blue Iris

    There are so many existing threads for this and I'm too lazy to write up my take on it again. Without any specifics, there are pros and cons to both, and there's a pretty big polarization for one way or the other from different forum members. For myself, I'm running both in parallel because...
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    How would you do this install, that has a 3 ft crawl space?

    I'm no expert, but I think if you drill from the inside out you might end up with a pretty ugly exit hole. Could avoid that by drilling a small hole from the inside to be a locator, then drill the big one from the outside.
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    That destroyer at the top of the picture is so big it looks like you could almost land a plane on it.
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    New Study Links Fenbendazole to Remission or Near-Remission in Three Stage IV Cancer Patients

    A few states have made Ivermectin OTC, but all of the USA sources I've looked at are price gouging. I've had a few batches of various meds shipped from India pharmacies and they've all worked out. They actually ship from some small island, to minimize shipping and/or customs hassles I presume...
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    Money & Economics

    Agreed, plus in the case of computer science degrees, I suspect a big part of this is the typical overshoot that happens with large supply and demand systems. The lure of the "six figure salaries" I'm guessing created an oversupply of degree holders, while at the same time the industry matured...
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    Pandemic threat? Anyone else concerned?

    Maybe this article is true, maybe not, I'm not addressing that. But it's another example of journalistic malpractice. The first sentence says : "A chilling new analysis has revealed that sudden deaths among younger airline pilots continue to surge", yet one example with numbers says "Since...
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    How would you do this install, that has a 3 ft crawl space?

    I had the best result on a concrete foundation using a core drill that attaches to an angle grinder. Hole size was 1-3/4", for 1-1/2" PVC. It makes for a pretty clean hole instead of the ragged edges with a hammer drill, especially at the exit end. I was pretty intimidated by this thing...
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    Money & Economics

    The Fed’s Refusal To Cut Interest Rates Is Costing Americans "Trump claims that by keeping interest rates high, the Fed is “hurting people” and preventing Americans “from buying houses”" "By maintaining the current federal funds rate, the Federal Open Market Committee perpetuates its current...
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    Money & Economics

    What would happen if America started faking its economic data? As if it hasn't already been faked for a long time? Only need to look at the phony inflation numbers and deficit forecasts. "While there’s no indication the data has been rigged (assertions from the White House aside) – or will...
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    Money & Economics

    Balanced budget and no inflationary increase in the money supply. Let the people see how much they're really paying in, instead of stealing behind their back. Not a realistic solution, however, because it's the thieves, liars, and power hungry who migrate to government, while most honest...
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    Money & Economics

    Except if you pay tax on that phony 4.5-5% "gain".
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    Money & Economics

    Wait...There's More! Average American to receive $3,752 tax cut in 2026 from Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill:’ report says How much does the "no tax on social security" play into it? $6,000 added deduction @ 22% = $1,320. That other $2,432 must be coming from someplace else I can't find.
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    Dahua WizColor 5x59-PRO and SmartLight 5x59-IL new series

    This is all very interesting. The specs and features make it sound like PRO is the premium line, but as often happens, it's all about marketing. Your comment about the IL line being the continuation of the 5442 looks to be very true. Things like specs for the lenses, light sensitivity...
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    Money & Economics

    Something actually went down in price for me. I just bought 1,000 gallons of propane for next winter at 1.99/gal, down from 2.05 last year. A rare exception to the trend.
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    Dahua WizColor 5x59-PRO and SmartLight 5x59-IL new series

    Am I the only one who can't keep these new models straight? The names have no useful meaning, might as well be random numbers. I need a name + model number decoder for dummies, or somebody who does understand just saying what to buy while I stay in ignorant bliss.
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    T5442T-ZE replacement cable

    I nominate this for understatement of the day.
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    Money & Economics

    Don't underestimate the manipulations they can do and the games they can play. It wasn't that many years ago when 1% looked like a good rate, relative to the even worse rates.
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    Does it matter if you use CAT5e for a long run?

    Ran across this visual aid today. Looks like the lightning risk is a lot lower on the west coast. In Florida, if the gators don't get you the lightning will.
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    Mystery part (SOLVED)

    After about 6 weeks the mystery is solved. The red doohickey fell out of the handle of my half inch torque wrench. I'd like to claim that I finally remembered, but the truth is that I used the wrench today, and when ready lock the torque setting, the turn-to-lock part wasn't there. Good...
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