Recent content by jtr1962

That wasn't my intent but yes, it could be taken as kind of patronizing and cliche. Last time I was in love was when I was 19. That didn't work out obviously. After that I sort of gave up pursuing people. It helped that I didn't meet anyone I found particularly interesting. My attitude has...

My cat isn't so good at conversation, either. I'm also in the process of organizing my place a bit. Over ten years of taking care of mom meant I let lots of things slide. Yeah, long distance relationships are hard. Heck, I lost touch with my high school friends after school ended and we were in...

How's the living alone situation going? I'm guessing it's an even bigger adjustment for you than for me. I couldn't have anything resembling a conversation with my mother although she was still physically there.

This is exactly why I'm still using 7. If MS wants people to upgrade, they need to make the process seamless where all your old software and settings remain.

It reminds me of the case my old 386 is in. Beige cases were almost always disgusting. I never understood the point of picking a color that looks like a faded white case that's been outside in the sun for decades. Either make it white, or make it black. Or even some shade of gray.

Color me surprised. It's been 14 or 15 years I think since I last bought a spinning drive. Their fragility is a show stopper. Kick the case accidentally while the drive is spinning and all that data may be gone. Plus the cost difference per TB isn't that large any more. Maybe $20/TB for HDD...

Realistically though how many people use mechanical drives these days? SSDs are under $50/TB and few people need more than 2TB of storage. Even 4TB is affordable now. With NVME on nearly all motherboards, and USB drives for portable storage, you don't even need drive bays any more. That said...

Tell me about it. Until my mother passed I never lived alone, outside of one semester in college when I had my own dorm room. Living alone sucks. Yes, you have freedom in that there are no fights about how to manage things in the home, but you also have nobody to talk to on a regular basis.

The tariffs literally put me out of business. For the foreseeable future I have no income unless Trump reverses course.

I'm honestly surprised it's not more than that. 450Wh/km * 235km/h = 105.75kW = 142HP. That seems like a fairly low amount of power to maintain 235km/h. Driving at high-speed train speeds sounds like a lot of fun.

And the market rout continues. Down and down she goes, where she stops nobody knows.

I'm already liberated from my 401K, IRAs, etc. Down over 30% since Trump took office. If this keeps up Trump will solve global warming. The breeze from all the stockbrokers jumping out the windows will cool the planet down. :ROFLMAO:

My brother redid the brake lines on two of his cars with stainless steel himself. He ordered stainless steel line and a flaring tool. Now he'll never have to worry about the brake lines rusting.

Bringing nukes into it is basically a mutually assured destruction scenario. Nobody wins. The USSR had a civil war which broke it up and nukes weren't used. If we can secure a peaceful splitting of the country in two or three pieces even better. They don't like us anyway, so why would they want...

Because it's harder to maintain control in a country where at least 60% don't want them in power. We're fast heading towards a civil war. Despite the bravado of Trump and his followers, they will come up on the losing side if that happens.