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O/T but I wonder if this type of PSU will take off?

LOL. I hope you didn't think that I thought that was a real news report. ;)

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That would be the smart thing to do if I planned on using my Coleman camping stove for anything short of a full grid/utilities down situation. If the "panic/shortage" situation doesn't improve in a month I'll just pick up a few 20lb tanks as well. I did buy a bunch of "strike-on-anything"...

Scores of videos on YouTube describing the great TP shortage of 2020. As I mentioned I would above, I went back to the local Fry's Marketplace Supermarket this afternoon. The store was even more crowded than yesterday and for a normal Friday afternoon. Most items previously OOS have not been...

I also believe this is the case. Like the TP shortage now. Once people realize they overreacted and stripped the stores they will stop buying like crazy, supplies will return and things will stabilize.

I think I'll return to the same store tomorrow or the next day after that and see if things are being restocked or not. I didn't wipe anything down with wipes. If I stop posting annoying posts you'll know why. ;) I do have about 20, 2-liter plastic soda pop containers that I re-filled with...

I was running low on groceries so I needed to hit the store. A bit busier than normal for a Thursday afternoon but nothing out of the ordinary. Except: - NO TP. - NO Flushable wipes/hand wipes. - NO Paper towels. - NO Napkins. - NO bulk bottled water. - Minimal disinfectant cleaners. -...

In other news my HOA has cancelled all community events (10+ different things) for the remainder of March. This is a 55+ community. Maybe I should hit the stores one more time and buy 200 cans of beans and some TP and ride out the panic! ;) This. Plus there are going to be a whole poop-ton...

Link of above snapshot. Another link to above here. This link updated as well: https://www.isitcanceledyet.com/

I wonder if all the corruption associated with the IOC will prevent the 2020 Olympics from being cancelled. Gotta keep the payoffs rolling in.

E3 2020 cancelled. Everything is being cancelled. It's was scheduled three months from now (June 9-11) in L.A. Are all these conferences going to be un-cancelled if things calm down relatively soon?

From ETonline.com, "Tom Hanks Reveals He and Rita Wilson Tested Positive for Coronavirus."

NBA to suspend season following Wednesday's games. From ESPN.COM, "NBA suspends season until further notice after player tests positive for the coronavirus." Things are getting serious now.

NAB 2020 delayed. (National Association of Broadcasters) From the linked page... "Dear NAB Show community, As you know, we have been carefully monitoring coronavirus developments both domestically and globally over the past few weeks. In the interest of addressing the health and safety...

I saw this pic on hardforum showing drop in air pollution in China due to factory shutdowns. Don't know if it's accurate, but it is interesting.

The Coachella music festival has been moved from April to October.

Welcome to 1967. At least that's the last year AZ used DST. Yep. There are some goofy time zone areas in the northeast part of AZ, specifically within the Hopi and Navajo Nations.

Is Linus a truly a dope or just pretends to be a dope so people will feel superior watching his videos and want to watch more to see what dopey thing he will do next??! I guess with 10M YouTube subs he's doing something right.

I just received an email from BestBuy regarding COVID-19. (see below) I'm starting to see this standard boilerplate corporate response from many different sources now. Even my HOA sent out an email with almost the same wording as the BestBuy email regarding "increasing cleaning services and...

Linus installs 320 TB into a Define 7 XL case. Works out to just about a $1000 (NO drives/video card) for a huge capacity NAS setup.

I wonder how many of these companies cancelling their trade show appearances are just using COVID-19 as an excuse to get out of attending the show without having to explain to shareholders or the public the real reason they do not want to attend.

Sounds like it would be a nightmare to get a nice, working, digital copy. I think that's a better copy-protection than encryption. Free/possible to copy but such a PITA nobody will do it.

Nikon will not participate in NAB 2020 due to COVID-19.

Buy a Computer. Right now.

Well it is text. Although when you open the file it looks like a horrific CSV file. I was hoping to find a non-brower JSON file viewer but it's a moot point. I just restored an old bookmark file, copied down the "important" bookmark descriptions, then restored a current bookmark file. I...

I was in the middle of my meltdown from my bookmark issue, then this "front.jpg" issue popped up and my puny brain could not figure it out. I guess it just didn't "click" for me. If the file was named cover.jpg or art.jpg, instead of front.jpg, I'd eventually figure it out? Plus I thought the...

/rant So the newer versions of Firefox don't have the "description" field in the bookmarks. So when I, WAS UPGRADED AGAINST MY WILL WITH NO WAY TO PREVENT FIREFOX FROM UPDATING!!!!!11111!!!!1! all the descriptions were stripped out of the bookmarks. I had saved some username/passwords to...

WTF? If I open a .WMA file with VLC and there is a .JPG file called "Front.jpg" in the same folder, VLC will open/display the Front.JPG file while playing the .WMA file. If I rename the JPG file, it won't display when I open the WMA. I tried coping a different .WMA file into folder and that...

I wonder if the summer 2020 Olympics in Japan will be cancelled? Naw, billions of dollars at stake.

Does Win 8 act the same way? My pop has to enter a user/password to login and I'd like to strip that off if possible.

The previously mentioned error message while accessing Gmail via Firefox has returned randomly after a few days. See pic above. I have to hit <ctrl-F5> to force a cache-less refresh of the page and then it loads. I monitor three Gmail addresses and as I load each account, first two might load...

MUCH THANKS in advance for reading this long mess of a post. tl;dr: I F'ed up. Got UN-F'ed. Error happened. Error went away. Discovered something new. Confused as usual. Questions. ----- I goofed again. So it's another pain-in-the-ass, frustrating, confusing night. I have two "users"...

The Camera & Imaging Products Association (CIPA) has cancelled the CP+ 2020 trade show to be held in Yokohama, Japan on Feb 27 due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

Well it looks like we will see it. Canon's EOS R5 will shoot 8k video. Canon officially announces the EOS R5. Canon also announced the RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1 IS lens and 1.4x and 2x extenders.

The Nikon D6 has been officially announced. Same resolution. No 4K60 video. No RAW video. No PDAF in LV. Electronic shutter fps only 10.5 fps Vs 20 fps for Sony and Canon. Same $6500 price tag. Bump from 12 to 14 fps mech shutter and a GPS module now included. This is not the D6 I was...

I see you are both using the Fractal Design Define R6 case. Looks even nicer than the R4 case I used for my now ancient 2013 3770k build:

I'm just having trouble wrapping my head around 8K video and a mid $3k price point. If the price is $5-6k+ or it is 8k TIMELAPSE instead of 8k30p video then the rumor seems a lot less crazy. Canon seems to be on a marketing roll lately. The 1DX3 actual upgrades; AF module, AF-selection...

Linus is critically low on drive space. He only has 20TB left!!!

Yeah saw troll post. 8K30. 4K120. LOL. Aren't 8k cameras like $10k+ 12fps mechanical, 20fps electronic @ 45MP. Dream come true. 7-8 stops of stabilization w/ IBIS+IS. Isn't 6 stops like the theoretical max? Now if said dream camera costs MORE than a 1DX3, a lot more, say $9500, then those...

Jtr your older appliances are probably old enough that they are actually well made and built to last. While something only moderately old might already be on its last legs so to speak due to current "planned obsolesce" manufacturing. The A/C dying in the summer with 115+F highs and 90+F lows...

/sweating bullets My HVAC unit is over 16 yo. I'm living on borrowed time. Big time.

It's good to hear everything went OK Sed. Keep plugging away and keep the faith.

My guesses for the list price of new Nikon gear were fairly close. Actual pre-order prices: D780=$2300. 120-300mm=$9500. 70-200S=$2600. The D780 and the mega/super zoom seem a bit high, but at least the mega/super zoom (if the MTFs are accurate) is stellar. The $2600 for the 70-200mm S lens is...

Yeah I saw that 1D X III article. Canon upgraded and downgraded their video just a bit. Is 5.4k RAW video so exciting that they'd compromise DPAF @ 4k for it? I'm sure the III will be an amazing camera but I was getting the feeling the Canonites were like, "is this it?" regarding their...

Some early pics of the D780. $2k FX camera in 2020 without a vertical grip or joystick? Really? I have a feeling the D780 is going to be as big a failure as the D7500 was/is. Sad.

Nikon plans major announcements for the CES. - D780 DSLR. - Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 120-300mm f/2.8E FL ED SR VR. - Z-mount 70-200mm f/2.8. - Coolpix P950 "mega-zoom" camera. My guesses are the mega/super zoom will retail around $7.5-9k and the Z-mount 70-200/2.8 will be $2800. Some of the D780...

^^^ Agree with SD and JTR regarding the student loan mess. Lets see: 1) promise everybody kid in America a college education; 2) guarantee loans to those kids; 3) college/university education costs skyrocket as a result; 4) students with crap degrees and huge debt they can't pay; 5) banks...