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[joemontana-channel/on] No can do, Cowboy! [joemontana-channel/off]

If I had aspirations to become a Twitter troll, that would absolutely be my handle.

@george-k said in Something jon would post:

Classic dickpicnic.

Sorry Horace, but I'm sure you'll agree this is funnier coming from George.

@aqua-letifer said in Ken Burns: This Is The Most Fraught Time In The History Of Our Republic:

Everyone should take a minute to slow-pan through that article.

LOLZ

@renauda said in Hydrogen vs. Ammonia:

https://www.power-eng.com/gas/op-ed-whats-the-verdict-on-ammonia-as-fuel-or-as-hydrogen-carrier/#gref

Thanks for that. Fascinating stuff.

I saw Barton-Pine about 5 years ago. I wrote about it here.

In that thread, I commented on her injury.

On January 16, 1995, Pine was severely injured in a train accident in the suburb of Winnetka, where she taught violin lessons. As she was exiting a Metra commuter train with her violin over her shoulder, the doors closed on the strap to her case, pinning her left shoulder to the train. The doors, which were controlled remotely and had no safety sensors, failed to reopen, and she was dragged 366 feet (112 meters) by the train before being pulled underneath and run over, severing one leg and mangling the other. Pine was saved by the prompt application of tourniquets by several passengers who disembarked from the train after pulling its emergency brake handles.

She sued Metra and the Chicago and North Western Transportation Company for compensation for her injuries and legal and medical expenses. Metra argued that she made the choice not to extricate her arm from the strap of the violin case due to the value of the instrument, a 400-year-old Amati valued at around $500,000, and thus she carried most of the blame for her injuries. The jury ruled in Pine's favor. Metra changed its conductor safety procedures following the incident and made other changes to the trains themselves.

Daniel Barenboim, the conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, organized a benefit concert and raised over $75,000 after she was injured.[43] After a two-year hiatus to allow for recovery from her injuries, aided by numerous surgeries and physical therapy, Pine resumed her career.

That's it! Except with a lot more detail than whatever my source had provided.

Thanks, Phibes!

@george-k said in The IRS sends a letter from Uncle Joe:

It was not informative,

Actually the letter is informative, it contains the specific IRS estimate of the benefit due to the recipient.

Having said that I agree these letters are shitty. As were the trump ones.

Apple has gone ARM for the laptops and desktops, Microsoft will also move their Surface line if laptops and tablets to ARM. I run Windows in a Parallels virtual machine anyway. I will just use the ARM version of Windows whenever Parallels and the Windows application I need support ARM natively. I will keep my current Intel-based Mac with Windows 10 running in Parallels until then.

From the Preface: On September 18, [1865], Lee, riding his horse Traveller, arrived in Lexington, Virginia, to take up the appointment of President of Washington College, which he had accepted at the invitation of the rector and trustees.

<snip>

Though his experiences were extraordinary and his stamina and intelligence well above average, Traveller must have shared the basic psychology common to all horses. His fears and pleasures, his eternal hopefulness, his striving to interpret events beyond his comprehension, and his convinced misunderstandings , will be as familiar as the smell of a horse to any rider.

(The story opens in the setting of Washington College. It is nighttime. Traveller is asleep in his stall. He is dreaming.)

The Blue men! The Blue men! They've got round behind us, they're in among those thick trees! The guns -- the guns -- I shall go mad! The ground's shaking. Run! Run! A horse that's afeared has to run, what else?

Pressure of Marse Robert's knees; steady hand smoothing my neck. "Easy, Traveller, easy."

<snip>

The smoke! I can't see anything! Stand still! Must stand still! The Blue men are coming! No, it's the Yell! The Yell! Over there in the trees! It's Cap-In-His-Eyes is coming!

Oh, I -- my legs, this straw -- Where am I? I'm in the stable! It's just another of those dad-blamed dreams! No Blue men -- not anymore. No guns. I'm all a-sweat. Better stand up.

https://www.amazon.com/Traveller-Richard-Adams-ebook/dp/B00Q8KXQUM/ref=sr_1_7?dchild=1&keywords=Traveller&qid=1626684729&s=books&sr=1-7

As everybody knows, math education around here is freaking great. I hope the CRT isn't as effective.

Sweet baby! 😻

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/mackinac-bridge-reopens-after-closure-due-to-bomb-threat-michigan-officials-say/2557725/

Take them out to your grill, shucked, and baste them with salty butter while they cook on medium heat.

Does it hurt when you assume pretzel form?

The biggest enemy our country faces is the democrat party. We have passed the point of trying to reason with them, and they have no desire to reason with anyone. As a nation we must either give the country up, or drive them out of even the smallest position of power.

Hope they release a podcast ... let's see how "insane" the conversation really is. My guess is that it'll be pretty reasonable and interesting.

What do people use Chromebase for?
Just a terminal to run the Chrome browser on a big(ger) screen?