Author: awa
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Friday Feedback
A.A.R.P. with SCOTUS This is just sitting there, waiting for the Justices to give an opinion. This is a motion for terrorists being removed under the Alien Enemies Act to be paused. The legal argument is that the terrorists haven’t been given enough warning to petition for a hearing. The argument also includes statements that…
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Friday Feedback
Trump Before The Supreme Court Thursday afternoon, the Supreme Court consolidated three cases on appeal from by the administration and scheduled oral arguments for May 15, 2025, at 10 a.m. 24A884, 24A885, and 24A886 are consolidations of 10 different cases, though some of those are duplicates as they came through the circuit courts. Pursuant to…
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Friday Feedback
SCOTUS is Busy Yost v. Brown et al. was just granted a stay. The plaintiffs (not bad guys) are attempting to get an initiative on the ballet. Before this happens, the AG of Ohio reviews the summaries of the initiative to verify that it is an accurate summation. The AG’s opinion differed from the plaintiffs…
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That New Car Feeling Well, a portion of the inheritance from my parents arrived. I gave myself a small amount and the wife. Money that wasn’t spoken for in other ways. The last few times I’ve needed a rental car, I’ve gotten a current version of my Toyota Tacoma. Every time I came away wishing…
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Friday Feedback
Vanderstock I am unhappy with the decision because it feels like we got played. I’m with Alito on this one. My issue with the decision is that outside things are considered when determining what a thing is. I have a Bridgeport mill in my workshop. Does my having that tool mean that, for me, an…
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Friday Feedback
My Luck be with you In an amazingly lucky series of events, having nothing to do with skill or will power, Kash Patel is reporting that the FBI has captured 3 of the FBI’s top ten since January 20th. There is no way that this had anything to do with policy changes, it must have…
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Friday Feedback
Nerd Babble, the good git is a source code control system. It is the most powerful or one of the most powerful SCS’s I’ve used. Like all powerful things, you can break it in hundreds of different ways. One of its most powerful features is the concept of a remote repository. While other SCS were…
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Friday Feedback
What’s a few electrons between friends? We had a power hit Thursday morning. Almost everything recovered fine. Two machines needed to be kicked in the pants and one needed a BIOS configuration change. All in all, a good test of stability and reliability. Just how slow is that box? I’m embarrassed to say. I’ve been…
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Dunce of the Week
That would be me. Everything finally came together with the new system. Then I went and messed it all up. The motherboard has a weak Ethernet. It is a 10/100 Ethernet, which is NOT a problem for a management interface. When I upgrade the box to have full redundancy, it will get a dual port…
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Friday Feedback
Four Steps Forward Yesterday was supposed to be the end of a long battle with hardware. I had used the tools at hand to modify the case to hold the motherboard correctly. All that remained was to plug it in. Yeah, not so much. Access to the lower basement is via bulkhead doors. In case…