Category: General
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This and That
Happy Birthday(ish) Ally! It was her birthday, very recently, send her a Happy Birthday! I am SOOOO upset Here is the item description: [Support Mini ITX Motherboard] ITX Motherboard dimension 6.7*6.7in (17*17cm). [Support Flex Power Supply Unit] Flex PSU dimension 3.21*1.59*5.91in (81.5*40.5*150mm). [Support 1 Single Slot Full Height PCI-e Expansion Card] To add video card…
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A Little Shake of Pepper (what is a nanosecond)
Correction(s): I made the mistake of trusting Google’s AI answer. Speed of light: Time Distance 1s 299,792,458m 0.001s(1ms) 299,792.458m 0.000001s(1us) 299.792m 0.000000001s(1ns) 0.2997m (299.7mm) 0.000000000001s(1ps) 0.0002997m (0.2997mm) Sorry for that. A pepper grain is the size of a picosecond. A nanosecond is around 11.7 inches, which makes much more sense. My mentor, Mike, had so…
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I Don’t See What the Problem Is
I was raised in a strict Christian, Republican household where my parents always voted Republican, and they passed their views down to us kids. My father passed away about 15 years ago, and my mom remarried—a Democrat. While I’ve mostly leaned conservative, with some occasional moves toward the center, my mom has changed a lot…
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Is it Moral? Is it Legal? Is it Constitutional?
Is it Moral? We all have a moral code. Some people have a moral code that is more restrictive than yours. Some people have a moral code less restrictive than yours. Occasionally, a moral code is imposed by outside authorities. Such a moral code is unlikely to be “your” moral code. You might agree with…
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It’s Late, Nerd Babble/status
We are in the process of moving from the image above to the image below. At least in terms of what the infrastructure looks like. Today I decommissioned an EdgeRouter 4 which features a “fanless router with a four-core, 1 GHz MIPS64 processor, 3 1Gbit RJ45 ports, and 1G SFP port.” When they say “MIPS64”…
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Writing as a job
Allyson is a published author. I am a published author. She works at writing. I was told to write, I did, they published it. When I decided to keep GunFreeZone.net alive, I tried to post multiple times per day. I quickly burned out. Today I have a schedule of once per day, with extras when…
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Things that make you go Hmmm?
For the most part, I’ve stopped writing or reporting on “mass shootings”. They happen. My initial takes are normally wrong. The information that we are fed is designed to tell a story. I hate being a conspiracy guy. My biggest error, so far, has been my initial analysis of the Trump shooting. Having said that,…
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Friends
Christmas is past for another year. It was better than expected. Watching movies with the family was good. My wife insists on “A Christmas Story”, as it is her favorite. I picked “Red One” on a recommendation from Scott Adams on X. The final movie was “A Christmas Story Christmas”. This last hit a bit…
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Merry Christmas!
Here is hoping that the happy man in the red suit brought you all you wish. More importantly, I wish you health and happiness in the coming years. -Chris