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General Category => In General => Topic started by: ProDeo on February 01, 2024, 05:17:38 AM
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On one of hard disks I rediscovered a game I played ~12 years ago and also became popular by my grandchildren. It's a nice shooting game, good graphics, fun story and I started to play it again.
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Chickens. For centuries we have oppressed them, grilling, roasting, stewing, and stuffing them in buns. We should have known the time would come for us to pay. And it did.
Intergalactic chickens invaded Earth, seeking revenge for the oppression of their earthly brethren. They came out of nowhere, and everywhere. It was only you who managed to repel the invasion, and saved humanity from an eternity of servitude.
Then, things got serious. The intergalactic chickens assaulted the solar system and tried make sure that every planet was inhabited exclusively by chickens. Yet again, it was you who took the world's fate in your ketchup-stained hands and saved the day.
But it isn't over yet. Once more, it's time to don your non-stick egg-repulsing helmet and fight for our ancestral right to omelettes. Only you can make a difference. Will you succeed? Will the future of chicken burgers be secure? Or will you end up as part of the menu in a galactic chicken restaurant?
http://www.interactionstudios.com/ci3/careertable.php
After all these years I am still at place 6 as "opi", the pet name of my grandchildren.
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Ha, that reminds me of the time I resurrected an old computer so I could play Grand Theft Auto on it again. I honestly have no idea whether it would run on my current computer. I used to run it under Windows 98. It was kinda fun driving a tank around the town - it doesn't matter if the traffic ahead stopped when you're driving a tank, and if the police come out with a road block that doesn't matter either.
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In the late 80's through the mid-90's, I was a fan of the King's Quest and Space Quest games. I had the entire series of Roger Wilco adventures, and it was quite a transition from the cheesy graphics of Space Quest 1 and 2 to the more sophisticated versions (by 90's standards). Nostalgic stuff.
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I played the games on my first computer: a Tandy 3000 NL that Radio Shack foisted on me. That baby had a massive 40 Mb hard drive and a 286 processor that screamed along at a blazing 12 MHz. In that pre-Windows era, I learned to get things done using MS-DOS commands. The technology then seems comical by today's standards.
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I played the games on my first computer: a Tandy 3000 NL that Radio Shack foisted on me. That baby had a massive 40 Mb hard drive and a 286 processor that screamed along at a blazing 12 MHz. In that pre-Windows era, I learned to get things done using MS-DOS commands. The technology then seems comical by today's standards.
40MB hard drive? Newfangled nonsense....
It seems comical to compare technology then to now but back then if you wrote software you had to do it properly. You couldn't just assume you could take up as much disk space as you wanted, you couldn't assume there would be enough memory, and you had to contain bloated code or it wouldn't run.
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Waiting for the mechanics to finish with my car.
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On the topic of hard drives I added another dead one to my collection. It was a 250GB parallel ATA drive that was once hosted in a simple NAS. Now most of it is in the trash, the magnets are stuck to an old water pipe and the platters are mixed up with the platters from some other drives. I keep thinking there's some scope to do something cool with a bunch of old hard drive platters but I'm not sure quite what.
Having passed the strong magnets over the platters several times and then mixed them all up I'm confident the data is mangled.
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In a few years, such platters will be little more than relics of the past. I've always been fascinated by computer technology, and am amazed by the pace at which it's advancing. The computational power of CPU's and the capacity of hard drives has proliferated exponentially to bring us to the era of the supercomputer, and the crown jewel known as the Frontier. On the cusp of futuristic quantum, nano, and biological computing, what now seems like science fiction will soon become reality. Combined with AI, what is not even conceivable right now will become achievable. And that potential is at once both exhilarating and unsettling--and I believe, a harbinger of the time of the end.
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In a few years, such platters will be little more than relics of the past. I've always been fascinated by computer technology, and am amazed by the pace at which it's advancing. The computational power of CPU's and the capacity of hard drives has proliferated exponentially to bring us to the era of the supercomputer, and the crown jewel known as the Frontier. On the cusp of futuristic quantum, nano, and biological computing, what now seems like science fiction will soon become reality. Combined with AI, what is not even conceivable right now will become achievable. And that potential is at once both exhilarating and unsettling--and I believe, a harbinger of the time of the end.
Even now it seems like it's getting harder to get a regular magnetic hard drive unless you want an enormous great thing. I remember holding off on an SSD because they topped out at 1TB and even one that size was hugely expensive. A couple of years ago I put a 4TB SSD in my laptop for something like $400.
The way technology is advancing is unsettling. My concern is that so many people seem to sleepwalk into a dystopian nightmare. In 1984 people were forced to have telescreens, in 2024 it seems people can't get enough of the technology that listens to them and watches them, and relays what it sees and hears to some unknown server to be processed by persons unknown and stored in locations unknown.
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In the late 80's through the mid-90's, I was a fan of the King's Quest and Space Quest games. I had the entire series of Roger Wilco adventures, and it was quite a transition from the cheesy graphics of Space Quest 1 and 2 to the more sophisticated versions (by 90's standards). Nostalgic stuff.
Ah, yes, King's Quest and Space Quest, I liked Space Quest better, those were the days.
My first home computer was the TRS-80 from Tandy (1980), just 16Kb memory, with cassette tape to store information. It took 5-10 minutes to load a (chess) program. All of that for 2600 dutch guilders, about $7000 nowadays.
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Ah, yes, King's Quest and Space Quest, I liked Space Quest better, those were the days.
I was partial to Space Quest as well, and ended up getting the entire series. Only thing with SQ was, you had to save your game frequently in case you got killed, so you didn't have to start over. But yeah, I miss those days too. (There are websites available to play most of the original games online for free, but I haven't checked it out).
My first home computer was the TRS-80 from Tandy (1980), just 16Kb memory, with cassette tape to store information. It took 5-10 minutes to load a (chess) program. All of that for 2600 dutch guilders, about $7000 nowadays.
As I said, my first was a Tandy 3000 NL, which I bought on credit at Radio Shack (and probably paid 3 times more than it was actually worth). I was a complete newbie, but learned on my own quickly. I was thrilled when I finally got Windows, and was able to point and click to get things done instead of typing all those DOS commands. Yeah, that was a simpler time I look back on with fond remembrance.
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The early days of Windows made it easy to use point-and-click but you still needed to fiddle with all the DOS startup files to configure stuff. Then came Plug-and-Pray, and things went downhill from there....
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Nothing quite like booting into Win 3.1 from DOS
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It was definitely a long road getting to where we are now. I still remember the sounds of my dial up modem booting up, and connecting to a BBS for the first time. It's laughable compared to the speed and capabilities we have today.
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Will be going to Drama Ministry rehearsal soon. We will be doing an Alice in Wonderland tea. I'm playing The March Hare.
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Will be going to Drama Ministry rehearsal soon. We will be doing an Alice in Wonderland tea. I'm playing The March Hare.
Hope you're checking that watch often, hare, so you won't be late. ;D
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Nothing quite like booting into Win 3.1 from DOS
Windows 3.1? Newfangled nonsense.
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Took a walk in the woods with my wife. One of the less rocky trails, it still had a good chunk of climbing but in the form of rolling hills rather than miles of relentless uphill.
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Nothing quite like booting into Win 3.1 from DOS
Windows 3.1? Newfangled nonsense.
Listen here, Stallman!
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Will be going to Drama Ministry rehearsal soon. We will be doing an Alice in Wonderland tea. I'm playing The March Hare.
Hope you're checking that watch often, hare, so you won't be late. ;D
I'm not the one running late. That's the white rabbit. My watch is stopped. The butter we used in the works didn't work.
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Oh yeah, that's right. The March Hare was mainly concerned with time as it related to the tea party. Everything go as planned?
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A somewhat warm day today, warm enough to run some speed repeats. So I did 10k worth of them, and now my legs hate me. Which is a good thing, if my legs didn't hate me it would mean I hadn't worked hard enough.
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A somewhat warm day today, warm enough to run some speed repeats. So I did 10k worth of them, and now my legs hate me. Which is a good thing, if my legs didn't hate me it would mean I hadn't worked hard enough.
I will drive a total of 79miles today
I’ll need. Nap when I get home…
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If the forecast is right we're due a few days of dry weather that isn't also freezing cold. Hopefully that will mean I can get some wood to replace some floor, and press on with that project.
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On the topic of hard drives I added another dead one to my collection. It was a 250GB parallel ATA drive that was once hosted in a simple NAS. Now most of it is in the trash, the magnets are stuck to an old water pipe and the platters are mixed up with the platters from some other drives. I keep thinking there's some scope to do something cool with a bunch of old hard drive platters but I'm not sure quite what.
Having passed the strong magnets over the platters several times and then mixed them all up I'm confident the data is mangled.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEzfhclKO8Q
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Took the vehicle off an icy country road in Montana. No phone service, getting dark, and below zero F. Got emergency call to local sheriff, who contacted wrecker service. They pulled me out of a deep, snow-filled hole. Totaled lift-gate on vehicle - a sickening sound. Completely wrecked a young pine tree.
Dealer immediately took vehicle (2014 Jeep Trailhawk) as trade-in and I now drive a new 23 Grand Cherokee.
I don't reminisce about the event as it scares the daylights out of me, but things could have been much, much worse. I now avoid Bear Canyon for obvious reasons.
God abundantly answered desperate prayers and got me back on the road in beautiful fashion.
Thank The Lord!
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Wow!
Praise God!
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Amen [!]
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A somewhat warm day today, warm enough to run some speed repeats. So I did 10k worth of them, and now my legs hate me. Which is a good thing, if my legs didn't hate me it would mean I hadn't worked hard enough.
My legs still hate me. So it was a walk today rather than another run. Maybe I can run tomorrow.
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Fighting with the government of Ontario.
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Okay, final phase of moving to Bay Area, Cal. Contractor tools are now history. Utility trailer, chainsaws & firewood equipment to brother in law. Cargo trailer to nephew. Readying final trip. Moving: an ordeal.
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I received my Cefaly migraine treatment device from the VA today, and I'm trying it out now. It's a TENS type device that attaches to the forehead and stimulates the trigeminal nerve. You can set it to treat an active migraine or else to prevent one, which I'm using now. I've tried several different types of injections and half a dozen medications over the years, but only had moderate success. Hopefully, I'll have better luck with this treatment.
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Hope and prayers in this.
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My legs still don't like me much but I went for a moderately gentle run this morning anyway. Hoping to do a long gentle run tomorrow.
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My legs still don't like me much but I went for a moderately gentle run this morning anyway. Hoping to do a long gentle run tomorrow.
In reading this post, I have to laugh. Earlier tonight, during prayer, I mentioned to God for the wisdom to not overdue my bike riding once the temps reach 45+ degrees. At my age, I know the ligaments and tendons need to get used to the mileage before I begin pushing out beyond 10 miles.
I miss the days when a 25 mile ride on a bicycle was a, "nice" ride.
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My legs still don't like me much but I went for a moderately gentle run this morning anyway. Hoping to do a long gentle run tomorrow.
In reading this post, I have to laugh. Earlier tonight, during prayer, I mentioned to God for the wisdom to not overdue my bike riding once the temps reach 45+ degrees. At my age, I know the ligaments and tendons need to get used to the mileage before I begin pushing out beyond 10 miles.
I miss the days when a 25 mile ride on a bicycle was a, "nice" ride.
When I lived in flatter areas 25 miles was the kind of ride it barely felt worth getting the bike out for. Where I live now it's very hilly and I haven't ridden my bike at all in years. Seeing people driving around paying almost no attention to their surroundings doesn't fill me with much confidence either.
It's the usual thing about easing back into something after taking a break. I'd rather not be taking a break but when there's snow and ice everywhere I don't feel like running in it, and a gym membership is only so much use because when it's icy I won't necessarily feel like driving to get to the gym. I fall somewhere in the middle of the gym options - I want to go often enough that a day pass isn't a good way to do it, but not often enough that a monthly membership is worth it.
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If someone ever sees me running please catch whoever is chasing me. ;D
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I got my long gentle run in this morning. It was reasonably gentle, my goal was to keep my heart rate within an easyish band and for the most part I stayed in or close to the band. Going up steady hills invariably pushes me a bit over, and then it takes a little while to get back into my target zone.
Later this afternoon I need to write some code for a project I'm working on.
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It's the usual thing about easing back into something after taking a break. I'd rather not be taking a break but when there's snow and ice everywhere I don't feel like running in it, and a gym membership is only so much use because when it's icy I won't necessarily feel like driving to get to the gym. I fall somewhere in the middle of the gym options - I want to go often enough that a day pass isn't a good way to do it, but not often enough that a monthly membership is worth it.
Even though I'm pushing 70, I try to make myself get some kind of regular exercise. I had purchased a Planet Fitness membership a few years ago, but rarely used it, so I canceled it. About a year ago, I started acquiring a collection of weights which is now complete, and do strength training at home 3 days a week. I need to do some cardio, but I get out of breath so easily--even a brisk walk gets me wheezing. (I have an aortic valve replacement with 10 years of wear and tear on it). Anyway, I push myself to do the best I can.
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It's the usual thing about easing back into something after taking a break. I'd rather not be taking a break but when there's snow and ice everywhere I don't feel like running in it, and a gym membership is only so much use because when it's icy I won't necessarily feel like driving to get to the gym. I fall somewhere in the middle of the gym options - I want to go often enough that a day pass isn't a good way to do it, but not often enough that a monthly membership is worth it.
Even though I'm pushing 70, I try to make myself get some kind of regular exercise. I had purchased a Planet Fitness membership a few years ago, but rarely used it, so I canceled it. About a year ago, I started acquiring a collection of weights which is now complete, and do strength training at home 3 days a week. I need to do some cardio, but I get out of breath so easily--even a brisk walk gets me wheezing. (I have an aortic valve replacement with 10 years of wear and tear on it). Anyway, I push myself to do the best I can.
I started out with regular walking and then starting jogging parts of it, then jogging more parts and longer parts, and went from there. When I look at the stats from my runs these days and compare them to my runs from 2-3 years ago the differences are encouraging - I'm clocking a faster pace with less impact on my heart rate, and if I push my heart rate hard I'm clocking much faster paces.
Sadly once you're older than maybe 40-45 time isn't your friend and you have to fight to preserve fitness.
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Got a real haircut today, Lol. For the past two years I've just been lopping off 4-5 inches about every 8 months or so :o
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These days I get a haircut once a year in December. I have it cut to make look more like Santa
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Someone observed recently that the achievements of the software industry over the last 30 years have been astonishing. They've managed to entirely negate several orders of magnitude of performance improvements provided by the hardware industry.
"I bought the whole CPU and I'm going to use the whole CPU".
"Unused RAM is wasted RAM".
Etc.
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Someone observed recently that the achievements of the software industry over the last 30 years have been astonishing. They've managed to entirely negate several orders of magnitude of performance improvements provided by the hardware industry.
"I bought the whole CPU and I'm going to use the whole CPU".
"Unused RAM is wasted RAM".
Etc.
It doesn't feel like such a big gap between a certain Mr William Gates being quoted as saying "640k (of RAM) should be enough for anyone" and now needing 4GB of RAM just to look at the pretty desktop.
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It doesn't feel like such a big gap between a certain Mr William Gates being quoted as saying "640k (of RAM) should be enough for anyone" and now needing 4GB of RAM just to look at the pretty desktop.
I remember creating a custom boot disk just to free up more RAM for gaming purposes. Ah, the memories.
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Memories???
RAM?
Really guys……
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It doesn't feel like such a big gap between a certain Mr William Gates being quoted as saying "640k (of RAM) should be enough for anyone" and now needing 4GB of RAM just to look at the pretty desktop.
I remember creating a custom boot disk just to free up more RAM for gaming purposes. Ah, the memories.
I remember the seemingly endless requirement to check something would work before trying it - check there's enough memory before allocating it, check there's enough disk space before writing a cache file. Then there was an expectation that an error message would tell the user something useful about what had happened, whereas now an error just says something like "an error has occurred" or "something went wrong" with no indication of whether the problem is with the user input, the connection, the server. Sometimes the user is helpfully told that they might like to "try again later" but again with no indication of whether it's a temporary glitch that will resolve itself if you try again in 30 seconds, or a major server failure that's going to take down the entire system for a week.
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Memories???
RAM?
Really guys……
Don't make me recant the story of Abraham and Isaac and their first computer....
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Once saw a ram take on a front-end loader.
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It's too cold to run so I went for a walk. The wind gusts weren't supposed to start until after lunch but obviously didn't read the weather forecast.
Once I warmed up I got to writing some code. I still need to figure out how to turn the long planks I have sitting around into flooring. Before I get started I need to temporarily remove a door so I can get at the floor underneath the frame. In theory it should be easy, I just need to figure out how to keep the cat from exploring if the door is removed. I don't know if I can start and finish the flooring job fast enough that I can just take the door out, do the work, and put the door back before the cat notices there's a new space to explore. It may be I need to fall back on something more primitive, like a board screwed into place, so I can take a break from the work without having to put the door back on.
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I remember the seemingly endless requirement to check something would work before trying it
Today's kids like to make fun of the "old school" types, but we're much batter at getting programs to run/install/what have you then they are. If it isn't plug and play they don't know what to do. Even the IT types are sometimes baffled.
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Trying to decide if I need to bring my body armor with me when I visit Chicago in a couple of months.
Anyone know? I'm thinking a bullet-proof vest at minimum
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Trying to decide if I need to bring my body armor with me when I visit Chicago in a couple of months.
Anyone know? I'm thinking a bullet-proof vest at minimum
Go ahead and shoot yourself and get a head start….
Dangerous place
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But...but...Chicago has some of the toughest gun laws in the nation. Shouldn't that make it one of the safest cities?
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Awesome city, Chicago. Stick to the itinerary.
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Trying to decide if I need to bring my body armor with me when I visit Chicago in a couple of months.
Anyone know? I'm thinking a bullet-proof vest at minimum
Hard or soft armor?
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Trying to decide if I need to bring my body armor with me when I visit Chicago in a couple of months.
Anyone know? I'm thinking a bullet-proof vest at minimum
Hard or soft armor?
Soft probably, but steel plate somethings are always interesting.
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If you carry your illegally purchased handgun sideways you will look like a native...
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If you carry your illegally purchased handgun sideways you will look like a native...
I dunno, I was hoping to look a bit more John Wickish with a TTI/Glock 34
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You would stick out like a sore thumb if you could actually put rounds on target…
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You would stick out like a sore thumb if you could actually put rounds on target…
That's why law-abiding gun owners only need 10 rounds. It's only the criminals who spray bullets indiscriminately figuring they'll hit something sooner or later. So people say anyway.
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You would stick out like a sore thumb if you could actually put rounds on target…
I'm pretty skilled with rifles and shotguns. I have never shot a handgun, though.
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You would stick out like a sore thumb if you could actually put rounds on target…
That's why law-abiding gun owners only need 10 rounds. It's only the criminals who spray bullets indiscriminately figuring they'll hit something sooner or later. So people say anyway.
I'd rather EDC two 15 round mags for my G19, than three 10 round mags.
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Trying to decide if I need to bring my body armor with me when I visit Chicago in a couple of months.
Anyone know? I'm thinking a bullet-proof vest at minimum
Hard or soft armor?
Soft probably, but steel plate somethings are always interesting.
Steel, while guaranteed to stop even most (even multiple hit, all hits) rifle rounds, will be heavy and without any standard layering to catch spalling (as the round shatters), can be dangerous.
Soft armors are great due to consealability but limits protection to high powered pistol rounds and less.
Visiting a city, the soft armor would be great for this time of year. If you can carry a backpack, a steel plate is more easier managed and spalling will damage contents in the bag, not flesh. Just have to be quick to shift the pack to the front if facing incoming fire.
Any Polyethylene type armor is great for a backpack (much lighter too) because deformation will not be of any negative affect while it can stop multiple rifle rounds. In a plate carrier, great until deformation begins to break ribs. Ceramic is best for plate carriers but can be limited on multiple hits.
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You would stick out like a sore thumb if you could actually put rounds on target…
That's why law-abiding gun owners only need 10 rounds. It's only the criminals who spray bullets indiscriminately figuring they'll hit something sooner or later. So people say anyway.
I'd rather EDC two 15 round mags for my G19, than three 10 round mags.
Only 15 rounds? I thought they'd be slightly bigger than that.
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Alternating time between writing some code for a project I've been putting off for a while now, and laying some new floor. Before I can lay the floor I need to cut the existing floor and then cut the new floor how I want it. My local lumber yard sells wood in a range of finishes, so I usually go for the cheapest that works for me. I can cut it to length and width myself, as long as the faces are good. I have a planer but prefer not to run too much through it as it makes a huge noise and it's just another heavy tool to lug around to where I have space to feed stuff in and then feed it out again.
Some day I need to set up a router sled so I can surface big stuff without the need for lots of space to feed stuff in and out. Maybe I can rig up something like a small blade on an angle grinder to create something like a table saw but where the saw moves rather than the material. That would save me a lot of space. I'd just need to figure out a way to make sure it would work without cutting fingers off with the surplus wood.
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I'm pretty skilled with rifles and shotguns. I have never shot a handgun, though.
I'm the opposite. All my training and experience is with handguns.
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I'm pretty skilled with rifles and shotguns. I have never shot a handgun, though.
I'm the opposite. All my training and experience is with handguns.
two related but entirely different skill sets
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two related but entirely different skill sets
Are the skills transferrable in any way? Or would I be a complete newbie with long guns?
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two related but entirely different skill sets
Are the skills transferrable in any way? Or would I be a complete newbie with long guns?
Very transferable
Acquisition of sight picture is a little different because of focal length of sights
Ballistics is more impacted because if longer distance muzzle to target
Breathing control more at issue
Everything is simply magnified because of longer distances
But the, longer barrel length tends to improve accuracy
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Very transferable
I'm going to have to do this sometime.
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You would stick out like a sore thumb if you could actually put rounds on target…
I'm pretty skilled with rifles and shotguns. I have never shot a handgun, though.
You are wise.
Legal to carry where I live. And 90% of currently armed individuals would get themselves killed if push came to shove, because they have little training, and are not prepared to immediately shoot. They assume having or showing the piece is sufficient. Complete familiarity with the weapon and target practice until proficiency is achieved are essential. If one needs to pull it one needs to be prepared to use it without hesitation.
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You would stick out like a sore thumb if you could actually put rounds on target…
That's why law-abiding gun owners only need 10 rounds. It's only the criminals who spray bullets indiscriminately figuring they'll hit something sooner or later. So people say anyway.
I'd rather EDC two 15 round mags for my G19, than three 10 round mags.
Only 15 rounds? I thought they'd be slightly bigger than that.
15 rounds is standard capacity for the G19, cept in most blue states maxed at 10 rounds. Extenders (illegal in most blue states) can add 1-3 rounds but printing under the shirt increases when concealed. Or, get G17 mags and then the choice can be 17, 19, 24, and even 33 rounds.
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You would stick out like a sore thumb if you could actually put rounds on target…
That's why law-abiding gun owners only need 10 rounds. It's only the criminals who spray bullets indiscriminately figuring they'll hit something sooner or later. So people say anyway.
I'd rather EDC two 15 round mags for my G19, than three 10 round mags.
Only 15 rounds? I thought they'd be slightly bigger than that.
15 rounds is standard capacity for the G19, cept in most blue states maxed at 10 rounds. Extenders (illegal in most blue states) can add 1-3 rounds but printing under the shirt increases when concealed. Or, get G17 mags and then the choice can be 17, 19, 24, and even 33 rounds.
Interesting - my M&P 9mm has a standard 17-round magazine. I thought the G19 was the same.
I'd be curious to see a 33 round magazine in a handgun. That must be a beast.
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You would stick out like a sore thumb if you could actually put rounds on target…
That's why law-abiding gun owners only need 10 rounds. It's only the criminals who spray bullets indiscriminately figuring they'll hit something sooner or later. So people say anyway.
I'd rather EDC two 15 round mags for my G19, than three 10 round mags.
Only 15 rounds? I thought they'd be slightly bigger than that.
15 rounds is standard capacity for the G19, cept in most blue states maxed at 10 rounds. Extenders (illegal in most blue states) can add 1-3 rounds but printing under the shirt increases when concealed. Or, get G17 mags and then the choice can be 17, 19, 24, and even 33 rounds.
Interesting - my M&P 9mm has a standard 17-round magazine. I thought the G19 was the same.
I'd be curious to see a 33 round magazine in a handgun. That must be a beast.
The G17 and G19X have standard 17 round mags.
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I get tired after the 2nd magazine and have to take a break for a snack and a nap.
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Okay. Beloved cargo trailer now history (gone to nephew).
Trip to landfill will finish things up.
End of an era, it seems - miss my tools & equipment already. Final relocation to Bay Area imminent.
Have learned to be content in whatever "State" I am currently in.
EDIT: Sig and all other weapons will be transferred to family.
EDIT: Surviving the Bay Area is not highly probable anyhow.
God knows.
Okay Bye.
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I get tired after the 2nd magazine and have to take a break for a snack and a nap.
;D
I usually carried nine 30 round mags of 5.56 and six 15 round mags of 9mm while deployed and in the back of my mind, prayed I had enough ammo.
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I get tired after the 2nd magazine and have to take a break for a snack and a nap.
;D
I usually carried nine 30 round mags of 5.56 and six 15 round mags of 9mm while deployed and in the back of my mind, prayed I had enough ammo.
Hopefully a walk on the streets of Chicago hasn't yet deteriorated to the point you'd need more ammo than that.
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I get tired after the 2nd magazine and have to take a break for a snack and a nap.
;D
I usually carried nine 30 round mags of 5.56 and six 15 round mags of 9mm while deployed and in the back of my mind, prayed I had enough ammo.
Hopefully a walk on the streets of Chicago hasn't yet deteriorated to the point you'd need more ammo than that.
"If" states honored constitutional carry and responsible American's carried concealed weapons while out and about and maintained defensive weapon posture in their homes, crime would come to a halt real quick like.
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An hour of speed repeats, followed by ripping some boards I plan to lay as a new section of flooring. Now my legs don't like me very much.
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Last night was our first playing of our Alice in Wonderland Tea. We do it again tonight. I have a picture of me as The March Hare but can't figure out how to post it.
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Lone Mountain. Big Sky, Montana.
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Recovering from my trip down the rabbit hole to Wonderland. Getting ready for our next production. The Living Last Supper. We did this last year and I am again playing James. Since I have a copy of the original script I am reviewing my lines. This year we're doing it twice. On Maundy Thursday we will be doing just the Supper. On Good Friday we will be adding The Via Dolorosa. And on March 17 I'll be singing He Looked Beyond My Fault and Saw My Need. The director has me singing the first verse of Danny Boy, which is the melody for the other song. I've written a 2nd verse that I'll be singing. I hope I can get through it as the verse I wrote does have some personal touches.
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Lazy day yesterday. It's warmer today so I'm debating whether to follow my fitness tracker's advice and do a gentle workout, or do something a bit harder given we're due some rain later this week. My tracker only gives me one day's suggestion at a time (newer models go out to a week, I think), and it has an uncanny habit of suggesting than on the nice sunny days I take the day off, and then suggests I go for a long fast run when it's below zero with rain and 40mph wind gusts.
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Did the first honey harvest over the weekend. Normally you wouldn’t harvest until mid summer, but the two hives we bought were full from last fall
Only did a partial harvest to leave the bees some food until the spring nectar flow really kicks off here in about 2-3 weeks
Collected, strained, and bottled 54 pounds of beautiful yummy honey! Oh bother!
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Lazy day yesterday. It's warmer today so I'm debating whether to follow my fitness tracker's advice and do a gentle workout, or do something a bit harder given we're due some rain later this week. My tracker only gives me one day's suggestion at a time (newer models go out to a week, I think), and it has an uncanny habit of suggesting than on the nice sunny days I take the day off, and then suggests I go for a long fast run when it's below zero with rain and 40mph wind gusts.
I decided to do a longer run but relatively gently. I have my watch beep at me if my pulse goes even moderately high and if it does I walk until it's back to my target level. It gets tedious stopping to walk but means I can build a stronger aerobic base.
I considered doing speed repeats again today because I felt pretty strong but since it was less than 24 hours since I power-walked the route I decided to go a little easier on myself. My lower legs ached in the last couple of miles or so.
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Did the first honey harvest over the weekend. Normally you wouldn’t harvest until mid summer, but the two hives we bought were full from last fall
Only did a partial harvest to leave the bees some food until the spring nectar flow really kicks off here in about 2-3 weeks
Collected, strained, and bottled 54 pounds of beautiful yummy honey! Oh bother!
Does your honey tend to be dark or light? I really like dark honey, a couple of friends of ours keep bees and I always get dark honeycomb from them when they have it.
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Fun With Electrics.
Got a couple of new smart doodads for the house. One is a power strip that's easy to work with - just plug it in and connect it. The other is a smart outlet, which was a bit of a drag to set up because I had to move a piece of furniture and replace an existing outlet with the new one. The new one is bigger and only just fit in the backbox, but with a bit of persuasion it all went in. Now I can control a couple of lamps from my phone, set up automatic schedules and other fun stuff.
So far I'm liking these devices. I might get some more for around the house.
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Did the first honey harvest over the weekend. Normally you wouldn’t harvest until mid summer, but the two hives we bought were full from last fall
Only did a partial harvest to leave the bees some food until the spring nectar flow really kicks off here in about 2-3 weeks
Collected, strained, and bottled 54 pounds of beautiful yummy honey! Oh bother!
Does your honey tend to be dark or light? I really like dark honey, a couple of friends of ours keep bees and I always get dark honeycomb from them when they have it.
Fairly dark. I like the complexity of the flavors...that really light stuff sometimes just tastes like sugar water.
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Did the first honey harvest over the weekend. Normally you wouldn’t harvest until mid summer, but the two hives we bought were full from last fall
Only did a partial harvest to leave the bees some food until the spring nectar flow really kicks off here in about 2-3 weeks
Collected, strained, and bottled 54 pounds of beautiful yummy honey! Oh bother!
Does your honey tend to be dark or light? I really like dark honey, a couple of friends of ours keep bees and I always get dark honeycomb from them when they have it.
Fairly dark. I like the complexity of the flavors...that really light stuff sometimes just tastes like sugar water.
Sometimes light honey can have a really pleasant floral flavor to it. Other times, as you say, it tastes like sugar and not much else.
I guess a lot depends on what the bees found.
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Did the first honey harvest over the weekend. Normally you wouldn’t harvest until mid summer, but the two hives we bought were full from last fall
Only did a partial harvest to leave the bees some food until the spring nectar flow really kicks off here in about 2-3 weeks
Collected, strained, and bottled 54 pounds of beautiful yummy honey! Oh bother!
Does your honey tend to be dark or light? I really like dark honey, a couple of friends of ours keep bees and I always get dark honeycomb from them when they have it.
Fairly dark. I like the complexity of the flavors...that really light stuff sometimes just tastes like sugar water.
Sometimes light honey can have a really pleasant floral flavor to it. Other times, as you say, it tastes like sugar and not much else.
I guess a lot depends on what the bees found.
Mine will have a hint of beekeeper flavor…
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Just got back from a 20-hour round trip to London. Did I mention I have a severe lung infection? Flying wasn't fun. (Was for a medical appointment I had booked a year ago.)
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Just got back from a 20-hour round trip to London. Did I mention I have a severe lung infection? Flying wasn't fun. (Was for a medical appointment I had booked a year ago.)
Ouch
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Just got back from a 20-hour round trip to London. Did I mention I have a severe lung infection? Flying wasn't fun. (Was for a medical appointment I had booked a year ago.)
Not good! Will be praying.
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Thanks. :) I'm on antibiotics, and then... the search for an asthmatic condition starts.
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Just got back from a 20-hour round trip to London. Did I mention I have a severe lung infection? Flying wasn't fun. (Was for a medical appointment I had booked a year ago.)
Flying isn't fun at the best of times. Hope you can get your infection sorted!
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Thanks. :) I'm on antibiotics, and then... the search for an asthmatic condition starts.
Just as I suspected.
Cooties.
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Thanks. :) I'm on antibiotics, and then... the search for an asthmatic condition starts.
Just as I suspected.
Cooties.
Oh no, that's no good!
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I think some of you know that one of my hobbies is computer chess, actually my main hobby since 1980. In 1997 I with others created a computer chess forum hosted by a commercial chess shop who offered to write the software for that. In those days there was no decent forum software.
Long story short, in the last 5 years the forum became under heavy DDoS attacks and the site became an unbearable place to be, many members left. Expensive measures were taken by the shop but did not really help. About 9 months ago the shop informed me they wanted to get rid of the forum.
In an ultimate try I started a crowdfunding (http://www.talkchess.com/viewtopic.php?t=82146) among the members to buy the domain name from the shop and move the forum to our own VPS server.
Longer story even shorter, yesterday we managed, the forum now runs smoothly. This after a long period of crowdfunding, the negotiations with the shop (they got $2600), a contract with a new reliable partner to ensure stability for decades and the final touch by 2 qualified people to get the forum software running without any data loss.
Pffffff............
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I think some of you know that one of my hobbies is computer chess, actually my main hobby since 1980. In 1997 I with others created a computer chess forum hosted by a commercial chess shop who offered to write the software for that. In those days there was no decent forum software.
Long story short, in the last 5 years the forum became under heavy DDoS attacks and the site became an unbearable place to be, many members left. Expensive measures were taken by the shop but did not really help. About 9 months ago the shop informed me they wanted to get rid of the forum.
In an ultimate try I started a crowdfunding (http://www.talkchess.com/viewtopic.php?t=82146) among the members to buy the domain name from the shop and move the forum to our own VPS server.
Longer story even shorter, yesterday we managed, the forum now runs smoothly. This after a long period of crowdfunding, the negotiations with the shop (they got $2600), a contract with a new reliable partner to ensure stability for decades and the final touch by 2 qualified people to get the forum software running without any data loss.
Pffffff............
That's awesome to hear!
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I think some of you know that one of my hobbies is computer chess, actually my main hobby since 1980. In 1997 I with others created a computer chess forum hosted by a commercial chess shop who offered to write the software for that. In those days there was no decent forum software.
Long story short, in the last 5 years the forum became under heavy DDoS attacks and the site became an unbearable place to be, many members left. Expensive measures were taken by the shop but did not really help. About 9 months ago the shop informed me they wanted to get rid of the forum.
In an ultimate try I started a crowdfunding (http://www.talkchess.com/viewtopic.php?t=82146) among the members to buy the domain name from the shop and move the forum to our own VPS server.
Longer story even shorter, yesterday we managed, the forum now runs smoothly. This after a long period of crowdfunding, the negotiations with the shop (they got $2600), a contract with a new reliable partner to ensure stability for decades and the final touch by 2 qualified people to get the forum software running without any data loss.
Pffffff............
Sounds more reliable than a queens gambit…
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Everybody goin out & hav'n fun.
(https://i.ibb.co/Gtv5yzJ/Big-Sky1-2000x1200.jpg) (https://ibb.co/qWMrKTn)
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No
Too cold
Too far off the ground
Too great a temptation to start pushing people to see if they can fly
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I think some of you know that one of my hobbies is computer chess, actually my main hobby since 1980. In 1997 I with others created a computer chess forum hosted by a commercial chess shop who offered to write the software for that. In those days there was no decent forum software.
Long story short, in the last 5 years the forum became under heavy DDoS attacks and the site became an unbearable place to be, many members left. Expensive measures were taken by the shop but did not really help. About 9 months ago the shop informed me they wanted to get rid of the forum.
In an ultimate try I started a crowdfunding (http://www.talkchess.com/viewtopic.php?t=82146) among the members to buy the domain name from the shop and move the forum to our own VPS server.
Longer story even shorter, yesterday we managed, the forum now runs smoothly. This after a long period of crowdfunding, the negotiations with the shop (they got $2600), a contract with a new reliable partner to ensure stability for decades and the final touch by 2 qualified people to get the forum software running without any data loss.
Pffffff............
Sounds more reliable than a queens gambit…
(https://i76.servimg.com/u/f76/19/97/74/51/quuens10.jpg) (https://servimg.com/view/19977451/82)
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Drove 2,075 (round trip) miles to see my father last week. Always a blessing to be "with" family!
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My son is engaged to be married. The wedding will be in Jerusalem this June.
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Well... latest girl-type friend drives a Saturn AWD (V6) and claims to be a "woman of faith." She is waiting for some kind of financial bonanza based on said faith and is into all kinds of dark conspiratorial, pseudo-faith circles and relies heavily on smoking whatever substance (likely pot).
Was very concerned that she was out of food etc, and have been led to help and earnestly pray for her.
Curious to see who is the spider and who is the fly here.
Shall see.
Ah. An adventure!
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My son is engaged to be married. The wedding will be in Jerusalem this June.
Ah! An adventure!!!!
😳
Mazel tov!
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Mazel tov!
Thank you!
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Found out that my flooring project is a little more complex than I first thought. I figured out how to cut the floor and laying new floor isn't all that hard, but the strip I want to lay perpendicular to create a cleaner transition from one area to another isn't quite so clean. Because it needs to align nicely with the door I need to figure where the door is going to go, which I can't do because that wall isn't framed. Framing the wall is awkward because the ceiling joist doesn't quite align with the floor joist - it's further across and not quite angled the same. That means that I need to either secure the top beam of the wall to the ceiling joist and put the bottom beam between floor joists, or screw some kind of struts between the ceiling joists so I can screw the top beam into it. Then I can cut the floor, secure whatever I need underneath to support the perpendicular piece of floor, cut and position the perpendicular piece of floor, and then lay the rest of the floor.
Along the way I need to consider the implications of cutting away the floor in the bathroom. It's not in great condition, it will be covered with some kind of vinyl flooring so can be replaced with plywood or OSB just as easily as nicer flooring, but if the stud wall between the bedroom and bathroom isn't over the floor joists I'll need to make sure cutting the floor doesn't suddenly create a section of floor that isn't supported any more.
So what I hoped would be a simple job has, once again, proved to be more complex. I need to frame the walls anyway, I just hadn't expected that part of the work to shuffle its way to the top of the line.
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Be praying, especially for our churches drama ministry's director. Things are moving fast. The Pastor is doing a series on The Sermon On The Mount and he is arranging for eye witness accounts. We just finished The Alice In Wonderland Tea. And we are about to start rehearsals on a redo of our Living Last Supper from last year. Fortunately most of the cast is coming back so it will go easier. I'm playing James in this. On top of that our choir director has asked me to sing He's Alive on Easter Sunday. Fortunately I sing with cd accompaniment and that is one of my songs that I, basically, already have ready. So all I have to do is pull it out and brush it off. Which will mean putting aside the series of audiobooks I'm listening to for a while. Easter is almost as busy a time for performers as Christmas.
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A gentle-ish 8 mile run today. Trying a new approach to build a low-level aerobic base, which is essentially running until my heart rate rises very far into my zone 3. Then I walk until it's back to the middle of zone 2, and resume running. The idea is to build how long I can run at a slightly harder pace before my heart rate goes high enough for my watch to beep at me. So far it seems to be working, my watch is indicating higher levels of performance based on whatever secret algorithm it's using. I'm just not sure whether it's because my fitness is objectively improving, or if I've found a quirk in the algorithm.
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I just remembered I am also singing on March 17th. Will definitely need prayers. I am singing He Looked Beyond My Fault And Saw My Need. It is sung to the tune Danny Boy. What is going to make it harder to sing is the 2nd verse. I wrote it and I sometimes have trouble getting through it without choking up.
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I begin taking Ham Radio classes this month and will test out in May for my license... excited to finally do this.
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Nasty day today, rain all day, so exercise had to be indoors. Now fiddling with updating a piece of code. I couldn't figure out why the appearance was all wrong but then noticed I'd set it to a different application style, which explained everything.
It's always good when a single setting change shakes out a whole bunch of cosmetic issues at once.
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Glimpsing briefly some of the depths of QAnon. A cult of dizzying, unbridled momentum.
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Got a walk in after church but my wife came to rescue me from the heavy snow that appeared. Then after lunch I tried again, and the snow stayed sufficiently away to get a good walk in.
I hope I can do some running tomorrow but we're due 40-50mph winds so that might not happen.
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After ~5 months of struggling with neural nets I finally am happy with the results and released my new version REBEL version 16.3
https://rebel7775.wixsite.com/rebel
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Neural nets????
Will this require an implant???!!!!
😳
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Would make you world champion chess instantly :)
And make you a millionaire....
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One of my (crazy) musings : The gift of life
We were blessed with 3 children, all 3 became from the same womb, the same sperm, got the same upbringing and yet they are 3 total different personalities. Nothing new here.
Thinking about my own birth with the above in mind, from science we know an average ejaculation is about 100-200 million sperm cells and they all rush the womb and the one that gets first will lead to a fertilization. So it means the chance I exist is one in 100 million. Else I would not be here, I would not exist. It's like winning the lottery.... A second place doesn't count, no fertilization, no life.
We are all winners..........
Thank you Lord for the gift of life.
Feel free to delete if you think this is crossing a line.
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I think it is perfect
I once heard Tony Campolo say almost the exact same thing at a dinner in Chicago
He also said that hot dogs are proof of God’s love. God could have made us to exist in dirt and rocks.
Instead, Ahe made taste buds and hot dogs.
QED
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Hot dogs are strange. Meat paste stuffed into an animal intestine. So when you eat a hot dog it simply changes form and you arguably become a hot dog yourself.
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Had an unusual experience yesterday. Yesterday, at about 8 PM, I curled up in my chair for a bit of a nap, like normal, and the next thing I knew it was 1 AM. Normally I have a couple of alarms that ring at 10 and 10:30. Somehow they had gotten turned off. I'm hoping it hasn't screwed up my schedule. I got up like normal this morning.
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Got a good run in this afternoon. The first few miles were fairly easy and I felt strong but then turned into the headwinds. It wasn't so much fun trying to run into 20mph headwinds that didn't give me much respite. But I got a few more miles in, which is what counts.
I also got a piece of lumber - I rather lost momentum with framing my new wall so figured what I was going to need to make the next stage happen. Now I just need to actually make the next stage happen. A single piece is easy because it fits inside my car. When I need to fully frame the wall I'm going to need a dozen 2x4s, so they stack on the roof bars with clamps and ropes to make sure they are still on the roof bars when I get home.
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Just got back from the dentist. I found out my insurance has approved my new, permanent, dentures. They just took some scans today. In 3 weeks I go back for them to take some molds. No idea when the new dentures arrive.
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George Washington :o
is jealous…
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A gentle run today. Slower intervals, stopping to walk when my pulse went over about the middle of zone 3. Didn't feel particularly good today, hopefully tomorrow I can put down some more power. Friday it's supposed to rain, so it's unlikely I'll get to do much of interest then.
Today I ticked off a badge from my tracker, marking 300km (186 miles) of running so far this year.
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Got a couple more gentle runs in this week. Today looked like it could be the last chance to get a harder run in before it gets cold again, so I did an hour of speed repeats. Instead of going all-out on the hills I tried to temper the speed a little, with a view to holding the speed for longer - I'd set a target and try to reach that point before I had to significantly drop the pace.
I wasn't feeling hugely strong today but got through the repeats OK, even if my overall pace was slightly slower than the last time I did them.
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This morning I sang He Looked Beyond My Fault and Saw My Need, including the verse I wrote for it. And tomorrow the drama team starts rehearsal on The Living Last Supper. This is, basically, the same show we did last year. A number of the cast are recreating our roles from last year. Me for one. However, we do have a few new people joining the team. It's going to be a great deal of work. But it is worth it. I may also be singing He's Alive on Easter Sunday.
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Curious day today. Preaching at church, and then taking the youth out for a mystery lunch. The mystery lunch was interesting - good food even if it didn't come out quite in the way one might expect.
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Last night we had the first rehearsal for this year's The Living Last Supper. It went well and I found myself feeling again the feelings that last year's production instilled in me. Still have some problems and a lot of work. For one, our Simon the Zealot didn't show. It looks like we have to replace him. And this year we're adding a movement piece to Via Dolorosa. A lot of work and very little time.
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Lazy day today, aside from a run this afternoon. It wasn't a hard run, it just got some miles and some time in.
Then this evening chilling out with a friend over a couple of beers. Not a lot of beers, because I had to drive home afterwards.
So today could perhaps best be summed up as "moderate".
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Too cold to be running today - one of those awkward temperature days where the sun was warm and the wind was horribly cold. Sufficiently different that running in the sun would make me sweat, and then the wind would sap my body heat mercilessly. So I went for a walk instead. Then my wife and I had lunch at our local cafe/coffee shop. They do some good coffee and some good sandwiches for lunch.
And I finally made some more progress on my wall. I'd been pondering the best way to do it for a while and today I decided what I was going to do. So now the first sections of the wall are in place, and before long I can mark out the floor and take a saw to it. I also figured out what I think is the way forward to take down a couple of original concrete block walls, while making sure upstairs doesn't become downstairs and the roof doesn't collapse and direct rainwater neatly into the kitchen.
Relatively speaking making sure nothing collapses is a minor concern - as far as I can tell everything is supported in multiple ways except in one small area where it should be easy enough to put a fresh beam in (and the wall downstairs has absolutely nothing correlating to it upstairs). I'm more concerned with how to do it without making an apocalyptic mess in the areas we're using. I don't really want clouds of concrete dust floating through the kitchen, and I need to make sure that whatever happens I don't end up with gaps that allow the cat to explore the demolition site.
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Just relaxing and taking it easy. Will be working out very soon.
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Gentle run yesterday. The suggested workout was "rest" but since the forecast for today was rain I figured I could take it easy today. So having not technically rested yesterday I expected today's suggestion to be a rest, but instead it's a gentle base run. And it's raining, as forecast. But the rain is supposed to stop mid afternoon so maybe I can get a run in. For reasons best known to itself my watch has decided that I've progressed from needing a 42 minute run to a 46 minute run. At least that's a length I can fit in around my regular routes - last fall it would periodically throw something like a 92 minute base run at me, which is long enough that even my longest loop is only just long enough to take me that long.
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Celebrating Purim today. Reading the book of Esther and hearing about the downfall of a genocidal lunatic who wanted to murder all the Jews raises my spirits. A shame the world hasn't changed much in last 2400 years unfortunately.
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Celebrating Purim today. Reading the book of Esther and hearing about the downfall of a genocidal lunatic who wanted to murder all the Jews raises my spirits. A shame the world hasn't changed much in last 2400 years unfortunately.
And Haman (booo spit booo boooo hisssss) got his comeuppance.
If you guys get to do a little actual Purim purging of your enemies some day, can I convert just for that weekend???
Prayers for all my Jewish friends as they face worse than Esther and the righteous Morsecai faced.
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If you guys get to do a little actual Purim purging of your enemies some day, can I convert just for that weekend???
I believe that the IDF is hard at work doing just that. I think we're too old to serve though.
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If you guys get to do a little actual Purim purging of your enemies some day, can I convert just for that weekend???
I believe that the IDF is hard at work doing just that. I think we're too old to serve though.
Just find me a nice comfy chair in the shade about 750 meters out with my 7mm magnum and some nice young Jewish boy to get me iced tea and knishes between shots. A win-win. Just don’t me carry heavy stuff…
😳
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COVID again. Oh joy!
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Oh no!
That terrible
Praying for you
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And I have an alibi for the bridge in Baltimore…
Just sayin’
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A round of speed repeats. Some of them hurt, sprinting up hills gets tiring after a while.
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And I have an alibi for the bridge in Baltimore…
Just sayin’
Seeing as how there is no protocol in place for the potential loss of a ship's power - vessels are piloted rather than "tugged" through the gates, so nothing to steer the enormous weight to safety. The vulnerabilities of this technologically advanced society can be found on paper.
Just watched the NTSB and local authorities congratulate themselves in a press conference. No real facts, of course.
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Tonight is the last rehearsal for The Living Last Supper and Via Dolorosa. Dress rehearsal. Tomorrow is opening night.
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Fun With Taxes. A few new forms to figure out this year. Lots of reading of instructions and scratching of head. But I think I've got the federal forms sorted out now so from here the state forms should be easy enough.
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Wishing everyone a Happy Easter! That's watchi doin.
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Forum is back, yippee...
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Winter in Mt starts to fade - treacherous roads clearing somewhat. Almost everything finished in prep for return to Bay Area, Cal. Gave everything away, including trailers, and closed all storage units. Soon: no more back & forth.
Looking forward to staying put in a terrible region.
Will be profitable in an eternal sense, Lord Willing!
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Still looking after my troubled gal-friend. I would run & hide cept I love her so much.
Her, a dog and 2 cats in a small Saturn suv.
I got 20 years on her but she's altogether lovely.
Need to replace her back windshield soon as possible.
Independent, but I watch out daily for her.
(Did I mention "crazy?")
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Decided it's about time I got back to my wall project, so started measuring everything to make sure things are properly perpendicular. And it seems they are. It would appear I've managed to start with three bare stone walls and one void, and create four wall bases (walls yet to be fully built on the bottom beams) that are within less than 5 degrees of being perpendicular in all four corners.
I'm feeling pretty pleased with that. Now I just need to bite the bullet and actually cut the floorboards away to make room for the new boards that are still sitting waiting for me to do something useful with them.
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Sunday April 28 I will be singing The Lord's Prayer at our 8:15 service.
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Sunday April 28 I will be singing The Lord's Prayer at our 8:15 service.
The Malotte arrangement?
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Sunday April 28 I will be singing The Lord's Prayer at our 8:15 service.
The Malotte arrangement?
Absolutely. Is there another? ;D
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Sister Jane Mead’s folk rock version fr 1974 is pretty good!
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Speed repeats in 20mph winds today wasn't fun. My legs hated me.
In unrelated news I cut the first floorboard to length and found the edges aren't quite straight in one particular spot. It's really close but when butted up against the adjacent boards they don't quite match. The gap is small, maybe small enough to just stain it and accept that something very narrow landing on just the right (wrong?) spot might slip through the gap. Alternatively I can fuss with putting tongue-and-groove edges on the boards, but I'd really rather not have to deal with the hassle.
I can only assume I twisted the board ever so slightly on the table saw, which is frustrating because now I'm not sure the best way to fix the issue. Maybe I can just hide it and figure it won't matter. In a house that's over 100 years old I'm sure few people will be surprised at a tiny gap between some floorboards.
The bigger issue is trying to level all the joists. This part is where the house was extended and the quality of workmanship is visibly lower than the rest of the house. I fear I may need buddy joists to present a suitably straight surface so the boards don't undulate when I secure them down. That in turn means I'm going to need a bunch of extra 2x4s to screw into the joists, which is a hassle all of its own.But at least there's some progress, and I really do like the look of red oak.
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Sawdust and glue paste makes a great small gap filler
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Sawdust and glue paste makes a great small gap filler
Sister's meatloaf :-\
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Sawdust and glue paste makes a great small gap filler
That's a good point, I'm going to need to do that in a couple of other places so hopefully I'll be able to pull it off here too. I just hope what curvature there is won't kick all the adjacent boards out of position. I suppose if I need to I can trim the surplus off one side and fill the other side with goop.
I can find a couple of small offcuts of red oak so I can make sawdust that should match pretty nicely. As long as stain and lacquer won't make it look awful we should be good to go.
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Okay. Bout time to start a thread or two, stir up some controversy or at least some jealous passions, if possible.
Working on it 8)
It's what I do best(?)
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Okay. Bout time to start a thread or two, stir up some controversy or at least some jealous passions, if possible.
Working on it 8)
It's what I do best(?)
We will see... :)
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Politics? Nope; let that one pass :-\
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Sawdust and glue paste makes a great small gap filler
That's a good point, I'm going to need to do that in a couple of other places so hopefully I'll be able to pull it off here too. I just hope what curvature there is won't kick all the adjacent boards out of position. I suppose if I need to I can trim the surplus off one side and fill the other side with goop.
I can find a couple of small offcuts of red oak so I can make sawdust that should match pretty nicely. As long as stain and lacquer won't make it look awful we should be good to go.
I laid the board out against the two boards that will be adjacent and I think it's all close enough that I won't need to do much of anything with it. The lines aren't dead straight but they are pretty close, close enough that they don't really show unless you're staring at the floor. And in a house that's over 100 years old I think that's OK - if I live to be 100 I'll probably be a bit wavy in places too.
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Sawdust and glue paste makes a great small gap filler
That's a good point, I'm going to need to do that in a couple of other places so hopefully I'll be able to pull it off here too. I just hope what curvature there is won't kick all the adjacent boards out of position. I suppose if I need to I can trim the surplus off one side and fill the other side with goop.
I can find a couple of small offcuts of red oak so I can make sawdust that should match pretty nicely. As long as stain and lacquer won't make it look awful we should be good to go.
I laid the board out against the two boards that will be adjacent and I think it's all close enough that I won't need to do much of anything with it. The lines aren't dead straight but they are pretty close, close enough that they don't really show unless you're staring at the floor. And in a house that's over 100 years old I think that's OK - if I live to be 100 I'll probably be a bit wavy in places too.
I'm not 100 and I'm plenty wavy already.
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Big Sky Montana. May 1st am.
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"Brrrrr," chattered Nanook of the North as he exited his igloo.
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Jon Rushford (late nephew) Beaters Wth Heaters annual poker run today. Townsend, Mt.
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A few slow days thanks to a nasty tummy bug. But I got some more floor removed, so now I've got as much lifted as I can without removing another section of wall.
Now it's a question of whether to remove the wall first, or lay the new flooring. I think I might use the old flooring rested in place to catch anything that falls when I take out the wall, rather than risk heavy pointy things falling on the nice new floor.
I guess I'll need some more wall studs to replace the wall that comes out.
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Beginning to plot areas of my land and set in game cams.
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An hour of speed repeats today. My legs weren't liking me much towards the tops of a few of the hills I sprinted. But with speed repeats I figure if my legs don't stop working near the top of at least some hills I'm not running hard enough.
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Just what we needed: to be drug through yet another salacious sex trial which is not a sex trial (of course).
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Just what we needed: to be drug through yet another salacious sex trial which is not a sex trial (of course).
As a trial lawyer, I can tell you.
This judge has made the appeal both easy and hard.
Easy because the irrelevance, immateriality, and prejudicial nature of the testimony and the foolish bootstrapping legal theory are something a first year law student would destroy.
Hard because there is so much error from which to choose.
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Learning my youngest grandson chess. He has talent.
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Learning my youngest grandson chess. He has talent.
I mean, anyone playing h4 to threaten any impending castling!
(And a new set?)
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Got a load more wall pulled down yesterday. In the morning I stuck to pulling down some drywall and smashing it up for bagging, because I met a friend for lunch. Nothing fancy, just a local coffee shop, so I didn't have to be immaculate but didn't want to be covered in plaster dust. Then in the afternoon I pulled down the plaster walls and a bunch of the laths. I don't need the whole lot down, but figured I'd pull down the rest of the plaster while the space is at least mostly contained.
So now I have three bags of drywall scraps, another bag mostly full, and a total of eight bags of plaster that a neighbor is going to take away. I'm still not entirely sure what he does with the plaster but he obviously has some use for it, which saves me having to get rid of it myself.
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Learning my youngest grandson chess. He has talent.
I mean, anyone playing h4 to threaten any impending castling!
(And a new set?)
New set indeed, and if you look well the king and queen are wrongly placed, I let him...
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Learning my youngest grandson chess. He has talent.
Good for you. But grammar lesson. You don't "learn your grandson" you TEACH your grandson. He learns.
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An hour of speed repeats today, so now my legs don't like me very much.
Then I took a look at the wall I want to remove in my work space. One stud came out easily enough, it was fastened to the floor with some nails that were tricky to access but a bit of thinking and a bit of brute force combined to get that stud out. The next one goes high up into the cavity above, and checking from above indicates it rises several inches above the top of the joist in the attic. I'm not sure why. I suspect this one is going to experience a visit from Mr Saw to cut it off at a manageable height so I can do the work I need on the floor below, then I can figure out the best way to remove the stub later. As long as the bottom is well above head height I'll be OK.
I'm also most likely going to have to take out a light fitting. Easy enough to do electrically speaking, just a pain having to crawl around upstairs and downstairs making sure everything is disconnected, then working on a ladder in a tight space, crawling back into the attic to pull the cables through, and only then pulling down the ceiling. Lots of fun ahead....
So far I've got everything removed that I need, except for this one stud. Once this stud is out I can lift the last part of the floor, then lay the new floor, then finish framing the bedroom. Hopefully I can get the work finished before I run out of motivation again....
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Learning my youngest grandson chess. He has talent.
I mean, anyone playing h4 to threaten any impending castling!
(And a new set?)
New set indeed, and if you look well the king and queen are wrongly placed, I let him...
Ah! I couldn't quite tell
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The last time I thought seriously about chess was in The Chestnut Tree Cafe…
I expect the next time I think seriously about chess will be in The Chestnut Tree Cafe…
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I'm willing to beat anyone here at chess on Chess.com or Lichess, except ProDeo, who I'd expect is quite strong.
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Not any longer, doing computer chess programming is bad for your elo, you start to play like a computer while you are not :)
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Learning my youngest grandson chess. He has talent.
Good for you. But grammar lesson. You don't "learn your grandson" you TEACH your grandson. He learns.
Yes Sir !