full boar?

The other fellow got moderated troll. But I live in Honolulu and two nights ago at 8 PM Hawaiian Electric started 30 minute rolling blackouts, which in total affected about 120,000 customers according to news reports. In Waikiki we were off from about 9 to 9:30 PM.

What happened is that two base load units went off-line during the day. There was a succession of rainy and cloudy days (it's the rainy season here) and solar systems were operating at reduced capacity. Guess what? Not enough available generation or stored power, hence the rolling blackouts.

There is a big rush to go green and renewable. That's an admirable goal. Keeping the lights on is also an admirable goal. It's just that it does take some time. It's a like a variant of an old adage: sufficient capacity, go green, do it fast --- choose two.

Along with Tata, Infosys and all the other Indian outsourcing companies. I am so happy to have moved to my current company that doesn't use outsourcing. It's glorious.

Along with egregious monthly maintenance fees.

I received an email from Google Fi saying that my data had been compromised. I wrote to customer support saying that since both my phone number and my SIM serial number were disclosed, my 2FA for banking etc. had become completely insecure (I won't get into the debate about how insecure it was beforehand). I said I wanted them to send me a new SIM card. Seems like the least they could do, then deactivate the old one.

They wrote back and said, "we'll email you if your data was disclosed in the breach." Excuse me, but that's why I'm writing to you.

Of course I shouldn't expect anything better than a boilerplate response. I wonder if they even read my message. A lot to ask, I suppose.

I'd switch providers but no one else is any better.

The news media are studiously avoiding saying what everyone knows already. It's the Hasidim.

I've tried mulriple times but have never been able to stay awake while watching Blade Runner. Best sleep aid ever...

"And since we don't seem to have a choice to install things or not anymore since Windows 10"

Actually you do. You can always upgrade to Linux :)

I refuse to search from the url bar and always go to the sesrch engine website, be it Google, Bing, or DuckDuckGo. I suopose I prefer a simpler, more basic approach.

Ugh, "do the needful", the phrase from hell. I fantasize about a future where I don't have to interact with incompetent idiots from Tata, Cognizant, MPhasis, etc etc.

Doesn't look much like justifiable self defence to me.

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3F...

Maybe you have a different video.

So, like the fellow that found the Linux vulnerabilities, obviously you've examined the Windows source code to ensure that Windows didn't have them, thus allowing you to make a definitive statement such as the one above.

Oh, wait ....

I think that independent of hating/not hating MS/Windows, there is some real irony here that is worth recognizing. When MS publishes a detailed and quite serious specification about how to secure your computer, but ensures that, unless you take special steps, some of them highly technical (like blocking phone-home IP addresses at your router), they themselves have unfettered access to your computer.

Hey, our favorite AC is back, posting "facts" that are just as believable as ever before!

Keep up the good work, braddah. We miss you when you're not around.

Well, (1) is a matter of opinion, and I won't argue that point because at some point beyond the absolute basics it's a religious preference.

As to (2), that may be true (I can't speak to that with any authority) but why wouldn't I just run a critical Linux workflow natively in Linux? And the same applies to your concluding statement.

The thing is this: I'm not necessarily preaching conversion to Linux. If you like Windows or need Windows or perhaps even think you need Windows, do as suits you best. I'm personally happy with Linux; it does everything I need and does it well so I'll just keep doing what I'm doing.