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This link might be of interest to USA residents.

The 10 best cities for job seekers in 2018
(The site above is part of CNBC.)

What might be a surprise is Minneapolis, Minnesota.   
That city is number 6 in the list.   
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Job market favorability RANKING: 3
Salary ranking: 17
Work-life balance ranking: 21
Job security and advancement ranking: 26
Overall score: 55.4
Minneapolis, Minnesota was the only city in the Midwest to earn a spot in the top 10. Indeed found that Minneapolis had the third best job market favorability in the country, thanks to hiring from employers like 3M, Target and Allina Health Systems.

Why do you do this over and over ? ?...just curious.

The First National Climate Assessment was published in 2000.[5][Notes 1] Between 2002 and 2009, USGCRP previously known as the U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP), produced twenty-one Synthesis and Assessment Products (SAPs).[6] The second NCA was published in 2009[6] and the third was released in 2014.[7]
NCA's overarching goal according to their May 20, 2011 engagement strategy summary, "is to enhance the ability of the U.S. to anticipate, mitigate, and adapt to changes in the global environment (NCA 2011:2)."[8]

and ignoring the verifiable facts that soon we will not have any useful computers at all.  Without infrastructure, computers will no longer be valuable.

Somebody said the official report was an extreme scenario.

The Trump administration is downplaying the significance of a report issued Friday that included dire predictions about the impact of climate change in the U.S. The White House said the STUDY was largely based on “the most extreme scenario” and doesn’t account for new technology and other INNOVATIONS that could diminish carbon emissions and the effects of climate change.

While transferring/deleting stuff from my LG V30 Android phone to PC, I have deleted loads of pictures by mistake.
Alas, this seems not to be simple to rectify, but hopefully someone can help.

On my PC in file explorer I went to the folder on the Android called DCIM/Camera - 'Camera' is where all the images are.
Somehow I deleted the folder 'Camera', no warning came up and everything was deleted.

On the phone I have checked the Trash folder in the Gallery, they are not there.
Google photos was not enabled sadly.
I turned my phone on and off and it has created a new folder 'Camera' which is empty, (probably shouldnt have done this but was a bit shocked I guess)

Is there a way of recovering the pictures?

I saw an App 'Disk Digger Photo recovery' - but is seems it only recovers thumbnails, unless you Root the device, which does not sound like a good idea.
Is there another way?You deleted it for good my friend. You could try using Recuva. That has worked good for me, but you will have to run it from your computer. You will have to select the the phone in the list and it will scan it as a storage device. It is not a guarantee, but it could possibly recover some, but not all. FLASH memory is not the best at recovering data from.

Best of luck man.
AnthonySome providers store pics and backups online in your account...Call them.I dont have any auto backups working (but I will in future!)

Recuva - I downloaded, but correct me if I am wrong, Recuvva looks for a drive number so it cant even see that my phone is connected to the PC!
So, as far as I can see, Recuva cant scan any mobile phone at all, ever?.

How do you make Recuva see the phone device? (In file explorer I can see that the phone is connected)When you start the wizard you want to click Next >, All Files, Next>, in a specific location and your phone should be there... haven't tried it with a phone myself, you might have to do some experimenting! It won't hurt since all you will be doing is recovering, not deleting. LolTo use recuvva you need to set the phone as a usb mass storage device.

!!!!!!!!!!DON'T Load apps onto the phone until you complete the recovery !!!!!!!!!!

As shown here  https://www.verizonwireless.com/support/knowledge-base-215109/
You need to tap the developer options until the warning COMES up.
After doing the above the phone shows as a usb drive which recuva can work with.

I use the paid version of
https://www.easeus.com/android-data-recovery-software/free-android-data-recovery.html

which doesn't require rooting the phone or setting to usb mass storage.
recuva is a good option but only LIMITED to SD-Card. I couldn't recover it from my phone memory though. I have enabled USB de-bugging.
Also, did USB tethering on the phone.

But on my PC I can never get a drive letter for the device?
Any ideas on why this is?It's because it's not a mass storage device. I don't think you will be able to recover this very easily. I have looked around and everywhere states that it is limited to the SD card.

Sorry Bud! Make sure to make backups of your photos with google drive or a program similar to that.Reading various articles it seems that newer Android phones did away with the true 'USB storage device' option as it caused too many problems.
When USB debugging is enabled the transfer options are only MTP/PTP (media/photo) but not 'USB mass storage' - so that is why the PC does not give a drive letter for the device.
At least that is my understanding.

But surely there is a way of recovering my photos!

Dude, you deleted them and it was in flash/solid-state memory. It is on your phone on top of that and uses a different file SYSTEM than what most recovery programs use anyways. Just be careful next time. If you cannot get to make the phone show up in a data recovery manager, I guess your photos are toast. It is what it is. Be careful when deleting things. I remember one time where I accidentally deleted around 120 GB of various tech support programs and windows .iso files from my backup drive. The problem was, I didn't have it on the target computer. But, I even had a backup, for my backup! I then restored from there very carefully.

The lesson to get from this is, be sure to backup your files OFTEN. But what's done, is done. Might as well start taking care now than later!

I want to buy some legit deals on security software but I can't find any good deals. Until Now, I have only found these pre-black friday deals:

• BitDefender Total Security 2019 for $89.99 and 61% off here
• PureVPN 5 Year Deal for $79 and 88% off here
• Passpack for 18$ from coupon here

Last year they came out with a phone that can have a Terabyte.
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/samsung-releases-galaxy-note-9-worlds-first-terabyte-phone-for-business-pros/
If most books have just text and few photos, you could store every BOOK ever phished. Really?
http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2016/12/every-book-ever-published-would-fit-on-to-one-hard-disk/

So here is my question. 
What would you do with a Terabyte In Your Pocket? 
(We need a NEW acronym for this.)

1TB of storage on a phone is to me overkill.

My smartphone has a micro SD card slot and I added 64GB which is the maximum SD card size it can address for this model phone and that's plenty for me. And I just put videos on that and play them through VLC player for android. But this functionality is only really used when on a business trip flying somewhere and to avoid burning up my data plan. So I will put stuff on my micro SD card by use of my laptops SD Card slot to place the files onto a the micro SD card with the adapter so that I can play video content through my phone offline.

The issue with 1TB of storage would be that its not ABLE to be removed from the DEVICE and placed into a laptops SD card slot to populate that storage with content. However MAYBE a cloud storage drive could be used to pass content to a 1TB internal storage phone.

This in 'off topic' because I don't have a concise news article that spells it out.
Basically, Amazon's damaged relationship with New Yuk City is going to cost Amazon customers. Here is one link that gives you some idea of what wen wrong:

Amazon’s HQ2 deal with New York, explained.
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Amazon’s HQ2 search is officially over: The company confirmed via a blog post that Long Island City and Crystal City, a neighborhood in Arlington, Virginia, were the locations chosen for its new, split-up headquarters.
After the decision was made public, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo gathered with other city and state officials to gleefully announce that they had sealed the deal, which includes just shy of $3 billion in subsidies.

Update: On February 14, Amazon reportedly canceled its HQ2 deal with New York City.

Then Amazon made it official: It chose the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens to build a $2.5 billion campus that could house 25,000 workers, in addition to new offices planned for northern Virginia. Cuomo and New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, Democrats who have been political adversaries for years, trumpeted the decision as a major coup after edging out more than 230 other proposals.
But what they didn’t expect was the protests, the hostile public hearings and the disparaging tweets that would come in the next three months, eventually leading to Amazon’s dramatic Valentine’s Day breakup with New York.

New Yuk City

All i'm sayin is she is an extremist...look it up.

She's totally happy with an 80% tax rate on anyone makin over a million a year...

Great TV series, great music. I'm only on episode 6, so no spoilers, please! Much better than True Detective season 4. Is it a HBO program?
In the USA TRY Netflix.
In the UK try:
https://www.bustle.com/p/will-sharp-objects-be-on-netflix-uk-heres-where-you-can-stream-the-hbo-thriller-15734872
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U.S. psychological thriller Sharp Objects has been making waves since its television debut last year, and RECENTLY actress Patricia Clarkson bagged herself the Best Supporting Actress award at this year's prestigious Golden Globe Awards. The acclaimed series tells the story of a troubled crime reporter who returns to her home town in order to investigate a double murder. But will Sharp Objects be on Netflix UK?

This is not from a reliable source.
The Russian outlet RT claims a photographer got some photos of methane gas bubbles in a very cold LAKE in Alberta  Canada. As the bubbles rose they look LIKE giant jelly fish.
But to me it looks like large pancakes FLOATING in blueberry syrup.
Short VIDEO:
https://www.rt.com/news/450715-frozen-methane-clouds-alberta-lake/
What do you think?

What to when bored and still at your PC.
Just  go to Wikipedia and pick topic.
Which topic?
Start here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lists_of_lists
Look for:
  Lists of BANNED BOOKS
  Lists of Knight Rider episodes
  Lists of Paralympic medalists
  Lists of ENCYCLOPEDIAS
  Lists of World Heritage SITES in Europe

...and lots and lots of more lists   
do that for long enough and you'll come the the last page; http://www.internetlastpage.com/

Not a question. This is a statement.
Why we must stop using lithium ion batteries.

Don't you already know?
They are not safe.
They are not reliable.
They are expensive.
If it kills you, the damage is permanent.

Whenever there's media news about these time-bombs, there is so much fluff about how they are now better and we need them.
I don't think so. 
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If it kills you, the damage is permanent.

Lighters cause fires....Film at Eleven.

Coke on a Pen?

One report is the Cloudfare has helped WikiLeaks to get back online.

But is not WikiLeaks a criminal group? Yes? No?  Would it matter?

The Camp Fire in California has burned over 70,000 acres.
It started Monday near a town called Paradise in Northern California.
The city of Paradise is piratically destroyed. Some 27,000 people fled.
Information is broadcast 24-7 by KHSL and KNVN.
https://www.actionnewsnow.com/home
Also on Facebook. 

Some parts of BUTTE county, where I live, is having trouble with cell, internet and TV reception. Fortunately I have TV by satellite and  get a good f TV service. But my internet is very poor. My Comcast cable is not working,so  I use my cell phone hot spot, which is slow. Bu Comcast support was very nice and said they would  send out a tech on Monday.
Best of luck to you, brother. Hope that nothing happens to you.Not to get political...but suggest to Nancy that outlawing clearcutting 10 years ago put you in this predicament

Just sayin. Quote from: patio on November 09, 2018, 06:14:14 PM

Not to get political...but suggest to Nancy that outlawing clearcutting 10 years ago put you in this predicament

Just sayin.

Last summer, the woods were on fire to the right of this trail in the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, which straddles southwestern Oregon and northern California. But the flames died out soon after crossing the path – when they reached a part of the forest that had already burned in 2012. The old fire had taken out all the plants and brush that would have served as fuel.

Geek, I would be putting together a bug-out bag and gathering all important items and storing them in your vehicle that you would use if you need to evacuate. You have probably already thought of this but it doesn't hurt to remind.

There also is no commercial lumber operations taking place in state-owned lands, which isn't likely to be helping.

Try a search with  this phrase.
Vendors of Fraudulent Diabetes & Cancer Cures **
Use your favorite search engine and you will FIND warnings.
.. and find out for yourself.   

Here is my question. If these sites are scams, Why can the government not shut them all down? And why does Google and Bing let them post ads? 

And if you GO to any of those sites, they so everything they can to get you.

Have you EVEN been taken?   

** Try the same phrase, but without the word 'Fraudulent'. Quote from: Geek-9pm on SEPTEMBER 15, 2018, 08:08:32 PM

If these sites are scams, Why can the government not shut them all down?

And why does Google and Bing let them post ads? 

This is not news. If you are shopping for a new PRINTER you may find a warning about the compound mentioned in the TITLE of this post.
Here in California, back in 2015, a lawyer made a case that gives gives the chemical a bad name.

This is about Titanium Dioxide.

Here is a link about that lawyer:
https://grimaldilawoffices.com/successful-defense-in-proposition-65-titanium-dioxide-lawsuit/
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In a July 10, 2015 order, an Alameda County Superior Court judge found in favor of DEFENDANTS in a Proposition 65 lawsuit alleging exposures to titanium dioxide in cosmetic products.  The defendants successfully challenged the plaintiff’s 60-day notice based on admissions made by the plaintiff that it had not conducted any testing to confirm that the listed chemical was present in each product.

...Generally, it is sourced from ilmenite, rutile and anatase. It has a wide range of applications, including paint, sunscreen and food coloring. When used as a food coloring, it has E number E171. World PRODUCTION in 2014 exceeded 9 million metric tons.[4][5][6] It has been estimated that titanium dioxide is used in two-thirds of all pigments, and the oxide has been valued at $13.2 billion.[7]

Recently I REDIRECT my websie url http to https with 301 redirect. I search in GOOGLE in MANY times to understand clearly the google seo EFFECTS but i cann't understand clearly . Here is my some questions

1. Is my http google seach console backlinks show in https google seach console(I redirect my url in 17.05.2018 and today 24.05.2018 no http backlinks show in my https search console).

2.For the keyword "inventory software" my previous url(http://inventorysoftwareservices.com) position was 30-35 but after 301 redirect my new url(https://inventorysoftwareservices.com) seach position is about 85-95 , Is it come back with in a time duration.

3.How many time need to come back full SEO power.

Please help me.In order to return positions on a new URL, you need to do the same work that you did for the previous URL. Otherwise the result is not returned.

This is about recommendations for good web sites four you children or grfandkids.

One might think of age groups like these:
Very young, ages 5 to 8 years.
In between age 9 to 12 years.
Teenagers from 13 to 18 years.

Of course, children's needs vary a lot.   
 
Here are some recent links that can give a parent a head start.
https://www.today.com/parents/moms-you-oughta-know-11-social-media-apps-teens-are-6C10833314

Moms, you oughta know: 11 social media apps teens are using now
Aug. 12, 2013 at 5:04 AM
Lela Davidson
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Mayim Bialik reveals why wearing a wedding dress on 'Big Bang Theory' was 'hard'
The start of the SCHOOL year is a great incentive to remain (or get) relevant, or at least keep virtual tabs on your teens. You may use Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, but guess what, Mom? The social media sites you UNDERSTAND are not the HALF of it.
According to a 2013 Pew Internet study, teens are sharing more information than ever. This spring tech news outlets reported that while teenagers are still active in the social media their parents know, they are increasingly seeking privacy and perceived anonymity on other sites.

Another:
http://www.pewinternet.org/2007/10/24/parent-and-teen-internet-use/

Report October 24, 2007
Parent and Teen Internet Use
By Alexandra Macgill
Teens are more likely than their parents to say digital technology makes their lives easier; Parents of teens are less likely now than in 2004 to say the internet is a good thing for their children.
Teens and their parents1 often have similar technology profiles in the gadgets they use and the frequency with which they use them. But teens are notably more likely than their parents to say that the internet and related technology has made their own lives easier.
    89% of online teens say the internet and other devices in their lives like cell phones, iPods, and digital cameras make their lives easier, while 71% of their parents say these technologies make their lives easier.

Here is what I wish my granddaughter would watch:
http://pbskids.org/
Just click on the link and see what I mean.
My question:
What sites do you recommend for any youngsters you know?

Off topic. Not a computer issue.
This is about a specific search I need to do. the title says it.
Somewhere there is a easy test device you can use at home to test any prescription drugs you suspect. But to date I have not found who sells the 12 stripe paper card tests for DIY use.
https://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-06/bad-medicine
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A group of chemists from St. MARY's College in Indiana and Notre Dame has gotten into the detective game, too. Its convenient and still-unnamed product—a lab on a piece of paper the size of a business card—directly detects a drug's ingredients.

Here's a question: Let's say yo get this test paper and it says there is nothing wrong with the drugs. Will you accept that, or just assume "It goes deeper than I thought!"

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the first drug in the U.S. with a digital ingestion tracking system. Abilify MyCite (aripiprazole tablets with sensor) has an ingestible sensor embedded in the pill that records that the medication was taken. The product is approved for the treatment of schizophrenia, acute treatment of manic and mixed episodes ASSOCIATED with bipolar I disorder and for use as an add-on treatment for depression in adults.

...why would they risk it ? ?

• Non-FDA aprroved drugs, not illicit - at all - but, for example, the so-called dietary supplements can fall under this category
• FDA-approved drugs: which nobody in their right mind would use, but the unfortunate...
• Crisis, serious anti-epidemic inoculations, vaccinations and antibiotics.

I’ve got a great idea for a start-up. Want to hear the pitch?
It’s called the 75 Cent Dollar Store. We’re going to sell dollar bills for 75 CENTS — no service charges, no hidden fees, just crisp $1 bills for the price of THREE quarters. It’ll be huge.
You’re probably thinking: Wait, won’t your store go out of business? Nope. I’ve got that part figured out, too. The plan is to get tons of people addicted to buying 75-cent dollars so that, in a year or two, we can jack up the price to $1.50 or $2 without losing any customers. Or maybe we’ll get so big that the Treasury DEPARTMENT will start selling us dollar bills at a discount. ...

Likely you have seen this on NATIONAL NEWS.
Here are links to some news SOURCES about current  California wildfires.
State map:
http://www.fire.ca.gov/general/firemaps

South:
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Southern-California-Wildfires-205975171.html

North:
https://abcnews.go.com/US/northern-california-wildfire-taking-path/story?id=56859441

I live about  a hundred MILES away and the sky is smoky.

I start the job soon, I was wondering if anyone had experience in the field could give me any parting words of advice.  It will be for troubleshooting PoS systems for clients.This is a good place to ask. Check back here often to see who responds 
Meanwhile; Are you making full use of social  media?
FACEBOOK, of course.
Have you tried Google Groups?
You might look this over:
https://support.google.com/groups/answer/46601?hl=en
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Get STARTED with Google Groups
You can use online and email-based groups with Google Groups to:
    Host discussions and make plans with a team, organization, or social group. LEARN how to create a group.
    Meet people with similar hobbies, interests, or backgrounds. Learn how to join a group.
    Learn about a topic and join discussions on that topic. Learn how to read and create posts.
    Create a Q&A forum for any topic, such as baking, health, or a task at work. Learn how to create a forum.
    Organize meetings, conferences, and social events. Learn how to organize events.
Note: By joining Google Groups, you acknowledge that Cloud Print sends your documents to Google. Google keeps these documents until the print job is complete. Google may store data about the print job. Learn more.

It will be for troubleshooting PoS systems for clients.

A news report from Bloomberg says that the USA will put tariff on imports from China. Maybe this will mean HIGHER price at the retail store.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/us-to-move-forward-on-dollar200-billion-china-tariff-list/ar-AAzTytj?ocid=spartandhp
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The tariffs could take effect after public CONSULTATIONS end on Aug. 30, according to a STATEMENT from the U.S. Trade Representative’s office Tuesday. The proposed list of goods includes consumer items such as clothing, television components and refrigerators as well as other high-tech items, but it omitted some high-profile products like mobile phones.
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Non news...quit illustrating the obvious Quote from: patio on July 10, 2018, 08:23:01 PM

Non news...quit illustrating the obvious

Hi!

Absolutely no clue if this is even where to ask or how to ask, but I'm desperate to know so I thought I'd just shoot my question here! Does anyone know any auto typers available for download that lets you USE an entire word as the hotkey for a sentence, rather than just one single key? I've only found ones that let you use f1 to f12 as the shortcut, but i could really make use of an autotyper that lets you use words instead!

EG: If i typed 'australia' it would automatically type 'the state of Western Australia'     Short answer, No.
Long answer . If you are using a program that can be modified by you, then you could modify the input method to make real-time substitutions.

I did something like that years AGO for a Real-Estate salesman. He did not like typing some phrases, so I automated the input program to replace a word with a phrase.

Bu there are some serious issues with that kind of trick.I is hard to make it into a generic thing that can be widely used by others. It is very prone to making problems.

Instead, people use the one or two key macros to insert words of phrases into a document. For more about the sort of thing, search for Auto-Key in the serach box.

What you want is called 'auto-fill' or something like that. HEREIS a LINK that might help:
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/automatically-insert-text-0bc40cab-f49c-4e06-bcb2-cd43c1674d1b
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Automatically insert text
Applies To: Word for Office 365 Word 2016 Word 2013 Word 2010 Word 2007
In Word you can insert text automatically with either blocks of preformatted text from your AutoText gallery, or with words, phrases, or sentences that Word automatically completes after you've typed only a few characters.

Search for 'VOLCANO eruption news'

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-44363444

https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/04/world/guatemala-volcano-vs-hawaii-volcano-wxc/index.html

images:
https://www.google.com/search?q=volcano+eruption+news&sa=N&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&ved=0ahUKEwix3fTYxLvbAhVmGzQIHRWOATw4RhCwBAhE&biw=1155&bih=586

Diagrams:
https://whyfiles.org/2014/volcanoes-how-they-work-what-they-do/index.html

Question: Is volcano activity increasing? Why? or Why not?
http://volcano.si.edu/reports_weekly.cfm
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The Weekly Volcanic Activity REPORT is a cooperative project between the Smithsonian's GLOBAL Volcanism Program and the US Geological Survey's Volcano Hazards Program

If you like DIY, you might  want a small adjustable power supply.

But a professional service bench supply can be very pricey. At the other extreme, the changers for cell phones only give a single voltage.

Take a look ant the up-down voltage regulator r that has a modern chip that does what your want. You could use an old power block from a laptop as a DC source and wire it to this  device and get whatever DC you need. Up to about 20 volts.

I found it on eBay and checked  the data sheet. It is real product that represents state of the art in small regulators. So forget about using those old analog regulators you use twenty years ago. (Somebody had asked about 7805.)

Here one of may links on eBay to this little thing:
DC-DC Buck Step-down Regulator Converter
This thing is sold at a very low cost, you could not build one yourself for that price.
Photo attached ...   

[ATTACHMENT deleted by admin to conserve space]Depends on what your current draw is to note also. This might work fine for small projects, but wont be a replacement for a laptop power supply for 4.16 amps at 19 volts. Looks like peak current is 3 amps and it likely gets warm at that current draw through that small regulator that has no heatsink. If you need more amperage a heavier power supply would be needed, and hopefully one with passive cooling and voltage regulator mounted to a heat sink to avoid melt down of the VRM.

I myself still prefer the 7800 series voltage regulators for quick projects because I can heat sink away heat and keep the voltage regulator cool.

The chip based voltage regulators that lack heat sinking are fine for low current needs, however I bought a phone charger that runs off of 2 x AA 1.5V batteries that TAKES 3 Volts and ramps it up to 5 Volts out of a USB port to charge a phone requiring 5 Volts from a 3 Volt supply and the VRM which was a small chip like the one in the picture of this power supply was roasting hot. I pointed my IR gun at it and it peaked at 218F it got my attention when I was feeling for heat and my finger touched it. The unit was getting warm and so I opened it up to see why it got so warm when charging my small LG SMARTPHONE with 3.5" display. I expected heavier duty electronics for passive cooling and what I found was that there was nothing to draw heat away from the voltage regulator. They had a voltage doubler circuit that brought the 3 Volts to 6 volts and then a voltage regulator to maintain the 5 Volts off of the 6 volt doubler circuit. The device is not economical for use because AA Batteries are not cheap and it will completely drain 2 Brand New Alkaline AA batteries and only get me 80% charge before batteries are spent from a phone battery that is drained to charged to 80%. These days I use the device as one last final drain for AA batteries before tossing them out. When the device they normally powered starts to show that it needs new batteries such as my wifes wireless keyboard and mouse which runs on AA batteries, the batteries are at say 70% life left but starting to MAKE these devices act up, I will put the batteries into this cell phone charger and drain out the last of their juice to squeeze 20% charge into my phone then toss the batteries out completely spent.

I found this 2 x AA Battery Cell Phone Charger at a local Dollar Store and bought it out of curiosity for $1.00. Took my oscilloscope to it probing around to see what they are exactly doing with some chips unknown identification, then saw the doubler circuit bringing the 3 volts to 6 volts and the regulator with a clean 5 volt output. It pulls very heavy on those AA batteries but it does work! Makes you wonder how they make any money on it at $1.00 when the parts and labor to make it ourselves would go way over.  For many small project 3 amps is more than enough. The data sheet for that chip shows that you will need a heat sink if you plan on using it at its maximum current and voltage leve4ls. But that chip does work well even at high temperatures.
Here is a link:
http://www.datasheets360.com/part/detail/mp1484en/2593044454316269448/
Thee you have to download the PDF to see what the limits are. It does good enough to run a typical notebook computer. They say it  will work up to 85 C. That is more than warm. Hot enough to cook an egg.


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If you need more amperage a heavier din rail power supplies would be needed, and hopefully one with passive cooling and voltage regulator mounted to a heat sink to avoid melt down of the VRM.

A new Dragon Age GAME was announced a few days ago, and I was wondering, what makes medieval RPGs games so popular?

I've ASKED this question on game development forums and the general answers was along the lines of:

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the game developers being afraid of trying SOMETHING new because it could turn out to be a failure.

Full title is:
Gaming disorder is now officially a mental condition, according to the WHO
WHO is the Wolrd Heath Organization, part of the United Nations.

Nobody here has got it . - Right? 
Seems sort of, well, dumb.

To be fair I can see other mental afflictions possibly manifesting themselves in a gaming "obsession" but I don't think it makes sense to have a specific classification for video GAMES. Obviously I'm no medical expert either and I'm sure they weighed this decision carefully, but it just doesn't sit well with me as a concept.

I think my perception is coloured by all the STORIES of teenagers and young adults living at home who's parents don't actively do ANYTHING. "Oh, Little Timmy just plays his video games all day" As if they have no power. If it's affecting their grades in High school, take the bloody things away. If they are 26 and spending more time playing League of legends or Warcraft or whatever than looking for a Job, you don't just go "well golly GEE willickers we really don't know what to do". It's called "putting your foot down", and it seems to be becoming a lost art for the latest generation of parents.

Heh now I sound like an old person yelling at clouds... Oh well.
You've become your FATHER....

There was a certain conversation with a PERSON who left home and moved to foreign country just to realize that he had to WAIT for the running water for years. The question that popped up just instantly was what would you prefer, a running water or electricity?
My personal opinion years ago would be electricity, but now its water. The more we GO OLDER the more you realize we are not so independent from the nature after all.Beer...

This was placed in 'other' because it is not directly related to our computers. Here is a quote from an item in my e-mail box.
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One of the BEST features of Bitcoin is its ability to be stored offline on LOCAL hardware — so called, “cold storage.” Having a cryptocurrency “wallet” on a hard drive or flash drive means it is protected from being stolen online, but if you lose access to that device, those coins are also lost forever. That’s where the majority of the estimated lost horde of cryptocurrency has gone, with many early miners and investors misplacing the currency before it was ever worth anything.

Three years ago, the The Wall Street JOURNAL estimated that the cost of cyber crime in the U.S. was approximately $100 billion. The estimate disputed other reports which pegged the numbers by as much as ten times higher.

In 2015, the British insurance company Lloyd’s estimated that cyber attacks cost businesses as much as $400 billion a year, which includes direct damage plus post-attack disruption to the normal course of business. Some vendor and media forecasts over the past year put the cybercrime figure as high as $500 billion and more.
...
Large BANKS, retailers, and federal agencies make the headlines when they are hacked - but all businesses are at risk. According to Microsoft, 20% of small to mid sized businesses have been cyber crime targets.

People lost millions...Yes.
However if you think of the concept they never actually had anything to begin with.

from an item in my e-mail box.

Is this for real? Are people going to lose billions because of some kind of flaw in what is called 'cryptocurrency ' ? That is not even a real word.
Still, the implication is that criminals might not just steal r money, they might mess up the system so bad that money will be forever lost. Is that true?

The User is Drunk Design Philosophy.
The title SAYS it. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2CbbBLVaPk
The is from 2013 and is a CLASSIC CONCEPT in user INTERFACE design. 

Hey! this is off topic. Off Topic.
Almost two months  gone by and people are ignoring the WILD Fears of the British scientist Stephen Hawking.
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Stephen Hawking is known for his groundbreaking achievements in science, but many do not realize that the physicist is also recognized for making predictions about the future of humanity and Earth. This year,{2017}, the Oxford professor made some of the most insane predictions...
Read  a summary in Newsweek By Dana Dovey On 12/26/17.
http://www.newsweek.com/stephen-hawking-end-year-predictions-2017-755952
Among other things, he thinks AI robots will take over.
Me thoughts, if robots take over, it will be because of Windows 10.    He doesn't say "robots will take over" he said that "A.I could be the worst event in the history of our civilization".

Now, As intelligent as he is, he is a theoretical physicist. He's neither a computer scientist nor an anthropologist, so I don't think he has the appropriate underlying toolset to come to a reasonable conclusion. Certainly so when the claims are largely vague doomsaying. If it was Donald Knuth I'd certainly give it far more notice.

And, as it stands now- there isn't really any evidence to support these fears. Currently AI is largely domain specific and not very useful in any generalized application. Using Neural nets to "train" genetic algorithms for things like say identifying ROTTEN fruit on a conveyor belt.

I've notice increasingly that the "definition" of AI has seemingly been changed from the development of trainable, learning neural networks to describe concrete imperative algorithms, like the common digital assistant "AI" which is just a glorified speech-interfaced command line.Yes, it is a bit of a stretch. 
On more important t topics: Global Warming.

Prof Hawking said the action could put Earth onto a path that turns it into a hothouse planet like Venus.

He also feared aggression was "inbuilt" in humans and that our best hope of survival was to live on other planets.

The Cambridge professor spoke exclusively to BBC News to coincide with his 75th birthday celebrations.

Arguably the world's most famous scientist, Prof Hawking has had motor neurone disease for most of his adult life. It has impaired his movement and ability to speak.

Yet through it all, he emerged as one of the greatest minds of our time. His theories on black holes and the origin of the Universe have transformed our understanding of the cosmos.

Prof Hawking has also inspired generations to study science. But through his media appearances what has been most impressive of all has been his humanity.

He does get attention.
For more, goto BBC news.
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/science-environment-40473838/stephen-hawking-at-75
I'm with Hawking. I remember reading a science fiction story in which a robot deliberately hurt its owner, and when asked why it had disobeyed the first law of robotics, said "Oh! I thought it said a robot may not immure a human being".
I should of course note that him being a physicist (theoretical or otherwise) doesn't mean we should completely dismiss everything he says outside that area. But it seems a bit remiss to publicize such statements so readily as if coming from an expert on the subject, if that makes any sense. Sort of like a famed Marine biologist saying something regarding quantum mechanics, then being quoted all over the media.

Quote from: Geek-9pm on February 21, 2018, 03:47:02 PM

Prof Hawking said the action could put Earth onto a path that turns it into a hothouse planet like Venus.

hello all,

it's been awhile since i used the forum but i noticed that when my question(s)
are answered i have to return to the site>forum and LOOK it up...

what happened to answers sent to the INQUIRER via EMAIL ?

thank you.Hello and sorry its been 5 days without a response to this. I notified a moderator to get back to you on this.Do you have it turned on in your profile? Is your E-mail still valid and the ONE you are checking?

You need "Turn Notification on when I post or reply to a TOPIC" selected and if you want to be notified instantly it must be SET to "Instantly" or "Instantly, but only for the first unread reply".

Use Google, Bing or your FAVORITE search tool and look for:
Best Drop Ship for newcomers.

You will find lost of sites that claim they can help you. But notice that a lot of what u see are just Ads put into the search results bu Google or some other company.

Yes, Drop Shipping is a real thing, and millions of people do it from home and make money. But can you? Is it too late to start?

As for me, I have been trying, and I keep running into a brick wall.   

Electronics is very hard to do.  The quality and price are all over the map. And China is really making it hard for anybody to compete on price alone.

Did you try a Google search? Did you notice that in one list a major player is no mentioned? Why? But yet another list mentions s the missing player, but omits another.

GUESS why?
Right! The two or three big companies are working against each other. It turns out tht some of the minor players or children of the big guys. Or it looks like it.

So, I am about ready to give it up. It is getting to be a losing battle.

What do you think? 

Ssome credible links:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop_shipping
This article is flawed, but it gives the idea. Look at the references an the bottom of the page.

A fulfillment service:
https://services.amazon.com/selling/getting-started.html
Amazon says you can sign up with them directly. We all know who Amazon is. You will have to COMPLETE with Amazon! 

Did you know Google has fulfillment service?
https://plus.google.com/+Southernfulfillment

Also check this out:
https://www.fastcompany.com/40474593/how-amazon-google-microsoft-and-ibm-sell-ai-as-a-service
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Alphabet has two major divisions working on AI: Google Brain and DeepMind, which it acquired for $500 million in 2014. Both groups have worked on applying AI in healthcare, for example, which then allows Google Cloud to BETTER serve businesses in that field. The company’s efforts in image recognition can become valuable for Airbus and other aerospace businesses that need to process and glean insights from large volumes of satellite imagery. All of Google’s work on Google Translate can now help any global business with a call center. Although most of the value in Google’s AI accrues to its own products and services, the company has stated that Google Cloud is one of its fastest-growing business units.

Amazon has a much more natural synergy between its AI efforts and how it can sell those initiatives to others via its industry-leading cloud computing service. As CEO Jeff Bezos wrote earlier this year in his letter to shareholders, “Much of what we do with machine learning happens beneath the surface . . . quietly but meaningfully improving core operations.” The examples Bezos cites include demand forecasting, fraud detection, and translations—all features that any business would value. As our feature on the Great AI War recounts, a sheriff’s department in Oregon pays Amazon about $6 a month to use Amazon’s facial-recognition service on an ongoing basis.

Drop newcomers from your search...

Maybe not earth shaking news, but  it is notable.
Bill Gates Finds Redemption
It is reported Bill Gates  Net worth is $89.90 billion USD
From the article:
In August 2016, Gates’ Cascade Investment firm bought a $110 million five-year convertible note in Gamco Investors (ticker: GBL). The note, which came with a 4.5% coupon, represented essentially a 16% beneficial ownership stake in Gamco--two million shares, if converted at $55 a share.
...
Bill Gates has been bought out by Mario Gabelli.

Mario J. Gabelli, Gamco’s chairman and chief executive (and Barron’s roundtable stalwart), said at the time, “We are delighted to renew our relationship with Cascade which will provide us with broad flexibility in pursuing our growth initiatives.”

The delight lasted a calendar year and a quarter, a period in which Gamco shares never came close to exceeding $55. On Nov. 21, Gamco redeemed the note for $114.6 million. Cascade calculated that it was paid 103% of the unpaid principal amount plus unpaid accrued interest.

Cascade and MICROSOFT (MSFT) co-founder Gates prefer to keep a low profile in terms of investments. Real-estate deals that the Cascade makes can be handled with a certain degree of opaqueness. Buying securities in publicly traded companies, on the other hand, are more easily scrutinized by the public.

A view of some real estate.

Notice Interstate 10, a highway from California to Florida on the southern border of the USA.  Buckeye is in Arizona.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_10
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Interstate 10 (I-10) is the southernmost cross-country interstate highway in the American Interstate Highway System.

The Microsoft co-founder said Monday that the donation to the Dementia Discovery Fund is personal and not through his charitable foundation.

The London-based private fund is backed by government, charities and pharmaceutical firms and seeks new treatments for the progressive, irreversible neurological disease.

In a statement , Gates says men in his family have suffered from Alzheimer's. He says he's hopeful that in time Alzheimer's could be a chronic condition treatable with medication.

Who said "cheaper" meant sacrificing quality?

Too often I hear "you get what you pay for."
(Granted,  cheep electrolytic capacitors are near  worthless)

What does it?   When I pay more and get less, how can it be?
Sometimes lower price translates to better.
New designs are often better and lower cost.
MASS produced can be more cost-effective and result in goods that can be repaired.

Think about Eli Whitney.
Eli Whitney, (born December 8, 1765, Westboro, Massachusetts [U.S.]—died January 8, 1825, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.), American inventor, mechanical engineer, and manufacturer, best remembered as the inventor of the cotton gin but most IMPORTANT for developing the concept of mass production of interchangeable parts.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Eli-Whitney

Why question:
What practical examples to do you know about the proves cheaper is not always inferior?             
It DEPENDS what "cheaper" is being compared to. There are diminishing returns on both sides of the average.

You can find 99 cent, 5 dollar, and 50 dollar colanders, for example. the 5-dollar colander might be made of stainless steel, be well built, and have a detachable handle; the 99 cent one might be made of brightly coloured ABS plastic that MAKES it look like a babies teething instrument, and be made from a mould that was clearly overused about 5 million times beyond it's rated useful life, with a handle whose poor moulding digs into your hands. The 50-dollar colander might have some fancy adjustable sizing with a leather handle made of the finest leather from endangered dolphins, and a solid gold rim with accents painted by monks in an isolated monastery in tibet, with a built-in scale to WEIGHT it's contents.

the 99 cent is cheaper than the 5 dollar one but it definitely sacrifices quality. the 5 dollar one is cheaper than the 50 dollar one but doesn't sacrifice anything as far as the product's purpose is concerned.

By the by, dollar store eBay web-hosting falls into that 99 cent category.Yet another great Geek observation...

What would you take with you if you got a call to leave your neighborhood?
http://www.mass.gov/eopss/agencies/mema/be-prepared/kit/
Do you have an emergency kit?
If so, what did you include?
A copy of you photo ID?
Your prescriptions pills?
A burner cell phone?
What else?
Britta WATER Filter still in box - can be used to filter water in times of need. I have lots of water lakes and ponds and streams around me.
Geiger Counter - Yup it cost me $390 but I can DETERMINE radioactive hot spots from safer areas as well as avoid ingesting radioactive contaminated food etc.
Cash Money - In case banks are closed and currency still have value you might be able to use it.Good Point! 
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Cash Money - In case banks are closed and currency still have value you might be able to use it.

Between 2000 and 2014, the number of reported power outages – including weather-related outages – rose across the entire country. Why? An aging infrastructure, combined with a growing population and more frequent extreme weather, are straining the electric grid.

You must have already heard. These fires are the worst ever. The bigest must be the one that goes from Santa Rosa to Colusa.  Th city of Santa Rosa was very badlu burnt. A K-mart was destroyed. A Hotel.  An entire residential area. Photo attated. (Photo copied for TV station KGO.)
Find more images on Google and Bing.

Questions.
Is there any way Computer Technology could HELP?
Can Wild fires be predicted?
What is the fastest way to order evacuation?
Can a automobile be made fireproof?


[attachment deleted by admin to conserve space]Most areas in North America and particularly the west coast that experience a YEARLY round of wildfires have had their worst year this time around. California's 40,000 or so hectares of wildfires. 17th most destructive on record with 17 dead, with another 240 reported missing. Awful stuff.

This past Summer the wildfires in British Columbia and Washington were some of the worst we've seen as well. Just the largest wildfire in British Columbia consumed over 521,000 hectares, and we had a province-wide state of emergency. I'm isolated from the mainland but there were a few fires even on Vancouver Island, and air quality was awful for a while with a good week where the air was a thick fog of gray smoke. Thankfully there were no deaths but over 500 structures were destroyed.

As for technology, I don't think a reliable simulation of a wildfire could be run in a way that provides useful information about it's SPREAD beyond what an experienced firefighter would already be aware of. One possible usage could be autonomously or remotely piloted drone aircraft performing water drops from the air, as many of the injuries or even deaths in some cases during wildfire season are due to those aircraft crashing or experiencing difficulties and having to land pretty much inside a wildfire.

If I recall correctly, evacuation orders here are issued through cell towers, and give notifications on smartphones and many other devices for affected residents. Typically residents are already well aware of the wildfires nearby, at least with our typical topography, so would usually be keeping an ear to the ground regarding evacuation orders being issued.

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Can a automobile be made fireproof?

Can a automobile be made fireproof?

LOS ANGELES - California motorists saw both fire and rain within 24 hours on a key artery that Friday seemed straight out of a hellish Hollywood movie.

A rare and welcome storm hit Southern California Saturday, dousing a mountainous stretch of Interstate-15 that became a blazing automotive inferno when the rampaging North Fire leaped from brittle brush to passing cars.

As vehicles caught fire, drivers and passengers ran for cover as firefighters began dropping water and fire retardant from helicopters and airplanes. When the flames were finally extinguished, 18 cars and two big-rig trucks were destroyed. Two people suffered minor injuries from smoke inhalation, but declined medical attention, authorities said.

About cars on files. Automobile fires a very common. But it is surprising that a wildfire can make a car ignite. Or so I thought.

One would think that the makers would do more to insure that automobiles will not just burst into flames when exposed to high temperatures.

One would think that the makers would do more to insure that automobiles will not just burst into flames when exposed to high temperatures.

It is just hard to imagine that much heat outdoors. 

2000 fires in Southern Europe in July 2000 consumed forests and buildings in southern France, parts of Iberia, Corsica, and most of Italy including the southern part during the heatwave dominating southern Europe with 40 to 45 °C temperatures caused the phenomena.

No fuse is needed.

An a vehicle should already have fuses for accessorizes.

A phone doesn't...re=read the Post.

The Li ion charger is a voltage-limiting device that has similarities to the lead acid system. The differences with Li-ion lie in a higher voltage per cell, tighter voltage tolerances and the absence of trickle or float charge at full charge. While lead acid offers some flexibility in terms of voltage cut off, manufacturers of Li-ion cells are very strict on the correct setting because Li-ion cannot accept overcharge. The so-called miracle charger that promises to prolong battery life and gain extra capacity with pulses and other gimmicks does not exist. Li-ion is a “clean” system and only takes what it can absorb.

This is a very funny movie is a kind of sad way. Out modern technology has altered are social awareness and brings some out some STRANGE behavior.
Here is a movie I am now watching on Netflix. At  fits I did not think I would like it.  But after a while, it draws your attention. A single young women lives with here brother and she is trying to improve her social standing with the use of social media. It is funny because she ties to move up from a 4.3 to a 4.5  rating my here on-line friendships.
The Movie is on Netflix and the title is "Black Mirror". It is a series and I am now on the first episode. It is funny in a sad way. The girl is going to waste here life with social media.
Have you seen this ? Or anything like it? What other movies or series portal the modern social/techie crazy world  some people live in?
I love that show and I know exactly what you mean. Great episode but then they all are. I wish there's more on NetFlix.

Sorry I'm late but I'm new here.

Oh, by the way, check out Surrogates. Great movie about technology running our lives.geek,
saw the first 3 episodes of Black Mirror (the English PM and the pig - I won't spoil it for others).
found it interesting enough to WATCH those 3 but not enough to get me hooked.
It had UNIQUE stories and it is refreshing WHENEVER a new series starts that isn't medical or law based but it didn't make me want to watch more.

Full title is:
American Express (AMEX) and Paypal Explained IMPORTANT
Here is the link:
http://www.ebay.com/gds/American-Express-AMEX-and-Paypal-Explained-IMPORTANT-/10000000013953158/g.html
This individual found out that that not are credit cards are the same. If you wish to use your credit card with Pay Pal and eBay, you need to investigate a bit. You many find some transactions have to be done with your bank and not a credit card. 

I personally have found this to be TRUE. I I live here in the USA d I would think there should not be any issue. But there is. The is something different about  credit cards that they do not clarify to the extent I would like. You find out when a transaction does not work. It would be nice if the told your before you try.

So, I an annoyed. But I will keep on using eBay and PayPal ant way.   



This is some idiot ranting 8 years ago.It is still the same, Nothing has changed.
American Express is not the same as Visa.
I can not use it to pay anything I buy on credit on eBay.
Let me explain. One can pay immediately using the American Express. Butr one can not difer payment for several days and then pa.
Otherwise, one can buy and have PayPal extend  credit fr several days and then pay up using Visa.
So that is not a mere old rant, it is an example of a permanent everlasting  deliberate  web confusion on the part of PayPal and the American Express people. It is not i legal. Just void of morality.

Bu t if you want an up-to-date version, see here:
https://www.thesimpledollar.com/american-express-merchant-fees/
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If you carry an American Express credit card, you PROBABLY already know the drill. Once you’re done shopping and ready to make a purchase, you approach the checkout counter at some random store. But instead of swiping your favorite AmEx card, you catch a peek of the one sign you didn’t want to see – “American Express not accepted.”

This is an unfortunate scenario, but it’s one that plays out time and time again. Due to HIGH American Express merchant fees, many retailers cannot – or will not – accept American Express as payment. Keep reading to learn more about the way American Express operates, and how you can avoid a letdown at the register

How Much Does It Cost You to Accept American Express Cards?
Among the four major U.S. payment brands, American Express charges the highest credit card acceptance fees, by far. So much so that many retailers choose not to take AmEx cards at all, taking the risk of losing sales

Ignore this. That is what I was about to do until I saw the article was published at Hayward? What? A famous academic body  telling people  to pay attention to some kind of silly cartoons?  I could not resist. It starts with a reference to  thr virtual world of Second Life.
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Avatars aren’t the only personal creations in Second Life. Nearly everything in this world—which encompasses 50 virtual square miles and would take days to walk across, although you can save time by flying or by instantly teleporting yourself from one place to another—has been made by Second Life residents. Along with the thousands of eye-catching structures, physical landmarks, and interactive objects, these creations include less tangible things: virtual businesses, interest-based social groups, and scheduled events that RANGE from dance parties to celebrity book signings to boxing matches to yard sales.

So, if I change my Avatar,
-  will I become more likable ?

Geeks info is often outdated...

Can we even talk about it?

Don't try to Google it. Try another search tool.

Now if it is it is forbidden  to mention on  CH, I will not go  any further.   

You can find it on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/
It shows up  in Google Search results just fine...  I suppose it is borderline political but it IS tech related.

Just as a synopsis: a now former google employee wrote a long screed about how maybe the reason women aren't in tech is because they don't want to be.

I found it idiotic. It references scientific results, but is not actually constructed in a way that applies to the scientific results it references. For example, the author links to a study that shows women are more interested in "people rather than things", but then uses that to assert that is why Women in tech prefer to work on front end rather than back end software development. That's not even CLOSE to what the study found and the application of it makes zero sense. Not to mention that the additional assertion was made without any additional numbers or information. Just an assertion.

Another example is a citation of a study that showed that women had less ambition and stress tolerance; but he completely ignored the context of the study (which was hardly related to working conditions or jobs, but rather survival type situations) and applied it to software engineering ("it's too stressful for them biologically" was effectively his statement). All the while, he ignored the many far job fields that are much more stressful than software engineering, such as the medical field, which are dominated by women.

They also ignore any contradictory evidence or suggestions for methodology improvements that are detailed in the papers referenced. In some cases conclusions or paragraphs discussing confounding factors directly contradict the conclusions as they are effectively applied in his manifesto.

The author had a pre-conceived narrative, and they found some parts of studies which agreed with it and pounded on it for a few hours while they were on a plane trip. They ignored contradictory information or evidence, ignored other strong theories or research in the same field which didn't directly support their narrative, and then used the bundle of documents they found that supported them to jump to conclusions that weren't even part of those research documents at all, and for which he had no additional evidence to support, and no reasonable way to test, while also completely ignoring QUESTIONS of cause and effect.

Meanwhile, the entire thing is peppered with crap about having an "honest discussion" or an "open debate". And yet, when *one of the researchers who's paper he cited* corrected him on how he had misused their paper and that in fact the paper directly contradicted the conclusions he drew from it- he basically called them an "SJW liberal Concern troll" and blocked them.

It is a death wail screed of somebody CLINGING to a status quo that benefits them. One thing is for sure- he certainly answered the question of why women seem to be avoiding tech- they run  into people like him. Quote

One thing is for sure- he certainly answered the question of why women seem to be avoiding tech- they run  into people like him.

You got fired... (Score:5, Insightful)
by 110010001000 ( 697113 ) on Friday August 11, 2017 04:35PM (#54993597) Homepage Journal
...for drama. You want to write a manifesto? Don't do it at work. Put it on your blog. I would fire you for wasting everyones time with your personal issues.

It's surprising how many of these 'reports' start off with the words "written by an ex-employee"...

As you know, Houston Texas, USA  has got the WORST flooding ever.
There are already lots of RESCUE workers there. So stay home.
Instead, you can give money through PayPal, AMONG others.
If you have PayPal , you will find information on the SITE as to how you can donate .
https://www.paypal.com/
Look for Hurricane Harvey Relief

Hulu CEO Mike Hopkins ANNOUNCED the launch this morning during the company's annual Upfront presentation, mentioning that it will feature channels like ESPN, Fox Sports, FX, USA, Viceland, CNN, Fox News and more. Extra cost add-ons include BOOSTING the cloud DVR with 200 hours of storage, or "unlimited screens" streaming that lets users watch video simultaneously on as MANY devices as they want at their home, as well as up to three devices anywhere else.

Hello,

a Metro PCS ad just popped up on my screen where they claim to cover 99% of the people in the U.S.

Is that really true?

I would research their claims...
Also if your getting random popups you should run all your protection scans...it'll only get worse.Metro PCS works with or is part of T-Mobile.
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MetroPCS
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
MetroPCS MetroPCS logo.svg
Type
   Subsidiary
Industry    Telecommunications
Predecessor    General Wireless, Inc.,
MetroPCS Communications, Inc.
Successor    T-Mobile
Founded    1994; 23 years ago (as General Wireless, Inc.)
Founder    Roger D. Linquist and Malcolm Lorang
Headquarters    Richardson, Texas, United States
Area SERVED
   United States
Key people
   THOMAS C. Keys, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of MetroPCS Business Unit[1]
Products    Wireless Phones
Services    Cellphone SERVICE
Owner    T-Mobile US, Inc.
Website    www.metropcs.com
MetroPCS store, Ypsilanti Township, Michigan

MetroPCS (stylized as metroPCS) is a prepaid wireless service in the United States that is part of T-Mobile US, Inc.. MetroPCS provides nationwide talk, TEXT, and data depending on the plan services using GSM, HSPA, HSPA+ and 4G LTE networks. MetroPCS PREVIOUSLY operated the sixth largest mobile telecommunications network in the United States using code division multiple access (CDMA) technology. The legacy MetroPCS CDMA network was decommissioned on June 21, 2015.[2] Its legacy 4G network using LTE will be integrated with T-Mobile US' own 4G LTE network.

This could be about networking, but I put it here in Off Topic.
Some time back I DROPPED my .COM domain and got a .CLUB  domain name for my blog.
I lost my cheap server, so I have to get another.
Again, I had trouble GETTING the.CLUB domain to propagate.
Is there some strange reason for this?
I found a link that seems to provide some information:

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When you CHANGE hosting company you need to change the master dns server for your domain name.
This new name servers will be found by ISP DNS servers only on the next dns cache update.
Some ISPs take days to update cache. So during this time site will be inaccessible through that ISP.

You may have heard, California is having a bad time with wild fires. After a wet winter the dry grass is not fuel for some bad fires.
From where we live we see a huge cloud of smoke taht looks LIKE a thunderstom, But it is a firestom. We ae several MILES from the fire ANDF the air here is clear, but we smell the smoke. We know some who live out in the rural area taht has lost  well over 2,000 in a very short time.
The irony of this is that it is only a few miles from LAKE Oroville, which had too much water and some heavey damage had been done to the spillway ealier this year. So the state of California is giing to have some really big bills to pay this year.
Some of the land on fie is actually feeral land, not statre land. But the state has to come in and put out the fire.
The majopr TV netwokrs ill have this on the news tomorrow. ABC, NBCc and FOX already have some stories. bBut the fire is not even 30% contained.You will notice    there is more tahn just one big fire. There are two or three big fires at this time. In widely differnt places.  Really bad fires.

This would get the attention of the BBC also, but they are paying more attention to the fires in British Columbia and a big fire in London.
No matter where you live, it is HOT! 

Full title is:
Congress Introduces Bill Requiring NSA To Share Its Secrets
Link:
http://dailycallernewsfoundation.org/2017/05/18/congress-introduces-bill-requiring-nsa-to-share-its-secrets/

This is off topic because it is not yet news.
The proposed bill could never go anywhere. This might be a knee-jerk reaction to the allegation that NSA has made hacking easier for criminals due to its own weak security. (Ask Brad Smith.)
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Eric Lieberman on May 18, 2017
A bipartisan bill introduced Wednesday in Congress would force the NSA to share any security vulnerabilities it finds in software with other government agencies.

Known as the PATCH Act (Protecting Our Ability To Counter Hacking), the legislation mandates a larger review when a federal AGENCY discovers a security hole in a computer system.

The government sometimes coordinates with tech companies and creators of technology vendors, but in certain instances it chooses to keep the exploits for itself and use them for national security purposes.

Such a POLICY would ESSENTIALLY compel the U.S. government’s TOP spying agency to turn over its arsenal of cyber weapons and hacking tools, seemingly sacrificing OFFENSE for the prospect of better defense.