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  1. nickdalzell

    Flat Earth Believers... I DONT GET IT!!!!

    The 'Society loves to come out of the woodwork during eclipse season, making remarks that a solar eclipse is proof that earth is flat somehow. https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2017/08/22/flat-earthers-declare-solar-eclipse-just-proved-earth-flat/?sh=3b9504069216
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    Rant Thread - What really grinds your gears?

    Yeah that's why I only buy secondhand these days. I haven't purchased anything new since the Z Flip 4 (and that was planned to be the last phone I buy). I would have preferred to keep using my Thunderbolt (that was purchased secondhand) but the carriers forced me against my will to upgrade to...
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    Galaxy S24 Series

    Add my name to the list. Bixby does a TON of things Google Assistant can't. I used to love S-Voice too, but everyone preferred Google Now for some reason. Google Now couldn't even toggle Wifi on/off or set an alarm! Remember Wear OS 2.x? I felt sorry for the many who couldn't even use Google...
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    I have seen this on social media..

    There were tons of 'men' who loved My Little Pony and Hello Kitty. I was not one of them People do say that about me being a deer lover though. Apparently it's unmanly to want to befriend deer than hunt and kill and eat deer.
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    Microsoft reveals subscription pricing for using Windows 10 beyond 2025

    I will gladly say that using a modern OS isn't magically immune either. I can easily infect the work PC with malware by mistyping an URL and Windows Defender won't say a word. But at least I don't have to pay to use my OS of choice, and I am quite confident the UI won't suddenly change at the...
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    What's the weather like where you are?

    People keep mentioning 'the end of winter' because of so-called 'Global Warming' for decades but I'm one of the deniers....Why? because each year our Winters get longer and more brutal. It's still the low 40s now....in April. 10 years ago, we'd have mid 70s in March. Now Winter is 6 months or...
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    Rant Thread - What really grinds your gears?

    I just picked up my Nexus 6 at Best Buy the same day. I also never understood why anyone would prefer to order online, wait, and possibly be scammed in that what they got was not what was pictured on the site. I prefer to know what I'm getting and be able to physically pick up and examine before...
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    Rant Thread - What really grinds your gears?

    I never understood the point of tracking a packge online. It seems to only cause anxiety. Back in MY day, you got it WHEN you got it. Sometimes 3-5 weeks after placing the order (yes, we were THAT patient!)
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    I'm in my least favorite place

    I know this sounds a bit cliche but.... "I know you're out there...somewhere"
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    TV Shows?

    M*A*S*H might have been about Korea's Police Action, but it lasted longer than the actual event and some have claimed it was meant to be about Vietnam instead of Korea. Its finale still holds the record of most watched TV episode of all time. There was one episode featuring North Korea, the...
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    Proposed law would make it illegal for companies to microchip their employees

    The more I read news like this the more I wish I could go back in time to the 50s or 60s. Far enough back that I'd be dead before this so-called 'future' can happen, and also a time where hardly anything changed as much. As Danny Glover once said, "I'm a gettin' too old for this s***" I got...
  12. nickdalzell

    Windows 11

    I'm using a combo of Linux and Windows 7. Because every Windows since annoys me somehow, be it their obsession with flat UI design, or 'life as a service' or promoting their latest AI experiment. I really wish Linux didn't double down on the whole flat UI bandwagon. It's getting increasingly...
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    TV Shows?

    Honestly surprised that M*A*S*H isn't even listed in that map. I think its finale Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen ended up being the #1 watched episode by the entire country. No show has bested it yet.
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    OTA Antenna Reception

    I think a lot of those life hacks were fake. I remember one where someone somehow got a half dozen watch coin-cell batteries by 'unwrapping' a AA battery. It didn't take long to find out that all you get for your trouble is a nasty mess of fluid and a stain in your countertop.
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    Post Your Last Purchase

    I was brought up by people old enough to believe that flag burning was anti-American. My great grandparents pretty much raised me (which is where I likely get my love for old things from).
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    Rant Thread - What really grinds your gears?

    Back in the '60s if you pulled a stunt like that your company would go bankrupt in short order because unsatisfied customers tend to talk to other people. That's why brand loyalty tended to work. Nobody would buy the cheap-o Craig over a more expensive but better reputable brand like Magnavox...
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    TV Shows?

    Kinda surprised that neither Baywatch or Saved by the Bell was California.
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    Post Your Last Purchase

    I thought flag burning was a thing people who hated America or what it stood for did in protest? When did that change? Some even did it in protest to the Vietnam War back in the '60s.
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    "Charging Connected Device Via USB" Notification won't go away

    Anecdotes. Micro USB always worked for me. Why can't we have choices anymore instead of the 'illusion of choice'? Somehow USB-C didn't just become a way, it became the only way, no thanks to the E.U. who shouldn't even have any jurisdiction in the U.S. Artificial scarcity sucks. We should also...
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    "Charging Connected Device Via USB" Notification won't go away

    I'm talking about the many times I tried to charge anything over USB-C and either it shows it is charging but is slowly draining and I wake up to it showing 18%, unknown time remaining' when I had plugged it in the night before at 65%, or having to plug stuff in multiple times before it...
  21. nickdalzell

    "Charging Connected Device Via USB" Notification won't go away

    I got so sick and tired of playing USB-C lottery that I use wireless charging that my Z Flip 4 supports. No more fiddling with that stupid USB standards change that NOBODY ASKED FOR.
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    Rant Thread - What really grinds your gears?

    I think that product earned its rep for a reason:
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    What should be FRONT & CENTER?

    It's better than it was. Getting a lot closer to my vintage dream. Spent two weeks with my girl. Still hoping to trade out my two 2000s cars for 1970s-early 1980s landyachts. That is the biggest challenge now, since nothing older than 1999 exists anymore.
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    TV Shows?

    I watch that classic 50's sitcom each morning at 7 on MeTV. Shows that are from that time or are in black and white just work for me. Also Highway Patrol, Dick Van Dyke, Ed Sullivan, and Sea Hunt. People ask me all the time why I gravitate to old shows that are well before my time given my age...
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    What should be FRONT & CENTER?

    It used to spam two of those each time I logged in. I just logged in today and it was silent.
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