Recent content by Gödel

So this is a "lame duck" congress (whereas before, it was just lame). How many of the outgoing Repugnicans are going to take this opportunistic opportunity to desert Trump, after blindly supporting him in goose-step for years?

From The New York Times: Hegseth Impeachment Charges Say He Violated the Constitution Representative Thomas Massie, Republican of Kentucky, set in motion a vote that must be taken within two days. (He) moved on Monday to force a vote this week on impeaching Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth...

Thanks to your mom from all of us. ;)

Speaking of ancient history, has anyone else here used card-punch machines to punch in code (FORTRAN, in my case) into a deck of cards? In college, we had a room full of card-punch machines for us to code our programs. Then we'd take our card decks into a big room where people could come and...

And now, for something completely different: FAA to finally ditch floppy disks in what it calls “historic” tech upgrade. I would almost agree with that statement, except I would call it prehistoric. 🧔🏽‍♀️ 🦕 "FAA information display systems to be floppy-free at 435 sites by end of 2028."

As a great man (or was it a grate man) once said: "It's morning again in America".

Thanks for the response, Merc. I got an audio extension cord to be able to reach my headphones from my chair to the TV in my room without the cord hanging in the air, so I could go that route, but it's kind of a hassle because I have to take my hearing aids out to use the headphones. How 20ᵗʰ...

I don't know if any of you have good experienced with this, but I have been searching for a good Bluetooth link from my TV to my hearing aids and/or headphones. I've had a few over the years, and they were all somewhat flaky. The last one I got is no longer able to connect to my phone, and...

Thanks, Handy, for responding to this security issue so quickly‼️ (I did notice the downtime at one point, but it was cretainly worthwhile.)

Good to hear from you, Fla Man. I anticipated that you might have some antique computers, but I didn't think you'd have one that's four years older than you. ;)

I was searching for something here on SF, and I came across this nearly 22-year-old thread, so I thought I'd dredge it up. After I had my PCs working on grid.org fighting cancer for years, it folded. So I started them working on World Community Grid instead. You may recall some of my postings...

Oh, and sorry for the Padres' loss; I like Manny Machado, and miss him from the Orioles .

Whoa, Mr. Bardwick, pretty impressive; it had or soon will have its quadranscentennial.

OK, I hope Tannin will check in for verification. For old timer's sake. ;) On another note, I have a PC that's 19.21 years old. Does anyone here have an older one (still running)?

Following up on my last ¶, I checked my PCs' (weak) graphics cards. (Apologies for hijacking this Windows thread.) My latest PC has a Radeon R7 240 from 2019, which should be OK for my minimal video usage if I upgrade to Ubuntu 24.04. My second-oldest (10 YO) is relying on its Xeon E3 1200...