Recent content by Mercutio

Since I have recently exchanged words with my folks on this topic: I no longer see National Public Radio as a worthwhile news source; since the second Bush Administration and definitely during the Obama Administration, it became increasingly willing to allow unchecked commentary from right-wing...

I've kind of spent the last few days in shock over what's been going on overall. One of the things that seems particularly awful is that these people have still had to do regular things like call off work or go and pretend nothing has happened. My one friend gets out of the hospital tomorrow. I...

Apparently, we run Venezuela now. I imagine that must come as quite a shock to the people who live there.

It's so hard to tell with cats. Their standard behavior is to mask their pain as best they can. I've brought a number of beloved animals to the gate of Valhalla and it never gets easier. Your Booster had a better life in a loving home and she didn't have to know pain at the end.

Somebody clipped me with their passenger's side rear-view mirror. My area doesn't really have sidewalks, so I was walking on the very edge of the pavement along a hill with a steep fall-off. There was a good 30" of pavement past the white line defining the road though, so my guess is that...

I have had an absolute fuck of an end of year. A friend attempted suicide in my place a couple nights ago; another former roommate had her home invaded and was SA'd this morning and to top it all off, for the first time in my life, I got left alone with a 10 month old for about six hours because...

Six months ago, I was able to price 90% health renewed 15TB Micron 9300s for $1100ish. Now I can't find one (Health% unknown) for less than $1600. Still going to buy some for my hosted systems but not as many as I'd hoped to get. This summer, Before the DRAM-pricing BS started, I picked up 12TB...

IIRC Eufy has been involved in some of the same "other people can see your video" scandal that have hit a lot of companies; they mostly stem from a couple Chinese companies that control common APIs related to video transport in easily implemented Python code. Wyse (the indoor cameras I use)...

Normal-ish. I got hit by a car a couple years ago and it's really reduced my interest in going out to get exercise. No lasting harm done. I just have to on activity somewhat. But I am old and still overweight.

Snorlax, the Diabetes-type Pokemon, weighs 1014lbs and eats 900lbs a day. This has serious implications about its metabolism. I keep getting Snorlax stuff from my friends and now that I know that it's a half ton monster that sleeps all the time and takes giant shits, I think I'm a little insulted.

I usually have a turn based game open. Often, it's a 30 year old title that I play about a round a day. My partner games nonstop. I usually watch her stream while we keep an open voice chat and I do whatever I'm doing.

I always refer to the time of year as gifting holidays. I give out horror themed cards devoted to the bleakness of short days or to Krampusnacht, the holiday for beating children. Followers of the Peacock Angel fast just before midwinter, the three days of Rojiet Ezi, and I expect all of you...

What an absolute shit show. This whole thing was painful to read. It's even worse knowing this happens to more people every day.

I got an amazing little out of nowhere gift, a Godox IT30 mini flash. It's TINY, only 130g, and charges over USB C instead of annihilating a bunch of Eneloop AAs like my traditional flashes do. Just getting an inexpensive and travel friendly flash is a big deal. I'm really excited to have...

Microsoft needs to present as not being reliant on x86 and truthfully, there's a real market for datacenter hardware with low energy consumption and scads of cores. Working with ARM also applies pressure to get AMD and Intel to improve in areas they might not have chosen otherwise Finally...