Windows is Sucking More Than Usual Today

 

Your love is like  rat tomago

The results of the Pew poll that asked the American public its thoughts on how to address climate change are in. Americans are for it; they just don't want to do anything about it.

Today I identify as  a Magnum. Either the ice cream popsicle or the condom - you decide.

Yes, 25 minutes to 'update', reboot, and log into work. If the company ever stopped to total time lost to Windows rebooting and general Windows screwing around, they'd have a heart attack.

I noticed it behaves better when I don't try to use it.

My email settings are now stored in THE CLOUD. This indicates my employer has drank of the Kool Aid and bought the CLOUD Hype.

Sometimes I run Task Manager to see what's going on. This is an exercise in futility because even when I figure it out, I can't do anything about it. Perhaps I secretly like to frustrate myself.

Windows Installer is doing something. It's always doing something. It's a very sneaky part of Windows. And if/when it installs something, I'm positive it will require a reboot, most likely during an important meeting or function.

Windows: It's not an operating system, it's a virus 

• Microsoft suspends “all new sales of products and services in Russia”
• they're going about this in the wrong way... they need to sell MORE products to Russia. That should foul things up nicely.

Know what's fun? A couple hours of dirty sex.

But that's not why I'm typing this. 

A trip to the $5 and Below store. Due to inflation, the $1 stores have closed, so we go to $5 and Below, which is a misnomer, because there are $5 and above products. I'm a sucker for interesting tech gadgets and last time purchased a small tripod/holder for my phone in my office. You could bend it any way to make it work for you. It was a great purchase (I thought).

Naturally it could not end this way.

Something's always wrong and the Phone Tripod morphed. The rubber pad that holds 'phones of any size' slipped, turning the unit into a Phone Tripod and Launcher. It starts to slip and eventually launches the phone into the air. For reasons I can't explain, I caught it a few times. It's almost like a game now. I don't worry because it's the work phone iDevice. 

Last night I bought a different phone holder (because I like pain). This one had little suckers on it, like an octopus, without having to feed it. It could bend into places, which really sold it. I put the thing up, grabbed the phone, and while I was grabbing it, the device popped off and fell under the desk. Because I crave failure, I tried it again. This time it popped off and fell into a place that took 15 minutes to retrieve. It took me a while, but I finally realized that this store is where bad ideas go to die. 

You've all tried reading the phone in bed. It's a pain in the ass, and if you try a larger tablet, it's a pain in the arms. So the $5 store (and below) buys out the stock of this.... gadget. Picture a four foot bendy aluminum necklace with a phone holder on it. Are you still with me? You bend it so you can lay in bed, with one end around your neck and the other end with a phone one it, at someplace convenient. To make this a technical review: it sucks. Naturally I received two of them over the year.  It's a great idea in theory...

If you want an iDevice case, this is the place for you. Aisles of them. iDevice cables. I'm surprised they're not selling the phones.

Wife looked at some colored markers. I told her to read the fine print to see what their special power is. The markers she picked up were guaranteed to dry out and fail on the trip home. I have to be fair, though.... the sticker pack she got was 100% functional. Their candy section was unreal.

Speaking of candy, the place to invest for maximum gain used to be drugs. Then vintage guitars. Now I'm convinced it's Jelly Bellies. I have a bit of an addictive issue with the hot cinnamons. When we visited the factory, they were $8/lb. They're more now. President Taxit wants to prop up the jelly bean industry with a multi-trillion bill to be introduced this week. And I can't afford my hot cinnamons. Or even the regular red cinnamons. I signed up with Google to put ads on the blog, just so I could get jelly beans. Last year I got two. So no more ads.

• it's late, I'm tired. I sure hope that large fuzzy thing I saw was the dog

While I'm minding my own business at work in my office, Mrs. lefty is watching Toothless Bingo, aka daytime tv, specifically judge shows. I guess these are the  new Jerry Springer.  Heaven hep us.

War Report

• The Russians opened fire on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant.
• Hey, yeah, lets fire on a nuclear plant. What's the worst that can happen?

In other Russia news, they are blocking Faceyspaces.

Maybe they're not as stupid as we thought.

Ukrainian and Russian Pornhub Performers Protest the War

• It's early in 2022 and we still haven't removed 'game-changer' from the lexicon. It's never too early or too late.

Flying AIDS News

Here’s how kids’ COVID vaccines are holding up in the real world amid omicron

Documents Reveal Hundreds of Media Companies Including Conservative Media were Paid by Federal Government to Promote the COVID-19 Vaccines

U.S. far from normal with Covid deaths 10 times higher than seasonal respiratory viruses, report says

Florida health officials to recommend AGAINST vaccinating 'healthy' children

COVID can shrink the brain as much as a decade of aging, study finds

Kyiv psychologist suggests angry Ukranians take out their frustrations by building fire bombs

They can 'peacefully demonstrate', just like BLM!

I wonder if my insurance will cover this doc. I like what she has to say. My 'creativity' desires official psychological sanction.

The US Space Force plans to start patrolling the area around the Moon

• 1 Adam 12, see the man about Russian satellites buzzing his house
• .. check out reports of Chinese space junk headed your way
• ...reports of Iran's ships exceeding speed limit - pull them over and search for drugs

Space Force still has no justification that makes sense, unless you're a military contractor. Patrolling the Moon is just pushing Silly a little further. And we get to pay for it.

• AI model detects mental disorders based on web posts
• they tested it out on Twitter and the AI committed suicide 

Can we stop it already?

A man's son died after committing suicide, after an energy drink addiction. The man is calling for a total ban on energy drinks.

First, our sympathies on your loss, Sir.

Then, we should not ban a single thing because your son had a fatal problem with it. You claim it was an addiction. Fine, so is tobacco, alcohol, and gambling, none of which we have banned (or should we). People need to take responsibility for themselves, which is a non-concept today.

McDonald's and Coca-Cola boycott calls grow over Russia

People are upset because some companies haven't spoken on the invasion.

The Speech Police are out again. This time it's the Haven't Said Division. 

Nail me to a cross, but I'm not going to stop drinking Coke either way. Question: we want to hurt Putin, but do we want to hurt Russian citizens? Same principle for McDonald's, although I'm not likely to darken their doorstep regardless.

• I'm probably gonna regret this, but I was watching a documentary on pot and there was a guy holding a bud, pruning it with tiny scissors. 
• Why? Did it need a haircut? Were the other buds looking down on it? 

So it's International Women's Day.

Don't they rate a month?

Still no Left Handed History Month 

Cat Urine as Cat Soap

I don't want you to take what I say as gospel. I'd prefer that you take it as a starting point to do your own research. Toward that end, a great reading room is The Black Vault. Owner John Greenwald, at a young age, discovered the Freedom of Information Act. He became a real star at getting official government documents - all legal.

John has an unbelievable vault of these FOIA documents... UFO, declassified, unknown, message forums.  I strongly urge you to take a look. Remember: this is not opinion.... this is official government documents.




Dear lefty

• Where do you come up with this shit?
• Where do you come up with that alleged mustache?

Using drag queens to unite communities (in Serbia and Kosovo).
Imagine a world where Israeli drag queens dance openly with Palestinian drag queens. Where normal drag queens perform with SJW drag queens (they're already in costume). Where national news drag queens mince it up with Fox drag queens. Where Trump-supporting drag queens perform with Trump-hating drag queens (let's not push it).

• Brain waves common during sleep also show up in awake sheep.
• So stop diddling sheep- this is your final warning.

Today I identify as   a hose that I ran over with the lawnmower

• I never thought I'd be typing this, but there's another Microsoft update with another bug. Win 10 KB4535996 (optional) has been causing Blue Screen of Death, random freezes, and other performance issues. Also failed installs and sound issues.

Hey, remember that Walgreens was putting together an in-store ad system that profiled you? Their app was just found to allow users to access other users' information. Yet another great reason to avoid Walgreens. And store apps, of course.

• I have sensations in my breasts again!
• The woman was a good candidate for breast cancer, so she had a protective double mastectomy. A new surgery allowed feeling in her reconstructed breasts. This was also a factor with implants, but has gotten better.
• You thought I was going to go wild on this, didn't you?
• I would never make fun of an area so close to my (and her) heart.

British sisters campaign against gender-based street harassment, modeled on a French law.

I would tell them to go f- themselves, but that's already illegal in Britain.

These sisters are what we call useful idiots: they help the state's campaign to limit rights/speech/whatever else.

Britain already has draconian limits on speech, especially compared to us fat, obnoxious Americans. One of the worst things you can do is racially harass someone, followed by saying f-. You can literally be locked up for 'disturbing public order.' Not happy with that, you can also be reported for doing this online. These useful idiots are just helping the assault on free speech in their native country. Understand that freedom of speech is moreso a concept (Britain), as opposed to being guaranteed (US), so it's easier to gut it. Since it's gender-based, it would appear that it does not apply to women 'harassing' men.

• GoodRx stops sharing personal medical data with Google, Faceyspaces. They got caught by Consumer Reports and swore to do better (not get caught again). Betcha didn't know they did, eh?  Time to let them know how you feel. HIPAA does not protect your data in this case! If you look at the blog post, they haven't exactly stopped sharing...
•  +1 855 268 2822 is the customer support number. You can email them at https://www.complaintsboard.com/goodrx-b124007

SETI@home gives it up after 21 years - "Reached a point of diminishing returns."

Really? Who coulda seen that coming?

Looking around for random signals over 21 years and finding exactly one false alarm. In business, this would've been a loser in under a year.

I believe this was a convenient distraction.

If you're looking for life elsewhere, you'd have a better chance of finding something interesting on whatever those things are that fly in ways our technology can't.  I'm not saying what they'll find, but they're way more likely to discover something interesting than listening for signals with radio telescopes. Seth Shostak, SETI's Grand Ambassador, is part of the Denial Squad: a number of people trotted out every time there's a sighting, to say it's an easily-explainable event (swamp gas, anyone?).

Oddly: Help cure coronavirus with your PC's leftover processing power.

The lastest AMD processor is called the Threadripper.

That's kinda harsh.

Nobody asked me for help in naming their chips...

• Brainsucker
• Pancreas Puller
• Eyebrow Threader
• Nipple Extruder
• Ball Kicker

Protein discovered inside a metiorite

Coronavirus!

• Simple systems have less downtime
• We can all make a lot of money with studies like this 
• Smaller cars use less gas
• Electric cars use more electricity
• Breathing extends like of test subjects

So it's been a bad day.

In pops the dog, jumping up to see if I'm ok.

She looks at me, signals she wants to give me a kiss.

I bend down and urrrrrrrrrrp, she burps in my face.

Dogs are sometimes a metaphor for life.

• Microsoft Reveals a New Design for the Windows 10 Start Menu
• "We prefer to keep our customers guessing"