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Remembered the lifetime warranty on most electron tubes sold at Radio Shack. Built and owned a Heathkit color tv with a high voltage rectifier that went out every 2-3 years. The HV rectifier tube was replaced about six times free before deciding t…
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Will be interesting to see unintended consequences of tariffs. Possibly less collected corporate income tax. Less spent at greasy spoons. Less spent on cars. A decrease in the sale of Mc Mansions.
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Outside looks a bit like 1930s-1940s design (from a distance). Record player looks more like 1970s-1990s. I still have a Radio Shack by Miracord record changer, but haven't used it in 20 years or so. Some Radio Shack stuff around the home is 25…
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I'd guess there are a lot of older folks like me who have less than 2gb storage used on their free 5gb tier iCloud storage allocation. Suspect you'd need to be into video storage and editing, online photography or design work to need anywhere close…
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When AI gets closer to answering simple questions correctly 90%+ of the time, it may have general usefulness. For now, it should be called artificial (that is "FAKE") intelligence. Recently, I ask Google for the fear index (vix) value. It repli…
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Later comment from White House was that 25% tariff also applies to Samsung cell phones, which are also expected to be made in US. Good luck with that. Expect to keep your smart phones for 2-4 more years, when Democrats take over the House, Senate …
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Suspect a lot of audio/talk podcast listeners opt for $5-10 wired, lower-end Koss or Sony headphones. A $10 Sony sounds better than the $5 Koss, and is a bit more comfortable. I believe the main target audience for lower end Koss and Sony models (…
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We periodically had an occasional Dell or HP server that would Not power off when the front panel switch or the network based control was activated. Our Windows server admin would try a remote power down first, then would ask me to go into the serv…
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Suspect a large amount of rack hardware may be included within third party lease agreements. At the end of the lease, racks can either be bought-out for residual value, or returned to the leasing company (depending on the type of lease). With im…
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Interesting. Remember that in some states, conviction for a felony offense results in a lifetime of revoked voting rights. In 2020, I saw more Republicans Against Trump signs than either Biden or Trump signs. Suspect that if GOP convention in 2…
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Retired now, but as recently as 2017, my former large conglomerate employer had clauses in their employment, retirement and severance agreements that employees or former employees agreed not to say anything negative about the organization or its cus…
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Even before apple or dell were selling equipment, the highest repaired/replaced items in corporate IT departments were printers and displays. Apparently, that is still true. Disk drives and DVDs/CDs were also high on the frequent repair list.
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Doesn't seem too much for a company that has a market capitalization around $3.431 TRILLION. Compared to Microsoft at $3.096 trillion, HP Inc. at $34.31 billion, or IBM at $205.2 billion . If you own an S&P 500 index ETF, Apple is likely th…
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While I have Firefox as a secondary browser, and a Chromebook as a backup machine, if a given site doesn't work with Safari, I usually take my business elsewhere. Rarely, I will call customer service and refuse fees to have the vendor manually key …
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Many other countries are also subsidizing chip foundries. Germany, Japan and Israel have major chip fab projects. Chip building for defense purposes in the US is largely funded by the Department of Defense, with small amounts from the CHIPS act. …
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Sometimes, an issue can occur when the device has a relatively new feature disabled on the previous release. On MacOS, once had an OS update loop after disabling the 120 Hz ProMotion feature on a relatively new (at that time) M2 Pro MacBook Pro dur…
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Sounds like attack can be avoided by never clicking on a calendar invite. I'm closer to "trust no one" than "everyone is my best friend". Manually enter calendar information. Vaguely reminds me of a pass time with an old editor and old OS on DEC …
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Having issues with US listed stock news feeds in stock app (on macOS), but not foreign stocks and ADRs. Quick look at CISCO Internet Outages Map shows problems in recent hours with a boatload of servers and network interfaces (mostly in or near U…
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Recently read that 90% of high dollar cyber attacks exploit remote desk top as part of the attack. I have no way to confirm, but seems plausible.
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Rarely use the external DVD burner attached to my mac laptop. Have never used the burner feature. Probably use it to play back an occasional video recorded on a DVR, but only when having playback problems on multiple brands of DVD players. Never …