While this touches on a question I’ve had for years (why do we not use free software and hire or train programmers, instead of seek so much off-the-shelf software for government use), I wonder how much of the offerings from NASA are Linux-based? MS-based? And if they have ever considered a type of DRMO-sales to…

Mac or Windows? EASY question! Linux.

Sugarfree Haribo’s...BWAHAHAHAHA...fill a bowl at work, offer free candies to all passers-by, wait 20-minutes for the fun to begin.

Sugarfree Haribo’s...BWAHAHAHAHA...fill a bowl at work, offer free candies to all passers-by, wait 20-minutes for…

Then you know fraud permeates the actual distribution of SNAP proceeds, right? I mean, I can walk into any city and buy tens-of-thousands of dollars of SNAP cards any day of the week for 50% of their value, turn right around, buy goods, then turn, sell those, and make massive profit off it. It is a scam, it is often…

Well, the first two are relatively accurate, but that last point, that SNAP fraud is rare, is a blatant lie. Keep in mind, it can only be tracked, if it can be accounted for. 95% of all SNAP fraud is never detected, and this has been found in studies over-and-over again. I know a lot of people who have received SNAP,…

The sick, profiteering irony of this buy-back effort is not lost on many of us. While VW is near-bankrupted by being forced into ‘buy-backs’ due to emissions tampering, there are 10x more Class 8 semi-trailer trucks on the roads every day than all the claimed VWs (each producing 10x the emissions), and nothing is…

Vegemite-Marmite...you forgot the superfood of Vegemite-Marmite! If you search the internet for ‘how long is it good’, you’ll actually find hilarious conversations on the topic. In reality, it’s somewhere between ‘car tires’ (10-years) and ‘sugar’ (indefinite). It’s because of the salt content, of course (it’s already…

Actually, a far-better ‘fried bread’ is the ‘Navajo Fry Bread’ itself, and is made much like a generic pizza dough, anyhow. It also can double for a Pita Pocket bread, due to the large air cavity in it when fresh. Then again, nothing better than homemade flour tortillas, anyhow.

I’ve been an absolute FAN of LibreOffice for several years now. In large part, finding such a stable, full-coverage Open-source Office Suite was what enabled me to go over to Linux as an operating system on my network.

Everytime you eat ‘fast food’, you are devouring ‘unbundling’. It’s how you make a $1 burger into a $10 sale, consistently. The idea of ‘fair fares’ in air travel were, for years, the sole abode of Southwest Airlines. Founded by Vietnam Veterans, their idea was simple, ‘you’ve got to get somewhere on time, we’ll treat…

I’m running 8 of the Seagate 4000DM’s, and with around 24-months on all of them, haven’t had a failure yet (24/7 ops). As an archive or general storage drive, you really can’t beat them! I mean, I’d go to an SSD or something for an OS drive, or high-intensity gaming, but for ‘yep, got a library for that’ situation (I…

That removes the ‘non-partisan’ presumption, and would be ‘playing fair’. This is absolutely NOT ALLOWED in today’s ‘spin central’ of ANY media site. I think the most hilarious thing I’ve heard all year is the term ‘Fake News’. Since when was news not fake? With ideology of ‘if it bleeds, it leads’, you have discarded…

‘More likely that most people using this app are incredibly shy...’? Clearly, you’re missing the point, this is to stir further dissention in the liberal ranks, and I have YET to meet a ‘silent’ liberal. Then again, few seem to be old enough to remember what Charles Manson said about provoking a race and class war, or…

Where was my option 8-years ago, to protest Barack Obama and his single-focus of doubling the national debt while advocating America’s demise to ‘developing nation’ status, while anyone ‘not-American’ was given preference over American? Yeah, sad day...thought a lot more of you than this, Patrick.

Really simple, ask for your old (damaged) part back. When the mechanic makes a big deal about “well, that thing weighs xxx pounds, and you don’t want to have to dispose of that, do you?’ keep in mind, unless you’re replacing a complete engine, a transmission, or a differential, most all other parts are smaller than a…

Actually, this brings up an EXCELLENT question that I’ve never really thought of before. Since I have an old Dragon A7 tablet (Android), I wonder if it’s possible to completely format it and install an RPi Linux version on it (UbuntuMate, Raspian, etc.)? Forget ‘running in an android window’, can old Android tablets…

I need a special key solely for ‘Sudo nano reboot’...

Lodge Logic is absolutely the BEST there is, bar none, when it comes to cookware. For those complaining about ‘finish’, I recommend a green Scotchbrite pad and an hour of work under water in the sink with it. Get it as smooth as you want, put some canola oil on it, wipe it around, now, put it in your oven at…

Lodge Logic is absolutely the BEST there is, bar none, when it comes to cookware. For those complaining about…

Sadly, I made it to 61 (and my wife 60) before learning one of the most valuable facets of ‘eating healthy’ that was so destroyed by ‘intelligent scientists’ throughout the 70's, 80's, 90's until now. My wife developed Type 2 diabetes and her blood glucose was VERY high. The doctor kept prescribing…

Most fun you’ll ever have: have a family member (or penpal) in another town, send them regular (once or twice monthly) letters, but using a simple substitution encryption for the letter. Once you see the ‘tampering’, you will notice that ‘all future letters will also be tampered with’. Yes, they are monitoring your…