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  1. Haus

    Laptop Computers

    Yeah, problem being one of the only companies I hate more than MS is Apple. heh I wonder what's out there possible in the range of : 16G+ ram minimum i7 ~1tb SSD Touchscreen Linux Compact and lightweight. (I like my personal devices to be on the small and svelt end of the scale...) Initial...
  2. Haus

    Laptop Computers

    So...... after almost 10 years my Surface 4 Pro had it's battery go south (wouldn't charge, swelled up, popped one edge of the screen away from the frame). And I'm pretty sure I killed it attempting to ever so delicately do the brain surgery needed to replace the battery. I really did like...
  3. Haus

    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

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    Elderly Parents and Looking Out for Them

    OK. Interesting follow up to my mom's medical misadventures She had to go to the hospital a week and a half ago because when they took her off her water pill fluid accumulated, caused breathing issues and coughing, drop in O2 sat, which caused her to get weak and have a fall getting out of bed...
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    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    There's a degree of cost savings, but many places are now hitting a wall of cost accelerating because of sloppy architecture trying to "scale". But I know places right now that have things they would love to bring back into their own data centers, but can't because it's getting harder and...
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    Elderly Parents and Looking Out for Them

    I'm sorry sir, you have my condolences on the loss... I think I'm in the early stages of this with my mom. She's been diagnosed with mid tier kidney disease for a while, and lately her BP has gotten out of control and they added "class B" cardiovascular disease onto it. Her Kidney Dr took...
  7. Haus

    Bitcoins/Litecoins/Virtual Currencies

    Valentine's day gift for the wife asking how "our Bitcoin Billions" are doing...
  8. Haus

    Bitcoins/Litecoins/Virtual Currencies

    Another problem I see with as much as everybody is clamoring over the CLARITY act and other Crypto legislation is that the promise of Crypto and DeFi was to give a financial system not in the complete capture and control of the "Big Bank World". And who is sitting at the table with as much or...
  9. Haus

    Bitcoins/Litecoins/Virtual Currencies

  10. Haus

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    He's a guy who does these "putting himself in someone's shoes" posts as a form of "reporting". Usually it's about corporate America nonsense, and this one was his take on the recent interviews with Metzen and such. I just find his stuff pretty "reasonable chuckle" worthy while being honest...
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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    It's long, but worth a click and read IMHO.
  12. Haus

    The Video Thread

  13. Haus

    2025-2026 NFL Season Thread - God hates the Chargers

    OK, I didn't watch past the fumble recovery TD. Who was named MVP, it had better be Seattle's kicker since they can't give it to the whole defensive unit. . heh
  14. Haus

    Health Problems

    I'm trying to maintain more activity than her. I'm no 5k runner, but making sure to get the "steps in". I'm trying to eat fewer carbs, watch my A1C more than she did. Some of this will be easier as she had some work related injuries and such in her 30s and 40s which resulted in her having...
  15. Haus

    What vehicle do you drive?

    So. I mentioned a while back about a crack on one of my rims causing a slow leak over time. Took it to get repaired at a rim repair place and when looking at where the rim had the leak it was a spot where apparently at some point in the past the same wheel had been repaired. So now I don't...
  16. Haus

    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

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    AI: The Rise of the Machines... Or Just a Lot of Overhyped Chatbots?

    Yeah.. it's for "Elderly care'.... I'd be interested in seeing in seeing their definition of "companionship". heh We all know where this is going.
  18. Haus

    Health Problems

    I'm dealing with a "cards dealt" scenario as well right now. My mother is in the hospital because of idiot doctors. In her mid 70's she's suffering from weakened kidneys (I think technically stage 2 kidney disease) and now type B congestive heart failure. Her kidney Dr decided that since her...
  19. Haus

    Health Problems

    As I have learned, we get given enough L's by life to enjoy your wins wherever you can get them sir. Congrats on the progress!
  20. Haus

    Investing General Discussion

    Is this what "flight to safety" looks like? This is $HDV
  21. Haus

    Bitcoins/Litecoins/Virtual Currencies

    I keep reminding myself about this image.... If this autist is right we hit this cycle low on October 5th of this year. Meaning we have 8 more months of languishing and cascading down.....
  22. Haus

    What vehicle do you drive?

    Na, that's pretty much how it is, and I have no explaination other than "Caddy does Caddy shit"
  23. Haus

    What vehicle do you drive?

    Well, I hit a milestone... Finally hit 35 miles! (There are 10 types of people in this world, people who got that jokes, and people who don't!)
  24. Haus

    Investing General Discussion

    So now we have to worry about Elon forming an army of red tape cutting hookers... wonderful. ;)
  25. Haus

    Investing General Discussion

    Is that 2 years including regulatory approval and permitting? If so, they've changed up something in that process to speed it along.
  26. Haus

    Investing General Discussion

    There's a problem in the mathing on this.... Time to build a new mega scaling AI data center, including regulatory approval times : ~3-5 years Time to build a new nuclear power plant, including regulatory approval times : ~10-20 years Time to build a new coal/gas power plant, including...
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    Investing General Discussion

    There's a lot of discussion I'm seeing around if we're seeing the teetering edge of the AI bubble about to pop. If it does I think it leads to a marketwide correction, I'm just not sure how to position to mitigate/avoid as much of that damage as possible. Maybe I'll just buy donuts and hope...
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    Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

    Well, it looks like Lower Decks did contribute SOMETHING to Trek... https://x.com/GFRobot/article/2018830513038127519
  29. Haus

    3d Printing and the Future of Piracy

    There's a whole thing that's apparently doable that's something involving electrochemical etching process to do rifling.
  30. Haus

    3d Printing and the Future of Piracy

    Nice Hellokitty_piggybank.slt you have there my fellow piggybank enthusiast. I too have printed one, with the noble insignia "IBTR" on the side....
  31. Haus

    Whats rustling your jimmies?

    This also has me wondering, since a gas heater has a heating element (burner) outside the tank in that case there wouldn't be heating elements to replace would there? And no anode? So it would just be a flush to clear sediment? I ask because I have had the same large gas water heater...
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    Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

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    Investing General Discussion

    Magic 8 ball says....
  34. Haus

    Investing General Discussion

    Yeah, "unmanaged" really usually means "Managed by you". And you've hit the core of it, which others here agreed with and I'll put my vote in as well. Find a good broad based ETF type fund. Drop money in it consistently over time and don't worry about it otherwise. From the sounds of things...
  35. Haus

    Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

    As for people talking about "the message" back in DS9 and earlier... The way I see it ever since TOS, Star Trek has been progressive. But as mentioned they would also focus on good stories to tell. They'd tell a science fiction story, then as your watching it you're just thinking it's science...
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    Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

  37. Haus

    Investing General Discussion

    When the price goes high, straight up into the sky.. ... that's a bubble (that's a bubble) When the markets all sound.. like their irrational ... that's a bubble (that's a bubble) When you're at a top It'll never stop "never gonna drop" Then you hear a pop That's... A BUBBLE.... And today in...
  38. Haus

    Investing General Discussion

    I also wouldn't be surprised if in the future pending demand they create a new "high end" model. I'm kinda surprised he hasn't pivoted a little more towards that Slate type model of a universal chassis design that could be more easily swapped out for body/trim options. I wonder if something...
  39. Haus

    Bitcoins/Litecoins/Virtual Currencies

    Ground breaking alpha you can invest on RIGHT DAMN NOW!