Well then, I definitely exist! I spend a lot of time alone with nothing to do but think.
Random Thoughts or Whatever
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As Poirot might say, "Those little grey cells, they are working very hard..."Yes...
I have no idea how I remembered that...
DeadRock
Ideas Guy
I remember reading it and being confused...then I saw it...plays must be seen!As Poirot might say, "Those little grey cells, they are working very hard..."
I have no idea how I remembered that...
Getting old, older still, SUCKS! But praise God for young people!
My foreman was out today. The temperature rollercoaster is kicking his butt. So, I worked with the foreman that I mulched and seed/composted with today. I hope he gets better soon.
He asked me about the LED on my winter hat. So, I told him about how I bought it at 7-Eleven a couple of months ago. Without any thought, my brain just subconsciously ASSumed that there was either a USB-C or micro port on it and I just threw away the tags. Once I looked, there was no port. So, having no idea how to charge it, I went back to 7-Eleven to look at the tag on another hat, only to find out that I got the last one.
He took a look at it and showed me the tab that plugs into a USB-A port on a charger. Mystery solved! Now, I feel stupid of course, but ever thankful for young people.
My foreman was out today. The temperature rollercoaster is kicking his butt. So, I worked with the foreman that I mulched and seed/composted with today. I hope he gets better soon.
He asked me about the LED on my winter hat. So, I told him about how I bought it at 7-Eleven a couple of months ago. Without any thought, my brain just subconsciously ASSumed that there was either a USB-C or micro port on it and I just threw away the tags. Once I looked, there was no port. So, having no idea how to charge it, I went back to 7-Eleven to look at the tag on another hat, only to find out that I got the last one.
He took a look at it and showed me the tab that plugs into a USB-A port on a charger. Mystery solved! Now, I feel stupid of course, but ever thankful for young people.
If I have learned anything from 4 years on the Cape, it's ALWAYS have backup power. Surrounded on all sides by salt water on this crazy shaped landmass and having fresh bodies of water here on, you just never know what's coming. My building has a generator, but we've had a couple of minor issues with it. Just enough to drive home the reality that there are no guarantees in life. That part is not something that I can do anything about.
One thing I CAN do is make sure that I always have a way to charge my phone and BT accessories. I have 3 "power banks" as they call them. You know, those rechargeable batteries that recharge other batteries, like the ones in the aforementioned devices. The first one is a MyCharge (I think that's one word). $70 with fold down AC prongs. It's a self contained unit that you just plug into a wall. You don't need a separate external power supply. That's the upside. The downside is that there is no alternate way to charge it. So, if you're in vehicle that doesn't have an inverter*, you can't charge it. It's good for one and a half charges on my phone. You might get different results with a different phone.
* If anyone should install an inverter (unit that converts 12 volt DC to 120 volts AC) in a vehicle that doesn't have one, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, MAKE SURE TO PUT THE FUSE AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO THE VEHICLE'S BATTERY! FAILURE TO DO SO COULD RESULT IN YOUR VEHICLE CATCHING FIRE! Remember that the purpose of a fuse is to blow when excessive current is drawn through a wire, thus preventing the wire from catching fire. Any run of wire between the battery and the fuse is UNPROTECTED! If you should add an inverter to a vehicle that already has one, because you need additional power, the same rule applies.
The second one is an Anker $45. It's about the same size (all 3 dimensions) as my phone, but at least twice as heavy. I can usually get 2 and a half to 3 charges and it charges my phone quickly, but it takes FOREVER to get charged by a power supply**.
So, I bought an Anker 737 for $145 which is much more than I ever intended to spend on such a thing. This one is supposed to be able to keep me going for quite a while. Out of the box, it had 0% charge. I used the Insignia charger USB C to USB C. It was taking almost as long as the other Anker. That's when I realized that 140 watts is how much input power it can take and it should be charged with something that can give it at least 100 watts. The Insignia only does 20. No mention of this on the outside of the box. So, I had to spend another $110 on an Anker 747 (anyone think Anker has some sort of relationship with Boeing?) charger that can charge it much faster. It works. It charged the power bank VERY quickly, but obviously greed is at play here. No mention of the power requirement for the 737 on the outside of the box because a lot of people would see that and not buy it because they don't want to spend another $110 to charge it. A greedy/scummy move on Anker's part.
**Figuring that since the Anker 747 was able to charge the Anker 737 so quickly, maybe the other Anker would charge faster with the 747. NOPE! Not even a single nanosecond faster.
Just venting a little frustration. Have a great day everyone!
One thing I CAN do is make sure that I always have a way to charge my phone and BT accessories. I have 3 "power banks" as they call them. You know, those rechargeable batteries that recharge other batteries, like the ones in the aforementioned devices. The first one is a MyCharge (I think that's one word). $70 with fold down AC prongs. It's a self contained unit that you just plug into a wall. You don't need a separate external power supply. That's the upside. The downside is that there is no alternate way to charge it. So, if you're in vehicle that doesn't have an inverter*, you can't charge it. It's good for one and a half charges on my phone. You might get different results with a different phone.
* If anyone should install an inverter (unit that converts 12 volt DC to 120 volts AC) in a vehicle that doesn't have one, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, MAKE SURE TO PUT THE FUSE AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO THE VEHICLE'S BATTERY! FAILURE TO DO SO COULD RESULT IN YOUR VEHICLE CATCHING FIRE! Remember that the purpose of a fuse is to blow when excessive current is drawn through a wire, thus preventing the wire from catching fire. Any run of wire between the battery and the fuse is UNPROTECTED! If you should add an inverter to a vehicle that already has one, because you need additional power, the same rule applies.
The second one is an Anker $45. It's about the same size (all 3 dimensions) as my phone, but at least twice as heavy. I can usually get 2 and a half to 3 charges and it charges my phone quickly, but it takes FOREVER to get charged by a power supply**.
So, I bought an Anker 737 for $145 which is much more than I ever intended to spend on such a thing. This one is supposed to be able to keep me going for quite a while. Out of the box, it had 0% charge. I used the Insignia charger USB C to USB C. It was taking almost as long as the other Anker. That's when I realized that 140 watts is how much input power it can take and it should be charged with something that can give it at least 100 watts. The Insignia only does 20. No mention of this on the outside of the box. So, I had to spend another $110 on an Anker 747 (anyone think Anker has some sort of relationship with Boeing?) charger that can charge it much faster. It works. It charged the power bank VERY quickly, but obviously greed is at play here. No mention of the power requirement for the 737 on the outside of the box because a lot of people would see that and not buy it because they don't want to spend another $110 to charge it. A greedy/scummy move on Anker's part.
**Figuring that since the Anker 747 was able to charge the Anker 737 so quickly, maybe the other Anker would charge faster with the 747. NOPE! Not even a single nanosecond faster.
Just venting a little frustration. Have a great day everyone!
noogies
My Favorite Woofers.
I missed that you posted this and a few of your points definitely resonated with me. I hope you don't mind me editing it down to these:
I also love La Fiesta. It's probably been my #1 earworm since the first time I heard it.
That's a great song!
Woke up Friday at 2AM. Logged in to work to see if our EU team had responded to a request for data center support on something I needed to be done regarding some firewalls I need to upgrade, and I can't do it until they power cycle them because of a bug in the firmware Cisco installed on a SSD on some of our firewalls.
yadda yadda, and yadda.
Wrote a bunch of stuff no one cares about.
Gist of it, worked a ton of stressful hours yesterday. Accomplished what needed to be done.
Got up today, did more coordinating with another data center that had to be done, rebooted stuff, verified stuff works, wrote it up.
No one complaining - and the way we monitor our systems, operations would know.
Now it's rum & coke time.
yadda yadda, and yadda.
Wrote a bunch of stuff no one cares about.
Gist of it, worked a ton of stressful hours yesterday. Accomplished what needed to be done.
Got up today, did more coordinating with another data center that had to be done, rebooted stuff, verified stuff works, wrote it up.
No one complaining - and the way we monitor our systems, operations would know.
Now it's rum & coke time.
Erik Tracy
Everyone's happy when the wizard walks by
I'm slow - will be the first to admit that.
So, when did YouTube 'thumbsup' counts start at a certain positive count, then as the video starts the count drops and resets to zero, but the 'thumbsdown' remain the same?
Seems like only certain YouTube channels this happens on. Some channels the 'thumbsup' count stays the same, but other seemingly controversial channels, a positive count rolls down to zero.
??
So, when did YouTube 'thumbsup' counts start at a certain positive count, then as the video starts the count drops and resets to zero, but the 'thumbsdown' remain the same?
Seems like only certain YouTube channels this happens on. Some channels the 'thumbsup' count stays the same, but other seemingly controversial channels, a positive count rolls down to zero.
??
