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New comment by 5555624 in "The Xteink X4 E-Ink Reader"

5555624 — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 18:59:05 +0000

The X4. I always have a USB-C cable handy; so, i can charge it in the bedroom, at y desk, etc.

New comment by 5555624 in "Testing the WWI concrete ships and WWII concrete barges"

5555624 — Sat, 30 May 2026 17:45:06 +0000

ASCE (American Society opf Civil Engineering) has an annual Concrete Canoe Competition. (https://www.asce.org/communities/student-members/conferences...)

New comment by 5555624 in "Google employee charged with $1M Polymarket insider trading bet on search term"

5555624 — Thu, 28 May 2026 08:37:10 +0000

They are regulated. That's why Connecticut, Arizona, and Illinois are being sued by the government. They tried to regulate these markets and the CFTC says they regulate them, not the states.

New comment by 5555624 in "Ted Turner has died"

5555624 — Wed, 06 May 2026 18:18:13 +0000

By 1980, WTCG had become "WTBS" and then "TBS SuperStation" and simply "TBS"

New comment by 5555624 in "U.S. banks may soon collect citizenship data from customers"

5555624 — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:29:28 +0000

> Closest thing's a birth certificate[EDIT: or naturalization papers, of course, for immigrants], I guess, but that's a pain in the ass for anyone who's had a name change (lots of married women, notably) because then they need more documents.

Or a FS-240, Consular Report of Birth Abroad, from the State Department. I was born on a US military base and although I have a birth certificate, the only think I've ever been able to use it for was my REAL ID. I had to use the FS-240 for my passport, SSN, etc.

New comment by 5555624 in "Why Zip drives dominated the 90s, then vanished almost overnight"

5555624 — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 13:51:22 +0000

We got a number of these to replace our Iomega Bernoulli Boxes. We skipped the Jaz and went to CDs.

New comment by 5555624 in "German men 18-45 need military permit for extended stays abroad"

5555624 — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:19:36 +0000

If the U.S. implements a draft, will women be required to register? Right now, only men are required to register with the Selected Service when they turn 18. Would Congress amend the Military Selective Service Act?

New comment by 5555624 in "Netscape News Feed Straight Out of the Late 00s"

5555624 — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 18:00:36 +0000

New comment by 5555624 in "Department of State advises Americans worldwide to exercise increased caution"

5555624 — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 08:14:19 +0000

The Coast Guard has long been responsible for port security. TSA does administer TWIC, the Transportation Worker Identification Credential program, which is a biometric identification system go access to secure port facilities.

New comment by 5555624 in "Tom Homan confirms ICE to be at airports starting Monday"

5555624 — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 21:59:06 +0000

racism was a minor factor in the 2024 election. Had Harris been white, she still would have lost. She ran a campaign that said nothing about what she as going to do, she only said how evil Trump would be. She lost the election when she was asked on "The View," a Democrat friendly show, if there was anything she would do differently than Biden. There's only one wrong answer to that question ad she gasve, saying not a thing. Had she just said she'd tackle the border and illegal immigration, she'd have had a chance.

Had Biden kept to his word and been one and one, the Democrats would have had a primary and selected a candidate who could have won. (Harris would not have won the nomination in any sort of primary.)

New comment by 5555624 in "Our commitment to Windows quality"

5555624 — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 23:00:16 +0000

>I'm somewhat surprised that Windows is still most of personal computers.

It's the easiest route. On non-Apple computers, Windows is already installed. (It takes a bit of effort to buy a computer without an OS.) Microsoft makes it easy for a user to get Microsoft 365. With that, users have the computer they have at the office and are familiar with. Most are just surfing the web and writing an occasional letter, anyway. That doesn't include people who are perfectly fine with a Chromebook or just their phone.

Finding a Linux distribution, downloading it, putting it on a USB stick (or burning a disc), then installing it is not simple for most people. (Don't even ask them to verify the checksum.)

New comment by 5555624 in "Chuck Norris has died"

5555624 — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 22:42:40 +0000

In "On A Pale Horse," Zane kills the current Death and assumes the role. I don't recall that he then steps down in a later book.

New comment by 5555624 in "Chuck Norris has died"

5555624 — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 14:54:20 +0000

Shades of Piers Anthony's "On a Pale Horse," Death showed up to take Chuck Norris and Chuck killed him, taking his place.

New comment by 5555624 in "Trump Fake Electors Plot"

5555624 — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 16:12:28 +0000

> The voters would rather have Donald Trump.

This is the point many people overlook. Biden won because a lot of voters said, "anyone but Trump" and Biden was acceptable. WaPo even pointed this out, just before Biden dropped out the anyone but Trump voters couldn't really accept Biden after the debate. Harris was not a strong candidate, especially after saying, on "The View," she said she would not change anything.

New comment by 5555624 in "The true history of the Minotaur: what archaeology reveals"

5555624 — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 18:20:00 +0000

This appears to be the English version : https://archive.is/gsv8r

New comment by 5555624 in "Robert Duvall has died"

5555624 — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 19:18:51 +0000

"Atchley do you realize that several Marines were killed by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor while taking craps?" "No, sir." "A fighting man must be vigilant to surprise attack no matter where he is. The survival of our nation depends on the readiness of Marines all over the world. Also more importantly, you only wiped yourself twice - grossly insufficient. Right now, germs with names you can't even pronounce are preparing to launch a devastating attack that will render you helpless in the defense of your country... Do you read me?" (The Great Santini)

New comment by 5555624 in "[dead]"

5555624 — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 19:09:10 +0000

ICE has offices in "over 90 offices in more than 50 countries." They are listed on the ICE web site. [0]

[0] https://www.ice.gov/contact/international-offices

New comment by 5555624 in "Arkansas inmates restricted from receiving physical books, other media directly"

5555624 — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 10:33:28 +0000

What about books sent directly from a book store? I didn't see that mentioned in the article and that used to be the way to send a book to an inmate. (I've known inmates in a few states.) Books could be sent directly from say Amazon; but, not from an individual. (The article's "Joe Blow off the street.")

New comment by 5555624 in "Report: Microsoft kills official way to activate Windows 11/10 without internet"

5555624 — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 12:49:12 +0000

You take it to Base Ops and they imaage it or they come to you and image it.

New comment by 5555624 in "Learning Fortran (2024)"

5555624 — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 18:03:57 +0000

This makes me feel old. I learned Fortran on the Dartmouth Time-Sharing System back in 1980. While I think of Fortran now and again and think about re-learning, I haven't thought of DTSS in years.