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JohnJBurnsIII

@JohnJBurnsIII@kzoo.to

Visual Basic & SQL Server

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Former PT instructor: Kalamazoo Valley Community College.

EN2, CCDG2, CV-66, LCC 20

Be quality outlier for good! Abhor stereotypes.

Abled: for now.
Woke - a long time ago. The word is not the negative a small % of world believes it to be.

Location: 1123 6536 5321

If my postings have issues with grammar, or misspellings - and I recognize that... I will edit. If I miss it: ยฏ_(ใƒ„)_/ยฏ

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JohnJBurnsIII, to random
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???
There's usually a pre-cursor leading to main event. Decade prior to WWI and WWII... there was ramp up.

Are we on a similar path?
Future historians will document it. We get to live it. Is this what it was like in 1910-1914? Or 1930's?

๐Ÿค”

World War War III May Already Have Startedโ€”in the Shadows https://www.yahoo.com/news/world-war-war-iii-may-110038870.html

JohnJBurnsIII, to random
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Someone associates "top of the world" with the Arctic.

More continent land is in northern hemisphere.

Mass generally sinks to the bottom.

Hence... Antarctica is the Top of the World.


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unclepj, to random
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I decided to make my pancakes more metal by asking Auntie PJ to pass the tree blood.

Auntie PJ: Stop calling the maple syrup that. I canโ€™t believe I married youโ€ฆ

JohnJBurnsIII,
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@unclepj

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danlyke, to random
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I'm so old, I remember when web developers tried to get a page's initial load size under 40k so that readers would see content in less than 30 seconds...

Now "Waiting for www.google-analytics.com..." is up long enough for me to look around a bit, get bored, grab a screenshot, and post snark. https://www.flutterby.net/Image%3a2024-05-18WaitingForGoogleAnalytics.png

JohnJBurnsIII,
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@danlyke

I had a student doing a system for his work that was delivering a 5mb grid of data, so his boss could check in from home.

His boss connected via modem. ๐Ÿคฏ

He asked me why the page was locking up. ๐Ÿคฏ

I told him it wasn't locking up.

Described the concept of paging the data.

All was well.
๐Ÿ˜Ž

JohnJBurnsIII,
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@danlyke

That 30 second rule changed to 20... then 10 seconds, as bandwidth increased.

Now basic web pages are massive.

Times they be a'changing.

JohnJBurnsIII, to random
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The movie: The Conversation... 1974 (50 years ago)

...Doesn't seem so far fetch now... eh?

https://archive.is/2024.05.14-152237/https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2024/05/14/police-car-surveillance-tech-uncovers-phones-pet-trackers-and-library-books/?sh=4a3126437861

StefanThinks, to random
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If I were a doordash driver, I would bring little snacks for all of the customerโ€™s neighbors so they don't feel left out.

JohnJBurnsIII,
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@StefanThinks

Given the state of society... I'm not sure I would do that. Folks are getting gunned down because they were using a driveway to turn around. ๐Ÿค” โ˜น๏ธ

nora, to random
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are there any good books about the theory of garden design across cultures

JohnJBurnsIII,
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@nora

Rule of odds

1, 3, 5

Don't plant evens
Don't use even number of stones
Don't use even number of fence posts

Odds will look natural.

Look at a lot of pictures.

Less straight lines. Lots of curves. Not flat. Mounds are good. Pathways have corners that reveal something new.

Short bits.

JohnJBurnsIII, to random
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One machine still at Windows 10...

Wake up this morning to it showing something called: EdgeBar - on the desktop right-side.

What a waste! Waste my screen space. Waste my time to get rid of it - because no permanently get rid of it button/setting. NOTE: sidebar is "off" in Edge.

FYI - a few choice words were uttered loudly. I will save your ears.

Here is "removal" option if you want to keep using Windows...

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/203446-enable-disable-microsoft-edge-desktop-search-bar-windows-10-a.html

Meyerweb, to random
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Harrison Butker: โ€œthe highest calling for a woman is to get married and raise childrenโ€

Benedictine nuns: โ€œare we a JOKE to you, Harrison?โ€

JohnJBurnsIII,
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@Meyerweb

Uh Oh... he went and pissed off the Nun's. ๐Ÿ˜‰

DaveMasonDotMe, to random
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Well, at least I never posted anything on Reddit.

JohnJBurnsIII,
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@DaveMasonDotMe

Me 2.
And Stack Overflow/Exchanges...

Guessing next steps are to go dark. ๐Ÿคฌ

cwgrody, to random
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Do they also get the unlimited shrimp?
https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr/112453466342493534

JohnJBurnsIII,
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@cwgrody
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JohnJBurnsIII, to random
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What do you mean you don't put bowtie noodles in your bean with bacon soup?

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#Yumm

JohnJBurnsIII, to random
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Someone is going to die.

Will that be the point where someone stops to think : hey... maybe this isn't a good idea.

๐Ÿคฏ

https://youtube.com/shorts/R6T2qwWgmt8?si=okLoRZdIwTfu2RzU

JohnJBurnsIII,
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@tantramar

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Woe to all that fit that definition.

ai6yr, to california

LA Times: California is changing how big power companies charge for electricity. What to expect on your bill..." In an effort to pare high electric bills during the summer heat, the CPUC adopted a utility-backed proposal to impose a flat monthly fee of up to $24.15 on all customers while reducing the charges imposed per kilowatt of electricity used." https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-05-16/california-is-changing-electricity-billing-what-to-expect

JohnJBurnsIII,
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@ai6yr @douglasvb

At that flat-rare price...probably not cost effective in short term, either.

JohnJBurnsIII,
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@douglasvb @ai6yr

I get the idea of independence and not wanting to support a company.

To do that you have to be financially capable or in it for long term.

For most of us: payoff over 10 or 15 years is an issue as that requires "another longterm loan".

For many that likely won't live in a place more than a couple of years - it's not an option (e.g. employment reasons usually).

ai6yr, to random

NWS Omaha with the 8-bit graphics today, love it. https://m.ai6yr.org/

JohnJBurnsIII,
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@ai6yr

What's old is new again. ๐Ÿ˜†

JohnJBurnsIII,
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@datn @ai6yr

Oh my. I totally get that. ๐Ÿคฃ

thezenlady, to random
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Well this is one way to "thin the herd"

As well as allow the virus to mutate & become more viral in humans.

https://gizmodo.com/raw-milk-sales-up-bird-flu-h5n1-tiktok-usda-cdc-fda-1851476916

JohnJBurnsIII,
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@oldguy52 @thezenlady

In the realm of: once you see it, you can't unsee it...

Cat climbing over the fence...

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MikeImBack, to random
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This happened to me once at a Superstore

"Customers are fed up with anti-theft measures at stores.

"It seemed like [it took] forever, with people walking by. It was humiliating."

Dennison has found her own solution: She has switched grocery stores. "

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/theft-grocers-organized-crime-1.7203990

JohnJBurnsIII,
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@tantramar @MikeImBack

I do my best to support local retail & food (restaurants and groceries). But certain products are not available locally.

But sometimes I have to drive the 10 to 20 miles to box store (1-way)... and that's a drag. But I'm not moving to higher cost area... to reduce that drive.

Shopping online is always my 3rd choice.

JohnJBurnsIII,
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@tantramar @MikeImBack

The cost to get goods up your way must be high.

JohnJBurnsIII,
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@tantramar @MikeImBack

Re: retail environment... 20 years ago

Most definitely.

WearsHats, to random
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I finally did it. I used an LLM. A couple of months ago, MS added its Copilot to Windows. I turned it off. But the latest update shoved it back in my face and tried to get me to let it use my data. So I asked it a question: How do I get rid of Copilot? It suggested I uninstall it like any other program, but MS removed that option. But Copilot went on to tell me the exact registry key to change to block it from loading, and now it's gone.

JohnJBurnsIII,
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@WearsHats

Spill those beans all over the floor, please.

JohnJBurnsIII,
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@WearsHats

Thank you.

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