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Sure. I'm recommending the browsers I did because they still support MV2 and thus uBlock Origin, full power version rather than the Lite.

If you're talking Chromium-based browsers, Vivaldi is the highest one I can recommend, so absolutely seconded on that.

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I'm going to be consolidating and culling information that I have on 4 separate HDDs. I am probably going to end up with just a little under 2tb of data after most photo duplicates are eliminated etc, so I'm looking at a 4tb drive.

I'm guessing that a mechanical HDD is the best way to go for long ...

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Merry Christmas to you and yours as well, Easto and Phillip! And everyone who comes by!

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Honestly with MV3 rolled out, I can't push things like Floorp or LibreWolf hard enough. (I'd say Firefox but they've rolled out AI in the browser, so, eff 'em.) You end up with a lot more stability that way and the more powerful filtering that uBlock Origin normal can provide rather than the ...

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Happy birthday!!!

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I sure am! Because of the puppy, we're doing a garland on the fireplace mantle and hanging little ornaments from it, along with the stockings. Prepping to have a quiet Christmas, just a lovely dinner and then some mulled wine and hot cocoa with music. Not really going for the gifts this year; we ...

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Given all the joys of life you're deep into are you still going to have the cash for that goat you wanted? And yes... I'm still running XP.

Oh you know, I've got that goat alright! :rotfl: He and his gal are out in the yard; I can hear 'em at night calling - strangely it sounds like "maaaaad ...

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There's been a few of them for sure. A lot I could get into and likely will given enough time, but for the moment just happy to be back seeing how all y'all are doing.

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It sure has been a hot minute. Again. I keep telling myself that I'll come here and hang out again and then Something(tm) happens that takes away from that, over and over. The cycle of life, new jobs, new relationships, and (as of about half a year ago) a new house. Let alone the new puppy, and ...

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Hi Paft, thanks for the insight.

I am no economist, but the current rate of US Debt increase seems unsustainable either. Interest payments on the debt are one of the biggest expenses, estimated close to $400 billion this fiscal year, or 6.8% of all federal outlays. Our debt (as percentage of GDP ...

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Well this is concerning. We moved away from any sort of asset-backing standard a long while ago (the end of the Bretton Woods system in the early 70s) for a good reason; it seems like folks pushing for a return to it are refusing to look at history and just want to return to bad ideas. Especially ...

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Twitter, yes, through the third party Nitter. That generates a native RSS feed, no RSS Bridge required.

Discord - Unsure. It's possible that a bot exists to turn a Discord channel (or set of channels) into an RSS feed; I haven't looked too much into it. I'd be wary about that considering how fast ...

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I'm not too keen on the current economic state, especially with investments. I've been down much more than I've been up over the last three years, and given the BS that was the debt ceiling negotiation, plus the massive case of irrational exuberance over AI that's causing a deep gutting of mid-level ...

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So with the collapse of a lot of major centralized services (Twitter, Discord, Reddit, etc.) I've noticed that folks have started spreading out into multiple disparate areas again. I also noticed that I was spending more and more time trying to track them all down and keep up with them on a handful ...

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It's not a bad idea, really, to cut back from that sort of thing. I've also stepped away from social media by and large and site on a couple forums + IRC. Really, anything more formal than that just seems to lead to cliques and keyboard warriors (good term; definitely stole that) that makes the ...

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Been a good long time now; was glad to grow up with y'all.

Paft

Happy birthday!

I was looking at your stats and you joined here in '01? And today you're 36 (if that's true), you joined here when you were 15, wow!

I know I'm late here, but yes - those numbers are correct. I spent my teen years here with y'all and they were some of the best, even with ...

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Happy Birthday, Humboldt!

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This is going to be ... really bad. I hope LifeLock is hit with massive liability.

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Happy late birthday! I hope it went wonderfully for you.

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Seconded. Stay safe everyone in FL.

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Yikes. It makes me wonder about the quality of their IT folks; it seems like they should have had at least a basic data destruction plan before just chucking out HDDs and other materials with customer data intact.

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Good lord, no respect for anything anymore nowadays it seems.

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It is unfortunate when people get pissed at the store. As if any retailer can truly set the prices they'd like to.

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MadDoctor wrote:It sure worked for me. Good man!

Glad it worked for you!

It's just a good pot to save in, though the recent changes are less great, but still. They kept the core and lifecycle funds, so I'm good with it!

Paft

Humboldt wrote:Yep!

Heavy bill month, same time as mortgage due.

Shift from the cushion

That's exactly it. Just having that ability to handle what life throws at you.

Paft

I got into this quite a bit. Depositing into my TSP (government retirement) is fine and all, but it's nice to have a small cushion account that gets a couple percent of my salary per check. It's not huge, but it's nice to have just in case.

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23 years later not as much partying less posts and peeps however SG is a lot like a beautiful old home with great neighbors.

It's honestly nice to just come back here and read, see who is still around. Might be on the fringes but y'all are fantastic folks and I'm glad to have - literally - grown ...

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Horribly sad thread to come back to see.

Rest in peace, Ken. I hope wherever you are, you have joy and love.

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Happy late Thanksgiving to you all.

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Humboldt wrote:Hey Paft, hope you're well.

Sure am.

As well as can be anyhow.

I certainly hope you are as well!

Paft

Alive and mostly well. Enjoying federal service; looking to advance in GS levels soon. Otherwise pretty settled - me and my little kitty just enjoying life for what it is.

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Covid-19 has definitely turned into a joke at the VA hospital I just started work at. The doctors and nurses by and large resent the mask protocols and the social distancing protocols, a good number of them even going so far as to say, "These do not work; we see just as many if not more cases of ...

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knightmare wrote:Good to see everyone here...

It really is. Good to see you!

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. . . than a bowl of slow-cooked stew from fresh veggies and freshly baked homemade bread?

Food is just always better when it is cooked from home, you get to control everything that goes in it.

Oh goodness. I completely love that sort of thing. A good pot roast with veggies from the garden ...

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As long as we keep a bicameral Congress, I'm happy with things. The real death knell for the US would be a single-party government all the way down.

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That is a crazy long delay for appliances. Not totally surprised, but still. I'm hoping you have smooth sailing from here!

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I wear a simple cloth hand made mask when I am at work or in public, don't the rest of the time. Just hoping for a quicker end to this than a long, dragged out one.

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BMED wrote:Off the grid more and more these days, check in periodically to catch up. Hope everyone is doing well, 444 days till official retirement...but I'm not counting!

Aw heck yes. In the home stretch my man - enjoy it!

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Happy Birthday!

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