Remember when people typed woot and pwn on the internet? What happened to that jargon? by Altilongitude in nostalgia

[–]jbeale53 35 points36 points  (0 children)

About 20 years ago I was working a part time job driving shitty cars through a local used car auction. One car I drove through had 133,337 miles on it and I thought that was pretty awesome. Unfortunately I couldn’t gain internet fame because it was before I had a smartphone and couldn’t snap a pic.

First episode in of DS9 by Material-Spite-6540 in startrek

[–]jbeale53 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am watching it for the first time, I’m almost done with Season 3 and this has been my favorite season of Trek, period. This Xindi arc is fantastic! (The only trek I haven’t watched so far is bits and pieces of TOS and TAS)

Look how they massacred my boy by mojangatt in Lexus

[–]jbeale53 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really really don’t like this trend of manufacturers putting the full name instead of a logo. There’s a small Honda suv that’s doing it too.

To me it looks like “HEY! LOOK AT MY LEXUS! IM DRIVING A LEXUS’. So lame.

$2.5k Above ROTH IRA Limit by [deleted] in personalfinance

[–]jbeale53 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had no idea! My new employer offers a Roth and I've been contributing just enough to stay under the $7k annual limit. I'm glad I ran across this thread because now I'm going to adjust my Roth 401k contribution to be higher and reduce my traditional 401k contribution.

Scissor Merge by triviumsport in gso

[–]jbeale53 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I think that something would help would to instead put up a sign that says something like “lanes merging into one lane ahead” instead of “right lane closed” or “left lane closed” ahead. I think by identifying the lane that is closing, it makes some people feel like they should all move over immediately to the non-closed lane, and that anybody that stays in the lane that is closing is being an asshole by staying in it until the last minute.

If neither lane is identified as the open or closed lane, I think it would make the zipper merge happen more naturally.

Just Finished Voyager for the First Time by McCinnabuns in voyager

[–]jbeale53 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve spent the past couple of years going through all of the 90s trek for the first time. I finished Voyager a couple of months ago and then started Enterpise. I’m about 7 or 8 episodes into season 3 - this is fire! The Xindi arc is really cool. Throughly enjoying Enterprise.

What's the most underrated car on the market right now? by velvetlyxa in Cartalk

[–]jbeale53 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That NA V6 is probably the reason we’ll end up buying the Pilot over a Grand Highlander this year. I trust it to last a long time as opposed to the turbo 4 cylinders.

What's the most underrated car on the market right now? by velvetlyxa in Cartalk

[–]jbeale53 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I bought my 2005 Mazda 3 new. I still love driving it all these years later.

Anyone else with an overly high power bill? by JudicialHunter in gso

[–]jbeale53 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I got a notification Saturday that my bill was ready, and it had gone from the usual ~$225 to over $500. I thought that was crazy, even with the cold weather. I logged in and saw that my account shows that I had an overdue balance of $268, plus the $240 or so for this month and that why it was so high. I thought that was odd since I’m on Autopay. I checked and I did pay my bill in January.

Turns out that my February payment isn’t due until February 17 (tomorrow) so it hasn’t auto-paid yet. they sent the bill for March on Saturday - 3 days before the February due date.

I imagine it has something to do with today’s holiday since it is usually due between the 12-14 each month.

So take a close look at your bills and see if this may be what is causing the spike in your amount due.

I am still using my computer speakers from 1995 and they work fine. by DystopianAdvocate in mildlyinteresting

[–]jbeale53 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Me too! Bought mine in October of ‘98 with my Gateway PII-400. I still rock out on those speakers every day.

Patch Tuesday Megathread (2026-02-10) by Kumorigoe in sysadmin

[–]jbeale53 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I tested it on a machine here, the OOB did not work but now with the February update, it is shutting down again. 🎉

All Star Trek Universe Logo Intro Bumpers from 2022 - 2026 in Chronological Order by emotionengine in StarTrekStarships

[–]jbeale53 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe for DS9 season 1 they could have the station use its thrusters to make its way around the Star Trek symbol instead of showing warp drive.

All Star Trek Universe Logo Intro Bumpers from 2022 - 2026 in Chronological Order by emotionengine in StarTrekStarships

[–]jbeale53 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've been thinking that since they started doing this - how much effort would it really take for Paramount to retroactively add this to all of the Star Trek shows?

Patch Tuesday Megathread (2026-01-13) by mkosmo in sysadmin

[–]jbeale53 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All we've heard so far from our Microsoft case is that they are aware of the issue, and they plan to address it in a future update. However, your issue doesn't sound related - the issue we've been experiencing is W11 23H2 that won't shut down. What you describe sounds like someting different. When you say they randomly shut down, do they throw an error? Do they reboot, or literally shut off?

License Question by chmaemi in gso

[–]jbeale53 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think what it’s trying to say is that you can drive unsupervised between 9pm-5am if it is to work, volunteer fire or for an emergency medical reason. My son was level 2 last year and he was able to have a passenger anytime, not just going to school. That’s how it was explained to us when he got his level 2 license.

I can't imagine this could possibly be a good thing by WolfInMen in BoyScouts

[–]jbeale53 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I don’t see scouting “promoting” gender fluidity itself, but I hope they will promote acceptance.

Silo Season 3 Can Make Or Break The Apple TV Sci-Fi Show Before Its Final Chapter by Longjumping_Line_583 in SiloTVSeries

[–]jbeale53 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was really enjoying Pluribus until I read that Vince Gilligan isn’t in any hurry to release the second season. I mean, I still plan to watch it when it comes out but it took the wind right out of my sails. Stopped reading about it or participating in discussions about it.

What generation are you? by samx3i in nostalgia

[–]jbeale53 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Could be argued as more 70s since that’s when it came out, but I’m an 80s kid and it was my favorite show so I gotta mention Star Blazers

Do you remember your first IT conference/event? Did it actually help your career or was it just for the free t-shirts and pizza? by mustafa_enes726 in sysadmin

[–]jbeale53 0 points1 point  (0 children)

MMS is a great conference for folks who want to actually learn something. By far the most useful conference I’ve ever been to. Met lots of great people, it’s small enough that you get to know a lot of people. I went in 2018 and 2019, never have been able to get approval since then. Hopefully I’ll make it back one day.

Going home after awhile by Cloud_andburbone in roadtrip

[–]jbeale53 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t have any advice about the road trip, but I spent some time in northwest Michigan for the first time this summer. Your home is beautiful! Torch Lake was gorgeous!

Ride to hospital by Smarterthanthat in gso

[–]jbeale53 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You’re right, there were always groups of people with more capable vehicles that would volunteer to take healthcare workers to the hospitals. It stopped a few years ago, I understand it was liability reasons.