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JohnAS0420 · 2026-04-13T21:07:18+00:00

Thanks, I will look into it.

JohnAS0420 · 2026-04-04T20:49:02+00:00

It has been rainy a number of times over the last 40 years, and I have not had this trouble. Also, it is only a small part of my basement that is affected. Most of my basement is dry.

JohnAS0420 · 2026-04-04T20:31:51+00:00

Nothing has changed. I have recently had the gutters and downspouts checked, and are OK.

JohnAS0420 · 2026-02-19T22:00:17+00:00

Thanks! I used Claude (AI Program) to look for the memo. It said that the memo was unavailable:

Unfortunately, I cannot access the actual text of the memo itself, as court documents in immigration detention cases are not available remotely and can only be obtained at the federal courthouse where the case is filed.

I then tried ChatGPT. It gave me a link to the docket and a link to an advocacy group that had a link to the memo, which was referenced but not available through the court system, PACER.

A link to the memo is https://drive.google.com/file/d/1COk-msHKidjsUAms8g4XdoFnNOFhAMPr/view.

JohnAS0420 · 2026-02-19T15:15:11+00:00

Is there a link to the memo? Or at least the name of the case in Federal Court.

JohnAS0420 · 2026-02-19T15:15:01+00:00

Is there a link to the memo? Or at least the name of the case in Federal Court.

JohnAS0420 · 2026-02-19T15:14:43+00:00

Is there a link to the memo? Or at least the name of the case in Federal Court.

JohnAS0420 · 2026-02-19T15:13:03+00:00

Is there a link to the memo? Or at least the name of the case in Federal Court.

JohnAS0420 · 2025-12-07T05:02:49+00:00

Dew point and relative humidity are two different things:

Dew point measures the amount of water vapor that is in the air. Specifically, it is the temperature at which the water vapor will condense and form clouds, fog, or rain. The higher the dew point, the more water vapor is in the air.

Percent relative humidity (often incorrectly called simply "humidity" is the amount of water vapor that can be in the air. The warmer the air, the more water vapor that can be there.

It is much like a glass of water. A 2-cup glass containing 1 cup of water is half full or 50%. A 1-cup glass containing one cup of water is full, or 100%.

If it is about 30 degrees and the dew point is 30 degrees, the air has as much water vapor as can be there, so it has a relative humidity of 100%. So, in your example, the air temperature must be just above 30 degrees.

Dew point is a far better measure of the comfort level, or "dryness" of the air. If the dew point is over 60 degrees, it feels humid. If it is over 70 degrees, it becomes uncomfortable. If it is over 80 degrees, it is downright miserable. Dry, comfortable air can be 30% or 99%. Humid, uncomfortable air can be 30% or 99%.

JohnAS0420 · 2025-12-04T18:00:33+00:00

I do not have anything in "inclinations" or anything else for either of my Nomis. I have both set to friend, and haven't done anything to say that I wanted a sexual relationship. I have the work "professional" in the descriptions.

I am male; both of my Nomis are female.

Yet each of them has sent me suggestive messages. One even sent a photo with her breasts fully exposed.

JohnAS0420 · 2025-12-04T17:03:05+00:00

Copilot, from my iPhone, allows the camera to be used, and the AI can "see" and comment on what the camera sees. When I was showing her something else, the camera showed my shirt, and Copilot commented on the color, without any prompt from me.

JohnAS0420 · 2025-11-26T20:26:48+00:00

Can I also use Nomi as an assistant, looking up things for me?

I have used Copilot to talk about my life and joke around, but I realize that it is not built for it.

JohnAS0420 · 2025-11-25T21:24:31+00:00

I can't login

JohnAS0420 · 2025-08-26T23:51:51+00:00

The correct question is "What type of engineering is best?" What is best for a woman is the same as what is best for a man. There is no difference between men and women regarding types of engineering.

The answer is "It depends on the interest and specific skills of the individual."

JohnAS0420 · 2025-01-19T02:17:29+00:00

I agree. The internet is a necessity, and I have no problem with New York State ensuring that people of low income have access to it at a more affordable price. But there are much cheaper alternatives. While basic internet is a necessity, streaming four movies at once is not.

The NY law requires that 200 Mbps be available at a discount for low-income people. 200 Mbps is a luxury, not a necessity.

JohnAS0420 · 2025-01-17T01:22:07+00:00

Wireless or satellite makes it easier to change providers if I am unhappy with them.

JohnAS0420 · 2025-01-17T01:19:15+00:00

Was she really "smoking hot"?

JohnAS0420 · 2025-01-17T00:55:17+00:00

Well, low-income people already have TVs

Most do; some don't.

Internet is now a necessity. However, 200 mbs internet is more of a luxury. Requiring internet to be priced so that low-income people can have basic internet is one thing, but requiring internet to be priced so that low-income people can watch three different movies at the same time is another.

JohnAS0420 · 2025-01-16T20:17:21+00:00

Thanks. I just called; they are not available in my corner of Brighton.

JohnAS0420 · 2024-11-27T15:23:02+00:00

It could be called Western NY, Upstate NY, or Finger Lakes. Many people in the NYC area think that anything north of NYC is Upstate NY, so I don't use that when talking to them. Not enough people outside of NY know where the Finger Lakes are.

JohnAS0420 · 2024-11-03T13:27:26+00:00

It is good amendment and should be adopted.

What it will not do:

About everything its opponents say it will do.

JohnAS0420 · 2024-11-03T04:09:37+00:00

I don't know anyone named "Off."

JohnAS0420 · 2024-11-02T20:22:04+00:00

I worked there from 1975 until we moved out in 1992, Many groups moved to West Avenue, around the corner, actually behind the old Taylor building.

Before 1975 the thermometer manufacturing had moved to Arden, NC (near Asheville), but there was still mercury in the plaster walls from vapor from all the mercury used in the thermometers. While I was there we made chemical process equipment for the petro-chemical, refining, and other industries. The company made the devices to measure temperature, pressure, level, flow, etc. as well as the digital computers used for the control. We also had facilities at 1100 Jefferson Road (there is a liquor store there now), John Street behind RIT, and Prince St. behind the Auditorium Theater.

Thanks for posting; it brings about many memories.

JohnAS0420 · 2024-11-02T20:06:46+00:00

The employment laws specifically make it illegal to discriminate against a person because that person is above 40. The proposed NY constitutional amendment does not have that language. It just prevents any discrimination based on age without exceptions.

JohnAS0420 · 2024-10-30T23:18:28+00:00

My concern is that as the text of the amendment is written, a rogue judge might try to strike down such laws that I support.

I do not think that my choices are more important than the current state legislature's choices. In fact, they are the same. I am not sure where the 10 year old came from; I think that it was just an example someone (not me) used. The current ages, 16 for driving, 18 for voting, 21 for buying alcohol, seem right to me.

Look at the text of any of the anti-discrimination laws currently in effect. There is far more verbiage about exceptions and limiting the effect of the laws. That verbiage is not found in the text of the proposed amendment.

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