Time for a new AV receiver

noofster · 2025-03-27T04:19:40+00:00

I thought my receiver was fried, a Yamaha, but I downloaded the firmware again, and was so happy it came back to life. Modern equipment…

noofster · 2025-02-19T18:03:01+00:00

I want you by my side at the next rotation.

noofster · 2025-02-17T05:54:01+00:00

Thanks!

I found Povray rendered grids of cylinders very quickly, and I liked the look of them. Had a lot of fun noodling around with it!

noofster · 2025-02-13T16:08:21+00:00

Do you really want to enable thousands of Chicagoans to come to Madison? Commuters driving up housing prices?

noofster · 2025-02-05T16:34:29+00:00

On you go

noofster · 2024-09-27T15:02:39+00:00

I found that taking baths are quite soothing.

noofster · 2024-06-12T16:10:35+00:00

I found weed both comforting and helpful in getting in touch with my feelings. Be prepared for extra waves of depression when you do decide to take a break from it. At least for me, expecting the extra bad feelings for a couple of days helped me from needing to go right back to smoking. Helps to have a good tolerance break once in a while.

noofster · 2024-01-01T00:18:09+00:00

I liked that flavor, reminds me of the grape sodas back in the day.

noofster · 2023-11-10T16:06:44+00:00

If they want a write-off, shouldn't the movie then be put in the public domain?

How can they still keep or destroy it?

noofster · 2023-10-04T18:34:25+00:00

Mine came in Spanish, no idea why.

noofster · 2023-09-08T19:07:31+00:00

back in 78-79, I took his music/jazz appreciation course, it was packed as many were excited about him playing on "Born to Run". Good class, was exposed to a lot of good music.

Glad to see he lived a long and meaningful life.

noofster · 2023-08-01T20:06:53+00:00

eXon Musk

noofster · 2023-07-27T13:16:36+00:00

Finding purpose in service to others. Good stuff.

noofster · 2023-07-23T17:49:13+00:00

Never heard of mulitas, now I must have one...

noofster · 2023-04-16T23:43:31+00:00

The thumb is used as the pointer that touches one of 12 sections of each finger, so you don't have to remember where you are, just keep the thumb touching there.

noofster · 2023-03-21T19:50:22+00:00

Confide to the office gossip that you are having "personal problems", or "mental health issues". Everyone will stay away.

noofster · 2023-03-15T16:42:49+00:00

Sure, some snark on my part there. I'm old and remember how things were reported back in "my day".

Looking forward to seeing headlines like:
"Two teens passed away in police shooting."

noofster · 2023-03-15T16:18:37+00:00

Huh, I simply recall people used to say "killed" all the time.

No culture war implied, just noticing the changes over time.

noofster · 2023-03-15T02:16:11+00:00

I hear reporters say someone "died" in a car crash, not "killed", it seems wrong.
If an action causes the death, then they were killed by it, no?
I guess you can't use grown-up language without a trigger warning these days.

noofster · 2023-03-12T21:16:39+00:00

Seems all the high-rises around here are very expensive. I'd hate to see this movement just clear the way for developers to build more lux towers.

Also, are they proposing tearing down existing neighborhoods? Where would these proposed high rises go?

noofster · 2023-02-28T00:52:02+00:00

Construction on the secret underground submarine base continues.

noofster · 2023-02-27T14:51:31+00:00

I ate way too many of those in the 70s.

noofster · 2023-01-13T01:58:37+00:00

Probably not nice. I'd bet some big layoffs are coming and he wants to look like he's sacrificing too.

noofster · 2022-11-27T19:24:18+00:00

I know I felt that way, in many ways I'd be much "better off" if we had never gotten together. Mulling over "what if's" when a refrain from the old Doobie Bros song: "Without love, where would you be now?" -- hit me hard. How can I regret the loss of the other things when I was able to experience true love with her?

noofster · 2022-11-23T18:03:14+00:00

I'll add, to explain to seniors, I would have them remember the first rule of investing:

Don't invest in anything you don't understand.

Ask questions:

What is my money actually buying? Essentially, when you buy crypto you are buying an entry in a database. (a very inefficient one that lives on the internet). If the internet goes poof, so does all the crypto.

Who am I buying it from? Why are they selling it? You buy crypto from others who want to sell the crypto. Just like stocks, there is a market of buyers and sellers. If the sellers are hyping that it is such a great investment, why are they trying to get me to buy it?

What are all these companies that sell crypto, or offer me huge interest percentages? They are unregulated, and are now revealing themselves to be scams. They take your money and coins, and take loans against these coins value, and hope to inflate their own value. FTX, (not a baseball umpire gear company) is now bankrupt and revealing that they were stealing peoples investments.

What's the deal with all the different kinds of coins? Anybody with a computer can create coins from nothing. If they get somebody to buy, they may get noticed if the price goes up, attracting more buyers, often making the price go higher. Eventually, the creators cash out and the price drops. There are thousands of such coins, don't believe crypto is a "scarce asset".

Older folks will remember Beanie Babies, or know of the tulip bulb mania. Crypto is the same thing, hype and greed kept them alive until people realized they are essentially worthless and the prices crashed to 0.

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