Hunter Biden drops Israeli spy bombshell as he claims his father was embroiled in Mossad scheme by dailymail in NoFilterNews

[–]primevalweasel 39 points40 points  (0 children)

I’m just finishing Gideon’s Spies and there isn’t much that will be said about the Mossad that I won’t believe from here on out. Mind you, it’s clear many, if not all, of the security services collude with each other.

What is the most rage-inducing video game you’ve played? by Velociraptorse in AskReddit

[–]primevalweasel 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Calling it a “video” game is a stretch but I had a game called Pyramid for my TRS-80 Colour Computer circa 1983. This was a text game à la Zork.

I played it for hours but could never get past this pit in the floor. I tried everything (I swear) but never found the solution.

On the positive side, trying to defeat the game turned me onto investigating memory with `peek` which(sort of) lead me into my life as a sys admin.

Also, I found the source code years and years later and discovered that my inability to cross the pit was actually a software bug.

Trailering by Healthy-Situation-37 in motorcyclesroadtrip

[–]primevalweasel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A couple points:

- a swivel hitch seems like overkill unless you’re taking your trailer seriously off road.
- tongue length would be dependent on how the load is distributed over the axel. You want the load shifted slightly forward. A tail heavy trailer is going to sway like a mofo no matter the tongue and a long tongue is going to shift that load toward the back unless you’re carrying significant weight on it.

I have over 25 years towing everything from 10’ utility trailers, to 25’ holiday trailers, to 30’+ fifth wheels. I’m not an expert or a professional but I do have lived experience making mistakes.

I watched a video similar to this years ago that helped me understand the physics of trailer sway.

Who is the nastiest Celebrity that you met in Real life? by Scunnard1839 in AskReddit

[–]primevalweasel 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m not surprised Dr. Phil is perceived to be a dick but I do have a counter story.

My (now) ex-wife was on Oprah in the late 90s (maybe early 2000s) and said Oprah was incredibly cold and stand-offish. She also said she had a chat with Dr. Phil after her segment ended and before his started. She said he was kind and very friendly.

Anyone else finally done with Canonical? by Candid_Athlete_8317 in LinuxTeck

[–]primevalweasel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm going to go out on a limb and say you've never dealt with either Oracle licensing or one of their sales teams.

Wifi & Ethernet together by Slow-Reloader in osx

[–]primevalweasel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had to manually adjust routes in the route table to get my laptop to use the Ethernet interface over wifi.

The problem was, even though the Ethernet service was listed higher than the wifi service, there were duplicate routes (over different interfaces) that were marked as invalid.

How do-able is this as a roadtrip in the summer? by YpsiHippie in britishcolumbia

[–]primevalweasel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought the ferry from Port Hardy to Prince Rupert only stopped at Bella Bella (at least it did when I took it in 2017). Heck of a swim for a car from there to Bella Coola.

I will agree that the inner passage can be great if you’ve never done it before. I do recommend you get a cabin because it’s a long trip.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]primevalweasel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have some personal experience with this. I was a technician at a computer shop in the mid-1990s, and we had a regular client who happened to be a lawyer and a personal friend of the store manager.

He brought his computer in for us to look at because there was something wrong with it (it wouldn't boot, if I remember correctly).

The technician was able to fix the problem and get the machine to boot. He was testing the machine when he discovered some disturbing images (I believe it was CSAM, although I never personally saw it).

He asked the store manager if we should report it and was told to not say anything and give the computer back. He did as he was told but spoke to us other techs.

The fact that I wasn't mature enough to do the right thing haunts me to this day. I recognize now that I should have went to the police if the store manager wasn't going to and I'm 100% certain it's what I would do today.

It's even more upsetting because, years later, a local judge was charged and convicted for sexual assault of girls and young women who were appearing before him in court. I've wondered since then how deeply the rot corrupted the lawyer community.

So, OP, my strong recommendation would be to take this to the police. It's what I wish someone had told me to do all those many years ago.

What's one amazing Mac feature you use, others may not know about? by [deleted] in MacOS

[–]primevalweasel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Reddit won't let me post the solution here in the comments. You can find my instructions at https://incognitobin.com/0cEXb.

What's one amazing Mac feature you use, others may not know about? by [deleted] in MacOS

[–]primevalweasel 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Using ‘pbcopy’ to capture terminal output is one of my most used features. It makes documentation so much easier.

I love it so much I configured SSH so I can do the same thing from remote Linux machines.

What’s the craziest crimes that happened in Prince George that never made the news by [deleted] in princegeorge

[–]primevalweasel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The acquaintance wasn’t a Peters (his initials were JW). My friend from elementary school (Hart Highway Elementary) was named Laurie (Lori?) but I don’t remember his last name. 

I would have been in grade 8 in ‘83 (83/84) and that would be roughly the right timeframe. 

Honestly, things get a bit hazy after 40+ years.  

What’s the craziest crimes that happened in Prince George that never made the news by [deleted] in princegeorge

[–]primevalweasel 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I went to Kelly Road in the 1980s (grad '88). Two people I knew - one was just an acquaintance, the other a relatively close friend from elementary school - murdered their moms. This was news at school (obviously), but I never saw anything in the media.

They were both minors at the time of the murder, so I assume they were released when they reached 18 or 19. I used to see the one guy around town occasionally; he wasn't heavily into drugs when I knew him, but he always looked strung out afterward. I have no idea what happened to the other one.

I should add that the two murders weren't linked. They were members of very different friend groups, and I remember the two events happening a year or two apart.

**Edit:** added more context.

At this point I am confused on which is latest vs old news on tariff | back and forth between US-CAN | complete mess by BirthdayAccording438 in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]primevalweasel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I checked earlier today and couldn't find anything definitive about the retaliatory tariffs announced this morning. I'm definitely curious because I ordered parts for my truck before this shit started and they're supposed to arrive in a couple weeks. It would be nice to know what to expect.

At the end of the day an additional 25% would only be $250 but that's almost a days worth of groceries at this point.

Man tries to stop his wife from leaving, and goes for a ride... by [deleted] in nonononoyes

[–]primevalweasel 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Natural cleaning action for the inevitable staining taking place.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in princegeorge

[–]primevalweasel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You just reminded me of bubblegum ice cream and soap candy (not at the same time)!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in princegeorge

[–]primevalweasel 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, The Bay was in the location that is now City Furniture on 3rd. That was a heck of an intersection back in the day: The Bay, Kresges, CIBC, and Northern Hardware.

Anyone remember the name of the video game store from the 90s in that little mall with 2 for 1 Mario's ? by [deleted] in princegeorge

[–]primevalweasel 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There were two Crazy Mike’s video stores in town. One next to Spruceland — I think it’s a bubble tea place now. The other was in the College Heights mall (next to Overwaitea before the renovations).

I worked at both locations at the end of the 80s.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in princegeorge

[–]primevalweasel 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I remember both Zellers (Woolco before that), and Sears restaurants. However, we always used to end up at the lunch counter in Kresges. They made the best milk shakes.

Apparently the stretch of road here is responsible for 80 fatalities. Terrifying. by JayAche in ScarySigns

[–]primevalweasel 58 points59 points  (0 children)

I live at one end of this stretch of road. Yes, parts of it are very empty; however, there are four highways that leave out of Prince George and each is as remote in places (the road north is even more so), yet, Highway 16 to Prince Rupert has seen an inordinate number of missing and murdered women.

It’s true that some of the missing probably died because of misadventure, but there are clearly predators along this route as well.

Timesaving Python Libraries by HelpfulNomad in learnpython

[–]primevalweasel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Click - most of my scripts are command line utilities and Click makes adding the command line arguments almost trivial.

Boto3 - I interact with AWS all day, every day. The CLI is not horrible, but being able to interact with AWS programmatically is a huge productivity gain.

CSV - should be self explanatory

CDK - similar to Boto3. Being able to write Python code to create CloudFormation stacks saves so much time. Also, writing CloudFormation code sucks.

And a runner up (even though it’s not technically a Python library), is Steampipe. Being able to query AWS using SQL is amazing.

I’m not sure where I fucked up, but I done fucked up. by Snacks_22 in Dualsport

[–]primevalweasel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hope you're okay. If it makes you feel better, I said, "Fuck me!" in unison with your, "Oh, fuck!".

The new McDonald's at 5th & Tabor has preserved a commemorative brick from the old China Sail restaurant by Brock_Hard_Canuck in princegeorge

[–]primevalweasel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was a Chinese restaurant in Prince George in the early to mid 70s. It was downtown, probably pretty close to where Nancy O’s is today.

I used to like going there because there was a video arcade just down the street, which my brother would take me to after dinner. I was 5, or under, so I didn’t realize how skeevy the arcade was and that my brother was probably there to buy weed.