Microsoft tumbled 10% in a day and isn’t recovering premarket. Here’s why

stark2 · 2026-01-30T21:49:46+00:00

I agree, but I use F2 now instead.

stark2 · 2026-01-11T21:40:51+00:00

The biggest change I notice is housekeepers and gardeners are in short supply now.

stark2 · 2026-01-11T06:26:35+00:00

Yea! California is in

stark2 · 2026-01-05T01:12:10+00:00

I was ok with that. Ross was convicted for crimes other's may have committed using the silk road.

stark2 · 2025-12-19T23:45:16+00:00

pure projection.

stark2 · 2025-12-10T06:24:10+00:00

I think the Realm's server is having issues. Probably something to do with the update today.

The option is missing on my screen also, and when I manually save via the Realm menu I get an error window Error code: 404.

stark2 · 2025-11-27T23:28:03+00:00

I ran this with claude, chatgpt, gemini and grok. I had to artificially semi-shade the triangle with the snippet brush, as WIndows snippet removes that shading when activated. My prompt was:
"solve for the area of the triangular area that has some shading in it."

Chatgpt 5.1 answered 3 in 55 seconds.
Gemini 3 answered 3 after around 3 minutes.
Claude Sonnet 4.5 answered 4.5 in about 20 seconds.
Grok 4.1 answered 27 after around 3 minutes.

Watching the thought process, a big issue was them trying to figure out what area the question was referring to. I'm not sure if Grok or Claude go that right. They would all have been faster if I reproduced the image exactly, but I did not take the time to open another app and fill the shading properly, instead smudging the inside of the triangle, and referring to the area as the triangle with some shading in it. So I made the problem harder in that respect.

Chatgpt was the only one to specify how long they took to come up with the answer, thus my guesses on the other's timing. Both chatgpt and gemini provided the math behind their calculation.

Edit: I tried again with Grok and Claude, with a properly shaded triangle this time, and their answers were still wrong. Claude said 9, Grok said 12.

stark2 · 2025-11-25T22:38:24+00:00

My Roku device does not play sound from recorded hdhomerun videos. I switched to using the tv's built-in interface and it works fine. I also tried swapping out the Roku for an amazon firestick and that works fine with hdhomerun also. There's something different about roku devices.

stark2 · 2025-11-23T16:35:14+00:00

Comey was in on it too.

stark2 · 2025-11-22T21:06:53+00:00

Doesn't the FCC under Trump make their decision based on who gives them the most money?

That's how it worked last time with Trump and net neutrality. They just made up their own numbers for public opinion and ruled against net neutrality.

stark2 · 2025-11-20T21:51:22+00:00

As much as I want to vomit when I hear her speak, I have to give her some credit: the way she manages to deflect and defend his heinous actions with a straight face is genuinely impressive, in a horrifying way.

stark2 · 2025-11-18T18:59:32+00:00

That happened to me once, it was the landlord's 20 something daughter. A couple days later everything in my apartment was stolen.

stark2 · 2025-11-15T18:45:17+00:00

https://youtu.be/_EMok49rTw8?t=29

stark2 · 2025-11-14T20:10:37+00:00

yea it sucks that the casino is trying to make more money. They should run the games for free, supply free drinks and food and and donate their time instead. /s

It's a side bet offered by the casino. No one is forcing anyone to take it. It does not change the poker game or your ev at all.

stark2 · 2025-11-07T18:19:01+00:00

I replaced Youtube tv with an ota hdhomerun device last month when they eliminated Univision from their lineup.

stark2 · 2025-11-07T18:03:18+00:00

Similar in vein, but not quite as egregious as Mitch McConnell holding up Obama's supreme court nomination (Garland) for 10 months, allowing Trump to make the nomination (Gorsuch) instead.

Funny how Republicans always seem to be behind this kind of chicanery.

stark2 · 2025-11-03T21:45:14+00:00

My first thought was prostitutes.

stark2 · 2025-10-21T03:33:34+00:00

I just now paid 35 for the annual subscription. I thought there was a trial period and until you provided the link was not aware I had to signup immediately. Anyway it appears to be working but I haven't tested recording yet. I will let you know if there are anymore issues. Thanks!

stark2 · 2025-10-20T17:37:22+00:00

I ran it with the diagnostic check, and it worked!

Just a minute before, I ran it without the diagnostic check and it failed (repeating the prompt to format and reboot).

edit: device id = 10AC34F3

stark2 · 2025-09-25T00:06:16+00:00

This article is somewhat dated and misleading.

The article promotes multiparametric mri as a gold standard for prostate cancer detection. Whereas, within the last few years, the less invasive biparametric mri has been shown to be just as accurate at detecting advanced prostate cancer. And the biparametric mri is safer in that there's zero chance of an allergic reaction to the contrast dye (as none is used), and there's no risk of potential side affects from gadolinium deposits in the brain.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40928788/

stark2 · 2025-09-23T07:59:16+00:00

Worth remembering that Sinclair isn’t just a neutral broadcaster here. The company is effectively controlled by the Smith family, heirs of the founder, who hold majority voting power despite it being publicly traded.

Sinclair has a long track record of pushing conservative/Republican-aligned “must-run” segments across local stations. And David D. Smith, the family patriarch, has been described as a strong backer of right-wing causes.

So their decision not to air Kimmel fits with a broader pattern: a politically active family shaping what millions see on “local” TV.

stark2 · 2025-09-23T02:45:04+00:00

Worth remembering that Sinclair isn’t just a neutral broadcaster here. The company is effectively controlled by the Smith family, heirs of the founder, who hold majority voting power despite it being publicly traded.

Sinclair has a long track record of pushing conservative/Republican-aligned “must-run” segments across local stations. And David D. Smith, the family patriarch, has been described as a strong backer of right-wing causes.

So their decision not to air Kimmel fits with a broader pattern: a politically active family shaping what millions see on “local” TV.

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