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The Roundtable / Re: Wild Alaska
« Last post by Boomhauer on Today at 06:46:43 AM »
Quote from: Ben on May 11, 2024, 01:30:37 PM
Why does it not surprise me that he's doing the "old guy in Thailand" thing?  :rofl:

My wife’s dad has a stepfather who is doing the Philippine version of that. *expletive deleted*ing pedophile creep, he’s a real piece of work all around. Good news is we will never have to see him or deal with him.



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The Roundtable / Re: Amazon Prime Strangeness
« Last post by WLJ on Today at 02:01:31 AM »
Still just says

Moving Through Network
In Transit to Next Facility, Arriving Late

But the date changes. Like they don't want to me where it is in the network.
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The Roundtable / Re: Geomagnetic storm alert issued 5-10-24
« Last post by 230RN on Today at 01:55:47 AM »
Near Golden CO:  88% to 94% cloud cover until dawn.  Thus far, to 11:59 MDT Satrday, no comm or power problems .  Will be rainy-ish all day Sunday. Told Son 2 to wish Wife1 happy Mother's Day. 
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Politics / Re: California Electricity Costs
« Last post by Northwoods on Today at 12:29:22 AM »
Our solar panels offset 90-95% of our annual use.  We pay ~$200/mo for the panels plus $8/mo for basic electric service.   When we run out of credits we pay $0.11-0.13/kwh.
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The Roundtable / Re: Geomagnetic storm alert issued 5-10-24
« Last post by Angel Eyes on May 11, 2024, 10:41:43 PM »
https://twitter.com/johnkonrad/status/1789133901991965067


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The Roundtable / Re: Computer font dilemma
« Last post by Hawkmoon on May 11, 2024, 09:19:50 PM »
@JTHunter - Even after deleting the Noto fonts I have hundreds of fonts on all my computers. Most have been used infrequently, some have never been used, but (aside from the Noto fonts) I am reluctant to remove others because with the graphics tasks I undertake, there's a real possibility I might want one of them the day after I deleted it.

Which is why the second part of my original question was about font managers. I'd like to know if anyone uses one. If so, which one, how well does it work, and how difficult is it to set up and use>
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The Roundtable / Re: Geomagnetic storm alert issued 5-10-24
« Last post by Ben on May 11, 2024, 09:15:18 PM »
Looks like it will hit G5 and K9 (the highest number of the K scale) between 0900-1200 zulu tonight/tomorrow morning. Instead of peeking outside late tonight, I think I'll just hit the rack early and get up at 0400.

Also, I found a neat smartphone astrophotography guide from NASA if anyone is interested:

https://spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov/SMBooks/AstrophotographyV1.pdf
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The Roundtable / Re: Babylon Bee
« Last post by WLJ on May 11, 2024, 08:51:31 PM »
'Why Would I Get My Wife A Mother's Day Gift, She's Not My Mom,' Says Dead Man
https://babylonbee.com/news/why-would-i-get-my-wife-a-mothers-day-gift-shes-not-my-mom-says-dead-man

 :rofl:
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Politics / Re: California Electricity Costs
« Last post by JTHunter on May 11, 2024, 07:33:26 PM »
Your discussion peaked my curiosity so I checked my most recent bill from Ameren Illinois.  My home is a "split system" with gas heat/water heater and electricity for all else.  We also have "electric delivery" and "electric supply" charges with a split come summer for 0-800KWH "non-summer".
Under "delivery", the "distribution charge" is $0.03889/kwh; "deferred income tax adjustment" is -2.73% (a credit) but the "delivery service cost adjustment" is 9.8% (a "fee").
Under "supply", the "purchased elec. non-summer" is $0.06249/kwh with a "purchased elec. adjustment" (credit) of $0.0002652, followed by a "supply cost adjustment" of $0.00085 and a "transmission service chg." of $0.02349.
Then come the "taxes and fees"  - 10 different items.  [barf]
Gas ain't so bad.  Under "delivery" are 5 items - all charges - "Cust. Chg." (a straight dollar chg.); "Dist. Del.chg." $0.43776; "Volume Balancing Adj." (?) $0.1635; "qualifying infrastructure plant surchg." 0.77%; and "invested capital tax adj." 0.69%.
Then there is the actual "gas supply" that charges $0.46569435/therm and finally 4 "taxes & fees".

A nice simple bill,right??  :facepalm:  >:D
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The Roundtable / Re: A step closer to Skynet
« Last post by JTHunter on May 11, 2024, 06:58:35 PM »
Maybe movies like "The Terminator", "Matrix", and "Minority Report" aren't that unlikely anymore.  ;/  >:D
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