Notices by Mark :verified: (mhjohnson@noagendasocial.com), page 2

@mrman
My father in law was an electrician. He set up a hot wire next to the bird feeder to shock the squirrels. The squirrel somehow managed to get caught on the wire - burned up. End of that experiment.

@Djeep
I doubt there is much "truth" in that story.

I'd trust a source like this before the WSJ
https://www.populationpyramid.net/russian-federation/2023/
You can go back a couple years to see the total population & the numbers in each band.

Compare that with
https://www.populationpyramid.net/ukraine/2023/
which shows a huge drop in total population and in the ages most likely going to war.

@obihahn
I would have said Roseanne.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roseanne_Barr#Valerie_Jarrett_tweet_and_Roseanne_cancellation

Only 2% have saved at least $1M for retirement
https://www.newtraderu.com/2023/12/07/only-2-of-people-have-hit-this-money-goal-why-it-matters/
I'm in that group - mainly because I had a great salary & saved for years. I don't spend a lot (yet) in retirement so it will continue to go up a while.

BUT - if you are in your 20s - don't believe the claim in this story that saving $210 a month is enough for your retirement. You will need $5-10M to be the equivalent in the 2060s. I would start at $100 a week or so if you can make it happen.

@ned
And my care about it is zero.
Your triggers are none of my business.

@Sophistifunk
Sure - well, maybe you wouldn't feel the rocking.

Let's say you in the hammock weigh 10x of the baby in the machine. So an appropriate lever would move your hammock 1/10th of the distance of the baby rocker.

The Manhattan Contrarian uses some data from Germany to reinforce his point about how wind / sun power isn't economic
https://www.manhattancontrarian.com/blog/2023-11-30-no-amount-of-subsidies-will-ever-make-a-windsolar-electricity-system-economically-feasible
In brief, Germany has roughly 2x the capacity in wind & solar power. Uses roughly 58.3GW per hour & 126.7GW in capacity.

BUT - actual use of wind/solar is only 52%. They need huge amounts of storage - not addressed in various reports.

@ned
Yeah - they have done that for years now. There are slight differences between the two games - like some unique Pokemon in each game.

IGN has a long story listing the differences
https://www.ign.com/wikis/pokemon-sword-shield/Pokemon_Sword_and_Shield_Version_Differences_and_Exclusives

I had two boys so we would buy both anyway so they could swap between games and get more Pokemon.

@C_J_S

A wooden satellite for 2024
https://www.space.com/wooden-satellite-lignosat-japan-2024
It doesn't say HOW the wood will be used - perhaps the structural or exterior of the satellite. They want to use a low orbit to get an idea how it works & also the deorbit process (expecting it to burn up safely).

Let's look at Trump's plans if he gets elected

https://apnews.com/article/trump-policies-agenda-election-2024-second-term-d656d8f08629a8da14a65c4075545e0f
The MDM treatment by the Associated Press.
- dismantle the deep state
- secure the border
- trade tariffs
- settle the Ukraine war
- two genders
and so on. No mention of where this "plan" came from. Looks made up.

https://sentinelcolorado.com/opinion/perry-since-trump-cant-hide-his-crazy-hes-enlisting-republicans-like-those-in-colorado-to-market-it/
A local opinion piece - be afraid. At least it says it this plan is from speeches but no references to confirm.

Hmm. Why don't I see this from other sources? Is it a fantasy?

A handful of "Not the Bee" stories

https://notthebee.com/article/texas-cops-make-a-1000-bust-of-raw-meat-thats-not-cop-lingo-it-was-legit-like-a-few-hundred-pounds-of-raw-meat/
Meat thieves caught in Texas due to a routine traffic stop.

https://notthebee.com/article/check-out-the-t-shirt-mma-fighter-king-bau-wore-last-night-before-his-match-/
King Bau's shirt gets the NtB treatment.

https://notthebee.com/article/this-shanghai-man-lived-under-a-set-of-secret-stairs-at-a-shopping-mall-for-over-six-months-before-finally-being-kicked-out/
A man in Shanghai lived in a shopping mall for six months. Not sure why he needed a tent....

@FortyTwo @Klaatu
No different than if you go that user's information from a page that isn't logged in.

A block is extremely limited.

@Sophistifunk
With an OLD email address on gmail I get something like that every week or so. In the last couple weeks I got messages for
- some pop up store in NYC
- a FedEx delivery (4 tracking messages) - also NYC
- a Dakota County (MN) appointment for a passport application
- "The Outreach" (whatever that is) wanted "Mike" to work
- a parking garage receipt in VA
- a new employee schedule at Home Depot in CT
and so on. It was busy those weeks.

@Sophistifunk @NoBeret
From the Book of Knowledge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JOVIAL
A lot of old aircraft flight software was written in Jovial before Ada came out.

I worked with Jules on a custom language in the 1980s. A pretty decent dude.

@NoBeret
The worst code I ever saw (twice!) was a symbol table built as an unsorted list.

The first time was in the early 1980s in a VAX program to process the user usage logs. The unsorted list performed poorly with over 1000 active users / month.

The second time was a Jovial to Ada translator. Worked OK until I fed it an F-16 program that had a LOT of symbols. Over 3 CPU days - still did not finish. After recode to a hash table - done in under 15 minutes.

@Sophistifunk @NoBeret
Without a sim, how does the phone know what frequencies and protocols to use to connect? Or does it just try them all until one works?

@NoBeret
I am aware that you can still make emergency calls with cell phones w/o service as long as a SIM card is still installed. (and that it's still compatible with the cell service - it can't be TOO old)

That you are getting an amber alert is news to me. Maybe that is a "feature".

@johndolph
Gadolinium?
https://www.drugwatch.com/gadolinium/
This page makes it sound like a REALLY bad thing to use.

I never heard of it. I once was offered an iodine based contrast dye and said no - I have shellfish allergies and as a result, iodine could be a BIG problem.

@MartinJJ
No.

This story says the number of missiles overwhelmed the Iron Dome
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/israel-palestine-hamas-gaza-iron-dome-how-israel-defends-its-skies-from-rocket-attacks-4460636
5K missiles in 20 minutes.
Prior attacks had that many missiles over two weeks or so.

What I don't find is they fired at "X" incoming missiles and hit "Y" (for a Z% success rate).

@MartinJJ
As I understand it - they never had an "Iron Dome" in Ukraine.

They did have a few Patriot batteries but I thought it was seriously damaged back in May.