I’ve seen an elderly man working at the HEB I frequent. He looks frail. I wouldn’t want to be bagging groceries at his age.

Remember, it’s also cops (not exactly the same cops, but cops nonetheless) who campaign for encryption backdoors so that civilians can’t hide illegal activities from police surveillance.

Rule of Acquisition #91: Your boss is only worth what he pays you

The left hand knows exactly what the right hand is doing.

I have a power bank and foldable solar panels. That provided enough power to keep my refrigerator running.

I also have an EcoFlow Wave2 portable air conditioner that I was able to partially charge with solar. The AC function uses too much energy, but it can also operate as just a fan, in which mode the battery will last for days and days. Having the fan on me helped a lot.

I only got power back yesterday evening.

If I could read a book in its original language versus an English translation, I would. Alas, I am a monoglot.

I might accept the premise that inflation is higher than officially reported, but I don’t accept the relevance of your evidence in support of that premise.

Let the lord of the MAGA horde come forth that justice may be done upon him.

A lot of cases end in a financial settlement where the company doesn’t admit guilt.

Every company always claims they did nothing wrong. Is it even necessary for journalists to ask for a statement from a company? Just take it as read they deny whatever they’re accused of. You think a CEO is going to make an evil cackle, twirl their mustache, and admit everything?

Are you having a stroke?

Also look back on the history of the French Revolution and how many aristocrats literally lost their heads.

The survivors are free to be angry at student protestors, but I don’t see how their anger is justiciable.

Roger, at Cornell University they have an incredible piece of scientific equipment known as the tunneling electron microscope. Now, this microscope is so powerful that by firing electrons you can actually see images of the atom, the infinitesimally minute building blocks of our universe. Roger, if I were using that microscope right now… I still wouldn’t be able to locate my interest in [Intuit’s] problem.

The danger is that places that don’t get cold often get hot. And don’t forget about climate change with regard to heat. Some homeless around Houston die every summer when they don’t have access to air conditioning.

Something something shareholder value?

An essay by Robert’ DROP TABLE Students;–

1. This is not news
2. This is not United States news
3. The sub guidelines call for posting the original source of information and Wikipedia is never the original source
4. The sub guidelines call for posting the original headline. Inasmuch as Wikipedia has headlines (which they don’t really because they are not a source of news), this isn’t it.

Do you already have the 50mm f1.8? That’s a good portrait lens. Not as sharp or as bright as the much bigger, much more expensive “L” 50s, but still brighter than a f2.8 lens.

If you’ve got the 50mm, my advice is to take that to the party as your only lens. If you’re going to spend money on something, spend it on a flash.

With a flash, you should be able to stop down, even at night. Try f/4 or f/8. That will boost sharpness. If you’re concerned about weight, consider the Canon EL-100. It weighs 6.7oz without batteries. I’m guessing it takes either 2 or 4 AA batteries.