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The wisdom of the Holyfields.
He may not be the best speaker, but he's still a smart cookie. And so was his mom.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SELYbHrA4k
Momma say ain't enough time in the day to be the best-
(At everything?)
Yeah. So she say you gotta pick one.
So when I played football in 10th grade, and they put me on the bench. And I started crying.
And my momma said you can't quit! till the season is over.
So I have to play on that game. They finally let me play on the championship game. And they seen how good I was. And they asked me
"Was I coming back next year?"
And I said no sir. He said why? I said my momma said I ain't got to. My momma told me you gotta bet on yourself or you bet on the coach.
So in boxing, you betting on yourself. In team sport, you betting on the coach.
(Right, right. You betting on the coach, you betting on the other players, and you're betting on the coach letting you play.)
Right.
(Whereas in boxing they have to let you fight.)
That's right.
Iceberg! Dead Ahead!
Prez greenlights Turkish invasion of Syria
Part of a real estate deal apparently
So... Who's gonna stop him?
Each day is more tragic than the previous
Your clown show kills...
NEW! Scotch Whisky Flavored Tide Pods
This "capsule" Scotch whisky doesn't require a glass
Glenlivet's Tide Pod-like booze capsules have captivated social media
For the ultimate meal, you need the ultimate beverage.
speaking of innovation
http://v8tools.com/special.html#3803
Scroll down to the last entry. WK-01 Warm Keyboard.
Keep your hands warm!
Heated computer Keyboard keeps your hands warm for those cold shops!
Perfect for shops in the cold, winter months!
Great multi-media keys along the top
Promotes healthy blood circulation in your hands
Convenient USB connections
Patented in the USA, China and Taiwan
Safe and energy efficient
Tested to comply with FCC standards for home and office use
UL listed. The keyboard does have a separate 110v power supply.
manufacturer's suggested list:
$65.20
Now, if they offered a heated foot board to go under the desk, I could probably turn off my heat for the winter months!!
Should I put a disclaimer here? I'm not associated in any way with V8tools. And, no, this isn't a spam post, I prefer bacon.
But, I'm not done here yet! Who would have thought that browsing a tool site would find a rather well thought out opinion piece written by a PhD?
http://v8tools.com/AngryAmerica.pdf
Oh, those Angry Americans!! (I've quoted the first paragraph here, click the link for the full PDF)
THE GREAT TECH REVOLUTION: OUR BLESSING AND CURSE
From the supporters of Donald Trump (and Bernie Sanders), to the street protesters
of Southern Europe, voters around the world are mad as hell.
“Inequality, immigration, and the establishment's perceived indifference, are firing up
electorates in a way that has rarely been seen before”- Andre Tartar, et al , Bloomberg
3/22/16.
The authors have continued to document the buildup of income inequality all over the
world in recent years and suggest that things are getting worse. The author of the
present article further suggests this global phenomenon is deeply rooted in another
global happening, the technological revolution which is altering this world inside out.
It promotes prosperity and growth, and it also creates insecurity and frustration among a
ever greater number of people around the world. Yet, the tech changes are so much a
part of our daily lives that we tend to take it for granted. Has it become the elephant in
the room that we ignore? It is the time to take a look at this elephant before it crushes
us. We will talk about a few of the things the new industrial revolution has done to us,
the impact of automation, extreme competition, tech monopolies, and the coming
recession in America. This author will also say a few things about what we can do in
the future
More articles written by Wen-Lung Chang PhD here,
http://v8tools.com/writing.html
Oh, back to the tools part of V8Tools:
I was chasing after some adjustable wrenches. Looking for extra-wide jaw adjustable wrenches. The best thing I have found is made by Sunex. Let me find the link for that - https://sunextools.com/products/9614-12-wide-jaw-adjustable-wrench/
Thing opens up to fit a 2 1/2" bolt, nut, or fitting, bigger than either my 15" or 18" Crescent brand wrenches. I already own one of these, slightly modified. Throw it on a surface grinder table, and grind the thickness of the jaws down some, and you can replace an entire set of "service wrenches". Two sets, actually - SAE and metric. Any time I have to work on a hydraulic cylinder, I reach for this Sunex to hold the shaft, while I turn the nut with a more standard wrench.
And, if anyone knows where to find a 15", 18", or even a 24" adjustable with similar features, let me know!!
Bernie and Tulsi aren't candidates. They're party sheepdogs
If they were candidates, they would completely divest themselves of all party affiliation, and run as candidates for President.
And instead of wasting their time trying to convince democrat and republican voters to change their votes or anything, they have to chase after the 120-150 million people that don't vote. Both are already popular amongst the disenfranchised, just ignore the republicans and democrats. They're outnumbered! Put that on the bumper sticker and there's a chance. Won't hurt to do Monty Python sketches on the impeachment theater and show pictures of the Chinese military build up either. (Whoops! There goes Korea)
A Bernie/Tulsi ticket is a perfectly acceptable compromise. We have a nice healthy VP for insurance, ready to take command when he kicks... The numbers are there if people take their own initiative to put them on the ballot, and just show up and vote. Nobody has to say anything to the press or anything.. Mum's the word until Voting Day. No ads are necessary. Instead of making speeches and begging for money, the candidates will answer questions when they travel around. If everybody takes their own initiative, the effort is completely trivial, and instantaneous, kinda, there are forms to fill out. But if everybody gets up off the Group W bench and sings just one time, in three part harmony... Ya gotta sing loud
16-core Ryzen 9 3950X Beats 24-core Threadripper 2970WX?
Ryzen 9 and Threadripper
3950X = 16 cores, 3.5 GHz base, 4.7 GHz turbo, 105W TDP
2970WX = 24 cores, 3 GHz base, 4.2 GHz turbo, 250W TDP
2990WX = 32 cores, 3 GHz base, 4.2 GHz turbo, 250W TDP
Unnamed 32-core Threadripper 3 CPU could be between 30% and 70% faster than the 32-core 2990WX. The unnamed 24-core Threadripper 3 CPU could beat/match 2990WX. That's probably important if 24-core TR3 launches months earlier than 32-core TR3. 24-core TR3 will likely be the cheapest chip with the fewest cores of that lineup (no new 16-core Threadrippers anymore), and could beat the top TR2 chip.
This could be accounted for by a 20% base clock increase, ~18% IPC increase, better AVX2 support, etc. The performance of Threadripper 3 may be significantly improved by better memory bandwidth (half the cores were constrained previously) and new motherboards supporting 8-channel memory, etc.
Expect a 48-core TR3, and maybe 64-core eventually.
Looks like Zen 3 improvements could be relatively minor, and no 3-4 way SMT. Nothing is mentioned about HBM on-chip L4 cache. That is the big improvement I would wait for.
AMD Ryzen 9 3900 Tested: Unreleased 65W Processor Sets World Records
12-core drops down from 105W TDP, and will presumably launch at $450 or less instead of $500 for 3900X.
The joker [movie]
Not a big fan of Hollywood. In fact, I'm trying to remember the last time I went to a movie theatre. Been a decade at least, not sure exactly, a long time.
Normally I wait till a movie is on the internet to bother watching it, just because so many left me feeling so ripped off. I actually paid money to watch this scat? Scoot me now, you know?
So this morning I noticed that two of my favorite video channels had spoiler alerts for Joker. Well that's never happened before.
So I checked for local showings and sure enough, matinees were open.
Washed my joker shirt and a few other things, cleaned the house, cut my hair (way overdue) got a shower and off I went to the theatre.
Not without trepidation. Not completely set on going through with it. What if there's a lot of people there? I don't like crowds.
Wasn't crowded at all. Picked a seat nowhere near any of the seats already sold. Paid ridiculous prices for a little popcorn and water, didn't feel bad about it in the grand scheme of things. Given how few people were there I almost wanted to make an additional donation.
And I watched all the previews and only two more people came in and the movie started. Nice.
I was worried about the pacing; I mean, I'm spoiled by vlc. It's been awhile since I watched a movie without a finger on the fast forward button. Which is ironic since some of my favorite movies (e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanny_and_Alexander ) are extremely long and I really think it's a bad thing that our attention spans are shortening and filmmakers are catering to us, which I think really is detrimental to their work.
At the same time, I haven't watched Fanny and Alexander without a fast forward button in a very long time. Or even Barry Lyndon, for that matter. I suspected that I was more spoiled than I wanted to admit, and would quickly become bored and want to leave.
That didn't actually happen either, which was cool. There were a few moments where I wished for a fast forward button - followed quickly by a wish for a rewind button. Then it picked up and held my attention.
I *did* overhear two much younger men, leaving, complain that the pacing was way too slow and they were horrifically bored. I would take that with a little salt, given that they only said this after it was over. But ok.
To me, the pacing worked. It seemed awkward at the time, but not too awkward, and I think looking back it was the best possible way to tell the story in the time allotted. The beginning gets real quick, but compared to /Goodfellas/ it's fairly tame. Then it settles back and gives one time (more than enough for my own case) to settle into this poor guys nightmare.
And THEN it starts to get weird. I think it would be hard to improve on it in that aspect, without making it even longer, which might lose audience.
It was an excellent film in my opinion. I had no trouble staying in my seat till the end.
One other funny thing on the way out. There were an old (older than me!) couple that came in late and walked the whole way around so they made sure to obstruct everyone's view for at least a moment getting seated. I exited the theatre well ahead of them, but I stopped in the bathroom to, inter alia, wash my hands, and by the time I got out to the parking lot they were ahead of me. The old woman pointed at me and said something, and he was looking at me and saying stuff back, I couldn't really make out what they were saying at the distance. But they made me uncomfortable.
So I got in my vehicle and returned home, after a few stops. And, after all that, I watched the reviews.
There's one thing that everyone so far seems to be getting wrong, in my view.
It's getting late and I don't think I have it in me to finish that last thought properly tonight, but I'll probably post it as a response to this shortly. If you have thoughts on the film, whether you've seen it or not, or just want to flame my review for something nonsensical, whatever, feel free to reply to this directly.
¡Sayonara!
(Or, if you're of Aristarchus' ilk, σαγιονάρα!)
You know, I really am sincere
I offer exactly what you already know, and I get nothing but ingratitude.
Well fine, here's the next best thing... After that, you're on your own...
The Brain Freeze, better than Pinocchio's Nose
Damn near as good as Stuttering John. Sorry, couldn't find a direct link
Go 10 seconds in (should be cued up), it happens quickly. The rest is dumb.
Poor Uncle Joe, he's movin' kinda slow (3 or 4 minutes in). Ugh! Facebook
Pelosi was the best. But man! These guys gotta keep their stories straight.
Difference between republicans and democrats? Republicans can acknowledge and accept their evil, and shamelessly display it in public. Democrats are in extreme denial of what's inside, How very dare you!
Edit:
So now the dems have to prove their "worth" with statistical gamesmanship. They are "better" because they don't get caught as often! Well, duh! How often do cops investigate other cops? They only do that to railroad some poor rookie that complained about a bad bust, conveniently reversing the charges and having him tossed out the door.
The republicans are sloppy drunks. The dems are gangsta...
If The Prez Goes Down, He’s Taking Everyone With Him
That's what the headline says.
Wouldn't everyone agree that would be a Good Thing?
I say the more the merrier! Please! GOP, DNC, the bunch... Let's do a real investigation into the entirety of D.C. Not that we really need one, but confirmation is always nice.
I also find the reversal of attitudes toward the CIA, FBI, etc. somewhat amusing. How long before we are kissing the feet of the DEA? Politics is not just local, it's personal.
So please, Mr. President, take then ALL down with you to the deepest depths! Spare no one. Good riddance to all you fuckers!
Draft Oprah 2020 Conscript her to four years of public service.
Edit:
The dems' *good cop/bad cop* routine is bogus and deceitful. In trying to appeal to opposing factions in the party, they have to be that way. So I can't really argue with what woks, such is animal psychology, not even the level of human tribalism
If liberals really want a voice, they must divest themselves and be their own agent. There's a whole bunch of people out there that don't vote, enough to put the dems and the GOP out to pasture. Real liberals do have a chance. They just have to take it.
