MattPie

I've been irrationally drawn to that style as well, although I have no idea why. I assume the insulation keeps the interior temperature more stable for long-cooking items? In any case, I'll have to keep an eye out for the propane starter if I ever buy another charcoal grill. I never use mine (a very cheap and basic kettle) because it's not worth the time to light for small family stuff, and I don't have friends.

I'm glad it worked out, that's my go-to for stuff like this. So many issues can be software OR hardware that completely swapping out the software will often start you off in the right direction and it's as easy as plugging in a USB stick to test it (well, after you have the stick created and if your BIOS behaves). As for the video card affecting the system running, devices in the system have hooks that are pretty deep. If could have been crashing the bus (PCI Express, or whatever is current now) and taking everything down, or hold DMA (Direct Memory Access, if that's still a thing) open so the CPU couldn't read the memory, re-writing the wrong parts of memory, etc..

I was thinking about this more, if you're getting the lines on the bios screen, I think we're talking hardware. I'd swap monitors, cables, and inputs, and video card after that. Power supply is a decent idea too, the capacitors in the power supply age over time which (I believe) lowers the output capacity. Installing Flash Player is a great idea too; just make sure it's an older one. The newer eco-friendly versions don't put as much emissions but they're a lot harder to work on. ;)

At least we know she'll drop the gloves.

Likes can be intended in many ways, but none of those can be discerned by anyone other than the person clicking like. People are going to read into it their own way, which may not be at all what the person meant. If you're going to like something that's controversial you better consider the angles if you're worried about your public (or communal) perception. If you want to make a statement, make a statement. If you're using a binary semaphore that's bound to be read the wrong way, you better find a post that says exactly what you want.

Yes and no. Without looking at the posts in this example, I will say that I personally infer that if someone likes something I assume they at least agree with the statement. If someone likes some meme about it wasn't Tom Brady's fault and he shouldn't be suspendded, for example, I infer they support that position (right before I block them).

I think 600MB version gets you a basic system with GUI. 7.2GB must be all the packages (many of which you'll never use) for the base and extras channels. The DVD ISO I have is something like 4GB.

Come to think of it, the CentOS 7 ISO image (another flavor of Linux) has a memory tester as part of the boot menu under troubleshooting. Mint may too, I don't have that ISO handy to look. https://www.centos.org/ As for the CMOS battery, I think it would complain at boot (perhaps something about "using default BIOS settings" or something similar) if that's the case. The default BIOS settings are usually pretty good though, so I'm not sure it'd cause strange reboots once the system was running.

I'd create a Linux boot USB stick (or DVD, if you have a drive) and disconnect the SSD. This will eliminate software and driver corruption and if it boots and works without issue, means the rest of the system should be OK. https://mintguide.org/tools/317-make-a-bootable-flash-drive-from-an-iso-image-on-linux-mint.html

I really don't think offense is purely the domain of millennials.

The kind that are tasked with writing this stuff on a deadline and say, "um, who on the D have I heard of? Bogo, fine. I don't know any of the other guys; question mark!". Let's face it, the writers aren't going through hundreds of hours of game tape to evaluate players and team. They just start throwing around ideas and make up some copy to justify the rankings. That being said, you could call Risto a question mark. Question A: contract? Question B: "sophomore" (I use that very loosely) slump?

And only 13 seasons, he's got years to make up the next two teams. Wow!

The World Cup is like a series of All Star games that kinda matter. The Olympic Tournament is like a series of All-star games (after group play, at least) that mostly matter.

You better not miss Shmelik!

Can't be that dumb...

I'm waiting for someone to convince me.

3.14'd.

I heard the ohter day that part of it is the insurance company, to a certain degree, are just passing money around and taking a cut. So the more this stuff costs the more their cut is. Freakonomics podcast recently (as in the last week or two) did a show on the idea of a "Glorious Sunset" as someone put it. Some huge percent of most people's health spending happens in the last year of life (or something along those lines). The idea was, why not offer "we'll give you half of what we're projecting that we'll spend on you if you stop going to doctors". The idea is prolonging life for a few months longer than otherwise vs. having a big lump sum to go on a crazy vacation, send your grand kids to college, etc. It's an interesting listen.

3.07k, to be exact. :)

Today's Progressive is ten years ago's Moderate Republican. :) In all seriousness, she's been pushed to the left by Bernie but I have no doubt that if she's elected, she'll slide back towards the centrist position her (and Bill) have held for a long time now.

To be fair, most music in Genesis' day didn't have the same depth either. You're not going to hear anything interesting on the radio, that's not where the action is these days. Commercial radio has to sell so they're going to cater to the LCD and play it safe.

A long-lapsed friend remembered something I told her today: "I remember years ago you [Meaning Me] told me "I can't live without music... I have to listen to music every day or I don't feel right"" (this would have been around 2001). It makes me incredibly sad that I've lost that passion for music, along with a bunch of other things.

I'll be finishing up "Lost Girl" on Netflix in the next day or two. Come for the gratuitous side-boob and girls making out, stay for the.. um, that's about it really. It's not that great of a show and tends to be awfully formulaic and deus ex machina. On the bright side, it's shot in Toronto/Hamilton, so you get a few familiar shots and Canadianisms (they mention Niagara in a bunch of places, there's a football-themed episode with the 110-yard field, etc.). And lots of side boob. I'm weak.

Both sides have their triggers. I'll remind you of the current fight about the definition of "marriage" and the primary example of offense on the right, the War on Christmas. The left doesn't have a monopoly on word policing. And just to bring things back around, Political Correctness. Anti-PC people are offended that someone would disagree with their use of a term. See, that's where you have it wrong. You don't wrap your head around. You either point your head into them or wrap other body parts around them. I remember seeing an ad for heaters in Japan with a picture of Hitler. The translation was something like, "I declare war on the cold front!". He's just a historical figure over there.