OneMoreFarang

Why are most posters here and it seems most people in the USA so one sided? What is so difficult about saying/admitting that Trump is an ahole who shouldn't be a president and Biden is and old man who is losing the plot who is not capable of doing the job? I understand that some people like the politics of the GOP more or the politics of the DEMs more. Fine. Or better: some of the politics of that party are better and other politics of the other party are better. We can and should argue about individual politic differences. And we should all be able to agree that the president of the United States should be mentally fit, competent, honest, and behave like a dignified statesman. Biden is not suddenly mentally fit if Trump f@$@# some more women and girls. And Trump is not suddenly a mentally fit and honest guy because Biden is losing the marbles. Both are horrible candidates for the most powerful and demanding job on earth. Find some new honest, fit and competent candidates!

Many powerful men have lots of affairs and sex partners. JFK is a famous one. But now everybody reports about what was not reported many years ago. Personally, I couldn't care less about how much sex any of the politician has as long as they do a good job. If they rape anybody, then they should go to jail like all rapists. If they have 1000 affairs or short times or BJs or whatever and that makes them happy, fine.

I don't know how they use that word. Did I miss anything?

That is what my APC PowerChute app tells me about the electricity usage of my desktop PC. The PC is powerful, has a couple of HDDs and SSD and is already a couple of years old. A new PC will likely use less energy.

I would really like to see the calculations and assumptions behind their thinking - if there are any. It reminds me of unsuccessful hotels who decide to raise the prices to make more money...

Because he didn't follow his own rule: "Never let yourself get attached to anything that you cannot walk out on in thirty seconds if you feel the heat around the corner."

Correct

I helped a few older people to use computers. Especially email, looking up things on the internet, things like that. Games are obviously also something to do. Strategy, reaction, whatever. I think it's important for old people to know their limitations and the dangers on the internet. I.e. don't work with banking apps or anything related to money when you don't know exactly what you are doing. But there are also smaller risks. A couple of years ago I read about a girl who complained that her father became Facebook member and then insisted to be a Facebook friend of his daughter. So far no problem. The daughter was a little ashamed when her friends looked at her fathers Facebook page. Her father liked a certain football club, and he liked steak and grilled chicken. He also liked girls with big tits and barely legal and some other sites like that. His daughter was not impressed. So, whatever you do, make sure you know what you are doing.

IMHO, it depends. Some artists and artisans have tattoos, it seems that is just something many creatives do. And for sailors and other jobs it seems to be part of life. But a lawyer with a big tattoo? Not really.

Did a foreigner come up with that idea? I find it hard to believe it was a local. 😉

Do you use words like ghosting, gaslighting, cancel culture? Do you understand them? Personally, I think they are just stupid. After a while I learn what they mean, but I would never use them. Am I just getting old? I know there are new words from time to time, fine. But some words just sound stupid. What do you think?

Best case, no tattoos. Still acceptable, something like a rose on the shoulder. Something small and harmless. But that's about it for my taste. Short time is obviously something different, who really cares. Sometimes I see pretty girls in Nana with lots of ugly tattoos. Why did you ruin yourself, pretty girl?

Evidence-based investigations sound like a good idea. What are the other kind of investigations, do they ignore evidence?

I don't have such a bag. And I don't plan to get one. If I would have one, then I guess part of it would be a lot of cash, maybe 10,000 USD or more. Because if you are on the run, then you don't want to keep too many traces.

I have relative long hair. One of the reasons is to p$%# off all the bold guys. 😉

Just in general, plan it carefully and consider all details like type of fish, size of fish, food, who will look after it, etc. A couple of years ago a friend of my gf convinced her to have a pond and fish and feed them and later sell them. The whole project was a long series of disasters. I don't remember many details and I don't want to think about it anymore, but it was amazing how many things can go wrong. So, whatever you so, do it carefully.

Fist time my gf asked me to buy that I bought her two fish...

I hope the USA will never ever criticize any other country or organization or person again. We also don't listen if some monkey in the jungle wants to tell us what to do. They are a banana republic, and it seems it's only getting worse.

Lots of brand name manufacturers have production in China, with good quality. China is not really the problem. People have the choice of what they buy. And nobody should expect high quality for cheap products.

And they are waiting and waiting and waiting. I tried two times and two times I gave up after 30 min. And I have what they call a premium card...

No Type A is the connector at the adapter. Many different cables with many different plugs can be connected.

One more of those videos. He has many of them.

And do you think that the guy in the original post knows the technical details? And do you think he knows many brands? If he has a Samsung phone, then it's easiest for him to buy a Samsung adapter in a Samsung shop. Or similar for other brands. Maybe it costs 100B more, but who cares? You, the specialist, can use your advanced knowledge and buy only adapters which are maybe 50B cheaper. Wow, great, how impressive.

Yesterday UOB send me a SMS that I should pay my credit card bill. I opened their app to look for my current statement. They had only two statements from previous months, no new statement. I will look again in a day or two. I think it's sad to see how bad their customer service is. It shouldn't be too difficult to provide their members with statements every month and after the statement exist send them a message to pay it.

Many adapters all look the same, but they are often very different from each other. Old adapters only had to supply 5V and 500mA = 0.5A. New, sophisticated adapters "ask" the device what it wants and then they supply different voltages. And some supply up to 65W - I think that is the max in the moment. Not every device needs 65W. A good example are modern phones. They can be charged with an old adapter. It likely takes many hours. With a new adapter with higher output it might be charged withing 30min or so. Good adapters have overload protection. They don't get too hot. If they get hot, then a good adapter recognizes that and reduces the output or switches off. A bad adapter just gets hot and maybe destroys itself. Last but not least there are many different kinds of cable. Not just the plugs are different but also the size of the cables and connection. And many cables look all the same. It's impossible to look at them and know if they are good or not. A new charger with an old or not suitable cable will not supply higher voltage and higher power. That's why it is a good idea for technically not so interested people to buy brand name products from reputable suppliers.