Paulaew

I've been dealing extensively with the Federal Benefits Unit in Manila for more than 3 years, and I've found them to be very helpful via email. (I'm not an American, so there are some complexities in receiving SS benefits, particularly for dependent children). Paul Laew

I bought the Brother 1610W laser printer from a seller on Lazada for less than 4k THB. I run Linux, so I was concerned about driver support. But it worked like a charm and the Android printer driver works fine too. I needed to copy and scan as well, so this unit is about the cheapest quality multi-function printer on the market. The print quality is not all that great, but if you print in fine quality for anything important, it's quite acceptable. Paul Laew

There are seven levels. I don't think I need say more. Paul Laew

Send them a message in Line or FB and they'll send you their English language product list (as in the graphic above), and you can place an order with them. I did that today via Line and they were very responsive. Paul Laew

I've seen several people say they do this. Just wondering why you would dilute your expensive premium weed. I wouldn't mix my single malt scotch with some Johnny Walker blend to make it last longer. Would you? Paul Laew

Are you bored with mediocre weed? I've tried quite a lot of the lower end product on offer in Thailand, and some of it was decent at prices as low as 100 baht/gram. I've built up a stash of that stuff that will last quite a while. But now I'm looking for recommendations for killer buds, where quality is more important than price. Given the prices asked for premium weed, I can't afford to sample a lot of random product, so the experience of others would be a big help. The stronger the better. Any recommendations would be appreciated. Please be so kind as to include pricing and supplier info. Paul Laew

Conclusion: if you're doing better weed, you'll enjoy it a lot more. Paul Laew

I've noticed that the frequency of bad angles and bad lighting have really increased since I passed 60. Yet my wife looks 20 years younger in her Instagram photos. Fortunately I've maintained my kindly personality (wish I could say the same for the wife). PauL Laew

The reason I went to 21.04 is because this version supports a new kernel version that includes the Mediatek Wifi drivers. This has been a longstanding issue with Linux -- I previously had to manually compile a kernel with those drivers and had to do it each time I had a kernel upgrade. So I had switched to Ethernet at home instead, but I still need the Wifi drivers when I'm on the road. I did a clean install with 21.04 rather than an update, but then had to find a new desktop environment (I was previously running lubuntu). Then there are all those little details like a screen brightness control. Fortunately I've been through all this before. But I can see why the average user may still find Linux frustrating. Paul Laew

Just an update ... I decided to bite the bullet and update to Ubuntu 21.04 with Firefox 97. That did solve the problem accessing AN with Firefox, though it came at the cost of having to reconfigure my finely tuned Ubuntu configuration, file restoration, etc. At least I didn't fall off a speedboat. Paul Laew

Yes, I have the extended security maintenance for 16.04 LTS. It's free for personal use. Wish they offered it for wives. Paul Laew

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS is supported until 2026. It's a very stable release. I'm sort of old school, I don't need the latest bugs. Since AN is the only website that seems to cause any problems, Chrome is a reasonable workaround. Chrome memory management seems better than it used to be. Paul Laew Paul Laew

I ran a test and USB tethered my laptop to my phone and ran through the True cellular data network with a private browsing session. Still blocked. I had previously determined that the block did not depend on a specific source IP address, since rebooting my router assigned a new IP. Another thing I had tried was assigning a different User Agent (using one of the Firefox extensions). The best hypothesis I have is that the problem is somehow cookie-related, since I can connect to the AN homepage if I clear the cache and cookies. But as soon as I try to load another page (with the new cookie) I am blocked. Paul Laew

I tried to upgrade to Firefox 97, but it requires different versions of some libraries than those in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Firefox 88 is the current version supported by Ubuntu for this release. I have verified that this issue is not a general problem with Cloudflare since I have tested with other sites using Cloudflare and they load normally. Paul Laew

I suspect that the use of a polygraph is just an intimidation tactic to encourage the witnesses to be more forthcoming. The Thai police may not even have a properly calibrated polygraph or officers trained in the proper use of the device. They just need the witnesses to believe it's a "lie detector." Paul Laew