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As the quote attributed to Albert Einstein stated, "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." And as General Smedely Butler said - "War's a racket." And most of you, from warmongers to anti-war alike, won't survive WWIII.

Songkran festival in Chiang Mai to draw in millions of tourists <cough cough cough> Maybe if enough water is sprayed in the air, folks might be able to see Doi Suthep from the northwest end of the moat. Maybe. Or maybe not.

In Thai "joke" is rice soup. As you can tell, it does not translate well into English as "joke" has a completely different meaning.

Having used both for years, I can accurately state that both OS can at times be problematic to fix if you run into a serious enough of a problem. However - I find that MS' solutions are cryptic at best and often the solution to problems are difficult to find in the MS forums and online help. Linux forums are much more robust in their solutions. However, I will agree that you do find some really arrogant wing-nuts on Linux forums who are so full of themselves as to not be of any help at all. My favorite were the jerks whose solutions for everything is "Read The Manpages." And then I'll agree with you - manpages are written for programmer types and not for everyday end-users who are seeking a GUI experience in a Linux OS. But there are ways around problems. Keeping Timeshift (similar to Windows Restore Points) up to date as well as keeping partition images up to date as well solves a lot of issues. If things go south, then roll back to a know good partition or Timeshift snapshot. Honestly the same goes for WIndows although most people don't bother. But if you keep periodic snapshots of your partitions, and run periodic backup of your data files in either OS, getting a broken system running again is a whole lot easier than trying to troubleshoot the problem. So yeah, there is a little more of a learning curve with Linux but not that much imho. If your OS breaks whether Windows or Linux, finding a solutions can be a hassle with either OS. It's simpler to roll back to a known good partition and then replace the delta from backups.

But in many cases, it does. I've seen the same on my own systems. That's if they install at all. All too often they don't. Updates on Linux, even major updates, take a minute or two and 99.9% don't require a reboot. As well, Linux doesn't cache updates like Windows does. It's pretty pathetic to see that cached updates in the WinSxS folder are taking up 20 or 30 GB of hard disk space. That's just a poor OS design.

It's interesting to watch the evolution of "Big Joke." I remember when he came on the scene in order to "Clean Up The Corruption." And yet it seems his entire public career has been one of controversy. The dude might be as clean as a whistle -- or not. Hard to tell. If he's really anti-corruption, their are forces out there with the intention of ending his career.

Diazepam is a controlled substance. Forewarned is forearmed. If you're caught with Diazepam, either physically holding it or in your bloodstream , you'll be arrested. You can legally obtain it from a doctor's clinic. The question you should be asking is a recommendation to a doctor's clinic.

Check your updates before you reboot. I believe the MS still rolls out updates on the 2nd Tuesday of the month unless you opt-in for updates at anytime (I don't), i.e., "Get the latest updates as soon as they're available." I keep that off. Other than Defender updates, you shouldn't be getting major updates until Security Patch Tuesday. Regarding the speed of update. As I've said before - MS Windows is a resource hog. The more hardware you can throw at it (higher end CPUs, lots of RAM, and SSD drives instead of HDD) the faster the updates happen. I'll also tend to use a wired Ethernet cable instead of Wireless if it's available. Older systems? Yeah - it takes forever. Which is why I plug Linux. You can install a major kernel update and a bunch of minor updates in two or three minutes vs literally hours with MS Windows. The minor kernel update may take a reboot that is no slower than a regular reboot - unlike MS Windower with its "Please wait forever and don't you dare turn your system off unless you want to corrupt your system." I don't worry much about Windows updates abysmal download and installation speeds, because I run Windows in a VirtualBox VM, I can just turn on the Windows VM and let it rip (as slowly as it wants) while having a productive day using Linux concurrently. Plus if you ever look at the size of your WinSxS folder? It can get massive. The update components are really poorly designed. FYI. Make sure you "Trim" your SSD drive regularly as well.

I was running a dual-booted system until a few years ago. I had a problem with Windows that affected booting Linux along with other issues related to Windows. Windows over-wrote the HDD partition during an upgrade. I worked with Microsoft support for a couple of weeks and got nowhere (no surprise). I had a MCP/MCSE prior to retiring and Window-based servers were my expertise, so I'm not unfamiliar with Microsoft or Windows. I ended up buying a new SSD drive and upgraded the memory and then loaded an Ubuntu-flavor of Linux. I run Windows in a virtual machine (VM) on my Linux system now. It's a good solution. There are a few pluses here. Windows is effectively sandboxed in a VM. Once you get Windows configured, then you just clone the VM and archive it. Clone the VM monthly (or more often) and if WIndows misbehaves or gets hacked/viruses, you roll back to your clone. Also, with Windows running in a VM, Linux is still running, so essentially you are running Linux and Windows concurrently. Like I said, its the best of both worlds. Dual booting creates at least 4 Windows partitions on your hard-drive as well as you Linux partition(s) (system/data is a good configuration). Is this a good solution for gaming systems? Nope. For gaming systems I'd buy a dedicated gaming computer running Windows. But for those of us who don't care about gaming systems (I've never had any interest), running Linux as the only OS on an EXT4 partition and then running Windows in a VM is an excellent solution. I can run Windows apps while still working on my Linux system. "It's too much work!" Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Thai Government Intensifies Crackdown on Foreign Criminals to Protect Tourism Translated: Assume that all foreigners are criminals. Treat them all as potential criminals. Make it know that all foreigner as being surveilled and monitored. Watch tourism numbers decline over time as foreigners get the message: "Come to Thailand, leave your money, and then get out."

Simple: Run Linux as your primary OS and run whatever version of Windows that you wish in a VirtualBox virtual machine (or some other VM although Ubuntu-based systems have VirtualBox as part of its software repositories and runs well in Linux). Easy breezy. The best of both worlds. MS Windows is poorly designed and is a resource hog. The best place to run it is in a virtual machine where it can do the least amount of harm. I don't recommend utilizing a 'dual-boot' model as Windows hijacks your hard-drive. KISS (Keep it simple Somchai).

Average time to pay at our PEA office is under 2 minutes.

Where are you located?

1000 to 5000 depending on the difficulty of the extraction.

Simple. Go to the PEA office and pay your bill -- no scam. "Use you bank application on your phone...it's convenient!" Ya know. I've finally reached the point in my life where I simply don't trust "convenient" technology. Pay cash, pay in person. Other than that, hopefully the Thai BIB will have some competent investigators to get the the bottom of scam such as these. Maybe.

Heck, we have "arch culvert" technology that supports the roadway over a stream bed that traverse the road we live on. Must have been a slow day at SRT public-affairs.

You mean the arch technology Romans were doing 2000 years ago? I don't think so.

Dude must have be three-sheets-to-the-wind.

"It was reported that Rungroj held firearm-related offenses in 2023 as locals reported that he often shot at the sky." Which is the first signal that the gun owner should probably not have guns. Responsible gun owners don't go firing rounds into the sky. This is tragic.

None of the above. Those categories are unfortunately very cliche and as such they miss the mark.

Until reality hit.

Anyone have a recommendation for a commercial product to clean tile/grout mold?

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"A game-changer in green economy?" Green? Right. 🙄 And the price? Privatize the profits; socialize the killer air pollution. Too bad commoners. “Outdated laws stifle our capacity to meet domestic demand, forcing us to import at a premium.” You mean, like laws protecting the environment? Those outdated laws. Those laws need to be enforce and more laws legislated. Anyway, the concept of using food to power ICE is rather ass-backwards.