BigStar

I don't hate Russians.

I feel confident I can survive w/o security updates. Besides Windows Defender, I run a Malwarebytes scan weekly, never finds anything. I practice safe browsing (w/ helpful addons), downloading, opening attachments, etc. I backup regularly in such a way I can restore w/o losing much. But on my spare machine I'm dual booting Linux OpenSUSE TW with Windows IoT LTSC, with security updating thru 2032. Runs great and lacks the bloat of Win 10 Pro. I may install it on my main machine as well. At some point, between now and 2032, I may decide Win 11 is worth moving to, or just change to Linux.

A fallacy typical of bad economics, most commonly used among our doomsters to impart a false sense of prophetic certainty: ceteris paribus. Hot air not worth addressing. Merely addressed your illogical definition. Then, as is usual with specious argumentation, you moved the goalpost by changing the common definition and then clinging to that, as if it means anything. Hee. And I invited you to please yourself with your very shrewd Windows Market Analysis. ???? Yet here you are ba-a-ck bickering more. I tried, but I think you may need some help, very soon, in getting yourself out of this loop.

No. Being "least used" is merely your own speculation and doesn't mean "flop" anyway in the sense of Me, Vista, or 8. "Taking years" doesn't mean "flop." You're simply moving the goalpost and applying an unobvious perspective. Same old pattern as people will upgrade their machines, notably the corporate market, and adopt Win 11. Machines that ran Win 3.1 won't run Win 10. Eventually your upgrade path comes to an end. M'soft has never guaranteed backward compatibility and has released updated hardware requirements w/ each OS. Most machines could upgrade, but then they might not run well, so motivating, in the average case, the purchase of a new machine. Furthermore, Win 11 does have some desirable features, for some at least, that Win 10 doesn't have. Improvements and additions will continue until Win 11 looks superior. I saw a rumor the other day about a Win 12 w/ a different architecture. Wait and see. Are you done with this tedious bicker? Cling to "flop" if that makes you feel like a shrewd Windows Market Analyst. I dunno why people confuse me with somebody who gives a s**t.

I'm thinking of three friends now, one w/ early onset AD, one who's had a stroke, the other brain-damaged from oxygen deprivation after a heart attack. For them, a master password written on a paper would easier to deal with than applying a formula, if they could remember the formula. Or find the formula: just finding the paper could be an issue, as I discovered from dealing with my friend with AD. Further, the automatic form-filling via password manager could be a blessing, as all three have typing and even mousing issues. I prefer it myself. I don't wanna bother applying a formula and then typing in my username and the password for multiple sites daily. That's 'cause I'm lazy, but also regard it as a (small) waste of time. As an aside, services like Bitwarden don't store your master password. Your other (securely generated, by Bitwarden itself) passwords are encrypted and can only be decrypted by the master password based on a randomly generated session key from your local computer. Safe enough. If the FBI wants into your account, if nothing else they can just nab you while you're logged in, like they did with Ross Ulbricht. Reminds me of members here not trusting banks or whatever and thinking their valuables are safely stored at home in their "vault." Years ago, a Pattaya bar owner thought so as well. Heavy secure safe, combo lock, key. Thieves found it trivial to open by just letting him do it at knifepoint. G'by, 2 million baht. So, different strokes I guess. Your method works, of course. In fact I use it sometimes for throwaway email addresses and passwords. I've even been known to use the same throwaway password when it can't possibly matter.

Perhaps a new incentive will arise. Friend of mine felt that way until he had his (predictable) heart attack. Wife saved him and has spent about 4 very long months helping take care of him in rehab. He had no one else. It was an incredible fight on her part as he's suffered brain damage, has delusions, can't remember where he is, and fights with the docs and nurses, 'cause they're all cheating him (sound familiar?) and making him do stuff, like get out of bed and walk. Wife helps him to the toilet and back. He's recovered enough now to imagine that he's recovered and is back home now, where she has to watch his diet and make sure he doesn't run off to pig out, drink, and smoke. He IS finally grateful for her help and happy to be alive.

And therein lies the rub.

Standard ANF Longevity Science, my man. Always affirmed in threads when the subjects of diet & exercise arise. And you may do a survey of posts yourself of posters asking how to fix their health problems in ways other than seeing docs for meds and surgeries. And paying serious attention when a lifestyle change is suggested to address the underlying cause. Now the OP's been told a few times about diet & exercise, any Google will affirm it, but he really wants that transplant. Been under stress already, losing 6kg of his 108kg (at 177cm). Not to say we don't have a few verifiably fit & healthy old guys here whistling in the wind. As opposed to those fit & healthy according to the comfortable anecdote and assertion method. But they're not the subject I addressed.

Yep. But an old fat guy always looks for meds and surgeries in preference to the hell of adopting a healthy lifestyle.

Wrong premise. You experienced no racism. Same rules at those hospitals for all foreigners. And as a member of Thai SS, I get free care at Sirikit, yet I'm a foreign Caucasian. And the policy is based on the economics of cost, just as is the price difference between bars and stores. You aren't paying the tax that Thai citizens do or paying into Thai SS, yet expecting Thai taxpayers to cover a portion of your cost. Pretty global, too: in the USA, for example, you pay a lot more if you don't have insurance or Medicare to cover part of the cost. In the UK, as a foreigner, I can't just walk into a hospital for an elective procedure and pay the same as a UK citizen. Finally, I said it "reminds me," notably your insulting Thailand to hapless Thai staff trying to do their jobs when in fact you yourself were committing the very sin of which you were accusing Thailand. It still reminds me, and I find it embarrassing. ???? But my lips have been sealed. I hope you understand the erroneous logic that led you to imagine you experienced racism and therefore "extreme overcharging."

Why, if they didn't break it completely, would it not work with its own display? Currently, it has no power, so first things first. The likely issue with the OP. What's the likely issue with laptop you determined again? I seem to have missed it. Pre-Somchai, good info could have been had, maybe even a fix implemented w/o Lenovo. What might have been . . . .

Buy HappyMate at Villa or Central Festival Tops. Or buy a kilo bag of natural unsweetened, creamy or cruncy, on Lazada.

https://readmultiplex.com/2023/03/30/what-are-ai-superprompts-and-why-they-are-important/

Excellent, impressive achievement. It's not easy, especially at the beginning. OK, now you've set a precedent. I'll probably regret this, given all our trolls, comedians, mongers, and grudge bearers whose posts I've shredded. But here's the gf at age 58. This, ONLY to demonstrate what can be accomplished by older Thai (or any) women--health, fitness, slowing of the aging process--through the right motivation and guidance. You have to set a good example for her yourself. If she can do it, anyone can. No need to be like the sexless OP and his wife w/ their belly rolls.

That's good. Really enjoy your posts.

Friend of mine used to say, "Your sexiest organ is your brain." His wife was one of the homeliest women on the planet, he was an old fat guy. But they found ways to enjoy one HOT sex life until he died at age 59 as a result of neglecting his health.

Should have raised the price another B10,000 for you. Reminds me of idiot farang arguing at bars or restos that they can buy beer much cheaper at 7/11. Pity the staff who have to deal with them.

"Strong." Thai doc, I presume. But other telltale issues usually precede CVD (e. g., blood markers, shortness of breath) and may prompt an in-depth check. EKG's perhaps indicative but finally not all that useful, contrary to common belief. Your EKG could be fine and a few days later you could die of a heart attack.

Probably not, but more broadly check the cardiovascular system. CAC scan. https://thefatemperor.com/2016-7-9-atherosclerosis-high-level-root-cause-the-apobldlp-question/

Been using it a few years for a couple hundred passwords, etc. Changed from Lastpass when Lastpass changed the terms of service. Besides, Lastpass seems always being hacked, though no customer passwords have been compromised. Bitwarden, OTOH, is open source anyway, so any major flaws would long have been exploited. You can use Bitwarden in various ways, including via your own server. It doesn't have to be cloud-based, to address some of our very shrewd objections. Works well, used it today to login here. It doesn't autofill as well as Lastpass does on a large variety of sites & forms, but good 'nuff.

Note that's only 50g. Less dark, 100g. But wait for the sales at Foodland. Picked up a lot at 115, best ever. 138 more common. But most of our delicate, sugar-addicted taste buds here can't take very dark chocolate. They want a sweet candy.

You're young enough so that I suggest you work at least a couple of years at a Thai company or institution that will enroll you in the Thai Social Security System. After you leave, you can continue the modest payments of about B500/mo for the health insurance portion and get free medical care and prescriptions at your selected gov't hsp. for as long as you keep up payments. The care in gov't hsps can be quite good, too. Downsides are the waiting times and the need for basic Thai or accompaniment by a Thai speaker.

What nonsense? So that was in the gym, when you weren't in such good shape as you are now????? Most men pay to strength train in a gym. Cardio can easily be done at home much less expensively. Right.???? Scary, that. Great! And we'd like to celebrate that good news when you share the numbers that verify your body is now working better, though it's not clear how well it was working before it, you know, went all squishy. What obsession? Merely standard, objective markers from routine health checks. VO2 Max, the standard indicator of cardio fitness, can be calculated. Nothing to hide here, really. Well, I think we've reached a dead end, and your post to which I responded is off-topic anyway. My point's been made. ????

Free forever if you don't care about personalization. Go for it.