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Update: Weather is going to get sunny and warmer, so my Quinzhee (not igloo) will probably be unenergized tomorrow.

10/10 - Fridge

I was able to screenshot the fridge out of a video I made for a personal friend. This morning, I had to remove the drinks from the fridge. The hollow slumped down and impaled itself on the cherry cokes. I took one to work with me. It was definitely ice cold.

Ah! Do it. If you can that is. Today is the last day of our bitter cold in Pittsburgh. Looking like mostly 40's over the next week. Other than the sore back, frostbit hands, chapped lips and a left leg that no longer wants to go down steps, I'm totally thrilled with my decision.

And thanks for correcting me too. I'm onboard. Quinzhee is a far more accurate term for my construct than igloo.

I'm glad you enjoyed it. I can try to send some snow west. As I live near the interstate, I'll throw snowballs at westbound traffic just for you. Some of it's bound to make it.

At fifty years old, I've only ever seen (2) snow events that were bigger than this one. It occurred to me that this could be the last time I got this chance and I had to make the pile anyways sooo.

In lieu of voyeurism, send electric heating pads. Mine has just broken. Right now. As I typed this. Shit. The legendary spasms might continue... All night...

For what it's worth, a friend gave it a thumbs up. I plan on picking it up tomorrow.

He's probably already remastering it, turning down the band and turning up the dave.

Came to say it. Was an hour late. Don't forget all the advertising. It makes your day go WHEEEEE!

Hey now. We had W in the early 2000's. Was just as racist as X. Maybe more.

This is not enshittification. This is supply and demand like it's always been played out with far more demand than there is supply, and no real good supply relief in the foreseeable future. Gonna get way worse as people scalp/panic buy in bulk.

When I got up this morning, It never occurred to me that I would soon be listening and enjoying this, but here we are and I'm glad it did.

I've always supported Megadeth. I was not yet into metal when 'Killing Is My Business' came out. It would be another 4 years or so. Today, I own the other (16) albums.

All in all, I think that 'The System Has Failed' ended up being my favorite album. Runner up goes to 'Rust In Peace'. It was my introductory album to Megadeth.

My only complaint are his remastered editions where by 'remastering' he means, 'turning up the Dave and turning down the rest of the band'. I want my old copy of 'Rust In Peace' back. Take a tip. Don't buy the remastered. It does not sound as good as the originals.

Noteworthy to mention that this disgusting putrid piece of shit shot her own puppy Cricket in the head intentionally because it wouldn't listen to her command. Pretty much a repeat of what her ICE boys did to that driver.

I'm betting this move loses them even more marketshare, and rightfully so. Garbage in, garbage out.

I'm a metalhead. I have a pretty sizable CD collection so I really only take recommendations from metalheads that I know and trust and even then, I'll usually check it out on youtube first to make sure it's not a fluke decent song on an otherwise lousy disc (looks at Muse). Usually one of my friends will turn me onto something, float me a loaner. If so, I add it to the list of CD's to pick up the next time I come up on loot.

Sometimes, when I'm hard up, I might go to Metal-Archives and just browse. Sometimes you get lucky. Years ago, I found that some specific labels seemed to sign a certain sound that I often liked. I'd often go to their site where they usually had audio clips to listen to. Most of them are gone now, but Century Media survived, and I still hit them up a lot. Again, needle in a haystack kind of thing but it's so worth it when you find something better than great.

I buy the CD. I listen to it all the way through while reading the liner notes (if applicable nowadays) and take note of the track numbers I like. After, I burn those songs to MP3 and move them to my audio server. The CDs will go into one of a trio of shelves that hold my other discs and once there, may never see a laser again unless I loan it out or have need to play the disc in a player.

For the car, I use a Surfans F20. For the yard and woods and work, I add on a 80W portable speaker. At home, I usually play my burned mp3 files on a client computer thats tied into a stereo system and the network by using winamp (often with the enjoyable milkdrop plugin). It really whips the llamas ass.

Sometimes I use youtube for convenience but considering ads, auto-play and the algorithm, and now playlist swamping (for those who turn auto-play off), youtube is only good to listen to one song and then shut it off. The algorithm actively drives me away with it's ineptitude. Not particularly relevant, but enough so that I thought I'd take a moment to shit on them for it.

I don't put much value on the things gamers nexus covers. I feel like they tend to create drama where none really exists, and it's all for ratings. Much better sources of information out there.

I'm guessing there is an bit of truth in what they found. I'm guessing nvidia isn't shit stain free either. But I'd bet money that if Nvidia releases another high end card tomorrow, everyone gonna line right up to hand them their money, including gamers nexus.

And for the record, the Kraken Z7 I bought 6 years ago and mounted vertically is still running quite strong, despite gamers nexus all but telling me I was an asshole for mounting it that way because it was going to die within 2 years and I'll have only myself to blame.

That's a sharp looking game sir. I think since it's open source and procedurally generated that there will be a lot of interest.

As a hobbyist, I've tried for decades to get a 0.0.0.0 of my game. It's so tough to do on limited resources and time. I'm glad you made it. Congrats.

Obligatory as related. This is a total repeat from the two thousands which saw the napster/metallica feud and was documented via Camp Chaos Flash Videos (linked below) by Bob Cesca. Maturity is recommended as they may contain adult language, adult situations, Cheryl Crow but they do paint a pretty accurate picture.

Napster Bad

Metallicops

Metallica Wants To Be A Millionaire

MP3 Music: Good or Goblin?

Napster Dead

Bizarro Napster Bad!

Such good memories. If you get to watch these for the first time, I extend to you my jealousy.

So, to wrap things up, it's now October 7th and the garden has been mostly dismantled. I am still awaiting the sunflowers seeds to develop and bees are still visiting the dying marigolds.

It was a horrible weather year for my first garden. It rained just about everyday in the month of May. In fact, I think I lost a green bean seed due to flooding and overflow in the container. June, July and August saw maybe (1) light rain event each with upper 90 deg f temps throughout most of July and August. It was as hot and dry a season as I can ever remember.

The marigolds did well. I observed no difference in insect populations with them around or away. They are technically still going, but are in their last stages of dying. As the bumblebees are still visiting, I've allowed them to remain in their pots. They were nice in that they did not require much effort.

The muncher cucumber plants were put to rest. Three plants delivered about thirty delicious cucumbers. The trellis worked well, though they did fight it a little bit. They also outgrew it. I should have probably built it a bit taller. I also had to extend it in several different directions on the fly as it popped up side vines. The fruits were delicious, though small. Somewhere around 5" long at 1-1/2" diameter were the average. It seemed that I had to really allow the fruits to over ripen and start turning yellow before I really got a good shot of the goop that Dale likes. I did self pollinate some of them which turned out to be pretty easy. I had several issues in July where I would spontaneously lose baby cucumbers en masse. I am not certain, but i'm thinking it was due to the heatwave. The cucumbers did NOT seem to appreciate full sun and would wilt in the heat of the day.

The pole style blue lake green beans, also put to rest, had the same issues with their trellis, though they WAY outgrew it. I also had too many plants in one container which led to conflict, infighting and entanglement, which sadly led to pruning shears during flowering. They got planted a week later than the cucumbers (May 17th) and took an additional month until they decided to flower. They had a very small yield, but they did make some nice green beans which Dale also loved. I lost a lot of baby green beans in July, presumably from the heatwave. I lost a lot of green beans in August to cabbage white caterpillars. I was really unprepared for how big these plants get.

The catnip did not do so well either, though I may have contributed to it by fertilizing them a few times before learning you shouldn't do that. It went into a high plant growth pattern, which made for a lot of buds, but they were all really weak sauce.

The sunflowers were pretty much a disaster. I had (2) pots with a plant each that did not survive the catastrophic flooding at the end of May. I replanted them mid June, much to the happiness of some asshole creature living in the area as it would show up every night to dig around under the mulch. They at least made it to a natural demise, so I am hoping to get some sunflower seeds. (6) other plants in other areas of the yard made it to flower only to get dramatically trampled by (presumably) the 'self-appointed fire marshall' from the movie 'the gods must be crazy'. They were a complete loss without time to replant.

Overall, it was kinda frustrating, but worthwhile. Dale got his munch on, which always makes for a happy baby bird. I learned a lot about several things that before I knew really nothing about. It was slightly pricier than I planned due to buying the containers and soils and slightly more demanding of my time than I planned.

I may try again next year. Additionally, I purchased some stinging nettle seeds which I am going to plant in containers in the spring. Most will be utilized for plant fertilizer but I want to try making the drinkable tea with it as well to see if it helps my allergies any.

Thanks all. Live and help live.

I can honestly say that I've never had any issues with the winkey+shift+s on win 10, though occasionally I do wonder why they never added more shapes to the toolbar palette. I'm a designer by trade and I used it a lot when working on drawings to keep specs straight. One of the more useful windows utilities in my opinion.

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Buckethead - Pike 023 - Telescape

Dave Mustaine tells us Megadeth's farewell album will cause a "renaissance": "It's going to smack people upside of their earholes"

Dave Mustaine tells us Megadeth's farewell album will cause a "renaissance": "It's going to smack people upside of their earholes"

Buckethead - Pike 292 - Galaxies

Microsoft says it's going to focus on the things that matter for Windows 11, such as improving performance

Buckethead - Pike 104 - Project Little Man

Michael Schenker - Age Of Ice

Europeans set to launch an alternative to X. It’s called W

I Can’t Sell You Laptops Anymore (video) (enshittification of computer repair)

Buckethead - Pike 51 - Claymation Courtyard [Rock/Metal] (Instrumental)

GWAR cover “Pink Pony Club” by Chappell Roan

As Megadeth Counts Down to Extinction, Dave Mustaine Opens Up

Rep. Kelly announces plans to impeach Secretary Kristi Noem

Microsoft Edge is getting a Copilot-inspired redesign

BucketHead - The Shores Of Molokai (Pike #007)

How does the Beehaw community consume music?

[Popular Tech YouTube Channel "Gamers Nexus" was] Contacted by the US Secret Service | The AI Surveillance Center Dystopia

Steve Vai - Ya-Yo Gakk (American Guitar Virtuoso)(Rock/Metal)

Cubyz: Voxel sandbox game with a large render distance, procedurally generated content and some cool graphical effects.

RIAA: Telegram & Discord Are Notorious Hubs For Pre-Release Music Piracy * TorrentFreak

Request: Cucumber Breed

Looking for screenshot utility for Windows

Give me a ten-word poem?

Hardcore Henry (2015 Action/Scifi) - Free on Plex

Growing Stinging Nettle

John Dies At The End (2012)

Dublin Death Patrol - Lights Out

Dirty Looks - Turn Of The Screw

Joe Walsh - ILBT's

Golden Earring - Twilight Zone (Dutch Rock)

Request: Cucumber Breed