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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 11-Feb-2024 21:16:05 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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Of course, I also listened to the Jackson 5ive version again. All I can say is that I must have cranked the bass in those days, because what I heard on YouTube sounds the same except a lot less bassy.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 11-Feb-2024 21:14:13 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

I recently heard the Four Tops version of "I Can't Quit Your Love" and I can really see how much it inspired the Jackson 5ive's version.

I spent many hours standing in front of the family 8-track player wearing headphones while listening to the J5's Skywriter album. Then I got a pocket sized transistor radio and could listen to music anywhere, which reduced the number of hours I stood there at the 8-track player.

(Radio Shack's battery club really helped. Each month I could get a free 9V rectangular battery to power my listening.)

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 11-Feb-2024 20:55:35 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

I heard a loud firework last night, so I figured they must have been celebrating Chinese New Year. But I only heard one. I guess it was a short celebration.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 10-Feb-2024 17:20:50 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

#Daddy_A told me that "Grandpa's Baby Boy" ( #A1 ) dropped his phone in the toilet. It's been a long time since he had service on it anyway.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 10-Feb-2024 06:33:48 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

#TIL (Today I learned): Kell blood groups / Kell red blood cell antigens https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kell_antigen_system after I came across an article suggesting that UK King Henry VIII's reproductive issues and his later behavior and physical symptoms may have been caused by Kell antigens and the related McLeod syndrome
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1. Kell antigen system
  
  The Kell antigen system (also known as the Kell–Cellano system) is a human blood group system, that is, a group of antigens on the human red blood cell surface which are important determinants of blood type and are targets for autoimmune or alloimmune diseases which destroy red blood cells. The Kell antigens are K, k, Kpa, Kpb, Jsa and Jsb. The Kell antigens are peptides found within the Kell protein, a 93-kilodalton transmembrane zinc-dependent endopeptidase which is responsible for cleaving endothelin-3. Protein The KEL gene encodes a type II transmembrane glycoprotein that is the highly polymorphic Kell blood group antigen. The Kell glycoprotein links via a single disulfide bond to the XK membrane protein that carries the Kx antigen. The encoded protein contains sequence and structural similarity to members of the neprilysin (M13) family of zinc endopeptidases.There are several alleles of the gene which creates Kell protein. Two such alleles, K1 (Kell) and K2 (Cellano), are the most...
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 10-Feb-2024 03:11:58 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

I am coming to believe that #DataCamp's courses may be too simplistic. I'm still in my first one (hoping to finish it tonight), but if you're new to the topic, it may not have the information you need to gain a basic understanding. And it can be somewhat fast paced for such learners. If you're somewhat familiar already, their toy terminal for lesson exercises is aggravating because it expects only specific commands. In some cases, there's another command that can accomplish the same task ... and that is an error.

I'm not negating them. I still think they can be useful as part of a self-training program in which you use multiple sources to learn a particular skill.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 10-Feb-2024 02:42:39 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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The lake is shrinking, but still impassable for pedestrians. I've altered my daily walking path due to the water. There are two others along my normal daily path, but they are smaller and can be avoided by crossing over to the other side of the street. They are also shrinking, so if there's no rain for another day or two, I should be able to do the usual path again.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 10-Feb-2024 01:00:17 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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https://nu.federati.net/url/293319 [www hawaiinewsnow com] A local news story.
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1. 5.7-magnitude quake rattles Hawaii Island; shaking felt across state
  
  from @hawaiinewsnow
  
  Shaking was felt across the state.
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 09-Feb-2024 21:32:22 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

#USGS reports #earthquake on the island of #Hawaii, #HI. Originally rated M6.3, it has been revised down to M5.7.

Pager is green, with 0 estimated casualties and < USD$1M estimated economic damage. This was adjacent to the coast, but no #tsunami expected.

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/

https://tsunami.gov/
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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 09-Feb-2024 21:20:13 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
- Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅
I'm no expert on cookware, but I'm starting to prefer stainless steel. I'm going to rely on the oil to prevent sticking, so I don't need fragile plastic coatings.

I will look into ceramic coated stainless steel, but for now I just use pure stainless. (There's probably a better quality if you're willing to pay for it. The most recent pan I bought was under $40 for one and it seems to work fine.

Granted, I try to cook with lowered heat anyway, so I am not concerned about melting or loosening the coating.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 09-Feb-2024 21:11:20 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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Oh, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Sign ... on my mobile client, it came across as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internat which forwards to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boarding_school
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1. International Sign
  
  International Sign (IS) is a pidgin sign language which is used in a variety of different contexts, particularly as an international auxiliary language at meetings such as the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) congress, in some European Union settings, and at some UN conferences, at events such as the Deaflympics, the Miss & Mister Deaf World, and Eurovision, and informally when travelling and socialising. Linguists do not agree on what the term International Sign means precisely, and empirically derived dictionaries are lacking. Naming While the more commonly used term is International Sign, it is sometimes referred to as Gestuno, or International Sign Pidgin and International Gesture (IG). International Sign (IS) is a term used by the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) and other international organisations. History Deaf people in the Western and Middle Eastern world have gathered together using sign language for 2,000 years. When Deaf people from different sign language backgrounds get together, a variety of sign language arises from this contact...
2. Boarding school
  
  A boarding school is a school where pupils live within premises while being given formal instruction. The word "boarding" is used in the sense of "room and board", i.e. lodging and meals. As they have existed for many centuries, and now extend across many countries, their functioning, codes of conduct and ethos vary greatly. Children in boarding schools study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers or administrators. Some boarding schools also have day students who attend the institution during the day and return home in the evenings. Boarding school pupils are typically referred to as "boarders". Children may be sent for one year to twelve years or more in boarding school, until the age of eighteen. There are several types of boarders depending on the intervals at which they visit their family. Full-term boarders visit their homes at the end of an academic year, semester boarders visit their homes at the end of an academic term, weekly boarders visit their homes at weekends. There are also semi-boarders who attend a boarding school in the school hours for formal instruction and activities but return...
3. Boarding school
  
  A boarding school is a school where pupils live within premises while being given formal instruction. The word "boarding" is used in the sense of "room and board", i.e. lodging and meals. As they have existed for many centuries, and now extend across many countries, their functioning, codes of conduct and ethos vary greatly. Children in boarding schools study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers or administrators. Some boarding schools also have day students who attend the institution during the day and return home in the evenings. Boarding school pupils are typically referred to as "boarders". Children may be sent for one year to twelve years or more in boarding school, until the age of eighteen. There are several types of boarders depending on the intervals at which they visit their family. Full-term boarders visit their homes at the end of an academic year, semester boarders visit their homes at the end of an academic term, weekly boarders visit their homes at weekends. There are also semi-boarders who attend a boarding school in the school hours for formal instruction and activities but return...
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 09-Feb-2024 18:54:35 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

https://nu.federati.net/url/293314 [www weau com]

After rumors fly on social sites, school superintendent in Chippewa Falls #WI issues statement about an incident at the middle school.

Not satisfying to read, as they're saying that they alone can decide whether parents have enough information to allow them to take protective actions over their children. If this happened locally, I would support an effort to recall the school board for this.

You don't have to use inflammatory language, just say that you have information about a possible threat, and that the police are actively involved in ensuring safety. Concealing these things just teaches parents not to trust you.
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1. CFAUSD Superintendent speaks out on incident at Chippewa Falls Middle School last fall
  
  from @WEAU13News
  
  A letter from Jeff Holmes, Superintendent and Derrick Kunsman, CFMS Principal was sent to CFAUSD families.
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 08-Feb-2024 18:46:19 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
- SoCal: Southern California
There is a lake at the end of the street. This area of !SoCal did not get anywhere near the rain that the #Los_Angeles area got, but it is still a poor drainage zone.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 08-Feb-2024 18:42:48 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
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@geniusmusing Thanks for posting this. The Spinners were a favorite group in the 1970s and the Midnight Special was a regular Friday night event. I remember watching them doing that song.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 08-Feb-2024 03:52:31 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

I don’t know how ready he is, but I sent https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/coriolis-effect/ to my daughter-in-law for #GS3 (almost 5).
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1. The Coriolis Effect: Earth's Rotation and Its Effect on Weather
  
  The Coriolis effect describes the pattern of deflection taken by objects not firmly connected to the ground as they travel long distances around the Earth.
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 08-Feb-2024 00:55:47 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

He says $200K+/year is not enough in San Francisco. https://www.yahoo.com/news/family-four-no-longer-live-010018189.html
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1. My family of four can no longer live comfortably on $230,000 a year — here’s how much the American Dream really costs
  
  A former Goldman Sachs analyst says his family of four need to earn more than $230,000 per year in order to live comfortably in California's San Francisco Bay Area.
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Feb-2024 22:24:14 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

In before some weirdo claims viruses don’t exist (“viruses have never been isolated”) or are spontaneously generated once someone is already sick.

Yes, I seriously have seen people online making those very arguments.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Feb-2024 22:22:32 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

Also, since Influenza viruses seem to generally be zoonotic, I’d like to read up on when they are first believed to have crossed over to humans. Do the various letters represent different cross-species jumps, or did they fragment after making the jump?

Also, at least for the A versions, they seem to still cross back and forth.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Feb-2024 22:20:19 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

One day I’m going to find out what the H and N numbers are in flu viruses, and whether it is just the A versions that have them. I know there are also influenza B and influenza D but we really don’t hear much about them. I don’t think they mutate as quickly as the A versions do.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Feb-2024 22:18:26 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

I’ve heard a lot about bird flu over the past few years. It may be the reason that USDA and state agriculture departments have been culling home and farm fowl … but I’m not positive that Influenza A #H5N1 is the disease behind the culls.

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