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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 21-Jan-2024 01:21:15 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

If you've been wondering why you cannot find talc-based baby powder, here's why. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/j-j-pay-700-million-150121692.html [finance yahoo com]
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1. J&J to pay $700 million to settle states' talc-marketing probe - Bloomberg News
  
  The settlement would avert potential lawsuits alleging J&J hid any links between the talc in its powder and various cancers, the report said citing people familiar with the deal. J&J and representatives for state attorneys general are still working out the specific terms of the deal but have agreed on the total amount, Bloomberg News reported. J&J did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
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https://finance.yahoo.com/news/california-sues-kroger-unit-rejecting-184624298.html [finance yahoo com]

California sues Ralphs Grocery chain ( Kroger ) over hiring practices.
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1. California sues Kroger unit for rejecting job seekers with criminal records
  
  California filed a lawsuit against Kroger Co subsidiary Ralph's Grocery Co on Thursday, accusing it of violating state law by screening out hundreds of job applicants based on their criminal history. The lawsuit, filed in state court by the California Civil Rights Department (CRD), accuses Ralph's of flouting a 2018 law that bars most employers from asking applicants about their criminal record prior to offering them a job. Ralph's, which operates more than 180 grocery stores in California, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 09:27:59 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

Don't buy HP printers. https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/19/hps_ceo_spells_it_out/ [www theregister com]
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1. HP CEO: You're 'bad investment' if you don't buy HP supplies
  
  Malware threat from third-party cartridges nothing compared to threat to HP's bottom line
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- Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅
@clacke Also, the creator of #NTP died. https://nu.federati.net/url/293167 [arstechnica com]
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1. Inventor of NTP protocol that keeps time on billions of devices dies at age 85
  
  from @benjedwards
  
  Dave Mills created NTP, the protocol that holds the temporal Internet together, in 1985.
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 19-Jan-2024 20:53:49 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
- Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅
Thanks to @clacke, I recently learned that #NTP's seconds counter rolls over in 2036 (two years before the Unix counter). https://www.ntp.org/documentation/4.2.8-series/warp/#ntp-timescale-and-data-formats

> The timestamp format spans 136 years, called an era. The current era began on 1 January 1900, while the next one begins in 2036. ... However, the NTP protocol will synchronize correctly, regardless of era, as long as the system clock is set initially within 68 years of the correct time.
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1. How NTP Works
  
  This page provides a technical description of the Network Time Protocol (NTP) architecture and operation.
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 19-Jan-2024 20:41:10 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

I see lots of weird US right-wingers praising the German farmer protests ( https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/25371040/tractors-protest-farmers-germany-sick-man-europe/ ) ... but these are the very people who hate the idea of government subsidizing some favored group that isn't them, and the major point of anger appears to be loss of tax subsidies.

Not to mention that I saw something about there being a court case which said the government could not continue the subsidies for some reason.

Now having said all this, I'm very much aware that I don't know what is going on in Germany right now or understand the underlying social / political / economic dynamics that may be driving the protests. I just thought it was interesting that the US folks who seem to be most supportive of the protests would be protesting if some other (US domestic) group was given similar subsidies.
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1. Tractors protest & rise of Far Right have turned Germany into sick man of Europe
  
  from https://www.facebook.com/TheSunWorldNews/
  
  LIGHTS flashing and horns blaring, 3,000 tractors trundled through Hanover in Germany bringing its streets to a gridlocked standstill. Stepping down from his cab, arable farmer Axel Friehe told me …
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 19-Jan-2024 20:17:37 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

Learning to use cut and thinking that it is so simple-minded that I wouldn't ever use it instead of awk.

Example:
ls -lF | cut -d " " -f 1,3,4,9 gives inconsistent results. I suspect ls is sometimes using multiple spaces between fields. ls -lF | cut -d \t -f 1,3,4,9 also fails to give useful results.

Compare that to ls -lF | awk '{ print $1, $3, $4, $9 }' which gives me exactly what I was looking for.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 19-Jan-2024 17:52:06 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

#GS4: I want to watch Octonauts.
#GS3: No! I want to watch Mr Weatherman.

( The original #Octonauts series is educational. Toward the end of each episode, they have a "creature report":{https://farside.link/invidious/watch?v=-uLe2VcUCJw} where they summarize information about the aquatic / marine creature being featured. This happens with a bouncy tune, so two and three year olds are bouncing and marching along with it. It was GS3's favorite show until he discovered Paw Patrol at age three and then Bluey at age four. )
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1. Creature Report - The Octonauts
  
  THE OCTONAUTS are a team of undersea adventurers who are always ready to dive into action! Their mission: to explore new underwater worlds, rescue amazing sea creatures and protect the ocean. Watch The Octonauts on TV on CBeebies (UK), ABC (Australia) RTE (Ireland), Disney Junior (USA), Super RTL (Germany), TF1 (France), TV2 (Norway), YLE (Finland), Discovery Kids (South America), Disney Junior (South East Asia) and more..! www.theoctonauts.com © Chorion Rights Ltd Add us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BrownBagFilms Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/brownbagfilms
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 19-Jan-2024 17:40:16 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

> Rich people are asking to be taxed for the publicity. Many countries, including the United States, have established methods for "donating" to the government.

True. But if Warren Buffett asks to be taxed more, that also affects Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, who likely aren't willingly giving anything extra to the government.

More importantly, the persistent federal deficit leads to huge interest payments. There's some point where it will not be possible to make the payments without intentionally inflating the currency, and likely instituting widespread tax increases coupled with austerity programs.

I'm likely not going to be around to see this happen, but with grandchildren between 1 year old and 27 years old, I expect some or all of them to be around for it.

We tried to corral spending and it hasn't happened. But if we at least work to bring in as much tax money as we spend, there'll be political pressure to curtail anything "unnecessary".

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 19-Jan-2024 17:29:53 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

> if you want to do good with your money there are a bajillion other organizations you can give to that are significantly more efficient tha[n Washington] DC

Ever work side by side with a non-profit group? I don't think I've seen any that are more efficient than government agencies. Most of the larger ones have huge fundraising wings that consume a big chunk of their resources, and then they often have highly paid executives consuming another big chunk. (And that's not counting what happens if your contributions go through United Way first.)

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 19-Jan-2024 03:20:46 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
- Ji Fu
@fu I've heard Apple is also promoting some states' right to repair bills after NY's passed. They want compatible (but weak) laws in most states.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 18-Jan-2024 02:20:19 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

#NASA says the missing first ever 'space tomato' has been found. https://news.yahoo.com/nasa-solves-mystery-missing-space-112214730.html [news yahoo com] Rumor said that Astronaut Frank Rubio had eaten it, but this finding exonerates him.
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1. Astronaut accused of eating first ‘space tomato’ is exonerated
  
  A Nasa astronaut accused of eating the first space-grown tomato has been exonerated after the missing fruit was found on the International Space Station (ISS).
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Honestly, I'm more interested in the continuing actions of #anti-vaxers & #anti-maskers, especially those who are #pollies. They're doing more to spread #2019-nCoV / #COVID-19 NOW than any efforts to keep things secret in late 2019.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 18-Jan-2024 01:23:15 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

Article in the UK Daily Mail claims that #US Congressional investigation found that #China had already sequenced #SARS-CoV-2 #coronavirus while still calling #COVID-19 a viral pneumonia of unknown cause.

> It confirms suspicions that the Chinese were studying the virus before announcing it to the world - a delay experts say cost countless of lives.

https://nu.federati.net/url/293156 [www dailymail co uk]
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1. Congress investigation finds Beijing mapped covid and hid findings
  
  from https://www.facebook.com/DailyMail
  
  Chinese scientists mapped out the coronavirus nearly a month before it was made public, raising questions about what those scientists knew and when they knew it, according to Congress.
LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Jan-2024 19:27:52 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

There were a couple of years in the 1970s where it was so cold in #NYState that the toilets froze in #Buffalo. I remember seeing them on the news. I decided right then and there that I was never going to move to Buffalo #NY.

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https://nu.federati.net/url/293155 [www dailymail co uk]

Sacred bovine! I can't imagine doing this kind of surgery unnecessarily.
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1. I had 'world's most painful operation' to grow from 5ft 8 to 6ft
  
  from https://www.facebook.com/DailyMail
  
  Yeferson Cossio, 29, had limb lengthening surgery - which involved breaking his legs and implanting metal rods into them - four months ago. But he has been left in constant pain.
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@clacke Are you watching a movie or the "Arrow" TV series? #sonTwo used to watch Arrow (so much that he streamed it when he visited #SoCal from his then-current home in #FL).

I don't think that's the show that the dog got its name from though. I think that was some other series.

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Tropical Cyclone Belal tore through the French island of La Reunion and the neighboring country of Mauritius, killing 4 people and leaving some damage in its wake. https://nu.federati.net/url/293153 [apnews com] Reunion is the location of the Regional tropical storm warning center for that portion of the Indian Ocean. https://meteofrance.re/fr/cyclone
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1. CYCLONE et ACTIVITE CYCLONIQUE par Météo-France La Réunion
  
  METEO FRANCE LA REUNION - Retrouvez les prévisions et suivi de cyclones sur La Réunion et l'Océan Indien
2. Mauritius and Reunion assess damage from Indian Ocean cyclone that killed at least 4 people
  
  Mauritius has lifted its highest storm alert and eased a nationwide curfew after a cyclone battered the Indian Ocean island and nearby French island of Reunion.
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Okay, after sitting for a day, the lower crust is starting to become edible.

Lesson about the crust recipe … I think it needs quite a bit more than the “up to 1/2 cup of icewater” that it asks for.

I also think I need deeper pie dishes with an old-style rim around them.

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LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Jan-2024 18:39:04 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
- GeniusMusing
Electric vehicles may not be the future after all. Lots of #Tesla owners in the #Chicago #IL area have found that because of the extreme cold, their vehicles won’t start or charge. https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/dead-teslas-oak-brook [www fox32chicago com]

I’m pretty sure I hear about arctic temperatures in Chicago every 2-3 years. ( @geniusmusing can probably give a better estimate ) If these vehicles are only usable in the warm season, they’re useless.
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1. Tesla supercharging station packed in Oak Brook, dead cars line parking lot due to frigid temps
  
  from @fox32news
  
  Electric vehicles may be the way of the future, but many EV owners are having trouble dealing with Chicago’s bitterly cold temperatures.