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01-30-19, 01:18 PM
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I know approximately jack **** about computers, but I seem to remember that if you are exceeding the functional RAM capacity of the computer, especially by loading memory intensive garbage such as this site, it writes all that crap to virtual RAM on the disk, which takes forever.
01-30-19, 01:25 PM
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FedEx came this morning, with one package instead of two. The one that didn't make it arrived in Merida a week ago today. I was upset. I asked the driver ..da hell? His reply? We have lots and lots of packages. To which I replied, But you're FedEx! Not the same company here as it is in your countries. Tracking still says it's due today, until 9 PM. I guess it just makes sense to send two trucks out instead of just the one.
01-30-19, 01:30 PM
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Speaking of old computers, our desktop is running VERY slow. It's running windows 10, specs are "AMD Athlon II X4 645 processor, 6GB RAM."
I don't know much about PC's but wondering if there is an easy way to speed it up or time to buy a new PC. It's approx 6 years old.
PS when it's running super slow, the Task Manager shows 100% disk use, CPU is only 50% and memory 90%. I don't really know what that means other than the damn PC is effing slow.
I don't know much about PC's but wondering if there is an easy way to speed it up or time to buy a new PC. It's approx 6 years old.
PS when it's running super slow, the Task Manager shows 100% disk use, CPU is only 50% and memory 90%. I don't really know what that means other than the damn PC is effing slow.
01-30-19, 01:33 PM
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I braved the elements to do some grocery shopping (well, that was the excuse - I just wanted to get out of the house). My wife was acting like I was putting my life at risk, asking me about contingency plans if the car didn't start and whatnot. Honestly, I've been out on worse days this winter. Yeah, it's was about -19° while I was out, but the air was calm and the sun was shining.
01-30-19, 01:38 PM
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I braved the elements to do some grocery shopping (well, that was the excuse - I just wanted to get out of the house). My wife was acting like I was putting my life at risk, asking me about contingency plans if the car didn't start and whatnot. Honestly, I've been out on worse days this winter. Yeah, it's was about -19° while I was out, but the air was calm and the sun was shining.
01-30-19, 01:44 PM
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Yeah, you know how we do.
I sure wouldn't recreate in this, though - on a couple occasions that I took a deep breath, the cold entering the lungs was enough to force an abrupt and involuntary halt on that action.
But, I mean, other than not being able to breathe freely, it was pretty okay.
Oh, and all of the stores were empty. Loved that part.
I sure wouldn't recreate in this, though - on a couple occasions that I took a deep breath, the cold entering the lungs was enough to force an abrupt and involuntary halt on that action.
But, I mean, other than not being able to breathe freely, it was pretty okay.
Oh, and all of the stores were empty. Loved that part.
01-30-19, 01:49 PM
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Just got the email - no school tomorrow, either. Damn.
01-30-19, 02:02 PM
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01-30-19, 02:09 PM
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Yeah, you know how we do.
I sure wouldn't recreate in this, though - on a couple occasions that I took a deep breath, the cold entering the lungs was enough to force an abrupt and involuntary halt on that action.
But, I mean, other than not being able to breathe freely, it was pretty okay.
Oh, and all of the stores were empty. Loved that part.
I sure wouldn't recreate in this, though - on a couple occasions that I took a deep breath, the cold entering the lungs was enough to force an abrupt and involuntary halt on that action.
But, I mean, other than not being able to breathe freely, it was pretty okay.
Oh, and all of the stores were empty. Loved that part.
Seriously, it hasn’t been that bad though we did have a local town lose power. That couldn’t have been fun.
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01-30-19, 02:53 PM
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The super freeze is just blowing in now as I speak, accompanied by high winds and a snow squall.
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01-30-19, 02:58 PM
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Temp dropping and blowing like stink here too. It's going to take a long time to get my hands to un-raynaud when I get home. 
Something about driving. My hands freeze on the bike, but maybe my core temp is high enough that they recover immediately.
Something about driving. My hands freeze on the bike, but maybe my core temp is high enough that they recover immediately.
01-30-19, 04:28 PM
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01-30-19, 05:03 PM
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01-30-19, 05:20 PM
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Unless you want to get a new card or buy a car/house on credit, there is no harm in just leaving it frozen all the time.
01-30-19, 06:08 PM
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01-30-19, 06:19 PM
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so I guess that means you've celebrated about 10 times? Not a good ratio.
on an unrelated note, I am fresh out of super bowl tickets.
Free content: Life is too short to move snow with an ordinary shovel.
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on an unrelated note, I am fresh out of super bowl tickets.
Free content: Life is too short to move snow with an ordinary shovel.
#AwesomeShovelsAreAwesome
01-30-19, 06:24 PM
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01-30-19, 06:37 PM
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01-30-19, 06:43 PM
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01-30-19, 08:05 PM
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01-30-19, 08:11 PM
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01-30-19, 08:57 PM
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01-30-19, 09:02 PM
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01-30-19, 09:22 PM
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01-30-19, 09:33 PM
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