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Cake day: June 20th, 2023

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  • You are seriously overestimating the “good guy with a gun” storyline. Yes, it does happen, but it’s extremely rare. And even if there is a “good guy with a gun” standing around when the shooting starts, they still have to react faster and more accurately than the “bad guy”.

    Of course, maybe we should consider why there are so many shootings that the “good guy with a gun” storyline is even a thing. Even if it did happen more often, it’s solving the wrong problem.

    There are so many shootings in the US these days that it’s not really even making national news any more, unless it’s particularly bad (i.e., body count > some number). There were two yesterday alone, for example.


  • Thanks. You have to set it up in YAML - there’s no GUI. Here’s the page on it. Obviously you need to know your adapter’s MAC, but that’s not usually too hard to find.

    It sets up a switch entity, which is a little odd to me, because it’s not an on-and-off device - toggling it just triggers the WoL command. But I guess that makes the most sense; I don’t think there’s a “button” entity.

    Edit: It does look like the entity can track the status of the computer, but it’s not working for me. Hostname is probably not correct.


  • I run an internet forum for a very specific topic. I have to manually register people, because before I did that, spammers would come in and crap all over everything. (Fortunately it’s not a very popular topic, so I only have to register new accounts a few times each month.) I run the forum on my own dime, no advertising or anything, as a side hobby.

    There’s also a very active Facebook group. The Facebook group is great for general conversation, but often when a technical question comes up, please just link to the forum where the info is stored. Searching in Facebook is terrible, and what happens if Facebook decides to block access to history for some reason? (Not that they necessarily would, but I’ve seen it happen many times. Remember when Photobucket blocked access to old pictures unless you had a paid account? We lost a bunch of useful pictures on the forum when that happened.)




  • My mother. She made some bandanas for our dog, and gave them to us a week or so ago. We thought they were cool. Later, she said, “Sorry you didn’t like the bandanas.” I was like, “News to me, I thought they were great.” “Well, they weren’t what <my wife> was expecting.”

    I didn’t even bother mentioning it to my wife until yesterday, who, of course, was fine with the bandanas, as I knew she would be. During that conversation, my wife and I talked about how we need to constantly walk on eggshells around her, because who knows what she’ll be upset about next. It’s exhausting.

    I don’t know where my mother gets this stuff. The sad part is that this is actually one of the more sane incidents.







  • I’m not into Star Wars, but I had to admit that hotel experience looked pretty interesting and unique. Then I saw the price…whoa. I’ve always sort of wanted to stay in the Contemporary, but it’s so expensive…I can stay another night or three in other resorts for one night in the Contempo.

    I do believe Fastpasses and Lightning Lanes have really damaged Disney. Walt’s vision was that you’d randomly walk around and have a good time. It has turned into a checklist with a schedule. And you have to plan every day months in advance if you want to eat at a restaurant in the park or hit one of the popular rides. I don’t believe this is what Walt intended.