Too much to unpack in a quick comment, but I think it's very important that we all give this a view. Well worth your 20-minutes, or I'll pay you back. Somehow.

Had always thought of Vonnegut as far before my time, like, my mother's time. Guess he sorta was, but his last book came out in 2005!

Anyway, my 12-yo daughter was looking at some "special" stuff at the thrift store today. "Is this like really old? Like, from the 90s?" Shoot me now. At least she recognized an IBM XT as one if the first personal computers. (I think she heard me lecturing my wife on the subject.) So it goes.

I made this!

Impossible to quantify "hard use", but they've seen some miles. I'm only 145lbs. and the tread is nearly gone, surprising for me. Guess I worked 'em out?

Here's the pair I bought, thinking on buying another:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07WHTSJF4?psc=1

They're still tough, nothing unraveling, zippers still tough, original laces, sole not peeling anywhere, not in the slightest. Only reason they need replacing is that the left heel kinda kicked out sideways. Noticed it made my leg slightly sore today, and slight problems become big problems in the boondocks.

Should I throw more money at something tougher? Is 4-years acceptable bang for the buck? These fit so perfectly I'm afraid to gamble on another brand. LOL, unless Sketchers comes out with combat boots!

One other note if you have a recommendation: I need the high tops. Between snakes, thorns, etc., I want tall boots.

EDIT: ONE other note if you have an alternative: They're weird in that they're warm enough into the 30s(F), cool enough to march in the 90s(F). Not sure what I'd be looking for to get that, no idea how it works.

She's Filipino by birth and culture, dad was Japanese. She won't say a single word against the Japanese unless you really drill into her opinions, simply won't talk about it. But JFC does she hate them, deep down. It's funny that her sisters live in Japan ATM. :) They don't seem to care.

But I get it, deep down. Japan raped her country in WWII, literally and figuratively, and while she's ignorant of modern Western politics, she know plenty about the Japanese using babies for bayonet practice. Have to admit, I wondered if her dad raped her mom.

My father died of mesothelioma sucking down asbestos while fighting in the Pacific Theatre. Watched him suffer to death for two years as a child. You might think I would hold a grudge. I do not, history to me.

All that to say, I don't blame her and I'm fine with her prejudice. OTOH, she refuses to do cute shit like wear a kimono or chops sticks in her hair. Fuck me, I signed up for an Asian chick! (That is an attempt at humor for the autistic among you.)

Thoughts?

EDIT: Y'all really missing the premise of this comm.

Vote the opposite of the norm.

EDIT: SOLVED! And good god am I dumb. Cleared cookies for YouTube. Done.

Seems like a dumb question as I'm constantly reading posts about YouTube blocking and I've been in IT for 30 years, but I'm at a complete loss.

Using uBlock Origin 1.64.0, been fine until the last week or two. Still works in Edge! But it's annoying to swap browsers back and forth and not be able to simply click a link in Firefox.

Searching the web all I get is old news, nothing about the latest fixes.

Is there something like revanced for a Windows desktop?

I'm applying for sysadmin type jobs and feel a lack of degree is holding me back. Should I simply lie? Can't see most employers actually checking on a degree I would have earned 30+ years ago.

Got a 10-foot boat running on a trolling motor and LIPO4 battery. Never came close to running the battery down, plenty of juice.

What if I slaved another motor to it? Would they interfere with one another's thrust?

Dumb question because I'm sure the answer is "hell nah". But maybe someone knows more than I.

I've got a night vision monocular, and it's pretty sweet for the price, much to recommend it. Problem is, the thing has such a small FOV that it's no fun, and certainly not practical. You can observe something if you hold very still, and so does the target. I got some infrared strobes off eBay, the kind that clip directly on a 9V battery. Thought they would make cool trail markers for unfamiliar woods. Nope. Again, the FOV is so tight you have to point right at them, even though they're intensely bright.

Another issue is that the screen brightness blinds your natural night vision. It has a lens cover with a pinhole in it that works well enough, but narrows the FOV even further.

Anyone tried the binocular version? I realize the range will be pretty short without carrying an infrared light that projects well. I can handle building that bit!

LinkedIn damned near landed me a sweet job. They were ready to offer, but HR put their thumb on the scale for their guy. Just barely missed another this week from Indeed, think asking $60-$70K was too much for that place, and if so, fuck 'em, that was a serious lowball. Networked what little I could, don't know may people any more, and certainly not in tech.

What are your go-to places to job hunt?

Had a Ukraine patch on my work belt and a customer piped up, "Slava Ukraine!" Caught me off guard, forgot I was wearing that! (It's on my phone holder, rear hip.)

She pronounced it: slah-vah you-crane. Reading it online, I thought it was: slah-vah you-crawn-i

Anyway, the look on her face was worth a million bucks, SO happy! Had a middle-aged guy and his son (grandson?) chat me up at Dollar General while wearing another patch. Both have the royal trident. Not disrespectful? Country boy trying to show support, not pretend who I'm not.

And I just learned: Heroiam slava! Little help with that as well?