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I was once driving to work on the Garden State Parkway; it was three lanes of heavy stop-and-go traffic due to the rain storm. Suddenly, it turned into an absolute downpour and traffic stopped. Then, lightning began striking trees on either side of the roadway; I counted at least twenty strikes...

Y'all need to drive in New Jersey more. I've seen someone do the craziest thing: open their passenger door while driving to prevent somebody from passing them on the shoulder in the approach to a Toll Plaza. It was me! I was the crazy! Never done that again!

"Why am I being persecuted for my perfectly reasonable statements? I shouldn't have to suffer the consequences of my actions! That's un-American!" *In writing this piece, I had to delete and rewrite several times, because it kept sounding like a certain political figure... While I'll frequently...

"Well, those other guys should have been polite first! You know, by not offending me by existing! How rude! If you were really polite, you exist somewhere else, like, not near me! Is that too much to ask? No, no it is not!"

Unfortunately, "Jingle Balls" is copyright by very litigious shock jocks from the 80s, so... better to steer clear.

Now the machines have even taken the naughty-word-posting jobs? Will the outrages never end? This post brought to you by OpenChatBot! Leave a message to let the devs know how they're doing!

Six Warnings and a Permaban! Six Warnings and a Permaban!

Yes. There's a maximum Terabytes written, which sounds huge, but keep in mind that the application you're doing with the drive could potentially have a massive impact on lifespan. And I've seen some people who still optimize their SSDs, which is terrible because it's basically all read-writes...

Well, sure! Only Real Loonies would use <your favorite of those two> -- Real Gamers ™️ use <the other one>!

I chuckled when I saw the article mention that HDDs were on their way out. The problem with SSDs is that they have limited read-write lifetimes. Each SSD has a set number of read-writes (i.e., data being written, and data being read) after which the files on the drive are totally inaccessible...

I have to give my boss credit. He has always been upfront about things and been ready to listen to other people -- even been persuaded to change his mind on occasion. For two months he's said, "We can't lose you. I'm going to fight this. Trust the system." And I didn't say what I was thinking...

----- I am by no means psychic, nor am I able to credibly predict the future in most circumstances. That being said... I am reasonably certain that some of the powers-that-be are unhappy that I am taking off the week of Christmas and then being let go at the end of December. They were really...

Uh... In a manner of speaking...

As opposed to bops, which are a somewhat different archetype.

I mean, no fair invoking Leverage! When is Leverage not quotable?

Reading that, I'm appalled. My wife gave birth in one of the top NJ hospitals for childbirth and I was still constantly afraid she'd have issues...

I feel the need to post this cover of the late, lamented Alarums & Excursions APAzine.