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  1. Leave it to the statesman to ambiguously report their own story.. Every time I read one if their articles I walk away with unanswered questions or slight confusion. Shitty writing is shitty. But.. it will be somewhat of a loss to lose local coverage of some sort. Hopefully a leaner statesman can still deliver the basics, or something better will fill the void.
  2. I have a couple of Ikea foam mattresses on the kids beds. I've slept on them a few times and they are comfortable. One we've had about 5 years and still holding up well fwiw.
  3. I'm not sure the mesh, but from the old board a lot of people use the Costco Malabar black pepper, which seems just about right.
  4. EDIT: Guess I should have inspected them closer, but the HEB website indicates that the trimmed have the fat cap removed. I assume entirely removed, which would not be what I want.. Cuts of brisketBrisket may be purchased whole or split, trimmed, or packer style (fat cover intact)—and in sizes from four to 18 pounds. Plan for two servings per pound when purchasing untrimmed briskets and three servings when purchasing trimmed briskets.
  5. HEB sells "trimmed" briskets: https://www.heb.com/product-detail/h-e-b-natural-beef-market-trimmed-brisket-usda-choice/1063467 Any experience with them? Are they pretty much ready to smoke, or am I better off buying an untrimmed and doing it myself?
  6. Kwame was nails in that 99 season. Had he come back and gotten 75 reveptions he'd be our all time receptions leader above Jordan Shipley. Checking the stats, I had no idea Jaxon Shipley was 3rd all time in receptions. Somehow I don't remember him being that prolific. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Longhorns_football_statistical_leaders
  7. Quickly voting the bums out hasn't turned out to be so quick, or easy. Again, I'm not arguing one way or the other, just saying it's much more complex, with the potential for much greater of a shit-show than letting the govt pipe water to our homes. I can see some pros as well though.
  8. I'm not arguing one way or the other about whether it's a good idea or not, but it's a little different. The water pipes pretty much transmit water or they don't. But water is water for the most part. When a bunch of people who aren't capable of critical thought or just don't understand technology suddenly have the keys to the internet, there is the potential for stupid. See net neutrality.
  9. I'm slowly buying gear for a 5 day Grand Canyon trip next Spring. The exact plan is not yet set, but will be hiking down day 1, spend several days hiking in the canyon, then back out. I've car-camped a lot, but never backpacked. Since I have time, I've been waiting on sales and deals and trying to get a good price/weight/quality balance. So far I have (which can all still be returned): pack: REI flash 65 - 3#10oz ($99/sale) tent: REI quarter dome 2 - 3#5oz ($244/sale) pad: sea to summit UL insulated 15.5oz ($97/sale) I don't have a sleeping bag yet, but considering the Enlightened Equipment Revelation 20 deg quilt @20oz ($285). This puts me at 9#2.5oz for my big 4. I weigh about 145. Do I need to lighten this up? Or am I doing ok so far? For an extra $100 I could shave 1#6oz on the tent with: Big Agnes Fly Creek HV UL2 - 1#15oz - $350 Similarly, for backpack I could shave 15oz for $120 more with: Osprey Exos 58 - 2#11oz - $220 That would get me down to 6#13.5oz I still have to buy all the rest of the gear I'll need, so am somewhat price sensitive, but don't want to cheap out at the expense of being miserable either.. Thoughts? Suggestions?
  10. Difference in better cases will be better airflow, generally; better cord management; and convenience. A good case will make it easy to install and get to shit. Good cases now also often have dust filters. No real comment on that particular deal, but read up on water-cooling. I hear it can be a PITA, especially when not using high end setups. No personal experience though, and I don't know anything about that particular setup. If you're planning to build a gaming system I'd just read some current build guides for budget, high end, extreme builds to get a feel for where various components fall and go from there. I'd think the new i5s would be plenty enough for a gaming build. A gtx1070 will be pretty good for 1080p graphics. If you want/have a higher resolution monitor look at a gtx1080 instead. Nvidia is going to announce the next gen cards soon so possible the prices will drop..
  11. Two other things you could try.. Find an older archive of JDK installations. An older JDK 7 for instance might work. OR Try to find an older OpenJDK installation for Windows (as opposed to the Oracle JDK). Not sure you'd have much better luck as OpenJDK is targeted more for Linux, but I think there are/were ways to build it for Windows.
  12. Depending on what software your're trying to run.. Install Linux Mint on it. Will run fairly well on older hardware. Decent support for peripherals, etc. Feels like Windows.
  13. Played 3 days at Aria in Vegas this week. Tables were $10 the whole time which was nice. First time with HG method which I played exclusively. First session table was brutal and dropped $300 in about an hour. 2nd session buy in $200, cash out $500, so back even. 3rd session buy in $200, cash out $800. 4th session up another $200, 5th session drop $200, 6th win back $250. So leave $850 up after 3 days. Not too bad. Seems the HG method works pretty well for what it is. As long as the table is not totally cold it slows the bleeding down and pays off w a few hot rollers. Have to echo that it's not the most exciting way to play. Definitely don't recommend if you're trying to have fun playing with your wife/gf. My main "complaint" I guess is that you don't really get to celebrate a point made. Still, winning is more fun than losing and I'll go to it again. Another thing, I was hoping to get some better comps after spending ~15 hrs betting 32-34 per shooter. I mean, obviously not high roller stuff, but I got upgraded to MLife "pearl" status and all I got out of it was comped parking. What's the secret to getting a free meal, night, etc.?
  14. So many questions. How is there only one employee performing background checks? Why wouldn't that person work to resolve their access issue? Just.. mind bottling.
  15. In a hot climate, wouldn't you want the return air up high so that the warmer air is the air being conditioned?
  16. PSA - and SIAP - The REI annual sale is going on right now. They have the REI Flash 65 pack at 50% off - basically $100. It seems to get pretty good reviews as a budget-minded pack at $200 - so at $100 seems to be a pretty good deal. Lots of other stuff on sale too of course, but this one caught my eye.. https://www.rei.com/product/893906/rei-co-op-flash-65-pack
  17. Did NCAAFBALLROX make it over? I think his company was http://ranchhandroofing.com/index.html , Can anyone confirm?
  18. Re: James Brown.. He also came in for his first start against OU and got the come from behind victory.
  19. USAA has some good general info which I think is open to the public: https://www.usaa.com/inet/wc/advice-real-estate-homebuying?wa_ref=pub_global_advice_homebuying_main If you are a University Federal member and have good credit, I've found them to be good to work with and tough to beat on rates over the years.
  20. I'm definitely all for Agile methodologies. But there are several Agile development methods. Agile Scrum is one that is widely used , of which I am not a fan. Some good info here, including the 12 principles of agile development. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agile_software_development
  21. Last I researched them, they all have spotty reliability. For that reason, I recommend buying through Costco because they extend the factory warranty by a year. They also have some deal if you use the Costco credit card they add another 2 years to the warranty: https://www.costco.com/concierge-two-plus-two-warranty.html
  22. I've been in the the habit of drinking alcohol in the evenings (whiskeys, gin, wine, etc.) I'm looking to cut back a bit, and trying to find some substitute drinks that might satisfy the same ritual of sipping on something, without the alcohol. The ideal drink would have a bit of a bite of some sort (spicy or perhaps bitter) to encourage sipping, and not be too unhealthy as far as calories, sodium, etc. Ideas?
  23. I prefer a Kanban or Scumban model to Scrum. Running fixed-length sprints to me is arbitrary and wasteful and rarely in my experience works. Some reasons I don't like sprints: What if I'm coming up to the end of the sprint and running behind? Do I cut some corners to get it complete? Do I have the work cross over into the next sprint( now have to document a bunch of extra stuff). What if I finish my tasks earlier than expected in the Sprint. Do I take it easy for a day or two waiting for the Sprint to end? What if you have dedicated testing teams waiting on development to finish something? Are they waiting around til the end of the sprint for something to do? Or are their sprints staggered? That requires extra planning. What if you don't foresee something, or something new comes up that is critical? It interrupts your sprint, or it waits. With Kanban, you simply maintain a list of things to do, prioritize them, and as team members finish a task, they can take the next task off the top of the board and start working on it. The to-do list can be constantly updated and modified. Much more flexible, IMO. If something critical comes up, you can start work on it right away. If you forget something, you can add it in right away. If you have a dev-test pipeline, tasks can move from team to team whenever they are ready to move. If a task is easier than expected, great. Take up the next task when you complete it. If a task is harder, no problem - work on it until it is complete.
  24. My take is prison, at least any significant sentence, should never be about punishment. The only people who should be in prison are those deemed to be a likely risk to society at large. Someone making a mistake, however serious, should be appropriately punished and/or forced to make recompense for their offense; but prison serves no purpose to society except to keep truly dangerous people segregated and controlled. As a means of punishment only it hurts society more than it helps.
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