@wa7iut Musk has nothing to do with these "energy saving" devices.
Latvian. Married. Aussie (dog!). Wide-ranging career in IT. Webmaster tools and sites.
Baltics, central-eastern Europe, post-Soviet researcher.
I curate the official website of Holocaust scholar Andrew Ezergailis @ holocaustinlatvia.org.
#alttext banner "Dezinformatsiya" with stop symbol (circle with diagonal stripe) overlaying an aerial image of the Kremlin
#alttext profile portrait = self headshot from a few years back
@wa7iut Musk has nothing to do with these "energy saving" devices.
Happy Independence Day (1918) to Latvia!
Learn more about Latvia at our heritage/reference website, https://latvians.com!
When my dad died when I was seven, we quickly found out who the actual "friend of the family" were.
@GottaLaff Proof that my former ultimate corporate boss is an ass.
@DrJRN There was a time I was excited to get a 3.5 inch factor 20 GB drive (and had a PC tower with 8 drives packed into it)!
Been waging the good fight in the other place for a while. However, did also just complete year-plus refresh of LATVIANS.COM including new reference content.
Enjoy!
https://latvians.com
When the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court feels obligated to write in a decision that it's not as bad as the other Justices say,... well, that says it all.
Back and forth getting ready for move, Osprey mom and chicks, nest at ferry pier.
Fact Check: Photo Of Baby Surrounded By Debris Does NOT Portray Damage Caused By Foreign Mercenaries In Ukraine -- Scene Was Staged In 2015 https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2024/04/fact-check-photo-of-baby-surrounded-by-debris-does-not-illustrate-damage-caused-by-foreign-mercenaries-in-ukraine.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=%5Bnafo.uk%5D
@cybersecdancer Congratulations!!
@EugeneMcParland
Last I checked Russia's annual propaganda spend was bigger than its annual spend on all the pensions in Russia.
@StillIRise1963 If we had 15 minutes we would have a cup of tea?
@SteveJB @dangrsmind @InkySchwartz @GottaLaff
Re computer science majors starting it, I didn't curse let alone use the F-bomb until I started working with computers in college. They are not the best proxy for humanity! π
@PatrickoftheG Even his family says Gosar is a total whack job... elected, clearly, by people who say on TV re still supporting Trump (just heard this morning): "I'm not a crazy person. I'm a normal person!"
IMHO never going to happen. It's committing hari kari.
@ElleGray
Been a fan since watching (especially) Pertwee, Baker, and Davison on PBS decades ago. π
@caioxavier @Alice
It should be, but in my ubiquitous corporate experience at some of the largest (we're talking planetary scale) corporations in their industry, no. They are pencil pushers and corporation-protectors. When not, it's a rare breath of fresh air.
@rogue_corq Thanks for that!