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https://babylonbee.com/news/ukraine-museums-desperately-working-to-preserve-priceless-hunter-biden-paintings?source=patrick.net

https://t.me/The_Library_II/72221?source=patrick.net

HunterTits says

i wonder how many people actually understand why this is hilarious...

FortWayneAsNancyPelosiHaircut says

i wonder how many people actually understand why this is hilarious...

She blamed it on her dyslexia. Russia was kicked out of NATO years ago by Hitler.

Ceffer says

Haha - stickers?

That ThinkPad looks like it's 15 years old also.

And of course NATO is fucking around in Ukraine, but this as "proof"? They could do better than some really old equipment with stickers on it. Some encrypted files that have been cracked, and following the chain of command would be believable.

There's a strong argument for older hardware and OS compared to your basic Consumer and Business models. I don't think the company I worked at for 6 years, had a laptop last more than a year. Every Microsoft Laptop they bought, was dead in 6 months. They built a laptop for me with my development environment on it, so I can remote in and do support.
They bought it and set it up in December 2020, it just died last week. Overheats and shuts down.

Plus people would be less incline to steal an older laptop. Unless you put enticing stickers on giving it a desirable provenance. Like NATO stickers.

Well, I'd agree there is little to no reason to get a new computer unless your current one failed.

I love that so many people get laptops today and only business seems to buy desktops. As a result, desktop hardware is phenomenal - basically server grade. I have (I think) a 7 year old machine that I build myself. 32GB of memory, 1.9 Ghz I7, with 8 cores and 6TB hard disk hanging off from it. I run at least 2 virtual machines off it at all times, and it's a fully functioning server from my point of view.

This machine cost under $1,000. In 3 years, I might upgrade it. SATA channels are starting to go bad on it - I've put probably 100 TB of data through this.

richwicks says

32GB of memory, 1.9 Ghz I7, with 8 cores and 6TB hard disk hanging off from it.

And I coulda swore you were more of a Raspberry Pi fan.....

HeadSet says

richwicks says

32GB of memory, 1.9 Ghz I7, with 8 cores and 6TB hard disk hanging off from it.

And I coulda swore you were more of a Raspberry Pi fan.....

I am! It's entirely usable as a desktop. I suppose when I finally have to replace this beast, I might just go with whatever current PI they have then. They are amazing little devices.

This case, I totally recommend:

https://flirc.tv/more/raspberry-pi-4-case?source=patrick.net

The entire case is a heat sink. Just TRY to over-heat it. It's impossible. For a test, I got the entire original star trek series, and transcoded it with ffmpeg to mp4 - it took a full week to do, but it handled it like a champ. On a Pi3 you can handle 720P but not 1080p - too much memory is required. I imagine it would work on a Pi4 though.

Ceffer says

Eh? We're still doing nothing.

Toothless Blinken provokes NATO countries to become useful idiots. American Military (not under Biden control) have already informed Putin that NATO countries participating in offenses in behalf of Ukraine internal affairs will not be protected by our military.
https://t.me/gatewaypunditofficial/11156?source=patrick.net

AND...drum roll...Poland doesn't take the Blinken Bait....plus, we are still buying Russkie oil.
https://t.me/gatewaypunditofficial/11158?source=patrick.net

Biden will probably be licking back, if the dog is under ten years old.

Ukraine in ruins:

Ceffer says

AND...drum roll...Poland doesn't take the Blinken Bait....plus, we are still buying Russkie oil.
https://t.me/gatewaypunditofficial/11158?source=patrick.net

Smart on their part. Declare loudly "there will be no our planes there" and do what you want.

No more Black computer geniuses, Black chiefs and bosses of everything, ugly ghetto blacks screwing white cheerleaders, Black Elves, Black Edwardians, and Russians will forget that lesbians exist:
https://t.me/gatewaypunditofficial/11162?source=patrick.net

https://t.me/TheBabylonBee/2331?source=patrick.net

https://babylonbee.com/news/in-lieu-of-masks-progressives-to-just-wear-shirts-saying-i-am-a-good-person?source=patrick.net

"I have a great idea. Let's keep playing the 'ignorance is a complete excuse' game. You, know, like Bush's "Who would ever have imagined somebody would fly airplanes into skyscrapers?'" Technically, Putin IS just invading Russia because Ukraine never technically declared its borders from 1991.
https://t.me/The_Library_II/72250?source=patrick.net

AND, the Kiev Live Cam is still completely boring:

Why would Poland send its MiG29s to Ukraine? Poland may need those fighters for themselves. Even if the US gave them F-16s as replacements, it would take quite some time to retrain pilots and support crews for the new airframe system.