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RIP the NASA Kepler probe.  Kepler found 2,681 planets beyond our solar system.  Thanks to Kepler we now know that there are more planets than stars, at least in our part of the universe.

https://www.apnews.com/63450c292ae849fc8ad0fe49c4da8c5c

I've been watching Three Leaves, Three Colors and The Ancient Magus Bride. Both are absolutely fantastic so far.

Looks like I lost Internet this morning, which means note taking will be difficult.

Thankfully, I can tap into my phone's Internet access if need be. Plus Plex works on LAN.

How many planets are there in the solar system?  8, right?  Used to be 9, but Pluto got demoted to "dwarf".

Ok, so if you add Pluto and all the other "dwarf" planets back -  Ceres, Eris, Makemake, Orcus, Salacia, Haumea, etc - how many known planets are there in our solar system?  A couple dozen?  A hundred?  A couple hundred?  There's an astronomer at CalTech who's been looking into the matter & he's been keeping a "little" list...

http://web.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown/dps.html#table

For what it's worth, a (dwarf) planet only 470km in diameter has a surface area the size of the (US) state of Texas.  Something the size of the entire country of Japan would be about 350km in diameter.

That's a lot of real estate.

And that's just what we know about.

After having the ringing turn down, I am glad that the phone is not bothering me, but with it being election season here, I wonder if there will every be a day in which the elections is not between a douche and a turd sandwich.

Wasted a weekend, but I got my car! 

I must say, this was something of an experience.  I don't buy cars often.  I treat them well and tend to keep them until they die naturally or are murdered.  My last car was an '07 model that a tree fell on.  The one before that I think I bought sometime in the mid 80s.  I haven't been in the market for over a decade.  These days cars seem a bit different.  Much more exposed electronics and gadgetry.   In fact, these days they're more like "smart" phones.  For example, ipad-like touch consoles seem all the rage (whether you like them or not).  You also tend to have to charge them overnight before you can really use them.    The dealerships I visited were all pushing either hybrids or EVs, or at least things claiming to be hybrids or EVs.  (Is a double-sized battery and a larger starter motor /really/ a hybrid, even if it shuts off the engine at stop lights?  I have my doubts.)  And the apps!  Why apps on your car when texting and cellphones are already such a problem?  Really.  Bad.  Idea.

One thing that hasn't changed however.. that new-car smell. 

Wasted a weekend, but I got my car! 

I must say, this was something of an experience.  I don't buy cars often.  I treat them well and tend to keep them until they die naturally or are murdered.  My last car was an '07 model that a tree fell on.  The one before that I think I bought sometime in the mid 80s.  I haven't been in the market for over a decade.  These days cars seem a bit different.  Much more exposed electronics and gadgetry.   In fact, these days they're more like "smart" phones.  For example, ipad-like touch consoles seem all the rage (whether you like them or not).  You also tend to have to charge them overnight before you can really use them.    The dealerships I visited were all pushing either hybrids or EVs, or at least things claiming to be hybrids or EVs.  (Is a double-sized battery and a larger starter motor /really/ a hybrid, even if it shuts off the engine at stop lights?  I have my doubts.)  And the apps!  Why apps on your car when texting and cellphones are already such a problem?  Really.  Bad.  Idea.

One thing that hasn't changed however.. that new-car smell. 

Been loving this song since this morning. You don't have to listen though but I'll just put this right here  https://vocaroo.com/i/s183tzw9OaA6

Been loving this song since this morning. You don't have to listen though but I'll just put this right here  https://vocaroo.com/i/s183tzw9OaA6

Pretty windy here today.  Beware low-flying trees, and parts thereof...

So now we have a new chiweenie "dog" - aka Mexican hotdog, aka German taco - in our household.  (Chihuahua/Dachshund mix.)  Cute as heck, and good lap dog for my 80yo mom, but I'd have liked a real dog.  Preferably a pit (like our last), or at least a beagle or boxer.  Something I could take hiking anyway.  This would just be bait for the coyotes and mountain lions, even the hawks.  4 billion years to create wolves, and then humans came along and did this.   smh   

Watched a great episode of South Park that was poking fun of cable companies and parental controls being used for good intentions.

It really did a good job at showing why my generation prefers streaming stuff.

Watched a great episode of South Park that was poking fun of cable companies and parental controls being used for good intentions.

It really did a good job at showing why my generation prefers streaming stuff.

Got done with the first night of programming classes, and found out that everything will mostly be in class, which means I can play more Dragon Quest 11 (just have to remember to save often, otherwise I will need to fight bosses all over again).

Thinking about building a new budget game box for my brother's steam/etc. activities (his old one has been taken over by his GF. )  

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/jmgrant/saved/3gQ6sY

My order finally came in the mail!!

Zydrate comes in a little glass vial...

Those Japanese and their wacky anthropomorphisms...

Can be quite frustrating when family does not realize how much trouble it is to give access to things to family not under the same roof. Detecting cracks can be difficult with more people and set ups that are bad.

Can be quite frustrating when family does not realize how much trouble it is to give access to things to family not under the same roof. Detecting cracks can be difficult with more people and set ups that are bad.

Was just wondering, what linux distro(s) do you run, have tried in the past, and perhaps your favorite ones?

Anyone going to the JPL open house this weekend?  If so, it looks like it is going to be a sunny day!  Good weather is nice, but it also means it'll likely be hot as well.  There will be water and shade, but also queues outside the popular venues, so bring your patience as well as your ticket.  Hope you have fun!

I’ll share a fact about me, I was a Sonicfan before becoming an Otaku. That little blue hedgehog was my hero and I absolutely loved the series but my fandom faded away. I miss it sometimes but I don’t know if I want to get back into it. Sonic and anime would be a decent mix of fandoms I suppose.

@efaardvarkand @Wedgywell you two went and done it now
and there will be consequences  

I went and got my self a G933 and seeing I was there I also got my self a new keyboard (also Logitech) a G613

now (well prob after a nap coz I can ! ) all I got to so is set up the 933 and all it can do for me and my gaming and what ever else

and as the time is of 1 am, so too does my time to get some nep nep arrives

is what i wouldn't say if my brother would fix his pc and not use mine >.>