Geekly Update - 16 April 2020

in re: haircuts. I just gloat over the money I am saving. as we don't go much of anywhere, who cares if I look like Sasquatch!?

Only hand sanitizer is allowed the larger size and the TSA warns that "could mean slightly longer waits at checkpoint because the containers may have to be screened separately when going through security." They may open them to see if it smells of alcohol.
The small limits were created after Al Qaeda tried to use a liquid bomb (H2O2 based) on an aircraft, they thought that half a kilo (about a pint of H2O2) would bring a plane down.

Sling TV is a major game changer for a senior Japanese American woman living in communal housing who can't afford cable. This may seem like a little thing to some users, but when I passed it on, she was more than grateful.

You better watch the Sling Happy Hour. We tried cord cutting and signed up for Sling. My internet usage went from about 200gigs a month, to over 800gigs in a few weeks. I pay for 1000gigs a month. If I go over it is $10.00 for every 100 gigs. Needless to say we no longer have Sling.

The reality is that most consumers don't need a microwave oven larger than 1.0 cubic feet, with tons of bells and whistles. Probably over 90% of the microwave ovens are used for small, quick tasks like popping corn, reheating cups of coffee and hot chocolate, cooled off pizza slices and heating up small frozen food items like chicken pot pies, lasagna and other pre-cooked, frozen, "TV" dinners, as well as heating up hot dogs. And all of that stuff will certainly fit into a .8 to a 1.0 cubic foot unit. Bigger food items like hams, roast beef and turkeys are absolutely better cooked in a standard kitchen oven. Microwave oven technology has likely come as far as it ever will be, and, unless one needs the counter space and buys an over-the-range unit, with a built-in vent fan, which are generally about 1.5 cubic feet, or a built-in wall unit to go along with one's matching wall oven, then it's best to buy something at around the $100.00 range, which, under typical daily use, should last between five and 10 years, at which point, it's tossed and replaced with a new unit, like a toaster.

A smart toilet system? How disgusting! Is society and its methods of surveillance moving to even more degenerate, more undignified, and lower levels? If people are experiencing a problem with their digestive system, they should consult their doctor. Such nonsense should be OFF LIMITS! Period!

Fancy Toilet systems are Very big in some places. Not uncommon is a built in chemical analysis function to check for things like to much sugar being expelled from the body.

if a vision system is being used to identify Users with the images not leaving the household, it would enhance the other functions.

Fancy units also tend to have a built in Bidet function, and knowing who is using the facility could ensure that each person in teh family gets their perfered Bidet Temperature.

totally agree with pdsterling he has hit the nail on the head

Using a toilet to check for health? Sounds like America's version of socialized medicine.

"America's version of socialized medicine." My pet pieve. When someone says America/American, would that be referring to North America, South America, Central America? If referring to the United States, would the States be a correct term? And citizens termed statesmen? "America/Americans" seems too broad.
David Bowie- "I'm afraid of Americans."