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Forum: Computers and the Internet 17th February 2024, 03:57 PM
Replies: 20
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Posted By MinnesotaBrant
I should check mine

I should check mine
Forum: Computers and the Internet 17th February 2024, 03:15 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 638
Posted By MinnesotaBrant
Mine kind of stopped doing it. On rare occasions...

Mine kind of stopped doing it. On rare occasions the computer won’t boot when I start it and I have to unplug and replug the power to get it to run
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 13th February 2024, 09:24 AM
Replies: 448
Views: 19,716
Posted By MinnesotaBrant
Cool thanks! In the 80’s I saw someone get raises...

Cool thanks! In the 80’s I saw someone get raises and promotions because he had a cool car and rich family so I can sort of see how that works
Forum: Computers and the Internet 13th February 2024, 09:16 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 800
Posted By MinnesotaBrant
Yeah. I entered my email for a private men’s...

Yeah. I entered my email for a private men’s newsletter on Facebook and suddenly started getting all the spam I talked about. There was no private newsletter
Forum: Computers and the Internet 11th February 2024, 09:07 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 800
Posted By MinnesotaBrant
Have been getting many spam emails from different...

Have been getting many spam emails from different addresses asking for confirmation of something which I ignore
Forum: USA Politics 11th February 2024, 08:48 PM
Replies: 246
Views: 4,923
Posted By MinnesotaBrant
I used to see a lot of these posts a few years...

I used to see a lot of these posts a few years ago. Not so much anymore. Most of the Trump posters have moved on to other things
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 11th February 2024, 08:46 PM
Replies: 448
Views: 19,716
Posted By MinnesotaBrant
My daughter says ok cool, I didn't know that!

My daughter says ok cool, I didn't know that!
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 11th February 2024, 08:44 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 2,000
Posted By MinnesotaBrant
I got one selling grit as a kid that can do that....

I got one selling grit as a kid that can do that. I can tell you that I have bought two microscopes for my kid from Amazon and they were expensive crap.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 11th February 2024, 08:42 PM
Replies: 448
Views: 19,716
Posted By MinnesotaBrant
My daughter says that she learned in science...

My daughter says that she learned in science class that hurricanes in the north hemisphere turn counter clockwise and clockwise in the south hemisphere
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 11th February 2024, 08:10 PM
Replies: 1,340
Views: 233,993
Posted By MinnesotaBrant
I listen to them on my phone which might burn up...

I listen to them on my phone which might burn up too much juice if I was streaming it. I have literally hundreds of hours to listen to which might take me a year but figured out that I can buy a book...
Forum: Education 11th February 2024, 03:09 PM
Replies: 167
Views: 3,441
Posted By MinnesotaBrant
This is a bit off topic but a few years back the...

This is a bit off topic but a few years back the CEO's of Facebook and Microsoft and maybe Google I think bought a ton of computers for primary schools with the expectation that they would move to...
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 11th February 2024, 03:00 PM
Replies: 1,340
Views: 233,993
Posted By MinnesotaBrant
About 25 hours into an audiobook called Black...

About 25 hours into an audiobook called Black ocean astral prime collection. Have done 300 plus hours of audio from this author. I think this is the best of the Lot. Have one more to do from him...
Forum: Economics, Business and Finance 9th February 2024, 01:21 PM
Replies: 480
Views: 25,924
Posted By MinnesotaBrant
Saw a Facebook post with Taylor Swift on a Bud...

Saw a Facebook post with Taylor Swift on a Bud Light can. That would be so cool if it were true!
Forum: USA Politics 8th February 2024, 06:04 PM
Replies: 72
Views: 1,227
Posted By MinnesotaBrant
Am actually starting to think that reparations...

Am actually starting to think that reparations might not lift all boats actually and instead just create a kind of an overclass
Forum: Computers and the Internet 5th February 2024, 08:57 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 638
Posted By MinnesotaBrant
I can’t remember if it beeps. The error screen...

I can’t remember if it beeps. The error screen just flashes for a second then it restarts in bios. Restarting it sends you to windows. Hasn’t done it lately
Forum: Computers and the Internet 3rd February 2024, 07:16 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 638
Posted By MinnesotaBrant
I was running discord and a program that I was...

I was running discord and a program that I was playing D and D on. Think it does it kind of random. Also think it happened after a windows 11 update
Forum: Computers and the Internet 2nd February 2024, 07:46 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 638
Posted By MinnesotaBrant
Just do it myself. I suspect it’s a windows 11...

Just do it myself. I suspect it’s a windows 11 issue
Forum: Computers and the Internet 1st February 2024, 06:22 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 638
Posted By MinnesotaBrant
Windows blue screen

I get a blue screen that flashes for a second and the computer restarts to the bios page. I get out of it and then windows works fine. Its probably happened 3 times in the past 6 months. I haven't...
Forum: USA Politics 3rd July 2023, 05:20 PM
Replies: 72
Views: 1,227
Posted By MinnesotaBrant
Huh? No they just were robbed blind from...

Huh? No they just were robbed blind from colonialism. Also plenty of Asians are living in the ghetto. Not sure they all doing better. What I am saying is public school by itself is not enough. There...
Forum: USA Politics 3rd July 2023, 11:54 AM
Replies: 72
Views: 1,227
Posted By MinnesotaBrant
I think the needle has moved quite a bit. I just...

I think the needle has moved quite a bit. I just don’t think that every person black or white is ready to study to be a doctor or lawyer just yet.
Forum: USA Politics 3rd July 2023, 05:08 AM
Replies: 72
Views: 1,227
Posted By MinnesotaBrant
That is not how it works. Public schools in poor...

That is not how it works. Public schools in poor districts are often basket cases often for reasons that have nothing to do with the teachers. The teachers are fine in most cases. what would probably...
Forum: USA Politics 2nd July 2023, 08:06 PM
Replies: 72
Views: 1,227
Posted By MinnesotaBrant
Where do you stand on reparations?

I am thinking that the general stance on reparations is kind of like what the general stance on student loan relief. Trash. Personally I am for a modest reparations proposal similar to what they did...
Forum: Economics, Business and Finance 30th May 2023, 06:31 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 991
Posted By MinnesotaBrant
I was wrong about the inevitability of default. I...

I was wrong about the inevitability of default. I guess that the republicans are not quite there yet.
Forum: Economics, Business and Finance 27th May 2023, 06:46 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 991
Posted By MinnesotaBrant
Just heard one of the negotiators say they won’t...

Just heard one of the negotiators say they won’t budge on work requirements for people on welfare. I put risk of default at 100% the only thing that I am confused about is whether or not this is a...
Forum: Economics, Business and Finance 26th May 2023, 02:16 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 991
Posted By MinnesotaBrant
I wonder who’s at default here?? Pardon my French!

I wonder who’s at default here?? Pardon my French!
Forum: Economics, Business and Finance 22nd May 2023, 04:41 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 991
Posted By MinnesotaBrant
Isn’t a trillion dollar coin kind of the same...

Isn’t a trillion dollar coin kind of the same thing? Also not sure if they could print money fast enough to stop the default.
Forum: Economics, Business and Finance 22nd May 2023, 04:56 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 991
Posted By MinnesotaBrant
Guess the 14th amendment won’t stop default...

Guess the 14th amendment won’t stop default because it would get tied up in the courts
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 21st May 2023, 07:31 PM
Replies: 488
Views: 13,350
Posted By MinnesotaBrant
Seems like the dungeons and dragons movie was...

Seems like the dungeons and dragons movie was diverse and seemed to pull it off well though it seemed that a large portion of the cast were either mixed or ambigous races
Forum: Economics, Business and Finance 21st May 2023, 12:24 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 991
Posted By MinnesotaBrant
Default

The ones on the right I have been talking to have be clambering for a default for decades. I am sure it’s going to happen and it’s not going to be a breach either. The GOP isn’t rudderless. They have...
Forum: USA Politics 10th May 2023, 08:50 AM
Replies: 1,063
Views: 57,212
Posted By MinnesotaBrant
I fear republicans are going to blame democrats...

I fear republicans are going to blame democrats for the default.
Forum: USA Politics 10th May 2023, 08:30 AM
Replies: 1,063
Views: 57,212
Posted By MinnesotaBrant
Redstone properties sounds like a play on what...

Redstone properties sounds like a play on what prisons are made of
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 17th April 2023, 11:21 AM
Replies: 64
Views: 6,922
Posted By MinnesotaBrant
You’re right that none of this makes any...

You’re right that none of this makes any difference to either you or me. For myself my life has been much better than before I was declared insane. I have family, good job, house, and not too much to...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 16th April 2023, 02:16 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 6,922
Posted By MinnesotaBrant
Heh, I have been taking my meds and haven’t been...

Heh, I have been taking my meds and haven’t been psychotic for years. Kind of makes me wonder what you all are afraid of. Concerned about a paradigm shift happening? At this point of my life I don’t...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 16th April 2023, 10:04 AM
Replies: 64
Views: 6,922
Posted By MinnesotaBrant
Oh I was just clarifying with perspective of 11...

Oh I was just clarifying with perspective of 11 years later. Today I work with the sickest people in the field of mental health and I have heard nothing of nothing like this. Some of it is similar in...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 15th April 2023, 06:29 AM
Replies: 64
Views: 6,922
Posted By MinnesotaBrant
What makes you think it didn’t happen. All of it...

What makes you think it didn’t happen. All of it happened and is happening still. As I remember about this post was that there was only one guy wearing voodoo gear he was with a bunch of...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 14th April 2023, 08:08 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 6,922
Posted By MinnesotaBrant
Wow this thread is still here. I remember most of...

Wow this thread is still here. I remember most of it. Was one of the opocalypses that I went through though I didn’t identify it as that back then. Couple years before was awake all nightin the lobby...
Forum: USA Politics 8th April 2023, 08:43 AM
Replies: 326
Views: 18,704
Posted By MinnesotaBrant
I guess that I don't care all that much that...

I guess that I don't care all that much that Clarence Thomas has a rich friend that gives him gifts. Funny thing I read though is that Clarance Thomas views himself as a man of the people. He is...
Forum: Economics, Business and Finance 20th March 2023, 03:26 PM
Replies: 78
Views: 2,395
Posted By MinnesotaBrant
I guess they are good for explaining what is...

I guess they are good for explaining what is wrong with gamers in a bitchy female voice from what I have heard.

I have read a few responses and now realize this is not where the thread is going. I...
Forum: USA Politics 18th March 2023, 06:08 PM
Replies: 3,644
Views: 243,956
Posted By MinnesotaBrant
on my game there are a bunch of pro trump people...

on my game there are a bunch of pro trump people that are so vocal that I thought they might be russian trolls. For the past few months there have been crickets. What is going on with trump support?
Forum: USA Politics 18th January 2023, 02:30 PM
Replies: 2,977
Views: 209,052
Posted By MinnesotaBrant
Santos is starting to sound like scum. He ran off...

Santos is starting to sound like scum. He ran off with 3k from a dying dogs GoFundMe ? At first I liked him because I thought he was a rogue but now I just see him as a thief
Forum: USA Politics 18th January 2023, 07:25 AM
Replies: 2,665
Views: 131,105
Posted By MinnesotaBrant
Seems like he is kind of a dick when he is sober...

Seems like he is kind of a dick when he is sober as well. Might be brain injury. Maybe I don’t have enough information.
Forum: USA Politics 17th January 2023, 08:08 PM
Replies: 2,665
Views: 131,105
Posted By MinnesotaBrant
There is no denying that Joe Biden has been...

There is no denying that Joe Biden has been supporting his only son.
Forum: USA Politics 17th January 2023, 08:06 PM
Replies: 2,665
Views: 131,105
Posted By MinnesotaBrant
Having a presidential last name will open doors...

Having a presidential last name will open doors for the child. I am not sure why she needs that at 4. I am sure the support Hunter is providing is substantial so at least he is not a deadbeat.
Forum: USA Politics 16th January 2023, 07:16 PM
Replies: 2,665
Views: 131,105
Posted By MinnesotaBrant
Hunter Biden

Anything written about him has never registered to me as him being a slimeball but having trying to stop his estranged kid from having his surname strikes me as such. The fact that Biden supports his...
Forum: USA Politics 4th January 2023, 09:47 AM
Replies: 1,063
Views: 57,212
Posted By MinnesotaBrant
I actually really like him. His mom really was a...

I actually really like him. His mom really was a housekeeper and how many members of congress can say that. Val Demings mainly ran on growing up poor and got no points for that. I donated to her...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 17th December 2022, 09:59 AM
Replies: 2,729
Views: 124,334
Posted By MinnesotaBrant
is is possible he is planning to use twitter as a...

is is possible he is planning to use twitter as a writeoff so he pays no taxes for the next 10 years?
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 16th December 2022, 07:59 AM
Replies: 2,729
Views: 124,334
Posted By MinnesotaBrant
That thing with the stalker and his kid sounds...

That thing with the stalker and his kid sounds fake
Forum: Computers and the Internet 8th May 2022, 11:30 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,869
Posted By MinnesotaBrant
I hired a web development tutor from Pakistan to...

I hired a web development tutor from Pakistan to help me build a website. He is 10 bucks an hour so more expensive than code academy but it will get done quicker. Thinking of doing both. According to...
Forum: Computers and the Internet 8th May 2022, 10:33 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,869
Posted By MinnesotaBrant
I too am running down this alley. I got an idea...

I too am running down this alley. I got an idea to sell my moms paintings in a website and first thought of doing a pre made one. I read further and learned that they are slow and don’t play well...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 6th January 2022, 08:37 AM
Replies: 155
Views: 22,455
Posted By MinnesotaBrant
Art bell

Didnt care if the story was fake as long as it was a good story
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