Post Race!

[Shaggy Hiker]

That's actually how I feel. It mostly doesn't work. Technically, the radio does work, but half the device is the CD changer, and that part doesn't work...and the radio would only really work if a person wanted to fix whatever is wrong with the FM antenna connection. That would probably be easy enough, with a bit of surgery. There's either a connection that is going bad, or somehow the connector itself is wearing out (which makes little sense, as it's not a moving part). Still, nobody can really use it without doing some work, which some people might want to do, though parts for the CD changer are no longer officially available.

Craig's list is an option, but I'd essentially be giving away a largely non-functional stereo. Seems a stretch. I gave away a woodstove, and it was gone in 10 minutes, but a woodstove is basically just a metal box. In this case, it was a metal box that was dangerous to have a fire in, but it was fully functional as a metal box. It was even a very ornate metal box, as it was a very good looking stove, with lots of fancy trim and so forth. The reason it was dangerous wasn't because it was in any way broken, either. It was still as it was originally manufactured, it just wasn't manufactured in a good way. You could see the fire through manufactured holes in the thing. I never dared leave the stove alone while there was any visible flame, as I once was sitting at the computer and saw an escaped spark drifting up through the air in the room. I wasn't willing to take any money for that stove, but if somebody had the right use for it, I was willing to give it away. The stereo is different, as it is no longer truly functional.

[dday9]

Ehh, there might be some gold or other precious metals in it that someone will take the time to scrap.

[Shaggy Hiker]

Yeah, scrapping computer electronics can return a variety of rare metals. I'm not sure whether the same is true for an early-90s era stereo. It wasn't back in the vacuum tube era, but it wasn't so far away from that, either.

[wes4dbt]

I'd be surprised if you had a hard time giving the stereo away. I've never used Craigs list, does it cost you to post free stuff???

[Shaggy Hiker]

Nope. Doesn't cost anything to post non-free stuff, either, at least for a small number of items. However, I'm a bit hesitant to post what may well be considered junk, at this point. I'd have to think about that.

Is a stereo that has working AM, working dual cassette decks (does anybody use those???), semi-functional FM, and non-functional CD changer, junk or not?

[wes4dbt]

Why does it matter if it's junk? Lots of junk dealers. lol

[dilettante]

Nope. Doesn't cost anything to post non-free stuff, either, at least for a small number of items. However, I'm a bit hesitant to post what may well be considered junk, at this point. I'd have to think about that.

Is a stereo that has working AM, working dual cassette decks (does anybody use those???), semi-functional FM, and non-functional CD changer, junk or not?

If the make and model are of enough interest, the working tape mechanisms are likely to have value. There are cassette fans out there today and even new releases are coming out on cassette.

One of the plagues for cassette fans is the poor quality of the cassette mechs in products made today. They all seem to be clone variants of one of the cheapest mechs ever made for low-end products in the late 90s.

The rest of the carcass might still have useful parts, but don't attempt to part it out. Dump the entire thing on an interested party.

[Shaggy Hiker]

Well, it wouldn't hurt to put it out there and see whether or not there is any interest.

[Peter Swinkels]

I came across a single of this song at work (placing old singles into a database for resale):


This is sooo 80's! And while I don't remember this particular song it does bring back memories. :-) Also, you have to love those futuristic motorcycles with the whole futuristic backdrop.

[OrangeBlaze]

You can quote someone for something they didn't say? Wow, I had no clue.

Surprised this works

[Shaggy Hiker]

Yeah, I'm a bit surprised at that, too, but technically, it's just text with a couple tags...which are also text. Nothing special to a quote. It takes slightly more work to get the user name in there, but if you don't care about that then:

Anything wrapped in [QUOTE][/QUOTE] tags is a quote.

[dilettante]

Nuttin to it, dingleberry. So what if I have a thing for potato chips with jelly? All your base are belong to us!

Always seemed a trivial matter to me.

[Bonker Gudd]

Look at my bold italics.

[Peter Porter]

Looked enough.

[Shaggy Hiker]

Fade to hedge.

[Jacob Roman]

It's a good thing I'm not sharing my inappropriate political AI videos making politicians curse worse than a sailor and say unspeakable truths.

[wes4dbt]

This seems pretty amazing. https://currently.att.yahoo.com/fina...052901626.html

If it's a success who knows what might follow.

[Shaggy Hiker]

It'll probably be a success of a sort. The technology they are using is pretty well proven, the backing is pretty well proven, and India will make use of it. Not sure how well it can be followed on, though. Salt flats are not all that common....though Utah may have a big one soon enough.

[wes4dbt]

It'll probably be a success of a sort. The technology they are using is pretty well proven, the backing is pretty well proven, and India will make use of it. Not sure how well it can be followed on, though. Salt flats are not all that common....though Utah may have a big one soon enough.

Doesn't Utah already have a big one. I seem to remember it when I was driving back on highway 80 to Ca.

There are a lot of deserts in the world. Many don't have large populations near by but I can think of some. The US Southwest is a good example.

[Peter Swinkels]

It'll probably be a success of a sort. The technology they are using is pretty well proven, the backing is pretty well proven, and India will make use of it. Not sure how well it can be followed on, though. Salt flats are not all that common....though Utah may have a big one soon enough.

Namibia has one too, been there once. :-)

[Jacob Roman]

It'll probably be a success of a sort. The technology they are using is pretty well proven, the backing is pretty well proven, and India will make use of it. Not sure how well it can be followed on, though. Salt flats are not all that common....though Utah may have a big one soon enough.

Oh Shaggy!

https://youtube.com/shorts/SDNf4Wy55I0?feature=share

[Shaggy Hiker]

That's pretty good.

[Shaggy Hiker]

Frankly, having done a bit of sailing myself, I don't quite understand the "swear like a sailor" saying. Sure, they swear, but it tends to be kind of dull. From my experience, "swear like a surveyor" would be more accurate.

I remember working out in the Everglades one time when a surveying team ran a line through at some distance away. They were a mile or two distant, but I could hear them quite clearly because they were A) Very loud, and B) Utterly profane. I would say more, but I really can't say anything that would quite convey that speech.

Still, it wasn't all that creative.

[Shaggy Hiker]

For creative, there was a time that I pulled in to a wharf down in the Florida Keys. There were some kids messing around the dock area. Just as I cut the engine, one of them yelled at another, "Youuuuu butt munch!"

The timing was awesome. The kid was an aspiring Florida Man who was already known for showing terrific potential in that regard, but the statement still cracked me up.

[Shaggy Hiker]

Jacob Roman is planning to be carrying an alligator and a beer during his graduation ceremony. Actually, he'll just be carrying the beer. The alligator is awarded along with the diploma.

[dday9]

I have heard that about Florida graduations.

I also heard there is a shirtless guy draped in an American flag who wrestles the gator that the graduate receives, but I'm sure that's just an old wives tale.

[Jacob Roman]

Jacob Roman is planning to be carrying an alligator and a beer during his graduation ceremony. Actually, he'll just be carrying the beer. The alligator is awarded along with the diploma.

White Russian actually. I am gonna get hammered and trashed that day.

[Shaggy Hiker]

Before, after, or during the ceremony?

[Shaggy Hiker]

I almost got busted right after my college graduation cause I was trying to break into the bell tower on campus. The bell wasn't a real bell, it was just a tape. I wanted to replace it with AC/DC's Hells Bells.

Somebody caught my buddy, but he said he was just looking around. I slipped out a while later, once everybody had left.

Fun times.

[Shaggy Hiker]

Skipped my Masters graduation. The timing didn't work out.

[Jacob Roman]

Bah go full blown PhD. You will be known as Dr. Hiker

[Shaggy Hiker]

I stopped with a masters because, in this field, an MS opens doors, but a PhD closes them. There are lots of jobs that aren't open to anybody with less than an MS, but lots of those jobs aren't open for a person with a PhD. It's kind of a weird situation. With an MS, you can get the fun biology jobs. With a PhD...you can be an administrator, a professor, and maybe a biologist in the right circumstance.

It seems like computer science, in general, has a different view on it. The best jobs seem to be either for those with a BS or a doctorate, while a masters is neither here nor there.

[Shaggy Hiker]

Not going for any further degrees or titles, though, aside from emeritus.

[Jacob Roman]

How possible is it to get a masters and a PhD at the same time?

[Bonker Gudd]

Easy when you have 2 heads.

[Shaggy Hiker]

I think it depends on the field. It wasn't possible where I went to school, and I've never heard of it in Biology. That may be because a masters tends to be a mini-doctorate, whereas in some other fields, there's no thesis for a masters. My knowledge on that is only superficial, though.

[Peter Porter]

College was a waste of time for me. Nothing I did afterwards jobwise was anywhere close to what I studied.

[Shaggy Hiker]

For every job I've been in, nobody cared all that much what I studied, as that I had the degree. After all, the same degree from different schools will result from different classes. Also, if you go beyond a bachelors, then no employer pays any attention to your bachelors. They only look at the last degree you got, and even then it's usually just checking a box.

There are exceptions to this rule. There are jobs where it really matters what you did, where you went, who you studied under, etc., but for the vast majority, it doesn't matter.

[Jacob Roman]

College was a waste of time for me. Nothing I did afterwards jobwise was anywhere close to what I studied.

Some people are starting to realize college is a scam. Half the courses you take have nothing to do with your degree and they don't teach the latest material. Instead, they teach the status quo. You would think, for example, Computer Science, rather than just teach Java for Programming 2, C for Unix in Systems Programming, SQL for Database management as an elective, and maybe R depending on your elective, they would require you to learn Python, PyTorch/TensorFlow, .NET Framework, .NET Core, C#/VB.Net, C++, ASP.Net, Azure, AWS, and other cloud technologies, iOS and iMac development in Swift / Objective C be a requirement rather than an elective, and web based programming such as HTML5/CSS/Javascript, Angular JS, REACT, Node JS, and know how to use WordPress. And I didn't even include Machine Learning and AI! Instead, people like me are relying on Coursera / Udemy, Skillshare to use on the side to get certs. A lot of seniors in college are getting a reality check when they start looking for their first jobs and be like, "They didn't teach any of this!"

[dilettante]

I'm not sure why people can't comprehend the difference between an education and vocational training.