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FYI: In the Off-Topic section there is now an updated report on the ongoing Boeing situation:
Shakeup: Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun to step down
To recap, in the OT section the articles on the Boeing situation are as follows:
• 1/7/24: Yet More Troubl…
With respect to yogibearbull's above post, following is an edited current report from NPR:
WASHINGTON — Boeing announced on Monday that its embattled CEO, Dave Calhoun, will step down at the end of year. The planemaker and aerospace company also sa…
@Mark - Hello there. I really have no info or opinion on the suitability of cloud storage for robust needs. My aversion to the cloud stems from my (pathological?) hostility to allowing faceless corporate actors to have any control over my life, to t…
"That might force me to buy a new computer."
It's quite possible to run two desktop computers using only one monitor and mouse/keyboard. Inexpensive and easy to setup and use switches are available and allow instant switching between the two comput…
@rforno - I have an older purchased version of Filemaker Pro for local databases, and use Apple "Numbers" for spreadsheet needs. Also very good purchased (non-rental) drawing and graphic manipulation apps for construction project and electronic docu…
... yes, I'm a geek and lifelong Apple user & think they do offer some robust and mostly-trusted and reliable products, but think this is a very good case. (It's also why I'm not all-in on the Apple ecosystem with my data and services.)
@rforno…
"Both Schwab and TD account balances have been off during non-trading hours, especially over the weekends."
@BaluBalu- by "off" did you mean "inaccurate" or not available?
Tnx / OJ
Whatever, @Crash. To a certain extent each of us constructs the world that we then are required to live in. Some make things easier for themselves than others.
"My experiences with Call Centers contradict that, though. Regardless of location, there is no such thing as getting a satisfactory outcome."
@Crash: let me be very emphatic about this: because my hearing is extremely compromised I cannot deal with…
If you get paper statements, take them to Schwab. If no paper, print out your on-line statement and take that to Schwab. So what's the big deal about providing an account statement?
We ain't all alone -
McDonald’s hit by ‘technology outage’ in UK, Ireland, Australia, Japan and China
McDonald’s restaurants in multiple countries have been hit by a “technology outage”, with restaurant, drive-through and online orders hit.
For a…
With various ad and tracking blockers I've found that occasionally they will interfere with the normal workings of a few sites. If those sites are ones that I really want to see there is usually a setting to turn off the blocking/tracking for that s…
FYI: In the Off-Topic section there is now an updated report on the ongoing Boeing situation:
Boeing quality whistleblower John Barnett is found shot dead
To recap, in the OT section the articles on the Boeing situation are as follows:
• 1/7/24: …
"or when line falls"
That type of automatic shutoff switch has been around for many years. With respect to PG&E here in Northern CA they were set to shut off when sensing abnormal conditions, then automatically retry a couple of times to see if…
@David_Snowball - Tell Chip that I'm so very happy that my technical career dealt with the physical and electronic component side of things (the lowest level of the seven-layer "OSI" model), and not the upper levels on the software side.
Sometimes…
@BaluBalu - I believe that you are correct- I seem to recall reading somewhere that the 2021 prosecution was deferred on the condition that Boeing cleaned up their act, which of course they promised to do, and which of course they did not bother to …
@rforno - You're right about 'big forest fire' but I don't know how anyone can really know what areas might be at risk anymore. I certainly wouldn't have thought that an area like the Texas panhandle, mostly sage and semi-desert, would be in danger …
To be honest, with the unpredictable climate induced weather changes, I'd be very nervous about any utility which has power lines capable of starting a fire. California, Oregon, Hawaii, Texas...
"Hearing aids help, but nothing I know of can counteract background noise (whether a crowd or a rowdy table in a restaurant)."
• Exactly
"There is only so much that hearing aids, really high-tech amplifiers, can accomplish."
• Exactly
"understandi…
This incident is more likely than not to be a United Airlines maintenance issue- the 777 has been around a long time and as a general rule the wheels have tended to remain fixed to the aircraft.
What is very peculiar it that the flight departed SFO…
And also edited excerpts from this report from NPR:
WASHINGTON — More than two months after a door plug panel blew off a Boeing 737 Max 9 jet in midair, the top federal safety investigator says Boeing still has not provided key information that cou…
Come on, @Crash- how on earth can we elect a national president if each state can decide who can run there? That's just ridiculous. Texas and it's sycophant follower states would "disqualify" Biden in ten seconds.
And what would logically follow? I…
