Filed under "stuff doesn't work" and "consequences of lost focus" - I ended up dealing with an interesting bug in the new "Catalina" update for Mac OS. No, not the one giving antivirus and other "data protection" types nightmares about the kernel being locked down, no extensions, etc. It turns out for a lot of people, you walk into a Starbucks, hotel, etc., that when you connect to the wifi, it connects, but that login/authentication sheet that is supposed top open up to allow you on the netw…
Courtesy of the Didact reposting [http://didactsreach.blogspot.com/2019/10/guest-post-pitiless-war-by-ltc-tom.html] , it's a message that has not lost its timeliness. namely, what one LTC Kratman has to say about pitiless war. > Here is what a decorated veteran of Operations Just Cause, Desert Storm, and Iraqi Freedom, LTC Tom Kratman (US Army - Ret) had to say in response to a rather pompous declaration [https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2015/11/13/hollande-vows-to-lead-a-pitiless-wa…
Most people don't comprehend the difference between "cover"- something that protects you from shrapnel, bullets, etc., and "concealment" - something that hides you from sight. More to the point, they think that a lot of things are "cover" when they're actually "concealment" Several examples: * Home materials [https://www.gun-tests.com/issues/27_11/features/Handgun-Bullets-How-Do-They-Penetrate-in-Home-Materials-26552-1.html#.XcjNky-ZN24] * 9mm penetration test [https://gear-report.com/…
A few pics, and have a good weekend.…
To crib a general concept from a far more prolific blogger, there are a number of items that pop up that just don't deserve a full writeup on their own, but may still be interesting, or deserve a line or two. First, courtesy of Men of the West, a nifty video on instant vs delayed gratification [https://www.menofthewest.net/video-delayed-gratification-vs-instant-gratification/] , and how small choices and differences, consistently iterated over time, add up to huge differences down the road. If…