Author: sisterToSister
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Politics: smoking ban for future generations
Looking at politics, it’s often the concepts that are most interesting, such as a smoking ban “going forward.” As I understand it, there are efforts afoot to ban sales of tobacco products, ever, to people born after a certain date, both in the UK and also in PEI. The concept is that people born after…
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Windows: how much memory space does Windows 10 occupy?
A fresh install of Windows 10 gives a chance to discover a statistic. In my previous post I mention about SSDs. In particular, I had to change one out because it was failing; it happened to be C, the Windows boot drive. That all happened, so now I’ve a fresh install of Windows 10. It’s…
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Computer hardware: SSDs part 1
A Windows user needs to replace the boot drive when it goes. SSDs are a world unto themselves, and seem necessary. The S.M.A.R.T. detection system on our desktop is warning of an impending failure of its boot drive (the C drive). It’s a Windows system, which means (so far as I understand) that said drive…
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Sports: amateur boxing: headguards
In amateur boxing, do headguards increase safety? Perhaps not. I’ve been involved in amateur boxing, wherein I’ve worn a headguard during sparring. I didn’t enjoy wearing it, nor did it make me feel safer. It turns out that wearing a headguard in boxing might actually increase the chance of a concussion, for perhaps a surprising…
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Hello World – from Other Topics
You’ve found us, World. So, Hello! I recall “Hello World!” being the printout from my first computer program written in Pascal in 1988. It seems it’s the traditional first message a programmer writes in most languages. The goal of Other Topics is to discuss subjects that would seem irresistible thought candy, at least to someone.…