Random Thoughts Thread

[G. David Felt]

17 hours ago, trinacriabob said:

Windows 11 ...

Ok, the laptop was upgraded from Windows 10.   There were a couple of power offs and restarts.  Once I got onto the Microsoft Installation Assistant, it went smoothly. Interfaces and dialogue boxes are a little more user friendly.

Here's the deal.  I had about 45 GB free before I started the upgrade.  I understand that Windows 11 takes up about the same amount of space as 10.  I've seen posts where people complain that it has taken up a larger amount of disk space than they had before.  The answer comes back that the system drive is temporarily "borrowing" this surplus of space and we'll be giving it back over time.  Is this plausible?  Duplicate files?  How long to get the extra GBs freed up?

Thanks.

Yes, that is true that Windows upgrade uses the space to make all the changes, but it should release it fairly soon. You can go in and do some house cleaning:

Free Up Space on the Current Drive

Open File Explorer, right-click the 😄 drive, and select Properties.

Click Disk Cleanup and select files to delete, such as temporary files and old system updates. Click OK to proceed.

Open Command Prompt as an administrator and run powercfg.exe -h off to disable hibernation and free up space.

Move large files or folders (e.g., Documents, Downloads, Pictures) to another drive: Right-click the folder, select Properties, go to the Location tab, and click Move.

Uninstall unnecessary apps via Settings > Apps > Installed apps.

Also check out this as this covers what most other articles also state about cleaning up and freeing up space after a Win11 upgrade.

How to reclaim space after upgrading Windows 11 to newer version

[trinacriabob]

5 hours ago, G. David Felt said:

Yes, that is true that Windows upgrade uses the space to make all the changes, but it should release it fairly soon. You can go in and do some house cleaning:

Free Up Space on the Current Drive

Open File Explorer, right-click the 😄 drive, and select Properties.

Click Disk Cleanup and select files to delete, such as temporary files and old system updates. Click OK to proceed.

Open Command Prompt as an administrator and run powercfg.exe -h off to disable hibernation and free up space.

Move large files or folders (e.g., Documents, Downloads, Pictures) to another drive: Right-click the folder, select Properties, go to the Location tab, and click Move.

Uninstall unnecessary apps via Settings > Apps > Installed apps.

Also check out this as this covers what most other articles also state about cleaning up and freeing up space after a Win11 upgrade.

How to reclaim space after upgrading Windows 11 to newer version

Thank you very much.  I knew you'd chime in.  It has borrowed some 25 GB ... that I want back!  I'll make myself a cup of hot tea this week when I hope to be more relaxed and do this.

[G. David Felt]

Interesting read.

A Reagan-appointed judge just shot a warning flare up into the night

[G. David Felt]

Further proof that Idiot47 and the lemming brigade have no idea how to live within means and now Moron47 wants to pay over 700 billion that the US does not have to buy Greenland.  

Trump added $2.25 trillion to the national debt in his first year back in charge, watchdog says

[G. David Felt]

WOW, I never thought I would ever see this kind of thing!
Canada 'preparing for US invasion'

[G. David Felt]

Safety experts and tech critics have long condemned the Ring devices for security risks and privacy violations, not to mention their role in building the largest civilian surveillance network in US history. Last summer, the Electronic Frontier Foundation warned that Ring was actively eroding civil liberties in the US for profit.

Amazon subsidiary Ring, the company behind those AI doorbell cameras that have exploded in popularity over the last few years. Back in October, Ring announced that its devices would soon be looped into a network of Flock AI surveillance cameras. That network, an investigation by 404 Media found, has been available to local and federal police and enforcement agencies like ICE — leaving many worried that their Ring doorbell cams are now feeding into a government panopticon.

Fury as Amazon Ring Cameras Are Hooked Up to ICE System

If you have RING, time to rethink who you use for video surveillance.

[oldshurst442]

1 hour ago, G. David Felt said:

WOW, I never thought I would ever see this kind of thing!
Canada 'preparing for US invasion'

why are you surprised by this?

Havent you been listening to trump's threats towards Canada?

And no...those words that he used a YEAR ago were not jokes...

And for CONTINUALLY threatening Canada's sovereignty and economic well being for 12 months STRAIGHT...

Common man!!!

[oldshurst442]

 

[G. David Felt]

17 hours ago, oldshurst442 said:

why are you surprised by this?

Havent you been listening to trump's threats towards Canada?

And no...those words that he used a YEAR ago were not jokes...

And for CONTINUALLY threatening Canada's sovereignty and economic well being for 12 months STRAIGHT...

Common man!!!

Not surprised by this as much as just sadden that we have fallen down to be such trailer trash bottom of the garbage bin due to an Idiot that almost 51% of idiot illiterate Americans put in office. Sadly with only a 7th grade level of reading, it was only time before a Russian agent / Pedo / Criminal would get put into the highest office in the land by idiot Americans.

As a well-educated individual, I just never thought I would see the day that a friendly neighbor would have to plan for war against us.

[trinacriabob]

@G. David Felt

This was quite a surprise.  I was going to sit down and do this paring down to get more space.  I periodically would click on "This PC" to see how much space was available ... not much.  Last night and this morning, I checked and I had gotten back slightly over 40 GB! I looked at it more than once to see if it was real. I wonder if it was a timed process within the system.  I guess I'm doing ok now.

[trinacriabob]

I still like these "older" cars:

I didn't like these when they first came out.  The first time I saw one I was driving a rented 2013 or 14 previous fleet Impala westbound on I-10 on the Florida panhandle and one of these new ones was crossing me eastbound on I-10.  I wasn't convinced.  The front fascia looked too tame and the back was a little chunky.

Of the latest Malibus, I like the Camaro-esque taillamp treatment on this one.  Not long ago, one drove past me and it must have really been taken care of because the exhaust note was damn near perfect.  That would have been coming from a 2.5 liter Ecotec 4 cylinder.

[oldshurst442]

This was more of the response I was looking for. Yes. And thank-you.  If I came out as defensive and aggressive, it was because I was, but not targeted at you...personally at you.  At you because of what country you live in but not at you personally as I have come to know you quite well as much as we could behind a computer screen. 

5 hours ago, G. David Felt said:

As a well-educated individual

And yes, I never ever questioned you. I know you are a well educated individual.  I could tell from the literal thousands of posts we have made to each other over the years.   I like you. I respect you. 

Im sorry that I made you feel the need to justify yourself.  But I, and I COULD speak for plenty of Canadians on my behalf, that we, not just I, are pretty phoquing mad at some of your countrymen and for your leaders for what is going on.    

The way I figure it, and this is where I speak only for myself, is IF americans want to phoque up their lives, the lives of their fellow countrymen, their country and everything the usa stood for, then phoque that up all by yourselves, there is NO PHOQUING NEED to drag me and ALL CANADIANS into your garbage.  More than that, LEAVE OTHER nations alone as well.  

The way I figure it, take care of your (not personal, but a universal meaning for all americans) shyte because I, Canadians, do NOT feel the need to have to take care of YOUR shyte for YOU (not personal, but a universal meaning for all americans).  We Canadians do not necessarily want to go to war for YOU JUST to defend freedoms and liberties.  WE WILL go to war to defend CANADIAN freedoms and liberties and especially our sovereignty, make no mistake about that, but why drag Canadians into YOUR problems?  

5 hours ago, G. David Felt said:

I just never thought I would see the day that a friendly neighbor would have to plan for war against us.

Nobody thought that.

But there were plenty of small hints though, in 2016. 

An huge bombshell of a hint on January 6, 2020. 

All of 2025 though, was just a matter of time before those hints actually came to fruition and became reality. 

2026 is the year where probably  all actions of authoritarianism will be put into motion. The year did start  (January 3rd to be exact) with a literal bang...

americans, the ones that are actually aware of what is going on and are against all of it are too passive.   I understand the fact that these people want to settle this without violence. 

Some of these people think that elections will settle this. There is NO RULE OF LAW that is followed in an authoritarian take-over where democracy is being phased out.  There is NO RULE OF LAW in the usa as we speak. The courts and/or elcetions have done shyte so far and the courts and /or elections will do shyte going forward.   Violence is the ONLY way for freedoms and liberties to be restored at this juncture. 

Some americans absolutely want NO violence and war to happen... but  violence and war  is DESTINED to come to them whether they want it to happen or not.  If there are no violent riots to lead to a civil war to break free form this shyte, violence will happen regardless because OPPRESSORS want to OPPRESS and will OPPRESS anybody OPPRESSORS want to OPPRESS.  That could mean ANY person living in the usa.  Being white is not a free pass.  Because white will have other less favourable attributes to these oppressors.  Whether americans will resist or not, oppressors will enact violence upon thee.

Also, with talks about invasions, or even former america's allies that the usa decided to shyte on the past 13 months, tensions have arose, and the usa is the aggressor, anyway, aggressors, in THIS case IS the united states of america, will be forced to attack other countries and this means the usa will need soldiers.  In other words, even if some americans do NOT want war, YOUR leader WANTS war and so WAR will be handed to you whether you like it or not... 

Edited 1 hour ago by oldshurst442