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1. about 15 hours ago on Arlo and Janis

   I used to assemble RF connectors for IT data cables. Be extremely grateful we live in a time in which our devices use the few connectors they do. In the IT world, there are hundreds.

2. about 15 hours ago on FoxTrot Classics

   I don’t know about ancient civilizations, but that seems to be inline with what flat Earthers seem to believe. Apparently, some now think the artificial sun has been replaced because they think it looks more orange now than they remember it being when they were a kid.

3. 8 days ago on FoxTrot Classics

   Just do an image search for “Win10 BSOD”. The royal blue background is replaced with a lighter shade of blue, there’s a large emoticon of a frown, and the text “Your PC ran into a problem and needs to restart. We’re just collecting some error info, and then we’ll restart for you.” In later iterations, they added a QR code you can scan with your phone to get more info online specific to the error.

4. 10 days ago on FoxTrot Classics

   Or as I’ve been calling it since it was dumbed down in Win 10, the LBSoFF (Light Blue Screen of Frowny Face).

5. 24 days ago on Non Sequitur

   In Oregon Trail, you die if you got sunburned.

6. about 1 month ago on One Big Happy

   The sporan doesn’t just act as a pocket. It keeps things covered when it gets windy out.

7. about 2 months ago on One Big Happy

   Seems like CPS should be wondering about that as well.

8. about 2 months ago on Arlo and Janis

   As it gets closer to the election, the ads ramp up and some of them can get downright nasty. If you watch ad supported video streaming or frequent ad supported websites, consider using a VPN service at least until after the election and set the country to somewhere on another continent. If your video streaming is through a TV set top device, then rig up a cheap VPN gateway with a Raspberry Pi or equivalent. Whoever serves up the ads for that streaming service or website will think you’re in that country and serve up ads relevant to people living there. There’s a bit of cost and effort involved. I went from getting nothing but some of the nastiest fear mongering ads I’ve ever experienced to ads for regular household products. Though I could have done without that ad for a pain revealing cream featuring nudists in their 60s or 70s riding bikes. That really wasn’t ideal.

9. about 2 months ago on Non Sequitur

   All the news that’s deemed by the newspaper’s owner to be fit to print.

10. about 2 months ago on Arlo and Janis

    Not to mention the cost of paying someone to maintain it while you’re away and the utilities that still have to power things that you won’t use while you’re away.