It's quiet. Too quiet.

[Jason]

I checked Walmart, and they sell my battery for $200.  I'll check VW dealership tomorrow.

I can't say I'm experienced with buying car parts but from what other members have told me, dealerships usually overcharge on everything or won't warranty anything unless they install it at a heavily marked-up cost.

[Jason]

I enjoyed Wakanda Forever. The plot is a real twist on Black Panther. It was a long movie though; longer than it had to be.

I would say that I'm doing more visiting (and traveling) because of the reduced Covid risk. But Covid is certainly not in my rear view mirror. I got my 5th shot recently, and I mask anytime I enter a store or mall. I also avoid some places and events that I think are crowded because of Covid risk.

I still have cable TV, but with my daughter here, we mostly stream from Netflix or Crave. Lately I have been disappointed with cable TV, as several of my favourite shows are doing more reruns than new episodes.

You and I follow the same precautions with COVID. I always have my N95 handy. Omicron is too contagious for other masks to do much, AFAIK. Better than nothing, though. I was quite surprised when one of my nieces posted a picture of her on the plane unmasked coming from Florida of all places. And she's in a higher-risk group (double amputee), too. I know you don't have to, but still.

Crave is pretty good, eh? That's where we found Letterkenny. My wife and I both laugh ourselves crazy watching it. The dialogue is pretty snappy. I find that Crave is better for TV shows and Disney+ is better for movies. But they have quite a few Star Wars series, too. It used to be just kids' stuff but they've expanded their catalogue a lot in the last couple of years.

As for reruns, I imagine that's a holiday thing that will pass in the new year.

[William]

I can't say I'm experienced with buying car parts but from what other members have told me, dealerships usually overcharge on everything or won't warranty anything unless they install it at a heavily marked-up cost.

I ended up buying battery at VW dealership whose price was about the same as Walmart.  Strange that OEM at dealership is same price as retail at Walmart...

[cod3poet]

16 cores is only half of the full allocation. I drank the devops kool aid and am now cutting my own ISO images of a highly HIGHLY customized arch linux distro, this will be the 7th is I have generated and I am working on setting up a group of virtual machines to then convert to a Kubernetes cluster. Next step. World domination of course.

That and starting a new position, learning the ropes and getting settled in again after the holidays! belated happy new year.

P.s. I have been administering Windows Domains for 20 years as of 2023... BUT I have been running Linux servers even longer. Ph3ar the penguin!

[Jason]

16 cores is only half of the full allocation. I drank the devops kool aid and am now cutting my own ISO images of a highly HIGHLY customized arch linux distro, this will be the 7th is I have generated and I am working on setting up a group of virtual machines to then convert to a Kubernetes cluster. Next step. World domination of course.

The comment begs the question. How come you're not using the full allocation? I mean 8 cores are the minimum now, isn't it? Let us know how world domination goes. I'm betting on AI winning out but humans need our champion, too.