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Comment Comparing PG&E to New England Utilites (Score 1) 208

I was from New England, and I have lived here in Santa Clara County for over 20 years, so I have a unique perspective on PG&E. Here in most of California, because the weather is more mild, it might appear to make more sense to let the problem happen--because it can often be fixed at any time. However in Connecticut, if you don't want your crews restoring power in the freezing rain and snow, they have to do more inspections and more maintenance in the brief time they can.

When I lived in Connecticut, it was rare to ever have a power-failure, and if there was one people might freeze to death. I can remember losing power in the late 1970 during an ice storm. Here in California, with PG&E, we lose power for at least a few hours--ever 9 months. I keep flashlights ready. We also had a series of glitches that corrupted one of the 2 Firmware/CMOS/UEFI on my motherboard. I had a good Corsair power supply with nearly a second of capacitor run time at idle, and the spike got through that. It also got through a decent Belkin multi-channel power filter. It's not Isobar, but still it was good, and it got through it.

Every year, I hear a transformer explode or see one burn in this neighborhood. A few years ago, power lines fell close in my back yard, which were so bright--even in the front yard, that I first thought we had beem nuked. A fire had started behind our tight track of back-to-back houses and almost them and ours down.

Across the street, the utility pole across the street has noticeable lean to it, at least 5 degrees, likely more. Twice I reported it. It's still not fixed. One might have been worried that it's still not fixed--but I am worried that PG&E thinks they have bigger problems with their equipment than that. PG&E needs to do maintenance of their equipment, or even more people will die. I don't call them Pacific Gas & Explosion for nothing. Just how many people need to die to lose a utility charted here in California, anyway?

Comment Takes longer to De-Clap Windows than Install Linux (Score 1) 105

I just did a Windows 11 reinstall on a system. Let's see... Go through the normal "privacy" drill down, including beg Microsoft to delete what it has. Disable "Search Disk Contents" and let that run. Keeping it from uploading all of OUR documents to Onedrive, let's see....

Comment There are too many AI-lings defending it (Score 1) 154

...including here, but then again, those selfish billionaires who own AI, who raised by action, raised the prices for all of our computer hardware, who want to see people impoverished, are using their computer AI program, and that's all they are--and all of their money to advertise...that everything is okay.

Comment Better Chairs for Layover/Delayed Flight Flyers! (Score 1) 176

i think that all airport terminals should have proper and reclining seating for those affected by the problems that they cause, and also ones inherent with flying where the weather might be bad. No one wants a blood clot in their legs. So, I think that their priorities are off.

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