What Are You Doing Right Now?

[ElectedbyHim]

I think that's already been done. This laptop has Windows 10 on it, and I was required to get a Microsoft account to activate it.

Interesting.

Just did a clean install on 3 computers a few weeks ago and had a choice for a local account.

I believe it was build 22h2 pro on all 3 pc.

Upgraded 1 pc to 24h2 and it would not let me use an old Libronix bible program so I reverted and changed the registry key not to feature upgrade for 365 days.

 

[Skovand]

Healthy soil, sister. There was something right about your soil biology that year. Insects won't attack healthy plants. I have some theories on this I'm working on.

You may have read that I have been on a carnivore diet for a hear and a half. I did keto, heavy on salads, for 6+ years until my digestive system shut down. I had to drop nearly all plant products from my diet. Due to the extremely high amounts of oxalates in my diet before, my body began to dump all those oxalates after I went carnivore. (long story) High levels of oxalates are detrimental to one's health, and even deadly.

Anyway, plants produce oxalates to fend off pests. But plants grown in healthy soils with the right microbiology do not see nearly as much pest pressure, eliminating the needs for chemical pesticides and such. It's just better all the way around. Do you see where I'm going with this? My theory is ....perhaps plants grown in healthy soils have less need for producing oxalates. Maybe after 2, 3, 5, 10 years of growing in healthy soils, those plants will produce less and less oxalates. (Thinking, seed harvesting from your own garden and building a hardy line.)

Ya think?

I’ve been on a vegan diet for 18 years that is about 75% whole fruits and veggies including tons of beets, spinach and have had absolutely no issues with oxalates. Though I think you mentioned before that you have some kind of digestive issue.

For some good seeds the site “ Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds” has some amazing tomato varieties.

Search results for "tomato"

We offer over 1350 heirloom varieties, www.rareseeds.com. We only sell open-pollinated seeds: pure, natural & non-GMO! Started in 1998 by Jere Gettle, as a means to preserve heirloom seeds. We are located in Mansfield, Mo. and now in Petaluma, Ca.

www.rareseeds.com

 

[Verily]

Is that set in stone? Are they really going to do that?

Hey ElectedbyHim, You know, I had left the forums last year and closed everything down (except a couple of things). All accounts, shopping , online banking, everything, anticipating that Microsoft will stop updating Windows 10 operating systems, trying to herd us into Windows 11 but they had changed the first date (unbeknowns to me) having pushed it back, and are continuing to update Windows 10 until October 2025 (this year). But then after that they have decided they would continue the updates longer than that but for a small fee, sounds good, however I was informed that is where they were also going to force that same Microsoft account on Windows 10 users who were holding out to avoid that Microsoft account. That and peoples hatred of the recall bloat and copilot thing (people are now working to remove it out of the OS).

They could change it ElectedByHim, if too many refuse, I would think, but I certainly would not count on it.

So, its been really bugging me for over two years and I finally thought, you can do a couple of things, buy a bunch of older laptops with their orginal Windows 10 install, and parts (sticking with the same computer and operating system that work for me now) so when they become unusable at any point, I can use the others for parts. And try to get as many as might reasonably last me 10 years. Wosrt case scenario, I go thru one (unupdatable laptop) a year. Stinks, but whats a better option? So I figure on 7- 10 of the exact same used refurbished laptops. Besides, you can buy 4 of those for the same price as 1 half decent new one anyway, and the older ones (hardware wise) will outlive the newer ones with how they are gluing them together as they are.

The other option, "learn to code" (haha) And I am not a fast learner in this sort of thing, a very simple thing could trip me up or paralyze me for days, but I figure I have almost a year to do so, and that is what I am doing now. Trying to get a little of all my bases covered. The last option is to accept it and just remain offline for good (and buy good offline study tools) which I have already done. I will miss online but I can't stand Microsoft. I despise that company more because I feel I have to do this because of their unreasonable demands to have an account with them.

Ubuntu has been on my radar, but looks intimidating and not sure I can run a lot of my software on it.

Me too EletedByHim, I finally just started learning it, and I was trying to download a virtual box to experiment with it live so that I wouldnt mess up my own system while I do that. And as of now I have been having the hardest time getting my downloads to download correctly (according to the right files). Like etcher, Ventoy and Tails while looking out for extra reinstallation disks, parts and all the rest of it. But 'll likely jut use one of the used computers when I feel more confident in tackling it.


You know, I did find this one guy I actually love, while all the rest of them are just so in love with their computer knowledge and lingo (and apparently losing newbies) and who really stink at teaching (if I can be blunt).

You might want to give this guy a try, he has so many beginners videos but he is a really good teacher.He has an accent but he clear, understandable, goes at good doable pace.

Heh, maybe we can learn this together ElectedbyHim

 

[TLHKAJ]

Ate steak, chicken, and ribs with my husband and son .... then made keto/carnivore ice cream shakes ...now we are watching college basketball. :)

 

[Verily]

I think that's already been done. This laptop has Windows 10 on it, and I was required to get a Microsoft account to activate it.

I missed this. I have Windows 10 and I was never required to get a Microsoft account. I have a local but not that. I did purchase a laptop from dell (to have a decent second one) and few years back, and I tried 4 of the workarounds for that one and they were all patched against you refusing. And so I just sent it back.

Just feels evil creepy to push yourself on people this way, especially under the pretense of "security" when the company has been hacked and those who have Microsoft accounts information was leaked.

That makes no sense. I NEED them for security while they are constantly being compromised?? I'll take my chances of being the smaller fish to fry and resisting that lunacy.

 

[Verily]

Ate steak, chicken, and ribs with my husband and son .... then made keto/carnivore ice cream shakes ...now we are watching college basketball. :)

I screwed up dinner, I am still hungry

 

[TLHKAJ]

I screwed up dinner, I am still hungry

What happened?

 

[Verily]

What happened?

My husband picked up these chicken thighs that were the size of walnuts, I never saw anything like it, and they baked up chewy hard, couldnt stomach it. He said that was all they had. I rarely bomb a dish, but I did this one, I just couldnt make those things work. I have one more pack, might as well boil them for stock, or something.

I am so hungry I think I will make a peanute butter and jelly sandwich, I havent had one of those for ages. Might hit the spot.

 

[TLHKAJ]

My husband picked up these chicken thighs that were the size of walnuts, I never saw anything like it, and they baked up chewy hard, couldnt stomach it. He said that was all they had. I rarely bomb a dish, but I did this one, I just couldnt make those things work. I have one more pack, might as well boil them for stock, or something.

I am so hungry I think I will make a peanute butter and jelly sandwich, I havent had one of those for ages. Might hit the spot.

I don't eat that stuff anymore, but have you ever combined peanut butter and honey on buttered whole grain toast? We used to do that when my kids were little. I always used the organic peanut butter with just peanuts and salt ...and raw organic unfiltered honey. Even before keto or carnivore, I tried to stay away from weird ingredients.

 

[DuckieLady]

I have been learning Linux Ubuntu, and my command lines for it so I won't have to leave the internet in October because of Microsoft forcing Windows OS users to have Microsoft accounts.

That really bugs me like no other thing for whatever reason, so much so I have been spending hours learning the commands to the terminal (which to me is really intimidating).

Nothing exciting over here, its truly uninspiring stuff.

I didn't know this was happening..

We have Linux. I haven't so much as found an IDE because I'm intimidated. I guess I should be glad.

 

[Verily]

I don't eat that stuff anymore, but have you ever combined peanut butter and honey on buttered whole grain toast? We used to do that when my kids were little. I always used the organic peanut butter with just peanuts and salt ...and raw organic unfiltered honey. Even before keto or carnivore, I tried to stay away from weird ingredients.

I typically dont eat it either but I have no fast choices. Its the only fast thing. And yes I like that, in fact I have some Ezekiel bread in the freezer I should do that instead. I am tapping into my husbands peanut butter (and he dont care about all organic type of foods) sometimes you just dont have enough land for his peanut butter appetite haha. We actually grew the larger ball park peanuts this past summer, just not enough to make a substantial amount of peanut butter, not so much as a quart. Gonna be growing a bunch of them this year Lord willing because I need to lay off planting potatoes in a few of the same larger areas we have set aside and use that for a rotation crop.

And, yes, yes we use raw honey. I'm not an organic food snob though. Not everything has to be all the time. Oh but speaking of honey, I tried Buckwheat honey for the first time this year and I loved it, it was nice to have a different kind of tasting honey. I thought Texas honey looked similar (as both are dark) but that was just awful, tasted like chemicals, I sure would not have known how different dark honeys can taste between them. My two favorites are Acacia (which is supposed to be better for people more sensitive to sugars) and my newest love is Sourwood honey. Both are my favorite in yougurt, the latter is just amazing in this homemade yogurt I make using the L Reuteri strain of probiotics. Its fattening though because its made with half and half (and so amazing because it is haha). Its just the best though. You have to add 1/8th of a sppon of the strain to 1 TBSP of Inulin and mix it in to the half and half and keep it at 100 degrees for 36 hours before you can eat it but the best yogurt I ever tasted. I think I am addicted.

Let me know if there is any good honeys to try if you have a favorite.

 

[Verily]

I didn't know this was happening..

We have Linux. I haven't so much as found an IDE because I'm intimidated. I guess I should be glad.

And now I am being converted to Linux too. I sort of dread the learning process (it's just so boring doing any of that). But this one guys videos seem doable, and they are under 15 minutes as he teaches it. I can do a video or 2 a day (and take notes). Notes to refer to on the computer and printed off. Hopefully I can get the hang of this and not destroy any laptop trying

 

[TLHKAJ]

Let me know if there is any good honeys to try if you have a favorite.

I wouldn't call myself an organic food snob. lol

I don't trust just any label. My local health food store is owned by a Christian family and they vet the companies of the products they carry. I usually bought locally made honey. I still think it's wise to have a lot on hand because pure honey doesn't spoil and is a good survival food. :)

I love reading all the things you're doing. Good stuff. :)

 

[Verily]

I wouldn't call myself an organic food snob. lol

I don't trust just any label. My local health food store is owned by a Christian family and they vet the companies of the products they carry. I usually bought locally made honey. I still think it's wise to have a lot on hand because pure honey doesn't spoil and is a good survival food. :)

I love reading all the things you're doing. Good stuff. :)

Yeah but there are "those" TLHKAJ . I recall watching a video recipe where the woman making some chicken dish and as it would typically go, she'd be sayin', "add such and such an amount of milk and eggs and this much butter". And one of these organic food snobs ( one of her viewers) had wrote in and corrected her on her lack of use of the word "organic" before the food product she was adding, for example, butter. So she catches herself slipping on video, and she respond, " Oops I almost forgot, a big thank you Martha for that needful reminder, that I am adding ORGANIC butter, yadda yadda yadda. That sort of snobbery. I prefer it myself but I certainly dont want to self correct concerning the purity of every ingredient I might mention. Becomes a tad redundant don't you think? Feels a little unnatural for me. Gees, now I am actually becoming self conscious about saying the word (its madness I tell you) haha. Those sorts, the ones you cannot even talk to because their identity appears to be so bound up in food purity. And I shoudn't really talk though, I was a bodybuilder back in the days of my youth, and I am more than certain that all of my talk about the food that went into my mouth (and food that would never go into my mouth) workouts and all got pretty boring fast. And that too was a sort of a food purity lifestyle. I cringe at me too.

By the way, good reccomendation with the peanut butter and honey, that hit the spot. I was getting one of those hunger headaches.

 

[Verily]

I wouldn't call myself an organic food snob. lol

I don't trust just any label. My local health food store is owned by a Christian family and they vet the companies of the products they carry. I usually bought locally made honey. I still think it's wise to have a lot on hand because pure honey doesn't spoil and is a good survival food. :)

I love reading all the things you're doing. Good stuff. :)

Sorry, I forgot to say, I do have a bunch of that, I actually purchased a 5 gallon bucket of honey back in 2008 I believe it was, I am pretty certain its solid by now, but its good to know its there because it lasts indefinately and set aside for tougher times.

I hope I dont ever have to crack it open, I will need a chisel

 

[DuckieLady]

Patiently waiting for Mr. Duck to bring the dryer up from the basement, because I washed our mattress cover, hung it on the line, the line broke and I had to wrestle the thing in the snow to get it back in the house.

I'm still not feeling 100% so I might just make chicken and dumplings tonight and take the rest of the day off. Make a cup tea, throw the clothes in, and read a book. I have earned it.

But my oldest said might be coming to stay with us to visit, so it's chaos control time.

And there's a lot of chaos.

 

[Verily]

Hey question (to anyone who can answer really).

Heres what I want to do but I am not sure I can do it. But my brainiac idea.

First I wanted to ask if I could buy a handful of computer batteries and charge them on some sort of computer battery charger at one time, like 4 at a time (which is likely not possible that they make a charger for them to be used in that way ) to charge them but I had to ask.

BUT if NOT, I would like to buy a cheap broken computer (for the most part) but one that still has charging capicity (working adapter) etc if I could use something like that to charge them. One at a time, doing a bunch that would maintain their charge (for later use).

I am not sure how that works with computer batteries that way.

And just to have a bunch of charged computer batteries for times like hurricanes and outages etc, that I can use on the computer to write, listen to music etc without having to buy a solar set to charge things for those purposes.

Know what I mean? Anyone know what I am getting at here and what I am trying to do?

 

[talons]

Hey question (to anyone who can answer really).

Heres what I want to do but I am not sure I can do it. But my brainiac idea.

First I wanted to ask if I could buy a handful of computer batteries and charge them on some sort of computer battery charger at one time, like 4 at a time (which is likely not possible that they make a charger for them to be used in that way ) to charge them but I had to ask.

BUT if NOT, I would like to buy a cheap broken computer (for the most part) but one that still has charging capicity (working adapter) etc if I could use something like that to charge them. One at a time, doing a bunch that would maintain their charge (for later use).

I am not sure how that works with computer batteries that way.

And just to have a bunch of charged computer batteries for times like hurricanes and outages etc, that I can use on the computer to write, listen to music etc without having to buy a solar set to charge things for those purposes.

Know what I mean? Anyone know what I am getting at here and what I am trying to do?

For the price of a handful of computer batteries you might want to consider something like this .

Amazon.com

 

[ElectedbyHim]

Hey question (to anyone who can answer really).

Heres what I want to do but I am not sure I can do it. But my brainiac idea.

First I wanted to ask if I could buy a handful of computer batteries and charge them on some sort of computer battery charger at one time, like 4 at a time (which is likely not possible that they make a charger for them to be used in that way ) to charge them but I had to ask.

BUT if NOT, I would like to buy a cheap broken computer (for the most part) but one that still has charging capicity (working adapter) etc if I could use something like that to charge them. One at a time, doing a bunch that would maintain their charge (for later use).

I am not sure how that works with computer batteries that way.

And just to have a bunch of charged computer batteries for times like hurricanes and outages etc, that I can use on the computer to write, listen to music etc without having to buy a solar set to charge things for those purposes.

Know what I mean? Anyone know what I am getting at here and what I am trying to do?

That depends how you go about this.

@talons provided a good solution and those portable power units look decent. A laptop drains the battery very fast depending on what your doing, screen brightness, audio/video and other scenarios. Multitasking is not ideal on a laptop. I have several highend ones that a few years old and I can drain the battery to 50% in an hour.

Laptops that were made with removeable battery packs were discountinued around 2018 or so from what I researched it was a Lenova Thinkpad.

All the newer ones hav built in batteries.

Your best bet would be ebay or craigslist.

Here in Ohio, I will see lots that are sold of older laptops for sale, usually something like 10 of them for $100.

Of course there is always the trust issues with those online websites.

You probably be best off getting power inverter and running it from your car, although this is not ideal in a storm.

Amazon.com

There is really no other option besides a portable powerbank like the one in the link, but not certain how stable they are and how long they last. You could always reseach it and find out.

Amazon.com

Grace and peace to you.

 

[Verily]

For the price of a handful of computer batteries you might want to consider something like this .

Amazon.com

Yeah I do know those exist, I dont trust buying them for some reason.

Thats why I posted,

And just to have a bunch of charged computer batteries for times like hurricanes and outages etc, that I can use on the computer to write, listen to music etc without having to buy a solar set to charge things for those purposes.

Because I can just take my time and charge each battery and add one into a computer at the time I need it. Besides, its good to have extra batteries, so this is just for charging the extra batteries on top of the laptops themselves so that you can ration your use that way.

Thats IF that can be done.