Also read: Service Design Quick Sketch: Replacing the Police This applies to Seattle, Minneapolis, New York, Los Angeles and everywhere else Public Safety services have failed. In response to a lawsuit from businesses, property owners, and residents in the area of CHAZ, Mayor Jenny Durkan of Seattle announced plans…

If you are in the camp that is okay to watch things continue to fall apart for the next four months so that Trump can’t take credit for a turnaround and win the election, I urge you to reconsider. We do not want to see what December 2020 looks like…

The top three cruise corporations lost 80–90% of their value at the bottom of the stock market. Royal Caribbean has extended its covid cancellation policy out to 2022. Norwegian was rescued from possible bankruptcy last Wednesday. Carnival is failing to make lease deals, even though “interested parties will be asked…

Today is perihelion of Comet 2I/Borisov, the second interstellar object ever observed inside our solar system. It was first spotted on Aug. 30, 2019 (4 months before nearest apsis to Earth) by Gennady Borisov, a comet hunter in Crimea. NYT: Tracking Comet Borisov Wikipedia: 2I/Borisov NASA’s September announcement Back in…

This series is for a first-time builder. Please comment if you spot any errors or omissions or if something is inadequately explained — I’ll be happy to research the answer. After watching me waste hours waiting for stuff to process on my laptop, my brother suggested investing in a desktop…

Familiarize with the motherboard. You’re going to be spending a lot of time with the motherboard so it’s worth getting to know. If you’re not going to read the whole motherboard manual in advance (actually I didn’t, though I practically had by the end of the build), at minimum read…

The build is surprisingly straightforward, but you’ll still probably encounter some kind of issue if it’s your first go-around. A note on troubleshooting: simple questions can lead to google-holes that get increasingly intimidating as you wade deeper and deeper into swamps of new jargon. In this case, just ask what…

Set up desktop station. Do not install the computer anywhere it is susceptible to inadequate airflow, dust, excessive temperatures (direct sunlight), high humidity, electro-magnetic interference (aka EMI; this includes powerful heating and air-conditioning fans or microwaves). Some people say not to put a PC on carpet, though it seems that…

Security & Troubleshooting Make separate Administrator and user accounts. The account you regularly use should not be an Administrator account. (It is much easier to infect an account running as Administrator.) This can be managed in Control Panel\User Accounts\User Accounts\Manage Accounts. Review Log Files Run (Win + R) eventvwr.msc to open Event Viewer…