#lfs-12.0

[zeckma]

LFS 12.0 is released! Gonna celebrate,,,,

Linux From Scratch releases on about a 6 month cycle and felt a good way to celebrate is by doing a live stream or just basic ASMR video for my YouTube channel of installing LFS 12.0, the multilib version maintained by Thomas. Right now, I got QEMU set up (I think) and I'm downloading the Gentoo livegui ISO so I can put it in QEMU and install everything,, Gonna download all the tarballs and a pdf/html of the multilib cuz I don't wanna set up a bridge, seems complicated at the moment!! No Steam or anything, just a basic LFS install, no BLFS. When 12.1 rolls around, or glibc-2.39, I will do another installation on my main system and try to do a more in-depth tutorial on how the hell I used black magic in my aid of trying to get Steam to work against all odds. Eep well, and I apologize for ramming all your feeds with my art the other day!!

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Linux from Scratch Version 12.0

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LFS 12.0

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THE OPPOSITION’S OBSESSION WITH RICE 

According to a poll done by satire news agency the Onion, 97% of opposition voters in 1955 would vote for a sack of rice over the current batch of opposition MPs. The rationale is because voters are able to slap the rice packet, cut them open and cook it for lunch. Despite the price of every grocery rising due to the lingering effects of the riots, the opposition has fixated on rice as the hill they want to die on. One voter described this mayhem as rice madness. At this point, voters are dissatisfied with both the governing and opposition parties and the polls reflect that “none of the above” rank higher than all political parties. Regardless, the only party that is performing better than their 1955 margin is the Progressive Party. This is because of their actions in their constituencies that have brought new schemes and scholarships. Police brutality continues to be ignored, but as member for Paya Lebar Lim Koon Teck goes for a protest, this system would be put to a test.

Poll: 

None of the above: 36.8%

PP: 28.0%

LF: 12.0%

DP: 10.1%

PAP: 10.0%

Others: 3.1%

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Market Talk - September 9, 2022

ASIA: GSMA estimates that between 2022 and 2025, operators in India will invest around ₹1.6 trillion in their networks, underpinning opportunities in the consumer and enterprise segments. Fifth generation technology, or 5G, could benefit the Indian economy by ₹36.4 trillion ($455 billion) between 2023 and 2040, or more than 0.6% of forecast GDP per year, according to an analysis by GSMA Intelligence that reflects the large number of 5G deployments 2040. GSMA research further indicated that 5G will be a key enabler of enterprise digital transformation processes in manufacturing, energy and utilities, banking, transport, healthcare, sports, and retail. The major Asian stock markets had a green day today: - NIKKEI 225 increased 149.47 points or 0.53% to 28,214.75 - Shanghai increased 26.47 points or 0.82% to 3,262.05 - Hang Seng increased 507.63 points or 2.69% to 19,362.25 - Kospi closed - ASX 200 increased 45.50 points or 0.66% to 6,894.20 - SENSEX increased 104.92 points or 0.18% to 59,793.14 - Nifty50 increased 34.60 points or 0.19% to 17,833.35 The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today: - AUDUSD increased 0.00833 or 1.23% to 0.68464 - NZDUSD increased 0.00588 or 0.97% to 0.61118 - USDJPY decreased 1.274 or -0.89% to 142.546 - USDCNY decreased 0.02321 or -0.33% to 6.93769 Precious Metals: l Gold increased 10.83 USD/t oz. or 0.63% to 1,718.10 l Silver increased 0.261 USD/t. oz or 1.41% to 18.831 Some economic news from last night: China: CPI (MoM) (Aug) decreased from 0.5% to -0.1% CPI (YoY) (Aug) decreased from 2.7% to 2.5% PPI (YoY) (Aug) decreased from 4.2% to 2.3% Japan: M2 Money Stock (YoY) remain the same at 3.4% M3 Money Supply (Aug) increased from 2,068.8T to 2,075.5T New Zealand: Electronic Card Retail Sales (YoY) (Aug) increased from -0.5% to 26.9% Electronic Card Retail Sales (MoM) (Aug) increased from -0.2% to 0.9% Some economic news from today: China: Chinese Total Social Financing (Aug) increased from 756.1B to 2,430.0B M2 Money Stock (YoY) (Aug) increased from 12.0% to 12.2% New Loans (Aug) increased from 679.0B to 1,250.0B Outstanding Loan Growth (YoY) (Aug) decreased from 11.0% to 10.9% India: Bank Loan Growth increased from 15.3% to 15.5% Deposit Growth increased from 8.8% to 9.5% FX Reserves, USD decreased from 561.05B to 553.11B EUROPE/EMEA: The Bank of England has postponed a key interest rate decision following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. It follows moves by several public bodies to change their plans for the coming week following the death of Britain’s longest-reigning monarch. Economists had predicted the Bank of England would raise rates to 2.25%, the highest level since December 2008. The major Europe stock markets had a green day: - CAC 40 increased 86.43 points or 1.41% to 6,212.33 - FTSE 100 increased 89.01 points or 1.23% to 7,351.07 - DAX 30 increased 183.89 points or 1.43% to 13,088.21 The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today: - EURUSD increased 0.00391 or 0.39% to 1.00484 - GBPUSD increased 0.00712 or 0.62% to 1.15906 - USDCHF decreased 0.01047 or -1.08% to 0.96053 Some economic news from Europe today: France: French Industrial Production (MoM) (Jul) decreased from 1.2% to -1.6% Italy: Spanish Industrial Production (YoY) (Jul) decreased from 7.0% to 5.3% US/AMERICAS: The labor market in the US remains strong as unemployment claims fell by 6,000 last week to 222,000. This marks the lowest level in over three months. Continuing claims, however, continue to rise. Continuing claims rose by 36,000 to 1.47 million, marking a nearly five-month high. Available jobs rose to 11.2 million which is a concern as it doubles the number of people seeking employment. Canada’s labor market is loosening as Statistics Canada reported that the unemployment rate rose to 5.4% in August from July’s 4.9% posting. The Labour Force Survey (LFS) noted that Canada’s economy eliminated 40,000 jobs last month. Part-time positions are on the rise after posting a 37,500 gain. The education sector saw a notable decline of 50,000 positions, while the construction industry fell by 28,000 jobs. Quebec experienced a gain of 27,000, while Ontario remained flat. BC, Manitoba, and Nova Scotia all reported losses as well. Wages advanced by 5.4%, marking the fastest annual pace in 25 years.  The August LFS marks the third consecutive monthly employment decline for the Canadian economy. US Market Closings: - Dow advanced 377.19 points or 1.19% to 32,151.71 - S&P 500 advanced 61.18 points or 1.53% to 4,067.36 - Nasdaq advanced 250.18 points or 2.11% to 12,112.31 - Russell 2000 advanced 35.94 points or 1.95% to 1,882.85 Canada Market Closings: - TSX Composite advanced 360.34 points or 1.86% to 19,773.34 - TSX 60 advanced 22.17 points or 1.89% to 1,196.21 Brazil Market Closing: - Bovespa advanced 2,384.77 points or 2.17% to 112,300.41 ENERGY: The oil markets had a green day today: - Crude Oil increased 3.201 USD/BBL or 3.83% to 86.741 - Brent increased 3.17 USD/BBL or 3.56% to 92.320 - Natural gas increased 0.0909 USD/MMBtu or 1.15% to 8.0059 - Gasoline increased 0.0963 USD/GAL or 4.10% to 2.4424 - Heating oil increased 0.0389 USD/GAL or 1.10% to 3.5790 The above data was collected around 13:35 EST on Friday - Top commodity gainers: Crude Oil (3.83%), Gasoline (4.10%), Rhodium (6.29%) and Wheat (5.21%) - Top commodity losers: Lumber (-1.64%) and Oat (-5.44%) The above data was collected around 13:46 EST on Friday BONDS: Japan 0.25%(+0.5bp), US 2’s 3.55% (+0.063%), US 10’s 3.3021% (+1.01bps); US 30’s 3.44% (-0.001%), Bunds 1.700% (-1.2bp), France 2.263% (+1bp), Italy 4.005% (+5.6bp), Turkey 11.16% (-2bp), Greece 4.259% (+5.2bp), Portugal 2.775% (+2.5bp); Spain 2.884% (+4.9bp) and UK Gilts 3.0950% (-5.2bp). 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How many bad teams would it take to beat the Astros, Dodgers or Yankees?

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How many bad teams would it take to beat the Astros, Dodgers or Yankees?

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ESPN baseball columnist/feature writer Former editor-in-chief of Baseball Prospectus Co-author of “The Only Rule Is It Has To Work”

It is, like the story began, the best of times and the worst of times — an era received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.

There are three major league teams on pace to win 104 or more games — a mark reached by only 10 teams in the past 40 years — and another two on pace to win 99.5. (There have never been four 100-win teams in a single season.) There are three teams on pace to lose 104 or more games, another on track to lose 101 and a fifth on pace to lose 99. (There has only once been four 100-loss teams in a single season.) Fully a third of the league could end up at one of the two triple-digit extremes that typically would mark The Best or The Worst team in baseball.

How to put the gap between, say, the Yankees and, say, the Orioles, in context? A simple way is to note that the Yankees are 17-2 when the two clubs play. Or to note that the Yankees, Astros and Dodgers — the three 104-wins-or-better clubs — are collectively 41-12 against the Orioles, Tigers, Royals and Marlins, the four 101-losses-or-worse clubs.

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A more complicated way is to ask this: How many of these bad teams would it take to make up one of these great teams? Would a playoff superteam of the Royals, Orioles, Tigers and Marlins be able to hang with the super playoff teams in Houston, New York and Los Angeles? In an era of total teardowns on the bleak side of the standings and insatiable depth hoarding on the bright side of them, is there room for any good players on a last-place roster?

To answer this question took 17 tabs in a spreadsheet.

Here were the rules: We built 25-man rosters for the Astros, Yankees, Dodgers and Tigeroyiolins — on second thought, that’s the only time we’ll attempt to call them that. Henceforth, they will be the Superteam — based entirely on 2019 stats: a starter at every position, four bench players covering infield, outfield and catcher, a four-man starting rotation (because only four are needed in the postseason) and an eight-man bullpen. We prorated each player’s 2019 WAR for a full, healthy season in the role he is assigned to: 600 plate appearances for starters (except 500 for the catcher), 250 for bench players, 175 innings for starting pitchers and 65 for relievers (except 95 for one designated swingman).* The plan was to see how many bad teams it takes to compete with the Astros, Dodgers and Yankees.

We’ll start the bidding at four teams, do I hear four teams?

SUPERTEAM

C Pedro Severino, 1B Garrett Cooper, 2B Jonathan Villar, 3B Hanser Alberto, SS Adalberto Mondesi, LF Trey Mancini, CF Whit Merrifield, RF Hunter Dozier, DH Jorge Soler

DODGERS

C Will Smith, 1B David Freese, 2B Max Muncy, 3B Justin Turner, SS Corey Seager, LF Alex Verdugo, CF Joc Pederson, RF Cody Bellinger, DH A.J. Pollock

ASTROS

C Robinson Chirinos, 1B Yuli Gurriel, 2B Jose Altuve, 3B Alex Bregman, SS Carlos Correa, LF Michael Brantley, CF Jake Marisnick, RF George Springer, DH Yordan Alvarez

YANKEES

C Gary Sanchez, 1B Luke Voit, 2B DJ LeMahieu, 3B Gio Urshela, SS Gleyber Torres, LF Giancarlo Stanton, CF Brett Gardner, RF Aaron Judge, DH Edwin Encarnacion

The best player on any of the Orioles, Royals, Tigers or Marlins, by total WAR, has been Jonathan Villar, acquired in a midseason trade by Baltimore last summer. At the time, the competitive Brewers were trying to upgrade at second base, so they traded their second baseman (Villar) and a couple of prospects for the non-competitive Orioles’ second baseman, Jonathan Schoop. Since then, Villar has been the 42nd-best player in baseball, just ahead of Trea Turner, Paul Goldschmidt and Manny Machado. He has been the ninth-best second baseman, while Schoop is 42nd. It was a masterful trade by the Orioles: 21 homers, 33 steals, 3.8 WAR this year.

Mike Trout is now better than … wait for it … Derek Jeter. Sam Miller »

So, there are good players on the Superteam, of which Villar is undeniably one. Soler has 44 homers, Alberto is hitting .320, Mondesi has 39 steals, Dozier is slugging .550. But the fact that Villar is the best player that the four teams can produce puts the Superteam’s uphill climb in perspective: Teams who are committed to losing don’t keep MVP candidates around. Villar is not an MVP candidate, the way Cody Bellinger and Alex Bregman are. He is not even above-average by the standards of the other three teams’ rosters: There are 21 Dodgers, Astros or Yankees who have produced more WAR than Villar on a per-plate-appearance level this year. Villar is cast here as the best player on any of four major league rosters.

The Superteam might make it up on depth or pitching, but its nine best players simply can’t compete with the nine regulars on any of our three historically great teams:

Superteam: 175 homers, .281/.341/.474, 26.4 WAR (scaled to 600 plate appearances per player) Dodgers: 199 homers, .276/.361/.532, 42.3 WAR Astros: 210 homers, .293/.372/.544, 46.2 WAR Yankees: 206 homers, .279/.355/.519, 39.7 WAR

(Note that all of these teams’ WARs are exceptionally high, even higher than the Astros, Dodgers and Yankees’ lineups have actually produced this year. That’s because we’re picking only their very best player performances, after the fact, giving the teams full health and awarding nearly all playing time to those nine best players. Real life doesn’t go this smoothly.)

But those are just the starters. In theory, depth could benefit the Superteam. There’s no Cody Bellinger on a 100-loss team, almost by definition, but there might be a whole lot of Mike Fords.

On the other hand, depth is part of what makes these Dodgers, Astros and Yankees so incredible. They’re not building nine-man lineups, but 13-man lineups — players able to platoon, to move around the field and to not just fill in but very nearly replicate injured starters. Over the course of a full season, when 50 or 60 players might be called upon, the Superteam’s depth almost certainly would win out. But for just a 25-man roster, the good teams are nearly as deep:

SUPERTEAM

C Jorge Alfaro, INF Miguel Rojas, OF Anthony Santander. UT Jon Berti

DODGERS

C Russell Martin, INF Enrique Hernandez, OF Matt Beaty, UT Chris Taylor

ASTROS

C Martin Maldonado, INF Abraham Toro, OF Josh Reddick, UT Aledmys Diaz

YANKEES

C Austin Romine, INF Didi Gregorius, OF Cameron Maybin, UT Mike Ford

Superteam: .276/.330/.437, 4.6 WAR (scaled to 250 plate appearances per player) Dodgers: .254/.331/.434, 4.1 WAR Astros: .251/.322/.425, 3.9 WAR Yankees: .260/.318/.473, 3.6 WAR

The Superteam inches up, but barely.

As to starting pitchers:

SUPERTEAM

Matthew Boyd, John Means, Brad Keller, Spencer Turnbull

DODGERS

Clayton Kershaw, Hyun-Jin Ryu, Walker Buehler, Rich Hill

ASTROS

Justin Verlander, Gerrit Cole, Zack Greinke, Wade Miley

YANKEES

James Paxton, Masahiro Tanaka, Domingo German, J.A. Happ

The Superteam’s staff has one All-Star appearance (Means, this year) and zero Cy Young votes. The other three teams’ pitchers have won five Cy Youngs and appeared in 31 All-Star Games. But it’s not quite as bad as it looks. The Superteam’s rotation actually has been better than the Yankees’ rotation, despite a 28-48 combined record this year (thanks to terrible offenses behind them and terrible bullpens protecting their leads). Still, it’s not great:

Superteam: 4.24 ERA, 4.31 FIP, 12.0 WAR (scaled to 175 innings per pitcher) Dodgers: 2.84 ERA, 3.51 FIP, 15.6 WAR Astros: 3.08 ERA, 3.62 FIP, 17.0 WAR Yankees: 4.45 ERA, 4.62 FIP, 10.5 WAR

Again, in a longer season the Superteam might benefit. It’s fair to say the Superteam’s eighth- and ninth-best starters — Daniel Norris and Jakob Junis, maybe? — are better than Houston’s. But Houston isn’t going to need eight starters to get through October, and at the top of the staffs it’s a huge mismatch.

For bullpens, we chose to limit our options to actual relievers, so unused starting pitchers (for example, Daniel Norris, Jakob Junis) were not generally considered for the Superteam’s bullpen. Pitchers such as Ross Stripling and Kenta Maeda, who have both started and relieved this year, and who are likely to be in the Dodgers’ actual postseason bullpen, were:

SUPERTEAM

CL Ian Kennedy, RP Mychal Givens, RP Scott Barlow, RP Buck Farmer, RP Shawn Armstrong, RP Jarlin Garcia, RP Jose Cisnero, SWING Sandy Alcantara

DODGERS

CL Kenley Jansen, RP Pedro Baez, RP Yimi Garcia, RP Ross Stripling, RP Dustin May, RP Kenta Maeda, RP Joe Kelly, SWING Julio Urias

ASTROS

CL Roberto Osuna, RP Ryan Pressly, RP Will Harris, RP Joe Smith, RP Hector Rondon, RP Chris Devenski, RP Josh James, SWING Brad Peacock

YANKEES

CL Aroldis Chapman, RP Tommy Kahnle, RP Adam Ottavino, RP Chad Green, RP David Hale, RP Zack Britton, RP Luis Cessa, SWING Jonathan Loaisiga

Superteam: 3.96 ERA, 3.90 FIP, 7.3 WAR (scaled to 65 innings per pitcher) Dodgers: 3.74 ERA, 3.85 FIP, 7.9 WAR Astros: 3.24 ERA, 3.86 FIP, 6.9 WAR Yankees: 3.15 ERA, 3.78 FIP, 8.4 WAR

Add it all up:

Superteam: 50.3 WAR

Dodgers: 69.9 WAR

Astros: 74.0 WAR

Yankees: 62.2 WAR

To repeat something from earlier: 74 WAR is a crazy-high total for the Astros, and it would equate to about a 120-win team in real life. But it assumes almost perfect health and almost perfect decision-making by the Astros, funneling nearly all of their playing time to the players who actually were the best this year.

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But the same applies to the Superteam. The ex post facto nature of this exercise benefits them most of all, because it allows us to accurately pick, from the 215 or so mostly anonymous players these four teams will field this year, the 25 who actually had the best years — in many cases, career years, years unlike any they’ve ever had or will have again.

Indeed, if we were to use not actual, observed WAR to measure each roster’s strength, but projected, future WAR, the Superteam would fall even further behind. In that case, team strength would look something more like this:

The Superteam built above, in other words, projects to be somewhere around a .500 team, assuming good health, while the others project to be around 100-win teams. I think we can say, conclusively, that four teams put together still aren’t as good as the Astros, the Dodgers or the Yankees. Wild.

Do I hear five teams?

Superteam 2: Superteam + Blue Jays. Add Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Bo Bichette, Danny Jansen, Wilmer Font and Ken Giles. Remove Miguel Rojas, Trey Mancini, Jorge Alfaro, Jose Cisnero and Sandy Alcantara.

Total WAR: 58.1.

Do I hear six teams?

Superteam 3: Superteam 2 + Mariners. Add Kyle Seager, Tom Murphy, Marco Gonzales and Sam Tuivailala. Remove Jon Berti, Danny Jansen, Brad Keller and Jarlin Garcia.

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Total WAR: 64.3, good enough to pass this year’s Yankees (who, it’s worth noting, are without excellent outfielders Aaron Hicks and Mike Tauchman, both key contributors this year but both out for the season, and Luis Severino and Dellin Betances, who have no statistical records to go on this year but could each return for the playoffs).

Do I hear seven teams?

Superteam 4: Superteam 3 + Rockies. Add Trevor Story, Nolan Arenado, Ryan McMahon, Jon Gray, German Marquez and Scott Oberg. Remove Adalberto Mondesi, Hanser Alberto, Garrett Cooper, Spencer Turnbull, Marco Gonzales and Buck Farmer. Break the rules and move Bo Bichette to second base.

Total WAR: 68.4. Still worse than the Dodgers and the Astros. Do I hear eight teams?

Superteam 5: Superteam 4 + Pirates. Add Josh Bell, Bryan Reynolds, Jacob Stallings and Felipe Vazquez. Remove Ryan McMahon, Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Pedro Severino and Shawn Armstrong.

Total WAR: 72.9. Ahead of the Dodgers and somehow still behind the Astros.

Do. I. Hear. Niiiiiiine teams?

Superteam 6: Superteam 5 + White Sox. Add Lucas Giolito, James McCann, Aaron Bummer and Tim Anderson. Remove Matthew Boyd, Jacob Stallings, Scott Barlow and … Jonathan Villar.

Total WAR: 75.7. Phew.

Is the conclusion too hard to believe? Does it seem credible if you simply look at the rosters?

SUPERTEAM

C Tom Murphy, 1B Josh Bell, 2B Bo Bichette, 3B Nolan Arenado, SS Trevor Story, LF Bryan Reynolds, CF Whit Merrifield, RF Hunter Dozier, DH Jorge Soler, UT Tim Anderson, UT Kyle Seager, UT Anthony Santander, UT James McCann, SP Lucas Giolito, SP John Means, SP Jon Gray, SP German Marquez, RP Felipe Vazquez, RP Ian Kennedy, RP Ken Giles, RP Mychal Givens, RP Sam Tuivailala, RP Aaron Bummer, RP Scott Oberg, RP Wilmer Font

ASTROS

C Robinson Chirinos, 1B Yuli Gurriel, 2B Jose Altuve, 3B Alex Bregman, SS Carlos Correa, LF Michael Brantley, CF Jake Marisnick, RF George Springer, DH Yordan Alvarez, UT Aledmys Diaz, UT Abraham Toro, UT Josh Reddick, UT Martin Maldonado, SP Gerrit Cole, SP Justin Verlander, SP Zack Greinke, SP Wade Miley, RP Ryan Pressly, RP Roberto Osuna, RP Will Harris, RP Joe Smith, RP Hector Rondon, RP Chris Devenski, RP Josh James, RP Brad Peacock

The Astros have the two best starting pitchers, maybe the three best. They have, easily, the best player (in Bregman), and by WAR per plate appearance this year they have the three best (Bregman, Alvarez, Springer). They have five of the top seven, with only Trevor Story and Bo Bichette reaching 5 WAR per 600 plate appearances on the Superteam side. While depth eventually will favor the Superteam, all of the 104-win teams have built extremely deep 25-man rosters. Of our original Superteam 1 players, maybe half would have made the Dodgers’ Opening Day roster.

The point is, this is really some kind of era we’re living in. You’re seeing some of the worst baseball that’s ever been played. The Tigers actually don’t have a single above-average hitter, in any number of plate appearances above two. And you’re seeing some of the best baseball that’s ever been played. According to Baseball Prospectus’ third-order winning percentages, this year’s Astros and Dodgers actually are the two best teams since 1950. It’s amazing that these teams have coexisted in the same league, occasionally playing against each other, standing next to each other, and had it even look like baseball at all. It’s a baseball miracle.

But that’s not the payoff for this era. The payoff is the postseason, when as many as five 100-win teams — and three historically great ones — are going to smash into each other, with barely a below-average player in the bunch. Truly, it can’t get here fast enough.

* In cases of injury, the player was included on the roster if he seemed likely to return sometime this year or if he would return but for his team being out of contention. He was not included if he definitely is out for the year, like the Marlins’ Brian Anderson. Players who have been traded away, like the former Tiger Nick Castellanos, aren’t eligible. There was some preference to players with more playing time, but mainly we went with the most productive players on a per-PA basis. And players are allowed to play slightly out of position if, as with Whit Merrifield, they’ve played at least some significant time at the position to which we wish to assign them. We used Baseball-Reference’s WAR for hitters and FanGraphs’ WAR for pitchers.

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For just $0.99 A very well centered and very fine NH single of the 5c lilac Richard Bennett stamp from the 1973-1977 Caricature Issue on the LF paper. Printed on vertical wove paper showing no ribbing on either the front or back. The paper gives a low fluorescent blue grey reaction under ultraviolet light on the face and back, with a sparse concentration of low fluorescent fibres, and very sparse concentrations of medium and high fluorescent fibres, visible in the paper. General OP-2 Ottawa tagging, 4 mm wide, of medium strength (barely visible to the naked eye), and glowing a bright yellow under ultraviolet light. Comb perforated 12.0 x 12.5. Smooth, creamy PVA gum with a satin sheen. Unitrade values a VF-75 NH single at $0.25, however examples this well centered are the exception rather than the norm. The stamp offered here grades 84 as follows: Margins/centering: 54/70 Paper freshness: 5/5 Colour: 5/5 Impression: 5/5 Absence of visible paper flaws: 5/5 Perforations: 10/10 Note: the above scan is a stock photo as are all my scans for material after 1952. The item(s) you will receive has (have) been carefully checked to adhere to the above grading standards, so while it (they) may not be exactly the same, it (they) will be of the same quality. Also, I do not provide back scans of NH stamps or blocks after 1952 unless they are required to illustrate some attribute of the paper or gum.

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Mwahahah

Downloaded all my html files I need and works as expected, GRUB-EFI files, and lastly, now downloading all the files I need for LFS!! Soon,,,,

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Best Cars of the 2018 Detroit Auto Show: Motor Trend Favorites

It’s a good time to be in the market for a new truck—not long after the refreshed 2018 Ford F-150 became the 2018 Motor Trend Truck of the Year, the 2018 Detroit auto show hosted the debuts of the new 2019 Ram 1500 and 2019 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. But what made this year’s Detroit show so entertaining to cover from the auto show floor were the surprises beyond the expected truck debuts. From a concept with an interior design described by one editor as “pure fantasy” to an asymmetrical hot hatch variant tuned on the Nurburgring, keep reading to see all our favorites.

Lexus LF-1 Limitless Concept

Akio Toyoda needs positive market reaction to this concept before hitting the “go” button for production. Consider us among those saying, “Go!” This evolution of the SUV shape into something more akin to a tall wagon makes all those flagship SUV coupes look dowdy. Sure, the spindle grille is over-the-top, but the exterior design is crisp and flowing all at once. Oh, and please keep the split spoiler off the back of the roof. Cool. —Mark Rechtin

Nissan Xmotion Concept

With tighter budgets, many concepts these days end up looking all too practical and production-feasible. Not the Xmotion. Especially inside, this is pure fantasy. It features a real cedar wood structure in the dash and a full-length center structure that smells heavenly but would explode into zillions of toothpicks and splinters in a crash. Crazy perforated wood shoulder supports in the seats look hideously uncomfortable but unspeakably cool. My favorite element: The holographic taillights that are supposed to resemble “kumiko woodwork and puzzles.” I love it. —Frank Markus

Shiro Nakamura might have retired as Nissan’s design boss, but you could see this as a paean to his early days when he was at Isuzu cranking out a stream of VehiCross concepts. This survivalist’s fantasy is equal parts Xterra and Range Rover Velar. The dashboard-wide infotainment screen panel looks ready for Lt. Pavel Chekov to take command. —Mark Rechtin

2019 Ram 1500

In the battle of the trucks, I took a hard look at the Ram 1500 and Silverado 1500 (Ford kept Ranger behind stanchions and wouldn’t allow entry into the cabin). Although there are many things to like about the Chevy, including its sharply creased sheetmetal, the squint of its Clint Eastwood “well, do you, punk?” face, and clever, new packaging solutions, I have to go with the Ram as the truck of the 2018 show. Ram’s exterior design team managed quite a tricky feat by making the new 1500 look more modern and sophisticated yet still masculine and ready for business. And then there is the interior; stylish, but not over-styled, and simply oozing with tech. The 12.0-inch vertical screen looks straight out of a Tesla, and thus more flashy and tech-focused than Silverado. Only the IFTTT

[zeckma]

So...

I wanted to talk about my recent attempt of installing LFS 12.0 in QEMU...

I couldn't get it to start in the terminal, at least I think, I have no way of the knowing. The first problem is that the framebuffer couldn't be displayed, and I don't know which options I had to turn on to get it to show while running QEMU because I believe it has its own drivers and stuff which makes things difficult and I couldn't find any info on this. Another likely thing is i tried typing "root","[password]","poweroff", which should have turned off the vm, but i continued to have a black window, so I'm assuming that not only did the framebuffer not work, possibly because of a missing driver, it also could have ran into a kernel panic which is par for the course, I assume a fs issue.

This all to say, I deleted the disk image cuz I didn't wanna stream me trouble shooting it. When 12.1 rolls around, maybe I'll stream myself installing it on actual hardware but I'm unsure, that's 6 months away for the time being.

For now ill just be autistic as hell and girlboss and hug my blahaj