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Give me a break!!! Either he misspoke or the audio was doctored. Anyone who believes this is proof of anything is not the sharpest tool in the shed.

And yet flooding our school systems and universities with radical communist freaks and wackos has been just fine.

Disney has completely lost its way.

My neighbors two doors down moved here from an oil rich Middle Eastern country. She is a lawyer and he has all sorts of very expensive toys. They are definitely more intelligent than many of the other foreigners that live in our community.

Maybe spending a boat load of money on AI is a good idea. Even though I am a hobbyist and have a better idea than many about AI’s capabilities... I really don’t know.

Somehow this reminds me of tutoring students in the computer lab about 40 years ago. On of them was in his 50s working at that time in a lucrative profession as a plumber. He had plenty of work and money, but he was convinced that working as a computer technician was a field of the future and being a plumber was a field of the past.

He had no idea about any computer related subject. This would not have mattered except that he had very low aptitude for this subject. He was apparently able to screw or glue pipes and fixtures together well following a plan given to him by his employers and was well compensated for this but he was afraid this was a dead-end profession.

I have worked with plenty of Saudi people who were pretty bright and probably many can be taught to be good programmers or work with AI. But what innovative ideas have come from Saudi Arabia and do the people who come from there even understand what the potential of AI actually is?

I enjoy working with AI models and have a rudimentary knowledge of how to accomplish some “useful” tasks with them. And the “home lab” that I have set up. But the Saudis are just falling for the hype as everyone tends to.

Here in Washington State there is no need for all of the subterfuge. The employees at DOL locations who are largely DEI hires and don’t feel it is part of their job to keep foreigners from cheating. Anyone who does not speak English is able to have a helper assist them. But people are also allowed to get their CDLs from corrupt private schools and instructors.

The only law that cannot easily be broken here in this process is the law of supply and demand. So many people offer this type of “assistance” that the price paid by illegal immigrants or others who have limited skills or knowledge to get their CDLs is allegedly only about $500. After failing eleven different times, Harjinder Singh whio killed three people while trying to make a U-turn with is tractor trailer on the freeway in Florida paid only $500 to finally get his license through a corrupt school or individual. At this point the details are sketchy, but the sums paid for this type of malfeasance in this area are nowhere near $3000.

Even though the details are obviously known to the authorities in charge in here, they are going to outrageous lengths to protecting those responsible and calling the problem, “administrative errors”. No one has gone to jail or even lost their jobs over this. That is the way the system works here, and why things keep getting worse with every government agency in this blue state hell hole.

The roads around here have become some of the most dangerous in the country, and it is largely because nearly half the people on the road where my wife and I live don’t even speak English and drive in whatever way they are accustomed to where they came from.

Hyperbolic claims are not particularly convincing.

This depends completely on where you live...

“Salaries in Seattle Public Schools increase through a step system based on years of experience and educational credits, with top pay for bachelor's holders reaching $122,271 per year (Step 4). Teachers with master's degrees can advance to a maximum of $139,106 annually (Step 5), and those with PhDs or doctorates up to $142,523 per year (Step 6). The 2025-26 Certificated Non-Supervisory Salary Schedule outlines lanes for education levels (e.g., BA, BA+ credits, MA) and steps for experience, effective July 1, 2025.​”

https://www.seattleschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/FINAL-Certificated-Non-Supervisory-2.5-2025-26.pdf

Most teachers in the surrounding area make similar wages. If you would like I can upload their pay scales as well.

Although there were a few doctors and engineers and business-people mixed in, my wife's family were largely teachers. Both her grandmother and her grandfather started out teaching in one room schoolhouses in Wisconsin. After they got married, they moved to a small town in Western Oregon.

Although he was born in the United States and served overseas in the military during the Spanish American War her grandfather was from a German speaking family. He had an accent and a German name. In the run-up to our involvement in WWI the anti-German sentiment was so strong that their house was burned down and the family with small children including my wife's mother were run out of town in the middle of winter. This was despite her grandfather being extremely patriotic and pro American even after this awful episode.

If it wasn't for the help of a non-teacher relative in nearby Washington, they likely would have starved or died from exposure. My wife's grandmother arrived in Seattle 9 months pregnant with children in tow and sank up to her knees in mud and manure trying to cross the street in front of the railroad station.

Her grandfather not only was able to find work teaching in small logging and mining towns in Western Washington, by the time her mother graduated from high school he was the principal. He later became the superintendent of a school district that included a number of schools in the area near where we still live. Her mother went on to become a teacher and vice principal, and her uncles became teachers as well.

Her great aunt Alice had become a successful businesswoman in Seattle after starting out selling home-made waffle ice cream cones on the street. She was the relative who was able to save the family. My wife's aunt who was also named Alice became a successful businesswoman as well.

He had a test...just 10 questions. A recipe required 6 ingredients for 100 breads loaves was one example. If you were only baking 50 breads loaves...how much of each were required. About half of the kids applying...could not answer the 50-percent question.

Arguably, the best way to use AI is to run open-source models locally. This means running models on your own hardware. In this way you can have a hand in training the models and maintain your privacy. This is becoming very popular for many good reasons and is spurring on hobbyists such as myself.

High end computers used to be built and purchased mostly for gaming. The number of computers being used for local AI doubled in the last year and many “gaming computers” are being repurposed. Computers for running AI models need lots of memory, powerful GPUs, and powerful processors requirements that are very familiar to gamers.

So, what are people using local models for... Obviously chat type applications, but the fastest growing segment is likely video and image generation, and restoration, along with editing and also music applications. The things these models are capable of is sometimes astounding and costs a fraction of what using commercial services to do accomplish the same tasks.

The AI gold rush for home users at this point is largely meant to circumvent paying out big bucks to the big companies that have spent $Billions developing AI apps that they have hoped would cause people to flock to them with their wallets open. In this way little guys are working hard to find economical ways to accomplish the same type of work the big guys want to now cash in on.

All of you anti tariffs globalist Nazis are indeed crazy and traitorous.

As constructive criticism. You should have stuck with your first statement and not destroyed any credibility that you might have had with the second. I don't have strong feelings about this one way or the other, but anyone who name calls the way that you do is only demonstrating that the arguments for or against are far over your head.

Many credit card companies offer free “virtual” card numbers if you ask for one or find the option on their website. The one that I use is from a card with a low limit from Citibank. The card number, expiration date and security code are used the same as any other credit card. But you can change it at any time.

Sorry, shoulda inc,uded in last post... where did ypu get lot version of windows?and it is it safe?

I have installed it on over 20 machines for myself and friends. No one has had any complaints. I have purchased most of the licenses from Gamer’s Outlet... there are others who sell it for less money, but I have no experience with them. There is literally always a 10% off coupon if you hunt for it on Google or other search engine.

https://www.gamers-outlet.net/en/buy-windows-10-iot-enterprise-ltsc-cd-key-microsoft-global

Can you upgrade Windows 10 Pro to Windows 10 IoT Enterprise 2021 LTSC? Or does it require a new install?

Supposedly the OS needs a new install, but this is not true. Nearly every install that I have done has been on top of the previous Windows 10 install. But you have to use a minor modification in your registry to do this.

First watch this video that tells how to do it for the version that lasts only a couple of extra years, https://youtu.be/rWxGfxXLRFU , then return to my directions because there are a couple of important modifications to his registry configuration:

The obvious solution to the Windows 10 End of Life Event is for people who prefer their current Windows 10 installation is to install Windows 10 IoT Enterprise 2021 LTSC. I have advocated this before but it usually goes in one ear and out the other of 99% of people posting here. There are cheaper license providers, but I have purchased most of mine from https://www.gamers-outlet.net/en/buy-windows-10-iot-enterprise-ltsc-cd-key-microsoft-global. I have used https://www.gamers-outlet.net/ for years and never been burned by them. There is always a 10% off coupon if you search for one using the Google search terms... gamers-outlet 10% discount code.

I did manage to get 20% off a couple of times, but usually anything over 10% does not work.

The following project is not difficult to figure out if you watch the video at https://youtu.be/rWxGfxXLRFU . This guy deserves most of the credit; he has 877,000 followers and puts out a lot of good videos. But use the values below instead of the ones that he recommends or your license will expire in a couple of years and not in 2032.

This will take you at least a couple of hours and maybe more because I recommend backing up your system hard drive first, and because of all the updates that will end up being installed. But you will end up with a system that most people will not be able to distinguish from what they are currently running right now. Not having to reinstall everything in many of my machines is definitely worth a little extra effort.

Windows 10 IoT Enterprise 2021 LTSC is a stripped-down version of Windows 10 21H2. The latest version of Windows 10 is 22H2. There are essentially no differences between 21H2 and 22H2 that any normal user will notice. But there are many features and a whole lot of crap that are left out as compared to a normal install of Windows 11 Pro. With this method all the crap along with extra features will be installed. The first three installations that I did, were done completely clean from the original Microsoft ISO file. I added the features that I wanted included by using PowerDesk scripts. This worked fine and if you are someone who doesn’t mind getting their hands a little dirty diving into Windows or Linux operating systems... it may be the best way to go for you. BUt you are also going to have to reinstall nearly all of your applications that you like to use.

A clean install is the only way that the vast majority of users are aware of to get Windows 10 IoT Enterprise 2021 LTSC working on their computer. The normal install routine will not allow you to upgrade an already installed Windows 10 installation. But I have found that with a few very minor edits to the Windows 10 registry that it installs without any real problems. The primary issue is that it takes considerably longer than doing a clean install... This is because it will re-install basically every update that Microsoft has released in the last 4 years and give you access to your already installed applications.

The following is how I have installed Windows 10 IoT Enterprise 2021 LTSC on the last few Windows 10 computers that friends, family and I want to continue using Windows 10 on while being hooked up to the internet after October 14. This creates a system that is virtually indistinguishable to most users from the Windows 10 installation that they currently have installed on their computer only it will likely run a little faster. It does involve purchasing a license online. I am not associated with any of the mostly shady operators who sell license keys. I would advise using Paypal or a “virtual credit card” to pay for the place even with the place I have purchased many licenses from over the years... Gamers-Outlet. I should mention that Gamers-Outlet always has 10% disount codes available that you can search for using Google or DuckDuckGo, so this “project” costs right around $21.

I obviously do not offer any guarantees that Micorosoft will not pull something to put an end to this workaround that helps to prevent users from being forced to upgrade to Windows 11. As the deadline gets closer the demand for license keys whatever their origin will no doubt increase despite the lack of advertising and good info.

1. Download the ISO file and save it somewhere where you can find it again but preferably on a second drive installed in your computer. A fast removable drive or SD Card that is large enough to hold a 4.5GB iso file will work also. The file that you download should be called:
en-us_windows_10_iot_enterprise_ltsc_2021_x64_dvd_257ad90f.iso

It is available from a link that license key providers such as Gamers Outlet will provide you with, but it can also be found at archive.org and other places:
https://archive.org/search?query=en-us_windows_10_iot_enterprise_ltsc_2021_x64_dvd_257ad90f.iso

You should check the file from whichever source you choose with a Hash Viewer. You do this by using one of the free HASH checkers available from the Microsoft store... search for Hash Viewer. After you have installed Hash Viewer (MD5, SHA1, ...) load the file into it and it. After it has completed it’s calculations you can copy and paste the following hashes into the verify box and see if it finds any discrepancies.

File list :: Operating Systems :: Windows 10, version 21H2 [19044.1288] (Updated October 2021) ::
English :: en-us_windows_10_iot_enterprise_ltsc_2021_x64_dvd_257ad90f.iso
File: en-us_windows_10_iot_enterprise_ltsc_2021_x64_dvd_257ad90f.iso
Family: Operating Systems
Version: Windows 10, version 21H2 [19044.1288] (Updated October 2021)
Language: English - (EN)
CRC-32: 188c9d0d
MD5: 2463b19beac328290e6a8adcedb7533a
SHA-1: 76c3c10e38307d29fd8b4748522ed144dba35829
SHA-256: a0334f31ea7a3e6932b9ad7206608248f0bd40698bfb8fc65f14fc5e4976c160
SHA-512: 640942d93daf8cd183d06e35d5d753a4b93c952c3196c3e3fa7876295b39d8bfef5df8ef2a3b420b5247905fe396606f94ccf093982ee999e503d09e69850143
SHA3-256: 33bacaa70b78abcf4969fa0f6219a5cad7dd4d49c9b975ddadc8b15658d17d48
SHA3-512: 03e3a8e34a79363235aaf91333cb3afa4927feb0b1f1cf212e6cf4a70c54cbe7ab367fafb6143e6057dac00e407c1b661cb0e2511f7eadb4562c49d0ee606a4e
Size: 4.518 GB (4851668992 bytes)

2. Next scan your current Windows 10 installation for errors: Use your search bar or icon next to the Windows 10 icon on your taskbar and search for Command Prompt. Choose to run it as an administrator. Enter the following command into the command line: sfc /scannow
It will likely find a few errors and correct them. When this is done run another command: DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
After this command has finished reboot your computer. (turn it off and on using the shutdown option when you click on the Windows Icon at the lower left corner of your screen.)

3. Then Make an image of your primary hard drive, SSD, or NVME preferably to a second drive installed in the computer. My prefered tool for this is Macrium Reflect Free, but there are many other free programs that work just fine as well.

4. Then Watch this video, https://youtu.be/rWxGfxXLRFU . It explains what you will be doing better than I can here. Follow the steps that he shows in the video... But do not use the regestry values that he recommends... use the following values instead to install it as an IoT version which will get updates until 2032.

The following will take just a couple minutes. But I will warn you... back up your registry first, and if you do not end up doing the upgrade the changes you make will probably screw your computer up in some way. So, if you do not complete the following steps... restore your registry back to its original values.

5. Go to the search box on your taskbar like you did for the command prompt and search for regedit.

As shown in the video run regedit as an administrator and navigate to...
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion

now change to the values to the new ones listed below by double clicking on the Key Names:
Key Name = New Value

CompositionEditionID = IoTEnterpriseS

CurrentBuild =19044

CurrentBuildNumber = 19044

DisplayVersion = 21H2

EditionID = IoTEnterpriseS

ProductName = Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021

ReleaseId = 2009

6. After that you can mount and run the ISO from within your Windows 10 computer.

If you purchase your license key from a provider like Gamers-Outlet they provide a link to the ISO file. Download the ISO and copy it preferably to your 2nd drive but a USB drive will work as well. The ISO file cannot be run from the drive that you are currently running Windows on. Do not bother preparing a bootable drive. Go to wherever you saved the ISO file using Windows Explorer right click on it and choose “mount”. Then go to the simulated DVD drive that will show up and double click on setup.

You may have to choose the option to keep your files and programs but I have not had to do this. If you do not want to keep your files and programs you can click on the button that allows you to review what you want to keep. If it already says that it is going to keep your files and programs and you click on the button to review your decision expect to wait several minutes.

If you are doing a clean install from a bootable USB stick the process of installing like most instructions in videos and directions found online like I did on my first three installs it does not not take very long. But depending on how much stuff you have installed in your Windows 10 system installing over the top of it can take a long time to complete.

The first time that the computer shuts down it may try to look for the simulated drive that you ran setup from and gie you an error message. Turning the computer off and on this should fix this problem. If it does not you might have to go into your “bios” or “UEFI” to change the boot settings. This varies a little from system to systembut is not difficult.

After you have waited quite a while for update after update is installed and it looks like your about done be prepared for more updates, and then more updates after that. You will eventually be stuck on a blue page for quite a while that says that more updates are in progress “Please keep your device on”. You will start thinking that the computer is screwed up, but just wait and wait and wait, and eventually you will get a counter showing the percentage left. It will appear to boot up, but you will get a blank screen that lasts for a long time. EVentually the counter will resume at about the number that you saw last. It will eventually get to 100% then it wills eventually boot up and come to a familiar page.

8. When you do decide you are ready for more waiting install the cumulative updates search for Windows Update in the search box. Scan and choose to install them all... two will fail.

KB5055682 NET Framework 4.8 and 4.81
KB5010472 NET Framework 3.5 and 4.8

They will give you error code 0x80070570

9. Search for NET Framework 4.8 and 4.81 and then NET Framework 3.5 and 4.8 in Grok.com and it will tell you how to install them manually.

After everything is installed you need to perform one more step... And that is once again checking your system for errors. Here are those directions again:
Use your search bar or icon next to the Windows 10 icon on your taskbar and search for Command Prompt. Choose to run it as an administrator. Enter the following command into the command line: sfc /scannow
It will likely find a few errors and correct them. When this is done run another command: DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
After this command has finished reboot your computer. (turn it off and on using the shutdown option when you click on the Windows Icon at the lower left corner of your screen.)

After that your system should look and feel the same as it did to begin with and it likely will perform a little better

I agree. Once you activate and bind this to any Microsoft account, you are likely good to go until 2032. The most iffy thing that I did was spending quite a bit of money on a discounted MSFS 2024 Aviator license. It worked and continues to work until this day.

I was only trying to warn the risk averse among us that you should do some research on any company you plan to give your credit or debit card numbers to.

I have never purchased from flixeasy. Trust Pilot shows that 12% give them a 1-star rating with 513 total reviews. 5% of https://www.gamers-outlet.net/ give them a 1-star rating with 37,956 total reviews. All of the companies who sell software licenses need to be looked at with a great deal of scrutiny.

I always use a “virtual credit card” or other means of payment which doesn't put your accounts at risk. I do this even with gamers-outlet.net from which I have purchased dozens of licenses over the years and never had any problems.

https://flixeasy.com/ only gives you the option to use a credit/debit card, gamers-outlet.net has over half a dozen payment options. I have never used them so I just cannot speak with any authority as to their safety and legitimacy. Although as a natural born cheapskate I am tempted to give them a try.

https://youtu.be/k8fpyeQVDYQ

My favorite is explorer patcher

https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher/releases

You have to scroll down aways until you find the exe files under the Assets settings. You should enable the notifications for updates because Microsoft feels it is their duty to prevent you from using this type of tool. You will also get a notice that the file is dangerous, because it is not commonly downloaded.

Some people have reported problems, but I have never had any. I started using it mostly to decrease the annoyingly large taskbar in Windows 11.

Here is a YouTube video that explains how to install and use it. https://youtu.be/k8fpyeQVDYQ

I have switched over 20 of my own and other people’s machines to Windows 10 IoT Enterprise 2021 LTSC while preserving all of my already installed programs and apps. This will provide security updates for another 7 years. It cost me about $20 a machine, and they actually run better than the versions of Windows 10 Pro that they replaced which were based on version 22H2 which is actually inferior to version 21H2 in almost every way.

Of course, I use various versions of Linux dual booting in many of these computers which is another solution but less desirable to many people who are used to Windows 10 or 11. By the time we get to 2032 I expect that most of my Windows machine will be so much less capable than even the cheapest computers, tablets, or phones that stubbornness and nostalgia will be the primary reasons to not replace them with newer hardware.

As an example, I have several mini-PCs that I use for various tasks in my home lab that were extremely inexpensive yet they are much more powerful than some of the dinosaurs that I still have around.

He is worried that the cancel culture will come after him next. He was able to survive some time in jail for basically nothing so he understands the repercussions better than most.