OK, I give. I've always been able to set up a network before. It drove me nuts & pissed me off during the process, but I got it done. Not this time. I'm not sure what's going on. I've tried everything I know & watched a lot of videos. This PC still isn't sharing. I called for a tech & he should be here this afternoon.
I need this to be done. I'm tired of fighting with it. That's all for now, take care.
Cya...
There have been a lot of articles like this piece that detail how Gilead's lenacapavir will be sold for as little as $40 a year in up to 120 low income countries around the world. Awesome for them. But it sucks for the destitute people barely scraping by in other parts of the world, including the US.
When this med was 1st mentioned, it's going price was $40 - 50K. Brand name Sunlenca came along & dropped it to $39K. Now we have Yeztugo going for just under S30K. Some countries like South Africa negotiated with for a $60 per year price tag. Now this generic version is going for $40K, but can't be sold in the US.
They won't allow the generic in the US & the version available costs over 700 times what will be available elsewhere. Yes, the US has money, but a lot of its people don't. This is why people get upset about helping others before they help their own.
While a lot of the world get's charitable grace, we're left holding the bag & paying the bill. That's my rant for this morning. Take care.
Cya...
November showed up with baggage. It's started with a time change on a dreary Sunday morning. I need to setup the new PC, but it's such a pill. Getting all the systems to talk to each other again is never fun. It'd help if it were brighter & less muggy.
I have no real plans for the holiday season or am I that revved up about them. Halloween was barely a blip on the radar this year. I can count the number of house's I saw decorated on 1 hand. I drove through a part of Fort Smith, that used to go full out for holiday decor; not a thing, not even a pumpkin.
There probably won't be any cheap chocolate this year. There wasn't last time around. The stores are ordering less & most of it is just normal candy in different wrappers. Maybe holidays are becoming a thing of the past. I'll miss the decorations & lights. They were some of the few things that made this hellish time of the year bearable.
I'm 2 months into being 60 & it sucks. Nothing has gone as well as it should. More stuff keeps getting worse. It'd be nice if this election did something positive, but it probably won't. Just a 133 days until daylight saving time. Just 4+ months of hating this.
Do better November.
Cya...
Halloween is here & it's dismal & dreary. It's been so cloudy I haven't be able to see the night sky. This overcast crap could last a couple of weeks. I didn't need that. This could've been the last decent day before the time change, but the weather fouled it up. To all the standard time lovers, choke on it.
I finally went to get a new PC. The prices have shot up since February. Between AI & the orange asshat it's getting hard to afford anything. I got the system home & figured out my monitor won't work with it. I had to run to Walmart. There's 2 problems. My monitor is now considered to be on the small end of things. Small monitors are being made less. Walmart's barely carrying anything in store, besides their on Onn brand. It's the right size & it was priced well, hopefully it works.
I need to get started on it, but I'm not sure when that'll happen. Yesterday wore me out & this overcast BS is making it hard for me to concentrate. I'll get to it as I can.
Goodbye October. You Weren't a horrid month, but things could've gone better.
That's all for now. Take care.
Cya...
In addition to the normal issues with finding articles, there's always the pieces that shoot too early & those playing the blame game. I saw an article today about a new approach to fighting HIV using engineered t-cells. This approach was originally designed for use with cancer patients. It's not that this might not work someday. But, that that possible someday is years out from even being a feasible option. This research isn't a daydream, but it's far from being actualized. Something this theoretical should be kept for professional use only.
There was a blame article again. It doesn't matter the illness, the location or the time, there will always be discrepancies in treatment. Those can be based on local, class, sex, ethnicity, orientation, etc... There will never be equality in these matters. People can only do what they can with what they have. Stop blaming medical staff for social issues they have enough on their plates.
There will always be pipe dreams & those placing culpability. That doesn't make either appropriate for informative articles on health matters. That's all for now, take care.
Cya...
It's the last October Wednesday of 2026. The final trash to the curb run of the month. The meteorologist say we're leaving the 2nd month of Autumn. Those who base their time on the moon & seasons, say we just entered the 2nd Fall month last week.
We have some errands today. After trash, we need to stop buy mail, pick up my meds & do early voting. The midterm is already here. It'd be nice if this went well. It most likely won't for Oklahoma.
That's it for now, October's ending & it's time to vote. Take care.
Cya...
