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- Comment on sharks are older than polaris 4 hours ago:
I could explain, but there’s a lot of string theory involved and I only have limited time.
- Comment on We all sleep alone soundly; Maybe the key to a happy marriage is separate beds 4 hours ago:
No, I’m bi-polar and need a very regimented sleep-hygiene to not slip into bouts of insomnia. I snore too (yes, sleep apnea), but she didn’t say we need separate beds because of that. I said we need separate beds because if I can’t sleep, I can’t perform. And a long string of insomnia can trigger a manic episode. But thanks for the armchair diagnosis.
- Comment on We all sleep alone soundly; Maybe the key to a happy marriage is separate beds 6 hours ago:
We do separate beds. Mostly because I have a clinical sleep disorder. But we also have different mattress preferences, so even then I could make a case for it. Works great.
- Comment on sharks are older than polaris 6 hours ago:
Stars have only existed for about fifty years. Duh.
- Comment on I'm setting up a Windows 11 laptop for my uncle. Is there a sneaky way to make it block right-wing bullshit websites? 13 hours ago:
I would only block 4chan, patriotfront, and other stuff that most people would never know about where the cesspool is known to be malicious and full of white nationalist instigators, if anything. But then again, it would never occur to me to try to trick a family member.
If your uncle isn’t already lost, you might be able to gently talk about this stuff. There are people who discuss how to carefully offload alt-right beliefs by asking questions that reveal fallacy rather than beating someone over the head with why they’re wrong. You can find better info than I have by searching the web.
My own mother, for example, voted for Trump three times. That relationship is over, sadly. Some people can’t be reached.
Moral: don’t do underhanded shit. Be open about your disagreement, but first learn what approaches have the greatest chance of success.
- Comment on He's camera shy 1 day ago:
I hate to say it, but this graph just made the most compelling argument against the noble Squatch I’ve ever seen. Not that I believed, but this has to be the ultimate hope-killer for true believers.
- Comment on Apple sues YouTuber who leaked iOS 26’s new “Liquid Glass” software redesign 3 days ago:
Or perhaps there was something about this guy’s actions that were grossly negligent in a way that any person would agree he effed up.
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- Comment on DOGE Put Free Tax Filing Tool on Chopping Block After One Meeting With Lobbyists 3 days ago:
Why would you think they want to help you? Are you a multimillionaire? Do you benefit from cutting social services to fund a tax write off that helps you?
Ordinary people are completely fucked.
- Comment on Wall Street’s AI Bubble Is Worse Than the 1999 Dot-com Bubble, Warns a Top Economist 3 days ago:
While I’m sad that people will be hurt, I’ll dance when this shit collapses
- Comment on US | Trump won't recommend special counsel in Epstein investigation, spokeswoman says 3 days ago:
Oh, you dumb fascist blond idiot. I believe everything you say because yay fascists. /s
Keep talking about Epstein. It pisses off the orange man.
- Comment on The good old days 4 days ago:
One out of three. I kept my hair and I rent in this lunatic market.
- Comment on It really works! 4 days ago:
Aha! Thanks!
- Comment on It really works! 4 days ago:
I don’t get it?
- Comment on You can drive 74 hours and still be in Germany. The American mind can't comprehend this. 4 days ago:
This was brilliant.
- Comment on Jell-OH MY GOD! 5 days ago:
This is straight out of the film Naked Lunch.
- Comment on Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share In USA 5 days ago:
Finally, the year of Desktop Linux. Twenty years after we were promised. And it’s still a pittence, but I’ll take it.
I’m on a Mac, only use Linux for server stuff, but the more people we can get off Windows, the better. Let’s go!
- Comment on Humans domesticated wolves into dogs. Then domesticated wolves' food. Then trained dogs to protect that food from the wolves. 5 days ago:
Holy crap. This is the best shower thought I’ve read. Good job! I’m gonna share this with others.
- Comment on At least I know what opinions are wrong 5 days ago:
But I do! The ones that are hateful, bigoted, etc… they are wrong and I’m not going to let them influence me. So long, Mom. You voted for a fascist. We aren’t friends anymore.
- Comment on Indeed, Glassdoor to cut 1,300 jobs amid AI integration, memo shows 1 week ago:
AI can’t do the work of anyone. It’s a cover story so they save face as they slash jobs.
- Comment on Exclusive: Evidence of cell phone surveillance detected at anti-ICE protest 1 week ago:
Yes, but then you get rid of it immediately. Also, don’t activate it or have it on at home or any other place that can be associated with you. Only do so after paying with cash and at the location where you’re going to use it then dispose of it.
- Comment on what 1 week ago:
Offering $20 on an item priced at $400 (for example) is not someone not knowing the approximate price. It’s someone looking to get a steal.
- Comment on what 1 week ago:
I’m pretty sick of people treating this like I’m harming myself or the market by refusing to let strangers take advantage of me. Get fucked.
- Comment on what 1 week ago:
If I’m selling a thousand dollar PC (that’s a year old) and someone offers me $50, that’s a shit offer. Like the image that headed this post.
- Comment on what 1 week ago:
Fuck you. I didn’t leave my goods up for a week and only get shitty bids. I stopped posting when the first bid on day one was insulting. You don’t know shit.
- Comment on what 1 week ago:
I have self respect enough to take a loss rather than be taken advantage.
- Comment on what 1 week ago:
I was already deeply discounting. I also give hardware away to friends and family (my old Synology NAS just got a new home with a friend). But for strangers to underbid so hard is fucking insulting. I am generous. I am not someone of which to take advantage.
- Comment on R.I.P Bob 1 week ago:
That was not nice.
- Comment on What network hardware should I get for my homelab? 1 week ago:
I’m a fan of pfSense, myself. But other suggestions here for OSes have been reasonable. I have a netgate router feeding an eero wap with a second wap creating a bridged wifi network. Future-proofing with 10GB on a wired switch if a good idea. I got a Unifi 2.5GB switch with 10GB uplink for that. The difference in performance moving large data around is massive. I have 10GB between my primary machine, the one that I run as my always-on server, and my NAS. It’s awesome. Everything else is 2.5GB.
- Comment on How big is your media library? 1 week ago:
12.8TB. Mostly uncompressed rips from Blu-rays, some DVDs, some from iTunes Store. Some from the high seas, but not in a long time because the market solved that problem with streaming.