Triumph

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People who say 'the rich get richer, the lazy live for free, and the middle class pays for it all' don't realize how expensive it is to be rich and how close middle class is to being below the poverty line.⁩ ⁨⁨46⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago⁩:

  It is worth noting that:

  • The top income tax bracket in 2025 is 37%, for income earned over $751,600 (~$69,000 in 1960, married filing jointly).

  • In 1960, >$20,000 and <$24,000 was 38% (married filing jointly). (~$219,000 to ~$263,000 in 2025 dollars). The top tax bracket then was 91%, with all sorts of steps between 38% and 91%.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon Musk suggests AI will make work ‘optional’ and money irrelevant⁩ ⁨⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  That's only because money is already irrelevant to him.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨challenge⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Pro tip:

  If the holes in the door frame are wallowed out, jam some pieces of toothpick in there first, then put the hinge on and screw it in.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Aren't bad caps a thing in pretty much everything? I've got a TV I had to replace caps on, too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Matt Gaetz Had Underage Sex With 17 Year Old Who Wanted Braces⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  With?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: How to perfectly seal a bag of chips (or anything similar) without any clips or ties.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Doesn't all of the contents immediately fall out at step 2?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you beat post-work floppiness?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I'd count it. It's been a long while since I really changed jobs, but that was absolutely a thing for me. Part of the way I have survived is by working a nap in somewhere every day. I used to go to my car at lunch and listen to NPR.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you beat post-work floppiness?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  If you've started this job recently, that sounds completely normal, at least to my neurodivergent ears.

  You're learning how to ride a bike, except it doesn't require so much physical practice as mental practice. You're putting in a lot of mental effort all day every day, and it's exhausting. For me, this period at a new job can last three to six months, sometimes more. Eventually, you get the hang of it, and you don't have to put in nearly as much mental effort to do your job well. Then you can get back to your other life shit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Learning to drive⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  There are generally spokes at around the 9/3 positions, but it's not terrible to also put your hands there usually. Still, my 2015 car has the steering stalks where they're easier to operate at 10/2, and some extra tactile features on the wheel at 10/2, so clearly the auto industry hasn't caught up yet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are physical mail generally not under surveillance? If everyone suddently ditched electronic communications and start writing letters, would governments be able to practically surveil everyone?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The cost of doing that for physical mail - in dollars, effort, time, and logistics - would be prohibitively high.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Milk⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I shall not.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a formalized ban appeal process for the fediverse? Do I just direct message a mod?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Exactly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Turtle Wax⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  How do you keep your car turtle so shiny?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Artist sneaks AI-generated print into National Museum Cardiff gallery⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  If.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a formalized ban appeal process for the fediverse? Do I just direct message a mod?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, blahaj, don't bother. There's an elevated amount of odd positions that are popular there, and don't you dare question them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Artist sneaks AI-generated print into National Museum Cardiff gallery⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  And here we are talking about it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Learning to drive⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Steering stalks on my 2015 car are at 10/2.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Learning to drive⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Just buy a racing wheel with hand position marks on it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Learning to drive⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  If we’re going there, let me tell you about tillers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Milk⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Everything is an ingredient.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Learning to drive⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  My wife is the NT in a house full of NDs, so she has some inkling of what it's like to be us.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Learning to drive⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah ... There was a weird in between time where there were still some small vehicles without p/s, but they were still using similar steering boxes or racks, and the same smaller steering wheel. I'm pretty sure that rack and pinion steering is more difficult without power assist, too, or because a different enough gearing would change the packaging, need too much room, increase design/production/manufacture costs too much - they just went fuck it and removed p/s without changing anything else because "good enough".

  I don't remember whether the S10 had rack and pinion or pitman arm style.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Milk⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  But you don't make soup with a beverage, you make it with a broth.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Milk⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  *Gazpacho

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Milk⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  To throw this into greater array: now that the milk has been poured into the cereal, it's clearly broth; what was the milk before it was poured into the cereal?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Milk⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Depends on how much milk was added. Lots of milk? Definitely soup. Just a little milk? Sauce. Somewhere in the middle? Stew.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Artist sneaks AI-generated print into National Museum Cardiff gallery⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You're missing it. It got sneaked into a museum and hung on the wall.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Artist sneaks AI-generated print into National Museum Cardiff gallery⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Depends on whether you've gone to Harvard or not.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Artist sneaks AI-generated print into National Museum Cardiff gallery⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree with the first part, disagree with the second.

  Jackson Pollock was just some idiot with a paintbrush. John Cage was just some idiot with a piano when he wrote 4'33". "I could have done that." Sure, but they did. Having the concept and then executing it is as much of the art as the finished product.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Passkeys Explained: The End of Passwords⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I do; or at least I can. But really, Device #2 should be in a fire safe, and Device #3 should be in a safe deposit box. These should be "set and forget" devices, not just "the laptop that I use and the phone that I use". Those are additional costs, additional planning, additional effort, additional administration (because you need to also be checking that these cold devices still work on a scheduled basis), maybe additional required skill (depending on what you want these set and forget devices to be). You need to have an appropriate place to keep that fire safe. And when one of those cold devices doesn't work anymore, you have to figure out why and likely replace it.

  To do it right, you really have to have your shit together. That I don't.