Fine, then no company will ever expand their staff. Can’t risk a downturn a ways down the road.

You’ve invented a new way to increase unemployment. :)

Not enough available to tax to pull this off. BUT, when you factor in dropping all other social services, now we’re a lot closer.

I’m a lefty gun nut and secure storage is my only idea that will help and get past the courts. Won’t make a huge dent in overall gun deaths, but shit like this is inexcusable. Parents deserve prison time for these events. And I say that as a parent to two young ones who could find myself in front of a jury if I fuck up. Gun safety does not make allowances for “oops”.

Now I’m really lost. As I understand it, kids can’t have personal lockers anymore. So where does a 6-yo hide a gun? And then get to it later? From what I’ve seen with my stepson, and now my own little kids, they’re marched around like prisoners, watched every second. Can you tell me more?

And I thought she smelled bad… on the outside.

Get in there you hairy oaf!

I remember being amazed at Yahoo!'s load times on 56K. Pulled the code, 79K.

Zwerner’s attorneys said Parker failed to act in the hours before the shooting after several school staff members told her that the student had a gun in his backpack.

You have to be fucking kidding me. Several people knew there was a 6-yo wandering around with a gun and they felt they had to kick it up the chain to get a response?!

Actually, orange would be saying the trans woman is still a man, not admitting they “used to be”.

Y’all never get tired of preaching to the choir, do ya?

Anyone with technical chops has likely tried Linux, or is running it now. 99.954% of the Windows users will either upgrade or roll without updates. Converts are going to be exceedingly rare.

Only way I’ve got people using Linux was when I fixed “little old lady” computers as a charity thing. I’d throw whatever spare parts I had in there, swap in an SSD, load Linux Lite. I never told them it was Linux. Show them how to get FaceBook and email, done. And I never got a call back!

Visited Manhattan around ‘91 or so, gayest place I’ve ever seen. And I’m from Tulsa, which believe it or not, has a rockin’ gay scene!

I cannot imagine any business leader crunching the numbers and concluding it’s better to stay with Oracle. I would order an all-hands-on-deck effort to rejigger the company database needs to get out from under these parasites.

Only explanation I got it that they are unwilling to stall current projects and/or hire more backend devs while sorting it out. And yes, I am well aware it’s a monstrous task, even for a small company.

Nah, his complaint was lack of torque. Very strange, never got it. Figured he was repeating fossil fuel propaganda. But he was a motorhead!

And yes, energy density is the thing no one talks about when raging against fossil fuels. A gallon of refined gasoline packs insane energy. I’ve run my 5-gallon, crappy Harbor Freight generator all night into the morning, powering the camp, heaters and all, never came close to emptying it. Contrast that with a monster LIPO4 battery that died in 48-hours only powering LED lights. (Gotta admit, something weird happened there.)

Had an ex-friend who was a motorhead arguing that electric motors will never beat ICE because they lack comparable torque. Look, I’m no mechanic, but I never got my head around that.

“You mean they don’t have enough torque to run a US destroyer?! Someone should call the Navy.”

Seriously, if you’ve played with even a tiny electric motor, provide DC, it goes, instantly. What could he have possibly been trying to say?

Going to take more than a few years to turn this around. I highly doubt I will be able to afford a new EV to replace our 2002, 2004 and 2014 vehicles.

For some reason I subscribed to your definition IRL, but thought it meant “of age, doesn’t look like it”, which I suppose is how porn sites use it.

And Taiwan is set to blow their chip factories if invaded. Not an official policy, but it’s a no-brainer.

Can I rant for one?

I love my wife dearly, but I know her one weird issue is jealousy. Knew that when I married her, fought about it many times, many tearful apologies from her later.

Was pirating the first episode of “Derry” when she looks at my screen. (It’s a 40" TV, can’t avoid snooping.)

<imagine an angry Filipino accent here>

“Who are ‘Derry Girls’?! Ha? Ha? What is this show? HA?!”

“Fuck I know. <pointing at screen> I was downloading a new horror show we might like. You liked the movies. <points to the actual download folder>”

“DERRY GIRLS ha!” <stomps off>

Fuck me. Now I’m afraid to watch Derry Girls. If she ever finds my porn stash I’m doomed. :)

Wish I could capture what I see. Still can’t do it with a camera. Anyway, here’s the end on tonight’s hike. And a bit earlier.

Stamet’s is over the top on the goal. Not good enough if he’s that hard up. I threw him a fiver.

@Stamets I know you called us off. Fuck you if you don’t like it. Today, you. Tomorrow, me.

Last I looked, but it’s been years. I can’t imagine texting without a swipe KB.