That’s Mayor Cardamom now!

Curtis has great “confused but well-meaning Grandpa” vibes.

He was saying Zohran’s name wrong because he couldn’t remember it. Not because he was being an asshole.

He fell for the AI ad but still defended “cultural differences” as normal (and not a negative).

My point is, he’s wrong about a lot, but I’ll give him credit for trying.

People are saying dementia, but also by many accounts he’s always been pretty stupid.

So I’m not sure this is one of those super damning pieces of evidence.

Also he usually says “I don’t know anything about that” or “we’re looking into that” when he wants to avoid a question or statement he doesn’t like.

If they just say “no”, there will be some serious protests.

It would probably be enough of an excuse for the insurrection act.

Though I think that Wall Street being located in NY protects the city from some of Trump’s worst impulses.

You don’t want to disturb the traders.

I’ve yet to find a game that I couldn’t play (though knowing me I probably forgot one or two). It’s mainly mods that I’ve not been able to implement, as some of them require running an exe file.

However I’ve had very helpful people tell me I can do all that in a wine instance or something similar so mainly it’s just my own laziness (and lack of understanding about how to “do it in a wine instance”) that’s holding me back from installing fancy modpacks or playing the latest Stalker gamma version.

Also i don’t play multiplayer stuff so the anti-cheat thing issues don’t usually apply to me. So there’s that.

Because it’s a line a lot of his diehards won’t cross.

Plenty of them will hear no evil or deny his other crimes, but the reason “protect our kids” works as such a great excuse for other overreach, is its such a priority for these people.

Barring possibly nothing.

How incredible would it be if Trump’s name wasn’t the one they were working so hard to hide.

What if it’s some massive benefactor of theirs or some keystone lawmaker or figurehead they’ve held over us as a moral example.

You know, like Dr Phil.

I’ve been with them for a couple of years now. Unfortunately the devices just doubled in price but I’m very happy with them otherwise.

I’m grateful. It was the push I needed to stop using windows.

If they’d made it even vaguely tempting I probably wouldn’t have bothered.

We remember the names of their dogs, and use those.

So it’s “Rex’s Mum” and “Fido’s sister”

He’s pretty untouchable.

Every government thinks AI is the next gold/oil rush and whoever gets to be the “AI country” will become excruciatingly rich.

That’s why they’re being given IP exemptions and all sorts of legal loopholes are being attempted/ set up for them.

I was being sarcastic.

They will for sure use things like phobias/weaknesses to psychologically influence you to get you out of their way.

They for sure won’t get hold of any notes about medical conditions (or god forbid, notes from your therapist) and use them against you if you opposed them.

I’ve been using mint exclusively for like 3 months and have been using a hearty blend of terminal installs and the program manager app.

It seems to not have caused any problems YET, but I’ve been assured it will. I see flatpack conversations a lot and don’t fully understand the differences (apart from the install method).

Is it worth understanding and committing to a single system or can I just be a low-power user for a while?

Definitely don’t buy a bunch of those big elastic bands for workouts and loop the cars together in pairs.

As a non-alternative (i.e. don’t do this either) the same pairings but with a thin rope with a self-tightening knot.

It will break without any noticeable effort from the car, but will probably make a big bang.

Jojoba oil and grapeseed oil are a game changer.

I wonder when he’ll pull the old “soldiers in the room for an important vote” trick.

The products I can find on my own. I just need an ad to tell me that the type of product exists (I’m aware that only monopolies would benefit from that kind of as).

I’ll be choosing the model/brand on merit. If anything the one being heavily advertised is going to be worse (or at least the cost of the ads is included in the price).

Probably someone connected to you has been searching for appliances.

Often that’s how they guess you’re in the market.

Or they might just know you got a raise, are more of an impulse buyer in August or that one of your machines is nearing a possible end of life date.

It’s not about what they think you might like. It’s about what they think they can convince you to buy (or at least change your mind about).

It’s never been about “improving your experience” to offer personalised ads.