resipsaloquitur

@resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The miracle happened⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Wow, you really thought you were cooking with that one.

  Here’s a thought: if someone’s in a wheelchair, presume it’s useful to them to get around.

  There’s no step 2.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The miracle happened⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  No. It isn’t.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨With Corporate politicians it's never "The Time".⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Remember when they wanted us to “keep our powder dry”?

  That shit worked for the better part of a year.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Palantir lobbyist Lord Tom Watson says ‘mob rule’ must not dictate awarding of government contracts⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Fuck you, Tom.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon hates C++⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Try OO C and you see why C++ is the way it is.

  Stroustrop’s first cut of C++ was called “C With Classes.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon hates C++⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Go ahead, write your 3D engine in Python. I dare you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The ineffective Democratic leadership ain't going away unless we make them.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Fuck Chuck.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TIL All of Downton Abbey was written by this man⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What’s his name?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tiddies are nice but the metric system is better⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I changed my car to metric.

  When I returned to pick up my car after dropping it off for a smog check, the tech hadn’t done it. He noticed the odometer was in kilometers and putting that “mileage” in the system would have caused havoc on the car’s history (mileage seeming to go up and down is a red flag).

  As annoying as that was, it would have been far worse if he’d just entered the kilometers as miles.

  I use metric daily as an engineer, but in my personal life I find some metric measurements pretty silly. Celsius and L/100km are not useful or show it’s not a great system for everyday use.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tiddies are nice but the metric system is better⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thou.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sounds Pretty Cool Honestly⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Here I’ve just been doing it for love of the game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gave up. Can't figure it out⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I leave it at home sometimes when I think it’ll get me in trouble.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨he did that⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨As Computers Take the Driver’s Seat, Experts Worry About Safety⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Only the experts?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A car parked in front of the fire hydrant hindered the firefighters' intervention, so the team broke two side windows and passed the hose through the inside of the car.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wouldn’t the glass cut up the hose, too?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Networks Suspend Pool Coverage of Trump After White House Bans CNN⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yet they all sanewashed him in 2024.

  Get enough clicks yet?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Innuendo⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  NUT BUTTER.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why have surgery when you can just wear this⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  B-b-b-butterface.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Seems logical⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  But I’m on a fixed income.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft exec called AI scraping the “largest theft of labor in human history”⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, I can think of another…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Online influencer Joe Rogan says he doesn't know enough about politics, he can't form an opinion on a candidate⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Just asking questions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨academic jargon⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not going to jump down your throat for suggesting AI, but I’ll mention that Wikipedia often has a “Simple English” link in the Languages section that’s a godsend for ESL people and scientific/academic subjects for lay people.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨academic jargon⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Hrmm.

  I’m not an academic. I’m an engineer. I’m guessing academic jargon is similar to technical jargon.

  Yesterday I heard the price of “memory” was going up and was left to wonder if that is RAM, SSD, HDD, EEPROM, FRAM, NOR data flash, …

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Police to crack down on face coverings at protests⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  But then their agents provocateur will be exposed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Andreessen- and Thiel-backed defense startup opens U.S. missile factory as it exits stealth⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, libertarianism.

  Something about the government’s monopoly on violence? Contracts? Personal liberty?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Squee!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  BIDEN SHAT MY PANTS AGAIN!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[The Elephant Graveyard] How Comedy Drowned in a Radioactive Cesspool of Corruption and Depravity⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Such a good series.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The did a semi live action movie of the Lion King. Why doesn't hollywood do a movie or a couple seasons of Tail Spin?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Disney execs have never heard of Tail Spin and even if they did they assume no one else has.

  They remake the same blockbuster movies hoping lightning strikes twice.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon steams up the sauna⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Is it like a top hat or a beret?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The town and HOA only have two settings for a holiday: Jesus and Troops. I guess Labor days is a "Troops" holiday.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Once upon a time, racists would put racial deed restrictions on a house (you could only sell it to another white buyer).

  When that was thrown out, HOAs were a work-around (I’ve been told. Not completely sure how they could just veto a sale to someone with melanin).

  Today, they manage communal property and services (eg landscaping and community pools). The little Hitlers will also put some light fascism in the rules. Some understandable like leaving trash cans out indefinitely. Some less so like exterior paint colors.

  I’m generally not a fan of HOA for single family homes, but I’ve yet to hear of an alternative for multi family buildings (“condos” in most of America). How else do you decide what gets done to communal space?