bstix
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- Comment on Anon spends time with his dad 5 hours ago:
Why don’t you two find a room and talk about games.
- Comment on The State of the Union 1 day ago:
Rabbit Hole:
- Comment on restraint 1 day ago:
It’s lice. You get 300 million lice.
Now, can you build the potato clocked, huh?
- Comment on You know you wanna 1 day ago:
Maybe this is the 1st. iteration still being copied because nobody bothers making a new design.
People also still say “hello” when they answer the telephone. That’s even older.
- Comment on whatever tf this is 1 day ago:
They used muzzle loaded cannons at his time, so it makes sense. It’s not only for direction, but for faster rate of fire.
- Comment on You know you wanna 1 day ago:
No, you’re not. The internet is unsurprisingly full of people being annoyed with just that.
The most valid explanation is that quotation marks used to mean something else. Before we had bold and italics and underscores, typographers would sometimes use quotation marks for emphasis. This kind of ancient mark-up language can be seen in advertising up until the 1950s or so. It is considered to be wrong now.
- Comment on Always there, just waiting. 4 days ago:
Try it, but don’t get disappointed if it doesn’t match your childhood memories at first try.
The ones my parents had in the garden wouldn’t be found in a store. They’re honestly just plain bad, but they’re the ones I remember most fondly.
- Comment on Always there, just waiting. 4 days ago:
Apples are much more useful in cooking, except for desserts, where pears are better.
- Comment on Always there, just waiting. 4 days ago:
How come?
- Comment on Furniture for sale 5 days ago:
Using the gift of knitwear. It’s so hip.
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- Comment on You want a easy way to convert Fahrenheit to Centigrade? Subtract 30 and divide by 2 1 week ago:
Honestly, no, I don’t want an easy way to convert.
I generally dislike temperatures.
- Comment on One of the most interesting things that happens when you are old 1 week ago:
Sometimes they’re right though.
Of course not if it’s a verifiable fact, but as I’ve grown older, I have seen plenty of historical “facts” getting proven to be wrong. All it takes is for a young mind to challenge the existing views.
Having an open mind is more important than being right. Most inventions happen by accident while pursuing something else, something wrong.
- Comment on Can't believe it's been renamed for a year now! 1 week ago:
Some people will argue that reversing everything would set a precedent for future governments.
Fuck those people.
It has already been proven that the republicans have no intention of honoring previous decisions. There is no high road any longer. Everything must go.
- Comment on Rage for the machine? 1 week ago:
I imagine a conservative drummer to be someone who shows up with a snare only.
- Comment on Programming socks? 1 week ago:
Num pad is faster than num row because you can use the thumb on zero, allowing you to use all 5 fingers without ever moving the hand.
However the secret to achieve true mad man number typing speeds is to use both hands. Num row is for the left hand. Num pad is for the right hand.
This can be optimized by positioning your left hand on 1 to prepare yourself for Benford’s Law which tells us that a majority of numbers start with 1.
Actual numbers also includes many zeros (but rarely starts with one). The fat zero key on num pad has room for two fingers, just saying.
- Comment on Annon punches a Nazi 1 week ago:
Video for anyone who hasn’t seen it
- Comment on Cat 1 week ago:
Is that close to Nassau without the N?
- Comment on How does this thing work? (wrong answers only) 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, that’s what I mean. 90% of people would be wrong.
This is what it looks like on the back:
- Comment on Praise Be 2 weeks ago:
Three wise men decided to stop by for no reason.
- Comment on How does this thing work? (wrong answers only) 2 weeks ago:
If someone posted how it actually works, it would probably get upvoted, because the real explanation is more exoticthan what most people think.
The fan is connected to a small electric engine, powered by an electronic device in between the top and bottom parts. This device runs on fediverse upvotes.
- Comment on So how would you handle this? 2 weeks ago:
Put a cloth iron on top and leave it running.
- Comment on If God had wanted us to have nearly unlimited clean energy, He would have placed a fusion reactor into the sky. 2 weeks ago:
And then use the solar panels to power a water boiler.
- Comment on How do you communicate "sorry, my bad" when you make a mistake while driving? 2 weeks ago:
Remember to say toodle-oo like an old lady while waving.
- Comment on To USB, or not to USB 2 weeks ago:
I’ll have you know that I put my entire OS installation on a broken USB stick that I found on a parking lot.
The plastic case keeps falling off, but it works fine.
- Comment on Usually a horrible interaction for all involved 3 weeks ago:
Some union agreements have rules against that, so that they’re obliged to inform you in advance if the meeting has potential consequences for your employment.
Or, it can be more subtle, that they are obliged to inform you of your right to bring an observer to the meeting.
It won’t save you from getting sacked, but it might give you a better chance of getting compensated when the company inevitably forgets to do it right…
- Comment on Anon hangs out with a coworker 3 weeks ago:
I miss my first apartment. I had more furniture, but life was simple. At least for a while.
My mistake was to help a friend out by inviting him for a beer after work. He had broken up with his girlfriend and needed a place of his own. I got him into an apartment in my building. Big mistake. The guy just couldn’t figure out how to be alone by himself. Every day just as I got home from work and sat down in my lawnchair, he’d ring my doorbell within 5 minutes wanting to hang out. It was alright for a while, but I soon got enough of socializing in all my free time. I’d rather be alone and do creative projects and such.
I told him off several times and explained how I needed personal time for myself, but he’d be back the very next day, not understanding how personal time could possibly take more than a few hours.
For the remaining time I lived there, I’d leave the door open, and just go on about my day whether or not he was around. The serenity was broken anyway.
- Comment on It's a "patience" building exercise? 3 weeks ago:
Depends on where in the world.
In my case, if it should happen to me, I would call the union and stop working immediately. The union would then contact the company to inform them of their obligation to pay me and of the fee which doubles every day until they pay. If they fail to pay me and the fees within the set deadline, which is usually 5 days, the working court would quickly send a declaration of bankruptcy. The company don’t get a say in that court. Only the unions of employees and the unions of employers have access. A simple matter like this is resolved quickly because unfortunately there are plenty of precedent cases.
At that point I wouldn’t really give a shit if the company pays or goes bankrupt, because my salary would be paid to me either way. If the company can’t pay, we have a fund to cover salaries to employees of bankrupted companies.
It’s somewhat more complicated for people outside of unions. They have to pay a lawyer to battle it through civil court. They’ll usually win but it can take months and cost a lot.
- Comment on Imagine looking at the first picture and thinking thats something to be proud of , lol, its mental illness 3 weeks ago:
Yes, all good here.
- Comment on Would the United States actually risk a Tiananmen Square incident? 3 weeks ago:
They used to be.
