dhork

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨hockey team owner selfishly engraves his whole family on the Stanley Cup⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, it’s the same trophy. There are metal bands where they engrave the names every year. The trophy can only hold about 50 years worth of names, though. When it fills up, they replace the oldest metal band and send it to the Hockey Hall of Fame to make room for new names.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mitch McConnel's Wikipedia page has been heavily edited the last few days, with the last ones being 4 hours ago. So around 1PM EST. What could that mean?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Um, it means they are actively editing it? Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

  There’s a whole section now on “Mid-2026 hospitalization and death rumors”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What should I do with boxes of old photos?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Why feel bad? They’re just things. If you have them scanned in then you can reprint them whenever you want.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I need to book travel and the only airline's booking system is down⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Sorry to hear about your troubles.

  First the obvious: are you sure it’s the website that isn’t working? Could it be whatever device/browser you are on? Many airlines have apps now, can you book a ticket on the app?

  Most airlines still have telephone numbers, you can try calling them, although they will probably charge a fee to book o er the phone. If the airport is close to you, you can also still go to the counter and buy a ticket if you need to. (Again, they will charge a fee for that.) However, if you explain the situation to an actual human they might have the latitude to waive some of the fees.

  However, you might also want to check to see if a different airline can get you there with a connection. flights.google.com is a very good search engine for that now. Just put in the two airports, and it will show you all the flights you can take.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Something kept poking my leg on my mid-morning flight to Nashville⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Oops! Sorry I dropped my pickle juice

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Data from the 2023 Insomniac leak showed that most first party Playstation games sold more physical discs than digital copies⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Exactly! And maintaining the plant to make physical discs costs money. Sony can reduce costs by forcing everyone to digital copies. Customers will ultimately go along with it, because they understand their personal preferences are not worth as much as an extra $0.50 per game in profit.

  Won’t anyone think of the shareholders?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are we SURE Reagan didn't cheat in the elections???⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s gonna be Newsom vs. Donald Trump Jr

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If the temple bell rings in Kyoto at the exact moment the tide hits the shore in Osaka, does the sound travel faster over the concrete or does the humidity in the air compress the distance between them?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Roses are red

  Violets are blue

  I am a bot

  Am so are you

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If the temple bell rings in Kyoto at the exact moment the tide hits the shore in Osaka, does the sound travel faster over the concrete or does the humidity in the air compress the distance between them?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The sound goes so fast, in fact, that you can hear the bell before OP can finish the post

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Specifically, the 13th amendment, which abolished* slavery:

  Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Was Alex Jones right about anything?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If Alex Jones told me it was sunny out I would bring my umbrella.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not that Australia is “in the future”, it’s that local time is oriented toward when the sun is up. I am posting this at 1150 Saturday US Eastern Time, which happens to be 1550 Saturday UTC and 0050 on Sunday Sydney time, but it’s all the same actual time.

  Publishers have a choice to make: either release at the same time worldwide in UTC and have to pick which markets get it in the middle of the night, or release in stages worldwide and put up with the fact that one it gets released on one market, enterprising people will figure out a way to play it from anywhere. If it’s an online game, and they are already planning worldwide access, they probably are planning their server rollout regionally, and can turn on the game in each region at a different UTC time of they want to.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  surely they wouldnt have invested trillons on it if it was garbage

  Oh, my sweet summer child.

  “They” didn’t invest trillions of their own money in it. They invested a few million, built up some hype, and got other people to invest more, so now their millions are billions. And they are smart enough to sell before it all collapses.

  They make their billions even though it’s garbage. Heck, they make billions because they know it’s garbage before everyone else does.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Put your seat back or no?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The way I look at it, it’s a shared resource. You are just as “entitled” to the space as the person behind you.

  If I need the space, I will try and use it. But, I will move back slowly, and stop if I meet any resistance. There is nothing worse than having someone slam their seat back into your laptop (or worse, onto your knees…)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is the deal with IPv6?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I think people are missing a main point here. There is nothing wrong with IPv4, it works. It just can’t scale globally anymore, it doesn’t have enough space.

  If you are running a worldwide network with millions of nodes, IPv6 is essential. But for things that are smaller than that, it becomes less essential. But what’s the best metric for adoption, how many small offices or home labs adopt it? Or how many large, worldwide networks?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is it like traveling with two passports at the same time?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I am not a dual citizen, but know several. The benefit is that you have all the rights of a citizen in either country, the chief benefit is that you can stay in either country as long as you want to, and not worry about any visa limits.

  The main drawback is that you are subject to all of the regulations in both countries, and if you get in some sort of legal trouble in one country, the other country can’t help you at all. (Of course, they may not have helped either way).

  If you are a citizen of a country, you often must show that passport when entering. So these people frequently travel with both passports, and when going to a third country, use whichever one is most advantageous.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How prevalent are cash transactions in the USA?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, cash is still very much in use in the US. And you can pay the IRS in cash, at least for amounts less than $1000. But checks are also in use here. I’ve bought a few cars with cashier’s checks and nobody has given me a hassle about it.

  However, there are certain venues now that will not accept cash at all. Theme parks, stadiums, concerts: they are mostly places where places to spend money are spread out, and the burden of physically handling the cash is a lot. I have seen theme parks with kiosks at the entrance to convert people’s cash into VISA debit card accounts just to facilitate this. I guess they think it makes it all more efficient.

  I will say that while I still carry around cash, after the pandemic I refuse to carry around loose change. Why would I? I will never need to use a pay phone anymore, and most parking meters can be topped up from your phone. Anytime I buy something in cash and get change, I usually just out it in the tip jar, because there is no more room in that jar on the dresser.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do people have an issue with people in their mid-20s dating much older people?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  DOESN’T THE GRIM REAPER TALK IN ALL CAPS?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What’s the difference between communism and socialism?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Socialism: If you have two cows, you give one to your neighbor.

  Communism: If you have two cows, you give them to the government and the government then gives you some milk.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is the "everyday stuff" supposed to feel normal? Do y'all just have a parent do things then when you're supposed to be the adult you panic?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It can be anxiety inducing the first time you do anything on your own like that. Rest assured, though, that you are not the only young adult feeling this way. Just do it, make a few mistakes in the process, and then you will be fine. Plus, you will know better next time.

  With regards to the passport photo, it’s fine, just look at the guidelines thoroughly as they are very specific in terms of your background and stuff. In particular, you’re not supposed to use a selfie, because the angle will be all wrong. (You can use a cell phone pic with the proper background and lighting, they just recommend that someone else actually take the picture at the proper angle). Having said that, my last passport pic was a selfie which I took from arms length, and they accepted it…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US hardware sales rose 69% in March 2026 following strong Switch 2 performance | US Monthly Charts⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Nice

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you (a regular American citizen) had actionable, insider knowledge about the US Federal Government/Military and felt the public should know, how would you tell everyone?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hit up Polymarket, move the proceeds to crypto, move yourself to a non-extradition country, then spill the beans. It’s much easier to be in the wrong side if the US military industrial complex when you don’t have to rely on working for income.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Phineas and Ferb: Why is Django?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I didn’t quite remember this character (even after all the times my kids watched this show), so I looked him up, and it turns out the voice actor is one of the creator’s kids. So, he sounded like a “real boy” because he was.

  The character’s entire purpose for existing was to provide some royalty checks to the kid.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Whats a good etiquette to show you are doing a U turn in a left turn, so the cars behind you know?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  All you can do is go slower, and hope the oncoming traffic realizes what you are doing. Try yo slow dow whe approaching the intersection so it’s not all so sudden.

  There is a left turn lane near where I live where U-turns are explicitly allowed, on a divided road, at a light with a dedicated left turn/u-turn lane and turn arrow. It’s not the cars you behind you you have to worry about, though. It’s the oncoming traffic that would turn right, that has a red light when you are making your U-turn, but they assume you are turning left and can make their right on red (perhaps without stopping like they should).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨So... is Iran blocking the Strait thing and then the US is also blocking it? So is it like... double blocked? Is it like "no you can't close the Strait, I'm closing it"?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The best I can tell, Iran aims to block the whole strait, while letting their own traffic through. And the US just wants to blockade Iranian ports, and let the rest of the traffic through.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there any way I can study Marxist theory in a way that wouldn't seem too boring or dry?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I would start with Duck Soup.

  Which Marx Brother is your favorite?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why the world doesn't have a backup plan for the oil crisis?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There are backup plans, they are just more costly. Big Gas companies will just pass that cost down the line. Trust me, those companies were never in danger of losing money.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No, you won’t have to pay taxes on that cash when importing it. But you can bet that CBP will ask nosy questions where you got it. And unless you can satisfy them that you got it by legitimate means, they will assume you got it by illegal means and confiscate it. It’s called “civil asset forfeiture”. Look it up.

  Now, this situation is one of the few legitimate use cases for crypto. Find someone locally who will sell you a few hundred BTC with that cash, and now CBP has nothing to find at the airport. Then cash it out once you are in the States. The IRS would still be interested in where you got the money, be cause they monitor all the ways to get cash out of the Crypto ecosystem I to the US. But, as long as you have documentation of your lottery win (and crypto transfers) and file it all it shouldn’t be an issue. I would prefer to take my chancds as a documemted rich person by the IRS than as a rando who shows up at Newark with a briefcase of foreign currency.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨did the Artemis crew really spend 10 days pooping in their diapers?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The toilet handled solid and liquid waste differently. Solid waste was stored for disposal on earth, liquid waste was stored in a smaller container and intended to be periodically vented out into the void. But the mechanism for that froze, and the container they had to store it in was too small for the whole trip, so they had to use a backup supply of pee bags for pee instead of the toilet.

  I wonder if we were saved from an even worse fate, and if the toilet had worked as planned we would be destroyed at some point in the future by a race of aliens who we accidentally peed on

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Adult costume for Frozen themed children’s party⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That may not work the way you think it will, but that’s a spoiler for the second movie, IIRC.