somewhiteguy

@somewhiteguy@infosec.pub

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You can only bring back one. Which do you choose?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  We were in there once or twice a month getting solder and random assortment of components for little home projects we had going. The workers also knew how to help and always had suggestions for the projects we were doing. I remember the day we (grandpa and I) went into the store and realized it wasn’t the same anymore. Only a small selection of components and the whole front was full of RC cars and random expensive electronic gadgets nobody asked for. We only went back once or twice, but it became evident that we can’t find what we were looking for there anymore. We started sourcing our parts from overseas vendors for fractions of a cent per unit, but we had to buy in bulk. We stopped doing those small projects because it was taking too long to get components and the cost was out of hand with thousands of unused components in boxes in the project room taking up space. Well, made myself sad for the morning.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Very small deal⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No, but in the area we were in at the time it was mainly flat-bottomed aluminum boats. All of them were similar sizes, so pretty generic plugs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Very small deal⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Grandpa always had 3-5 in the glovebox of his truck. One would always get left somewhere or someone at the boat launch would be swearing about missing theirs and he’d give them one. Just one of those things you have to keep around.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you have used this you are immune to all disease.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That was the end of the roll. It wasn’t a continuous loop, just 100-ish feet of towel that they needed to wash periodically.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Time sure flies. I remember pausing my N64 to watch the news coverage.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  en.wikipedia.org/…/Chris_Rock–Will_Smith_slapping…

  I know it’s a shitpost. I still had to look it up. Honestly couldn’t remember when this happened.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why Do Sites Keep Shoving Features We Don’t Want Down Our Throats?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There are extensions that make those kinds of thing disappear permantly. Life has been hood since enabling that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon experiences freedom⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I would love to agree here, but I live in an area where they do such a piss-poor job of announcing when people need to vote, that even I have a hard time knowing all of the things and when they happen. I signed up for email/text alerts and they only go out a few days before voting day. For some people, that is not enough time to plan to be off and be at the polling place.

  The system is broken.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pour one out for Jimmy.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Houma, La

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pour one out for Jimmy.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I do the same with m&m and skittles.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon gets rid of crackheads⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If you’re going to do this, use blanks or shotgun with birdshot. That way you’re not raining lead on some unsuspecting person a mile or so away and birdshot is just small bbs that don’t have a high terminal velocity.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How did marking corrections with the astrisk originate?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Literature has been using asterisks, daggers, double daggers, etc. to denote markups, notes, corrections, whatever for centuries.

  This is going to sound condescending and it’s not intended that way, but read a book. Not a fiction, but non-fiction. Biographies that need research, science texts on detailed subjects, psychology with many interpretations, really anything outside of a storybook.

  Have fun learning, and this is not a dumb question. You’re on the right track.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You're Supposed To Be Glad Your Tesla Is A Brittle Heap Of Junk --- [Opinion]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Here is the Reuters link in case you want to skip the opinion piece. reuters.com/…/tesla-musk-steering-suspension/

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The fact that people this stupid exist⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  The best thing for my family was that we were in St Jude with our daughter while the rest of the world lost their minds. I was able to speak directly to Infectious Disease doctors that had nothing to do with anything but researching for cancer patients. They had worked with the original doctors for the Covid vaccine, and how long it had been in development as we learned more about the disease. People were just going off ignorance. Just because you don’t know, doesn’t mean everyone else is trying to lie to you.