If I’m going Mint, it’s gonna be LMDE. I’ve always been a fan of Debian though.

I remember reading a while back that this could be solved now. As it turns out a particular type of crude oil exhibits all of these same properties and happens to be in an area controlled by the Byzantines. Sadly I can’t give more details to which type of crude, but with just the oil from that specific area, they were able to recreate all the cool effects Greek fire was infamous for.

I’m definitely not an authority on anything about it, but it passes the sniff test as to why no one was able to reproduce it for so long, had to be that specific crude which no one else had and by the time other civilizations had control of it, people were already fantasizing about what strange process must be involved in creating it.

I know it’s not a serious intro, but the theme to Aqua Teen Hunger Force has been rattling around in my head for nearly 25 years. Definitely a banger in my mind (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcd6wU86OgI).

You have to love how the SEC doesn’t give a fuck about all the money being won by trades just before fucked up tweets come out… Maybe the SF guy should have used a shell corporation to make that bet for him.

I’ve kicked myself in the ass over that decision a lot over the years. It’s far behind me now, but I still kinda regret it.

It would be tight, but not as impossible as it feels now; 680 seems a little low, my math had it closer to 730-ish. My mom got 40+ hours every week at a convenience store around that time, granted we didn’t have a new car (ever), but comparing it to now it seems impossible.

Maybe I’m misremembering but rent was cheap not very long ago, in early 2004-ish I was paying $250/mo for a very small 2 bed house and the lady I ended up marrying had just moved out of a single-wide trailer that she was paying $100/mo for. At that point I was working at one of the same stores my mother had worked at except I was getting $5.15/hr (minimum wage at the time).

Now it seems like cheap rent is 5x that much and minimum wage here is still just $7.15.

They did, that particular model was under 12k though so you were looking at 200-ish a month (5 year loan at 8%-ish) which was totally possible on the minimum wage of the day ($4.25/hr).

So glad my recent one has never seen the internet… Guess it will be my last Bravia.

I wish they would attempt to do that to all operating systems, that’s a hell of a wide net and I’m damn sure not holding up my ID for my thermostat.

That is a way better idea than what I’ve had tumbling around. I was thinking about using that tape meant for the back of couches to fix rips and just adding a couple bands around the case with it.

I love when electronics are built well enough to sustain 15+ years of use and abuse.

That is a way better idea than what I’ve had tumbling around. I was thinking about using that tape meant for the back of couches to fix rips and just adding a couple bands around the case with it.

I love when electronics are built well enough to sustain 15+ years of use and abuse.

Hey fellow 505 owner! It really is the best damn e-reader I could imagine, I bought mine back in 2009 and it is still perfect… Well except the case, it’s been peeling and looking rough for a good decade now.

Interestingly 1984 was the first book I read on it, but I agree, Fuck Amazon!

Some people, when they see an acronym, will replace it with the words it stands for in their head. A subset of that group of people get annoyed when the sentence gets all muddled up by repeated words; in this particular case, you said ‘CSAM material’, which their brain read as ‘child sexual abuse material material’.

It isn’t a big deal, but as one of those people, I totally get the urge to point it out (I’ve gotten pretty good at looking past it but it’s still a bit of a compulsion).

Obviously the reset isn’t quite sticking, otherwise why so much deja vu?

I used to work from home, now I drive 15 miles to sit in a building with nobody in it. It’s peaceful but pretty lonely given I might see someone in my building once every few weeks.

I don’t remember it from Seinfeld, but it totally tracks with the feel of their jokes. Sadly I haven’t seen Curb Your Enthusiasm or It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (figured that one was similar), they are on my list for if the wife ever gets into shows like that (I was able to get her into The Office and Parks and Rec which really weren’t in her wheelhouse).

Some countries it’s just the distributing part.

Thank you for everything you do to help people. I have a few EMTs in the family and the things they’ve seen and done are not something that just anyone can do!

All I’ve got on my rearview are some fuzzy dice I got for fathers day back in 2016.

When they are late, I tell the front desk to re-schedule and leave. I’ve had the dentist complain once or twice over the years but when two entities decide on a time for a meeting, that’s the time it needs to happen. Unlike the office, I’m having to cancel stuff I would normally be doing to be there, they are not.

Eventually I’ll be old and grumpy enough to start sending them bills for late cancellation (probably joking).

So hmm… The road through the neighborhood in front of my house is 25MPH, how fast can you peddle? The road connecting to it is 35MPH. I don’t know a single person that can peddle that fast yet they are legally able to use these streets provided they are wearing a helmet, remain within the lane going their direction of travel, and don’t use assistive technology that exceeds 25MPH.

I’ll personally just not excees the speed limit (maybe it’s age starting to play a role) and risk the ticket. People get pissed all the time because they would prefer to go faster than 25 or 35 on these roads, but the limit is the limit to me (until they change the wording).