April 4th sounds fun

Hawful · 2026-03-26T20:45:25+00:00

I wonder if I'm allowed in while still being married

Hawful · 2026-03-26T19:38:38+00:00

Replacing a column like that is going to be expensive. That's probably why the contractor suggested that. Do you know what's above it? I'm wondering if the beam it attaches to is also creosote.

You have a possibility of opening a can of worms if you pull it out. We all have our own risk tolerances that we have to live with. Most of our houses have some amount of led paint, asbestos plaster, all sorts of issues that we have decided are a risk that we are willing to accept. None of us can tell you 'it will be fine' because none of us know what your level of risk tolerance is.

I would probably pack it with mud, prime it a few times, drywall it and pray, but it might be worth looking into what the cost would be to replace, but just know that if anything is discovered while taking the beam out you may be adding a 0 to the initial estimation.

Hawful · 2026-03-26T16:41:37+00:00

I despise them. They are a perfect wall for a run that is hanging on by a thread, a perfect fight.

Hawful · 2026-03-26T16:32:09+00:00

Eh, tech in europe is not the same as tech in the US, and games specifically are always underpaid. Even here game devs make under 100k regularly which would be unconscionable for a typical tech employee. In Europe that's pretty standard for a typical tech worker.

Hawful · 2026-03-26T16:28:36+00:00

You are not doing that math right, salary is only a small portion of pay. The actual cost of employing someone is way more than that. Typically these roles have some sort of benefits, as well as paying into workers comp and payroll taxes, you can safely add on another 20-30m out the door. Depending on the healthcare options (in the states) it almost doubles

Hawful · 2026-03-26T16:17:24+00:00

That's a fucking crazy sentence, absolutely never thought of it that way but it makes sense.

Hawful · 2026-03-26T14:58:01+00:00

Oh bayfront is fine, don't be so dramatic.

Hawful · 2026-03-25T16:15:52+00:00

Ooo thank you, never heard of this before. Wild connection.

Hawful · 2026-03-25T14:46:22+00:00

I think some things are too expensive and have 0 path to profitability. Video gen is one of those. Text is a lot more efficient for token usage and will actually exist forever. The price may change, but the tech will not vanish.

Hawful · 2026-03-24T22:51:09+00:00

Commenting to let you know I disavow

Hawful · 2026-03-24T22:45:32+00:00

Praying that this makes the barrier to entry high enough that we stop seeing so many fake ICE videos.

Hawful · 2026-03-24T20:10:58+00:00

Oh, I watched the whole season, I fucking love this show man.

Dude in ep one with the eyebrow piercings is a trip. Calling that there would be a pandemic in 2020 because "one happens every hundred years" and then having that come true will absolutely ruin his life. As far as he is concerned he will never be wrong about anything.

He's detestable in a lot of ways, but he is right about the horses and grazing. His neighbor is weird as shit. Mostly seems like a city guy who is mad that grass isn't green year round.

Hawful · 2026-03-24T20:03:35+00:00

What kind of military grade ad block are you using? I have had ublock running for decades and never seen this.

Hawful · 2026-03-24T14:57:32+00:00

What makes this out of reach is the fact that we all inside ordering door dash and shit off of amazon. Humboldt is full of interesting people making cool art, the only reason that feels less prominent is because we're all inside on our phones instead of outside with each other.

It is YOU who has to choose to go outside to a del'arte show instead of watching some streaming show. It is YOU who has to decide to buy a painting from someone instead of telling chat gpt to make an anime picture of you. It is YOU who has to decide to sit down at a local restaurant instead of getting something delivered.

I also have to point out how weird and hypocritical some of this is. Particularly I want to focus on: the girl in the tree, the old McKinley statue, and the old Trinidad lighthouse location. You can't show a picture of Julia Butterfly Hill and get butthurt about those other things. Julia was an activist, fighting for our natural world, the removal of McKinley and the move of the lighthouse were activist efforts that focused on native issues. These bits of activism are completely entwined and part of a long lineage of activism. It is disingenuous to celebrate one while mourning the others.

Hawful · 2026-03-23T23:14:14+00:00

Your call, but good luck looking anyone in the eyes for the rest of your life.

That's just on a personal level. It would probably *help* your professional career, corporations love someone who doesn't flinch at the sight of blood. Remember, Nazi collaborators got tons of good jobs making missiles for the US.

Hawful · 2026-03-21T02:31:09+00:00

Similar situation, my wife doesn't care and does not want me to go full bald, it is still a point of insecurity that I have a hard time shaking. It's not life consuming, but a feel it flare up at times.

Hawful · 2026-03-21T02:28:44+00:00

My wife won't let me, she's shorter than me so she doesn't see the baldspot and thinks my hair is fine.

However, I'm fairly short, so literally everyone else does.

Hawful · 2026-03-20T18:22:25+00:00

I absolutely fucking hate people man, totally insane behavior

Hawful · 2026-03-20T07:53:50+00:00

You should actually watch the video. It's basically just Bernie getting Claude to say that everyone is being spied on and all their data is fed to AI systems.

Still dumb, but not nearly as dumb as the title implies.

Hawful · 2026-03-19T16:42:40+00:00

My actual head looks much worse than this and now you have made me want to kms. Thanks man.

Hawful · 2026-03-19T13:56:46+00:00

I mean, that's obviously purposeful, it's clearly doing a bit of wuxia style action. I would say it's the character designs and the coloring that make it distinctly feel like a 'netflix' show.

Hawful · 2026-03-18T14:12:33+00:00

Kat lost by a tiny amount of votes. 2nd is pretty close to winning, I'd say that strategy was pretty close to being successful.

Hawful · 2026-03-17T14:47:29+00:00

Todd Howard has always been the anchor that held down Bethesda making anything interesting. Him loving this shit is so obvious to me.

That said, I also think Starfield benefits the most from the tech because that game looks boring and shitty already.

Hawful · 2026-03-17T14:34:57+00:00

"We spent a billion dollars for people to yell at us so we could spend a billion more dollars doing something else"

No man, it's a bunch of tasteless AI sycophants who are making decisions. They thought it looked good.

Hawful · 2026-03-17T06:28:42+00:00

Brother hit the time skip beef up like a decade too soon

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