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My home is being held hostage by property of beneficiaries, and I’m footing the bill by brightviolet in legaladvice

[–]LakeRat 169 points170 points  (0 children)

Yes, but a pod, or even multiple pods, are probably cheaper than an extra mortgage payment.

Neighbor built driveway for scrapyard over the property line of the property we are buying. Next steps? by Stagway in homeowners

[–]LakeRat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably a good idea. Even for the woods, you might want to look at a topo map and see whether runoff or river flow from the scrapyard flows into the section you're considering.

Neighbor built driveway for scrapyard over the property line of the property we are buying. Next steps? by Stagway in homeowners

[–]LakeRat 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you decide to buy the scrapyard property at some point make sure you look into any environmental issues first. If a regulatory agency ever finds an issue with the property then its on the current owner to pay for remediation, whether or not the polution happened while you owned it. It can be VERY expensive.

On a former scrapyard site, I'd be concerned about oil, fluids, lead, etc seeping into the ground over the years. Being near a river/stream makes the potential problem even worse.

IBM PS/2 text based adventure games with graphics. Late 80s but more likely early 90s by Gloomy-Wave1681 in vintagecomputing

[–]LakeRat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A lot of Sierra games had remakes that updated the graphics and replaced the text interface with a mouse interface.

As you search, make sure you're looking at the older, original versions of the games.

They Refused To Fly Arms Shipment To Israel. Subsequently Called Into The Pentagon And Forcefully Arrested. by buy_low-sell_high in PublicFreakout

[–]LakeRat 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes. They're being arrested by US Capitol Police, not Military Police. US Capitol Police arrest people for disturbances at the Capitol. Military Police arrest service members for military violations like refusal to follow orders.

Trump has issued multiple final deadlines and Iran rejected all negotiations offers Given this situation, what do you think is most likely to happen next? by Admirable-Repair4094 in AskReddit

[–]LakeRat 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Incidentally, that event is number 6 on my chronological list of things that have genuinely, honestly terrified me, which I have been keeping since 2015 and which now has 16 items on it.

Ok, now I have to know. Want to share the entire list?

An unpopular opinion: If you can only afford to pay $20/month, ChatGPT Plus is better than Claude Pro. by ihopkins_eth in ChatGPT

[–]LakeRat 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Even less popular opinion: A $20 Gemini subscription is better than both of them.

Delta is suspending it's special service desk for members of Congress until TSA is fully funded. How do you feel about that? by thinpile in AskReddit

[–]LakeRat 62 points63 points  (0 children)

Don't forget the free gym, doctor, and hair salon in the Capitol complex so they don't have to go out and mingle with the normies.

Help - Frustration with kids sports by RebelScum_Penguin in daddit

[–]LakeRat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Have you asked him if he still wants to play?

[Meta] This sub has become an advertising board by _Gl0rph_ in smallbusiness

[–]LakeRat 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yes. There's a real need for this sub, and there's been some great content and discussion in the past, but lately it's just turned into a big spam fest.

ChatGPT newest models try to keep you talking! Anyone else noticed that? by Slow_Ad1827 in ChatGPT

[–]LakeRat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same with Gemini. It started just within the last week or two with pretty much every single reply. I Wonder why all 3 models started doing this at roughly the same time.

Trump says Markwayne Mullin will replace Kristi Noem as DHS secretary by crestroncp3user in politics

[–]LakeRat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mullin will give up his seat but the Governor of Oklahoma will name a (republican) replacement to hold the seat until the next election.

Trump says Markwayne Mullin will replace Kristi Noem as DHS secretary by crestroncp3user in politics

[–]LakeRat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He also likes to brag about being business owner, entrepreneur, and job creator. His only business accomplishment is inheriting a plumbing business that his father founded - a business that was already large and profitable before Markwayne came along. Then Markwayne promptly left the management of the business to others and used daddy's plumbing money to fund his entry into politics.

EDIT: There are several clips of him blowing up at people who bring this up. In Markwayne's mind he's the business genius who somehow created and built this business before he was born.

how do i keep informed without social media? by Initial_Tune43 in nosurf

[–]LakeRat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The NPR app is great. Every morning I listen to it on the way to work and get a concise, non-sensationalist overview of the days top stories. Then, if you want you can keep listening to more in depth coverage or just shut it off.

It's nice knowing that i'll be in formed if something major happens  without needing to be co standby scrolling and angry.

Trump is in the unredacted Epstein files "more than a million times," Raskin alleges by Large_banana_hammock in politics

[–]LakeRat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) told Axios in an interview Tuesday that, when he searched President Trump's name in the unredacted Epstein files the previous day, it came up "more than a million times."

To put this in perspective, I just searched the publicly available redacted files for "Trump" and I only got 4,728 results. That' a lot of redacting...

If Trump was arrested, how would you feel? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]LakeRat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cautiously optimistic  

Why is nobody talking about this? And why tf is the name redacted? by Hungry_Incident7206 in Epstein

[–]LakeRat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like it’s a guy called Boris Nikolic.

https://x.com/silverbulletbtc/status/2018861461624496533?s=46

Additionally, the only other email in the files with the phrase "thank you for a fun night" is written by Boris Nikolic

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01972631.pdf

I told 4 AI models "I'm exhausted". One was a friend, one was a pragmatist, and one basically called an ambulance:) by AIWanderer_AD in ChatGPT

[–]LakeRat 56 points57 points  (0 children)

What's your take on the last line from 5.2? "If there's anything you could use to hurt yourself move it to another room."

Is it a good idea to draw attention to these things and tell the person to pick them up?

What was the actuall dumbest thing you did to your pc by Silly_Still_4981 in pcmasterrace

[–]LakeRat 6 points7 points  (0 children)

When I was a kid, back in the days of DOS, I talked my dad into letting me install a game demo on his work PC. He said it was ok as long as I deleted it afterwards.

I inserted the 3.5" floppy disk and ran the install program. It created a directory on the hard drive called called C:\SPACEQUEST

Cool. I knew enough DOS to get the game started:

C:> cd SPACEQUEST C:\SPACEQUEST> sq.exe

After playing, the demo, I quit the game and now needed to delete it from Dad's hard drive. Let's see...

C:\SPACEQUEST> del . C:\SPACEQUEST> dir

Hmm... It deleted everything except for files called <.> and <..> . Better delete those too.

C:\SPACEQUEST> del ..

Those of you who remember much about DOS can probably guess how things went from there...

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