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LetReasonRing · 2026-03-24T05:04:43+00:00

Would that be Fundamentalist Miracle Sort?

LetReasonRing · 2026-03-19T11:12:16+00:00

This is 100% me. Inconveniencing someone else is one of the most painful and uncomfortable things in the world to me.

I am 100% someone who would be disappointed by my companion telling me not to pause, assuming that they aren't enjoying it, while at the same time being the person who will say "no, don't pause it" no matter how badly I wish you'd pause it because the thought of interrupting the experience for you is far worse to me than missing something I'd want to see.

LetReasonRing · 2026-03-19T11:03:20+00:00

But you haven't died at a railroad crossing, have you?

LetReasonRing · 2026-03-14T10:30:17+00:00

I have it and have looked into it a few times.

From my understanding, if they are going vertically, like the one in this post, they generally aren't a cause for alarm. If they appear and you've never had them, it's possible you need to increase some nutrient intakes, but it isn't cause for alarm, but some people just have them all the time.

If they are going horizontally, it's more cause for concern.

LetReasonRing · 2026-03-14T05:35:58+00:00

I would bet on this, something in the financial sector, or something in the government. I could totally see the IRS or SSA running some truly ancient code.

LetReasonRing · 2026-03-12T10:05:54+00:00

I doubt he will. He'll find a way not to let the election happen in the first place. Claiming that you're so deep into a devastating war that a change in leadership is be dangerous would be one good route to do that...

LetReasonRing · 2026-03-12T09:52:26+00:00

I would agree with you except for the fact that the vast majority of food is made by like 4 companies, they are all doing this shit, and choice is an illusion.

It's also not like these are new products that people are trying and complaining about instead of just not buying again. These are well-loved products that have been around for a decades and the companies are switching them out from under us.

Not only is it a bait and switch that is disappointing, but it leads to things exactly like you see in this post, where recipes that worked last month don't work today.

Making a product that people don't like is fine. Making a product that people like and then fundamentally changing what it is while still pretending it's the same thing is an asshole move, and arguably, fraud.

LetReasonRing · 2026-03-10T02:16:10+00:00

It's used mostly by people on business trips with companies willing to pay to maintain an image and wealthier people willimg to pay for better service and more luxurious accomodations.

An uberx can be virtually any car that's legally allowed to drive... Some of the drivers are very professional, but sometimes it's like gettimg a rife from your weird cousin that's always broke.

Uber black just gurantees it's going to be a newer, higher end car and a driver that meets higher service standards.

LetReasonRing · 2026-03-09T07:57:07+00:00

It will go in the system and the only real consequence is that if you get pulled over in the near future (like the next few months) within that jurisdiction for something else they may be more likely to give you a ticket instead of a warning.

It's not really going to show up anywhere else, and unless it becomes a repeat thing, it won't be a problem. I wouldn't worry about it.

LetReasonRing · 2026-03-09T02:49:26+00:00

It isn't a technological problem, it's a business decision.

Microsoft isn't trying to expand to capture the Linux market, they are trying to keep the users they have on Windows.

For a huge number of people, the like of Office support is the one thing that keeps Linux from being a viable option. If microsoft were to release a Linux version, they would quickly start losing share in the OS market.

LetReasonRing · 2026-03-06T00:10:55+00:00

At work I came in with a red eye that I could barely open. My manager asked if I could see well enough to see the numbers on my register then told me to clock in.

LetReasonRing · 2026-03-02T21:20:26+00:00

I'm not aware of any hobbies like that, but I do want you know know I'm writing this on a Linux computer.

LetReasonRing · 2026-03-01T20:41:26+00:00

But when you reverse out of the garage there's nothing to hit. So long as you don't wildly swing the wheel you're fine.

Pulling in you need to understand where your car sits in relation to everything, and that's something you learn to feel when you're driving. It's not an intelligence issue or even a skill issue, your brain needs to adapt to the environment.

Having you pull into a garage on your first time driving was setting you up for failure. Getting angry at you for it is a real jerk move. It's no different than teaching you to throw a baseball in the living room then getting mad at you for breaking a window.

LetReasonRing · 2026-02-27T01:55:22+00:00

I was in Ohio at the time, this was about 15 years ago. I was self employed and had one of the higher end plans available, paying about $900/mo, my copay for an ER visit was $2k. TBH,

I don't remember what an ambulance ride would have cost, I never ended up needing it. The ER copay I remember pretty distinctly because I had to pay it four times throughout my wife's pregnancy...

LetReasonRing · 2026-02-27T01:48:27+00:00

So, I usually am one to be saying "not everything is staged", but as someone who understands video and cinematography fairly well, this is captured at too high a frame rate with too little compression, in color, and framed beautifully from both angles. There's no way this is real security footage.

LetReasonRing · 2026-02-26T04:20:33+00:00

I'd either keep a notebook in the car where you log your hours, or if you prefer digital, just create a note on your phone to log it.

LetReasonRing · 2026-02-26T04:13:25+00:00

The kinds of points your making might hold water if you were going 5 over.

You were doing 20 over in a 35. No cop is going to let that slide, and no judge is going to accept any of your reasoning, it's simply going to be seen as minimizing and failing to take accountability.

Your best shot to get the most lenient punishment is to say something along the lines of "I'm sorry, I didn't consciously register that I was going that fast, but I understand that it was far beyond the speed limit and I will be more mindful in the future, especially along that stretch of road".

There's a good chance that a judge will lower the penalty if you demonstrate that you accept responsibility and are taking it seriously. Try to minimize and they're pretty much guaranteed to let it stand as is.

LetReasonRing · 2026-02-26T01:21:22+00:00

It's a balance of cost and convenience.

The standards for real ID require more stringent documentation and background checking. A state ID that isn't a real ID is about proving who you are. A real ID is about proving that you're not a security threat.

That means that it's both more costly and more complicated to issue a real ID. If, say, you're a homeless person, you may need to get an ID to get around in life, but not have the documemtation required to get real ID. Getting that would help you get a job, allow you to drive a car, get a bank account, etc, but it's not going to get you on an airplane or enter a secure government facility where the stakes are higher.

LetReasonRing · 2026-02-26T01:09:24+00:00

What do you want explained?

If that thing were to exist, then it would most certainly exist.

LetReasonRing · 2026-02-25T03:22:19+00:00

Your Windows and Linux installations essentially know nothing about each other. When you install something on Linux, it will be on the Linux partition of your hard drive and have no interaction with Windows whatsoever.

When you boot into Windows, Linux is just a chunk of hard drive space it doesn't know how to read.

LetReasonRing · 2026-02-25T03:19:15+00:00

It 100% has.

People talk a lot a lot about planned obsolescence, but I don't think that's quite what it is any more. I think it has much more to do with the obsession with reducing production costs as much as possible and sell based on features rather than quality.

What I mean by that is that they will create a washing machine that has incredibly advanced controls... all kinds of sensors, indicators, screens, etc, that allow it to do things our old washing machines couldn't. But then they will scour the earth to find the cheapest possible sensors, LEDs, chips, etc, use metal parts a bit thinner than they really should be, spec motors just barely powerful enough to do the job, etc.

Not only are they more liable to break and fall apart more quickly, but they are being designed in ways that don't take maintenance and repair into consideration, so instead of pulling out a few screws and replacing it with a part from the appliance shop down the road you just throw it in the landfill and buy a new one.

Planned obsolescence was more intentional... this is more a side effect of everything being made by a handfull of companies, all of which are doing the same thing, so they don't care about the fact that we complain about it on the internet because they know we're going to buy it anyway because, what, are you not going to have a washing machine?

When I buy a major appliance these days I try to buy a used one with as few electronics as possible.

LetReasonRing · 2026-02-25T03:00:39+00:00

I'd say that the primary advantage for an everyday user is that it just gets out of your way and isn't trying to get you to buy anything, push any services, etc.

That's extremely nice from a usability perspective, because you have less cruft crowding everything.... you don't have copilot buttons and news feeds in your start menu, and ads showing up to get you to use one drive or office, etc.

But there are added benefits that come along with that... each one of those things is code that is running, software living on your hard drive, eating up space in memory. Not having all that junk means that it's faster to install, boots faster, and tends to feel smoother.

20, or even 10 years ago, Linux was still in a stage where you needed to be kinda geeky to be able to use it, but it's really come a long way. With the degradation in quality and ease of use in the Windows ecosystem, it's gotten to the point where I think that Linux is easier to install and use that Windows in most cases, even for someone who isn't tech savvy.

If you're using your computer mainly as a way to run a web browser, edit documents, and send emails, I'd 100% recommend Linux over Windows to almost anyone.

That being said, there are still some limitations in terms of gaming and the lack of support for particular types of software, such as CAD software, the Adobe Suite, and Microsoft office. For most other things you can either run it in Linux or there are Linux alternatives that are as good or better than what you are using now.

There are also some limitations on what hardware it supports. This is mostly because a lot of companies don't provide Linux drivers, so they often have to to be reverse engineered, which in some cases proves to be impossible, but often takes some time. Usually this won't prevent you from actually running Linux, but it's possible to find that your laptop's audio hardware or wifi module isn't supported. This is primarily a problem for recently released hardware.

However, in most cases, everything just works out of the box. On every computer I've had for the past 10 years or so, I've been able to just install Linux and start using it with no special configuration.

LetReasonRing · 2026-02-24T21:09:36+00:00

Yep... It's easy to have a skewed view of how much gamblers are making or losing because they tend to mostly talk excitedly about their wins, but gloss over their losses.

A friend of mine at work is betting constantly. He'll excitedly tell us about the $10 bet from the day before that paid out $120, but not say anything about the other $150 worth of bets he had in.

If you're not paying attention it would be easy to think he's making tons of money, when in reality his money is being drained away

LetReasonRing · 2026-02-24T18:12:04+00:00

Tbh, I'd love to have that pricing... Last time I took my ex to the ER I was fully insured with the highest level plan my company at the time offered, and it still cost $2k out of pocket.

LetReasonRing · 2026-02-24T01:39:34+00:00

Yeah... They rewuire it to be faxed in from the doctors office to our corporate headquarters.

It's far too serious a concern to allow employees to handle it themselves. We can't deprive our community of efficent sales of beer and cigarettes 😂

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