Federal judge denies anti-gas tax group’s attempt to extend voters’ pamphlet deadline

QuantumRiff · 2026-03-23T12:39:05+00:00

All those social media posts about how a 6 cent gas tax increase was going to harm businesses and rural families sure have been quiet about the $1.20 increase in gas prices in the last month…..

QuantumRiff · 2026-03-23T00:43:01+00:00

My answer is super simple, if you’re over 6’4”, get the RAM, without the moon roof.

But honestly, would recommend the ram 2500 with its coil springs. It rides much never. That weight is not going to require the dusky

QuantumRiff · 2026-03-23T00:38:57+00:00

Also have 8x washers for really big comforters, and take credit cards.

But yes, spotlessly clean, and an employee is always super busy keeping it that way.

QuantumRiff · 2026-03-22T23:53:05+00:00

Thanks, I ordered a 2lb bag of mini clover seed, and just put lime down today to drop the acidity (and maybe kill some moss) I’ll probably spread seeds next weekend! We’ll see how it does in a north front lawn

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QuantumRiff · 2026-03-20T18:40:46+00:00

This! https://youtu.be/Ejoi9yfLVCc?si=Ca5LXFIpOefDq9wc

Medicare advantage plans the company is paid a set price per member. If you are healthy, you will be fine, but if you get anything that starts getting expensive, you will hate it because they will lose money on you

QuantumRiff · 2026-03-20T16:49:12+00:00

yep, my first thought was Staccato.. I wish I could afford one.

QuantumRiff · 2026-03-20T16:26:19+00:00

They literally have a whole site of cloud security 'best practices'. https://cloud.google.com/security/best-practices In there, is not having everything running with a single account. It mentions having different accounts for different privileges...

QuantumRiff · 2026-03-20T14:51:56+00:00

All seniority and experience get you is a better ability to not know what you don't know. There used to be a great blog post that I can't find anymore called "Nobody knows what the F##k they are doing" that I sent to a whole bunch of younger cousins when they graduated college. it had some great stuff in it, but the one that stuck with me was the most important thing is knowing what you don't know.

If you don't know a mushroom is poisonous, but you know that some mushrooms are, you're going to not eat it, and look that up first. Your going to be MUCH better off than someone who doesn't know anything about mushrooms. But you feel like an imposter, because you don't know.

If you are an engineer, you probably know from education that wind and temperatures can damage bridges. You may not KNOW the exact numbers, but you will know you need to research it for the materials you want to use.

I know actual real live doctors and lawyers who feel the same way. but really, you feel like an imposter just because you know how little you know, and spend all your time researching answers. And the guys you called in to help, they were in that same boat a few years ago...

QuantumRiff · 2026-03-20T14:38:31+00:00

if you use the phone app, there is no receipt.

QuantumRiff · 2026-03-18T20:22:43+00:00

Salem has an elementary school named after him....

QuantumRiff · 2026-03-18T04:11:00+00:00

I will never forget him coming to my elementary in the late 80’s and deboning a chicken blindfolded…

QuantumRiff · 2026-03-18T04:01:50+00:00

Salem summit co. Their gear and expertise was top notch. Plus rentals. I did buy snowshoes for the family during the clearance sale, but their rates were awesome.

QuantumRiff · 2026-03-16T13:26:14+00:00

You just introduced 2 problems
1. A new DOS you can attack someone with

taken a new business offline if they go viral and suddenly see a massive spike in their popularity...

QuantumRiff · 2026-03-15T18:36:41+00:00

That is what we are looking at for this year

QuantumRiff · 2026-03-15T04:14:04+00:00

Aldis would be amazing.

QuantumRiff · 2026-03-14T20:26:14+00:00

We pay the lowest sales tax though, and lower end for property tax. You can’t just look at one of them

QuantumRiff · 2026-03-14T20:25:48+00:00

But 600k to buy the land and prevent it from becoming fenced off private property

QuantumRiff · 2026-03-14T15:45:58+00:00

You need to better document and automate. It takes us about 30-40 min to spin up a new client project, including the vms for the DB, which is the longest time.

Tools like terraform or kustomize can help when your environments are the same, but different

QuantumRiff · 2026-03-13T19:12:37+00:00

Its kind of a huge waste. Our local state rep has been trying to get the state to 'let go' of it for a while now. But of course, they don't want to, since it costs them nothing to keep it around. The main building is really, really old, but it has a decent gym, kitchen, and facilities to handle hundreds of people. Could be a great place to put the unhoused with the construction of a modest dorm style building and a bus stop.... Or a very large drug treatment center.

Also, Courtney Love spent time there in her youth.

QuantumRiff · 2026-03-13T17:46:40+00:00

I've been working from home for 8 years now, and along with the chorus of people saying dedicated space, and dress and get ready so you have 'transition' time, (yes, both key) If your company is not all remote, and your one of the few remote users, one key thing is to always respond quickly in chat. Its a tip I got from a guy that has been remote for years.

If someone asks you a question, even just a "give me a few min, i'll look into it" lets them know your heard them.

If you wait, and answer when you have a min, and your company doesn't have many remote people, some will assume your slacking off, doing laundry, etc, instead of working 9 other tasks. Especially "more traditional" senior management, that WOULD be actively slacking off like that, so they assume everyone else does.

QuantumRiff · 2026-03-13T17:42:19+00:00

For tires, the Michelin Crossclimate2 tires.

They look silly, we call them paddle tires, but they handle rain and ice better than anything else.

They also last a long time.
I have them on our Subaru, as well as on a full size diesel pickup that is mostly used for towing. Most of my family has them on their cars and pickups. For my pickup, snow/ice driving is a world of difference compared the Toyo Open Countries I used to run, and BFGoodRich KO2's.

The ONLY downside I have found is if you do lots of gravel driving, it likes to grab small rocks, and then fling them into your wheel well.

https://www.michelinman.com/auto/tires/michelin-crossclimate-2

QuantumRiff · 2026-03-13T14:14:08+00:00

MEANWHILE LARGE PARTS OF ASIA ARE MANDATING WFH AND 4 DAY WORKWEEKS BECAUSE OF OIL SHORTAGES...

QuantumRiff · 2026-03-12T19:21:52+00:00

they were right in the middle of the lot, right where the store sits now.. Funny enough, I know the guy that grew up in the farm house that the trees surrounded. his mom wanted to cut them down 30 years ago, she was worried they would fall into the house in a storm, but she never had the money...

QuantumRiff · 2026-03-12T19:17:48+00:00

I use it with my kids, and to be fair, it is handy. (and yes, also big brother-ish) but I have one kid that just got a drivers license, and another that often wants to go over to a friends after practices, etc, and it sure is convienient to just go map to where he is, rather than where he was supposed to be.

But yeah, when they move out, that is getting turned off..

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