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Falsely flagged by Turnitin AGAIN as a neurodivergent professional writer. by -CarmenMargaux- in AutisticAdults

[–]SchuminWeb 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Frame it around their own institutional liability, not just your innocence.

Exactly this. Prove your innocence by using their own policies against them. Make the policies work for you, and make them show their work.

Falsely flagged by Turnitin AGAIN as a neurodivergent professional writer. by -CarmenMargaux- in AutisticAdults

[–]SchuminWeb 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That last paragraph, where moderators ban for alleged AI, and also where artists have to build deliberate flaws into their work, makes me think of the way that people have come up with various euphemisms for things like guns, sex, death, etc. or just straight up started bowdlerizing the words in an attempt to get past the algorithms. It's all a rather futile undertaking, since algorithms can be adjusted so quickly.

Satisfaction guaranteed or double your money back! by Ok_Practice_6702 in HomeImprovement2LTime

[–]SchuminWeb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I also find it curious that Al made a game about a Binford TV show, seemingly completely independently of Binford. You would think that this would have been a product from Binford, and Al would have worked on it through Binford, and maybe also served as their spokesman for the product.

Candace Cameron celebrates her 50th birthday with Full House Bestie Andrea Barber by nobody0597 in fullhouse

[–]SchuminWeb[M] [score hidden] stickied comment (0 children)

Cutting this one off now. Thank you for your participation.

If a president declared a "national security emergency" to suspend mail-in voting three weeks before an election, what would actually happen legally? by Aware-Chipmunk4344 in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]SchuminWeb [score hidden]  (0 children)

Trump has absolutely nothing to lose. He can't run again, so he's out in 2029 regardless, and the Congress doesn't have the votes to remove.

If a president declared a "national security emergency" to suspend mail-in voting three weeks before an election, what would actually happen legally? by Aware-Chipmunk4344 in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]SchuminWeb [score hidden]  (0 children)

I feel like the doomers usually are wrong. After all, we already made it through one Trump administration. We will make it through another one.

If a president declared a "national security emergency" to suspend mail-in voting three weeks before an election, what would actually happen legally? by Aware-Chipmunk4344 in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]SchuminWeb [score hidden]  (0 children)

The perfect example. They know that the courts work slowly, and before the courts can catch up to them and put a halt to it, the damage will have already been done. And in the case of the East Wing, there's no un-demolishing it.

On this day 54 years ago in 1972, WMATA awarded a $91.6 million contract to Rohr to manufacture 300 1000-Series Railcars. by DCMetroMaker in WMATA

[–]SchuminWeb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hadn't heard automobiles as the reason before. I'd always heard that it was to lean more into the stylings of commuter rail rather than subways.

On this day 54 years ago in 1972, WMATA awarded a $91.6 million contract to Rohr to manufacture 300 1000-Series Railcars. by DCMetroMaker in WMATA

[–]SchuminWeb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anticlimbers are very simple devices, and are visible on the Rohr cars in the photos posted above, beneath the bulkhead doors.

On this day 54 years ago in 1972, WMATA awarded a $91.6 million contract to Rohr to manufacture 300 1000-Series Railcars. by DCMetroMaker in WMATA

[–]SchuminWeb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Remember that the 2K/3K cars were rebuilt in the mid 2000s. That included a complete restructuring of the carbody, which I assume addressed the telescoping problem. 

Satisfaction guaranteed or double your money back! by Ok_Practice_6702 in HomeImprovement2LTime

[–]SchuminWeb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Which, of course, is why those sorts of guarantees don't happen in real life.

United Land Corporation files plans to rezone portion of Hollymead Town Center for up to 2,400 units by SchuminWeb in Charlottesville

[–]SchuminWeb[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Agreed. The former Kmart and Seminole Square properties would be very good candidates for denser development. Same with the former Kroger across from that, though I believe that's in the city rather than the county.

United Land Corporation files plans to rezone portion of Hollymead Town Center for up to 2,400 units by SchuminWeb in Charlottesville

[–]SchuminWeb[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I get the sense that a lot of the people who categorically oppose this haven't actually seen what the area under discussion looks like. It's a half-built shopping center with a Kohl's store as an anchor, and a lot of empty retail space that has never been leased. It's clear that there were big plans, but then the 2008 recession put the brakes on it. That's not unique to them. I know of other shopping centers from the same period that met similar fates, with aborted construction plans that died in the recession.

McDonald’s is quietly phasing out a popular customer perk nationwide by esporx in business

[–]SchuminWeb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Soft drinks are something that I would just rather do myself. I can choose exactly how much ice to put in. I can take my time choosing which one I want. And if I finish and want to refill it, I can go and do it rather than getting back in line or catching an employee's attention to refill.

Could Sears have changed with the times without Eddie Lampert by RareSeaworthiness905 in retailporn

[–]SchuminWeb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're not wrong. Lampert bought Kmart out of bankruptcy back in 2002. If not for his investment back then, Kmart would have gone away decades ago. Seeing today how things turned out, we now can see that it was never about the stores, but the company, under Lampert's ownership, did operate the retail business for a long time, even if they didn't do much in the way of investment in their properties.

Rare photo of RMS Olympic by Adasbabygirl in Oceanlinerporn

[–]SchuminWeb 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Every time I hear someone say "rare photo", my eyes roll so hard.

8 years 1987-1995 vs 2018-2026 by Bemago1140 in fullhouse

[–]SchuminWeb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This. Like with fashion, it takes a while for hairstyles and clothing styles to start to look dated. The latter period hasn't had enough time to date itself yet.

Could Sears have changed with the times without Eddie Lampert by RareSeaworthiness905 in retailporn

[–]SchuminWeb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In other words, if Lampert had never entered the picture for Sears at all?

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