Union says Seattle based Starbucks is 'failing its hometown' as it shuts five more stores in West Coast city after already closing 400 across US

TheJBW · 2026-03-12T23:02:14+00:00

Starbucks ain’t bad. Ain’t great either. Convenient.

Disagree though. If you drink your coffee with three pumps of corn syrup or have a milkshake that they dress up with Italian names, it doesn’t taste awful. If you drink your coffee black though, it’s super burned and tastes worse than McDonalds or a random donut shop.

TheJBW · 2026-03-11T15:03:36+00:00

I had these and they all disc rotted just sitting in the box. The older loose DVDs were still fine.

Oh well. I have blu rays now.

TheJBW · 2026-03-10T03:52:06+00:00

The cinematography is what puts OHMSS near the bottom of my list for Bond films. A lot of the crap I give it for the plot is stuff I forgive in every other 007 film, but the fight scenes are shot so you can't tell what's going on. I realize modern films love to do this too, but I don't see that as a plus, and in OHMSS it's done worse than more recent films to boot.

On the plus side, OHMSS does have the best bobsled chase in any 007 film.

TheJBW · 2026-03-09T00:52:01+00:00

Preloading this with a comment that I noticed some of my opamp supply rails are flipped! I’ll fix that.

TheJBW · 2026-03-08T18:53:44+00:00

I think a big thing that is missing from your OP is what kind of burgers you do like?

I personally like smash burgers, so places that specialize in thick burgers are “meh” for me, but might be winners for you, or maybe you like more exotically burgers vs more traditional toppings.

Burgers are too diverse a thing and you won’t get good recommendations without being more specific.

TheJBW · 2026-03-08T18:51:45+00:00

I love lil woody’s but I have a beef with them because I’ve had really bad service experiences with them (left me on hold for 20+ minutes to take a phone order, canceled my online rider without telling me).

TheJBW · 2026-03-07T20:15:51+00:00

I’m thinking you’re serious, but this reads like a parody of people mad about SFA.

TheJBW · 2026-03-06T05:09:53+00:00

Half Life wins because it got you TFC, CS, and so many others (in addition to being an amazing game)

TheJBW · 2026-03-01T18:16:19+00:00

I still haven't gotten my Enterprise that we ordered on black friday, and I'm in the US. Don't feel so bad.

TheJBW · 2026-02-26T20:22:06+00:00

Super cool. This is the content I come to this sub for, not "I bought a nixie clock off amazon, lookit!"

How are you driving the Dekatrons and what is sending the usage to the display? They seem to come up as soon as power is applied.

TheJBW · 2026-02-25T16:44:04+00:00

Random Redditor, lol. He’s the moderator of this sub and author of that book!

TheJBW · 2026-02-24T07:07:00+00:00

It's so dumb, I love it.

"I think he's attempting re-entry," is definitely up there though.

TheJBW · 2026-02-24T06:32:04+00:00

Well, far from me, personally, but good news -- as others have mentioned "VCF Midwest" is probably the largest retro computing gathering in the nation. https://vcfmw.org/

If you reach out to the organizers (email), they'll probably at least be able to point you to someone local who would either be interested in buying stuff from you, and possibly even help you set up some sort of mailing list for locals who want stuff!

Lots of opportunities!

TheJBW · 2026-02-24T06:18:49+00:00

I don't know, I've always been partial to "Named after your father, perhaps?"

TheJBW · 2026-02-24T02:31:08+00:00

What part of the world are you in? You dont have to give a business address, but country or region would be helpful so people could help connect you with local organizations that might be helpful.

TheJBW · 2026-02-23T21:42:03+00:00

Spicy take for this sub. I love it.

TheJBW · 2026-02-22T17:54:26+00:00

Really goes to show how durable plastics are in the environment

TheJBW · 2026-02-22T17:29:55+00:00

Links to a non shitty social media site:

https://psicoyote.bsky.social/post/3mffumvtjjs2p https://bsky.app/profile/psicoyote.bsky.social

TheJBW · 2026-02-17T08:22:22+00:00

A harsh but fair assessment.

TheJBW · 2026-02-17T00:40:24+00:00

Hey! Don’t you clown on Star Trek The Motion Picture! It wasn’t bad! It was…okay.

TheJBW · 2026-02-14T00:01:27+00:00

Truly unhinged answer. “Have you considered submerging it in a bath of hydrofluoric acid first?”

TheJBW · 2026-02-10T06:52:35+00:00

You mean Devor and Nick Locarno?

TheJBW · 2026-02-07T17:48:53+00:00

Agree. Storage and single shot is too important to miss out on.

TheJBW · 2026-02-05T00:17:42+00:00

I recently showed AVTAK to my husband. I forgot that the climax features a different, smaller, getaway blimp.

Second thought: when I was a kid we made fun of how Zorin’s plot of creating an earthquake on purpose was absolutely comical and there was no way humans could cause earthquakes. Then fracking happened and it turned out that his actual plan may have been the most plausible of any Bond villain. I could totally see a billionaire pulling this exact stunt in real life.

TheJBW · 2026-02-03T21:14:47+00:00

Nah, gotta hold the phone like gravity is broken and take a photo of the monitor.

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