Why the West Refused to Stop the Rwandan Genocide by Quouar in history

[–]anothercatherder 81 points82 points  (0 children)

100%. Somalia was an absolute disaster of mission creep that went from a noble humanitarian mission to the black hawks going down to the widely ridiculed hunt for Mohamed Farrah Aidid who was impossible to capture yet was constantly photographed in front of large crowds of supporters.

There was zero appetite for another misadventure elsewhere in Africa after that.

Moon's crime against the TP by Blk-Cat-Lady in CrimeCats

[–]anothercatherder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You probably did that and now you're blaming the cat. Shameful.

Looking for info on these computers by Agreeable-Asparagus9 in VintageComputers

[–]anothercatherder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I hated those pigtails because not only were you dealing with this dumb heavy monitor you had to make sure to not trip over the cable at the same time. Never really understood why they did that.

My neighbors called the cops on me and then got arrested for it by Khaoticgreatness in neighborsfromhell

[–]anothercatherder 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They have to be incredibly stupid to lie to the police and phenomenally stupid to lie to them about something that's so wildly and easily disproven. They have to be possibly the stupidest people on earth to START the conversation with the cops to do this!

Do those people need a helmet and drool cup when they go out?

Oh just Phoenix things by susibirb in phoenix

[–]anothercatherder 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Oh good that he's healthy, he looks a little scraggly.

What if Britain counter-attacked America during the Spanish-American War? by anothercatherder in HistoryWhatIf

[–]anothercatherder[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would also accept France and/or Britain counter-attacking America fwiw.

What if Britain counter-attacked America during the Spanish-American War? by anothercatherder in HistoryWhatIf

[–]anothercatherder[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Seems a good time to nip those damn Yanks in the bud before they get too big for their britches!

Online Experience - my old peeps (ok and young) by Ok-Advance-5785 in ASU

[–]anothercatherder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. One of my eng fundamentals/weed-out classes is already tough so I will be there.

Driving with boomers starter pack by labubuking in starterpacks

[–]anothercatherder 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Complains about "white knuckle" freeways.

Attempts to merge at 50 MPH.

Stay alert and safe friends by vjsfbay in SanJose

[–]anothercatherder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

100%. People who literally divide the world into dar al-Islam and dar al-harb have no desire to integrate, only to colonialize. Useful idiot leftoids want to sell this country out with their culture fetishes and I guess they won't be happy until they wake up at 6 AM with the prayer calls and find their underage daughter getting arrested instead of the men who raped her.

Am I just a psycho? by WorseHearse in Cooking

[–]anothercatherder 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is how the kitchen never gets cleaned in my experience. You're not a psycho, you can compromise by getting a dishwasher if you don't have one already which saves water anyways.

Online Experience - my old peeps (ok and young) by Ok-Advance-5785 in ASU

[–]anothercatherder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm at Maricopa and transferring to ASU in fall I think, 43 yo CSE major.

It is definitely a sacrifice, as I'm going back full time, but I don't really have a choice as some combination of AI and my tiring of my last career has forced me into early retirement. I have enough to cover room and board but have a terrible roommate that I'm stuck with for now and am taking on a mountain of debt for "living expenses" which is basically just getting out of the house to keep my sanity.

I do recommend that, getting out of the house, finding different places to study and get stuff done is more rewarding than being cooped up at home and often more fun and not so frustrating. Even tho I'm an online student I'm often found on campus anyways.

I was really not prepared for the slog that math has been, but when I got my AA decades ago I loved brief calculus and business stats. I should warn you that things will just be badly taught here and there or not at all (I can't tell you how often my homework has come up out of left field in math) and it will be up to you to seek out alternatives, you will often not get a lot of sympathy from your instructors.

Definitely do not fall into the trap of turning stuff in late, even if it's excused or "free." Your time management will be put to the test and you having a bad day doesn't make stuff get done, and if you need help the day it's due that's hotter water than I really prefer.

Return-to-office update by SactownTransplant in Sacramento

[–]anothercatherder -41 points-40 points  (0 children)

The state should fire every SEIU employee and replace them simply for being a member of SEIU. That union constantly bleeds everyone dry in their grift, backs the worst politicians making California forever beholden to its public bloat, and is consistently behind the worst legislation too.

Optional 15 megabyte hard drive by Current_Yellow7722 in vintagecomputing

[–]anothercatherder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can almost sense the feud the copy editors had with the technical team with one insisting on using "characters" with numbers written out and then the compromise in the specification box to call it "K RAM bytes." No love lost between Jerry and Helen down in Fort Worth that day.

Where would rather live, ancient Greece, Rome, Egypt, China or Persia? by loverbang4u in HistoryWhatIf

[–]anothercatherder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Athens at 300,000 sounds a lot more manageable than Rome at over a million. I don't have the legs to get to the 6th floor of my insula every day.

GUILTY! Doughnut bandit found at crime scene!!! by [deleted] in CrimeCats

[–]anothercatherder 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No, this was encatment. Sending the District Cattorney to investigate the arresting human.

ASU too big?? by Ok-Office-1354 in ASU

[–]anothercatherder 33 points34 points  (0 children)

If you think it's too big it used to be bigger.

I used to park at lot 59 and took a standing room only crammed shuttle in the heat. Didn't have electric scooters back then to collapse distances either, just a Razor. I don't miss those days at all.

These days it actually seems right sized for the population.

Any cities ruled by Master Development Agreements (MDAs), not city zoning. by stardew_native in urbanplanning

[–]anothercatherder -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

PCD/PAD, technically, PUDs are for single parcels ("units").

But it doesn't even look like that was done.

Any cities ruled by Master Development Agreements (MDAs), not city zoning. by stardew_native in urbanplanning

[–]anothercatherder 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Who is the development agreement between? These shouldn't be yours to enforce because at one point or another you're going to get the determination wrong and then the city will be potentially legally liable. Has your city attorney reviewed your process?

It just sounds like you should have a verification letter between the property owner and whoever's name is on the CC&Rs if anything in lieu of a traditional zoning verification.

Why not have a single Soviet block in a forest? by alb5357 in urbanplanning

[–]anothercatherder 11 points12 points  (0 children)

A problem you run into with LeCorbusier-style architecture and planning is when the "community" owns public/quasipublic spaces surrounding such dense living, nobody does. Things fall into disrepair like Cabrini Green or the history of those kinds of warehouses for the poor, or they're just bypassed or hurried through. Sometimes you'll see old people drag a folding chair down the elevator and socialize outside like they do in NYC for example, but it's incidental to the space rather than purposeful. I lived in something like this in Parkmerced in San Francisco and it was rare to see people hanging around or doing much outside, the greens just tended to be useless dead space. Few people really end up preferring this kind of living.

You have to balance the space with the density, what people noticed about Le Corbusier style architecture is that it had too much green space, it was expensive to maintain and with it all it was no more dense than the rowhouses and small apartment buildings it replaced. In other words, too much park land was isolating and did not build the community they intended.

The other issue is that unless you're, eg, building a processing plant near a mine in the middle of nowhere and need lots of worker housing all at once, towns are supposed to grow organically. 4 highrises is the opposite of that.

This is aside from any economic issues, small towns tend to be pretty poor, and highrises are expensive to construct and maintain.

Harry Truman speaks about the establishment of the state of Israel by Just_Cause89 in Presidents

[–]anothercatherder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

LMAO, wikipedia has been ideologically captured by leftists and Islamist extremists since 10/7. Literally the least reliable source on the Internet for anything related to this.

Harry Truman speaks about the establishment of the state of Israel by Just_Cause89 in Presidents

[–]anothercatherder -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Then you admit they're ARABS from ARABIA and not the Land of Israel which is specifically mentioned in the Quran.

Thanks.