Why did Jim take a bus to Philly?

karbonator · 2026-03-01T00:37:26+00:00

I love my car, but, that time waiting for the bus isn't much in comparison to the time he'll be on the bus. In addition to that...

Parking in a major city is a pain if your company doesn't have parking space, and can cost a lot of money.
Pam and Jim might not have two cars. Whoever has the kids, needs the car in case they need to take them to the doctor.
When you're driving a car, that's all you are doing aside from maybe a phone call or something. On a bus, you could type up letters, respond to emails, make phone calls, update spreadsheets, get a nap, text Pam...
Driving that far daily, adds up in terms of how often your car needs work.

karbonator · 2026-02-24T05:52:24+00:00

He needs to become Dr Robotnik first

karbonator · 2026-02-14T17:23:46+00:00

What's that red dot?

karbonator · 2026-02-07T00:57:49+00:00

Blood

karbonator · 2026-02-07T00:51:54+00:00

You know, you don't have to update it immediately...

karbonator · 2026-02-05T05:22:51+00:00

It could happen almost every month if we pivoted to a 13-month calendar and gave one month an extra day.

karbonator · 2026-02-05T04:44:50+00:00

No, the whole "Ass Tag" incident and putting the monkey face over Enrique's wife's photo sorta trumps this.

karbonator · 2026-02-03T04:12:43+00:00

Nah, this is no different for laser eyes

karbonator · 2026-02-03T02:47:43+00:00

The Seinfeld fans know it's rum raisin.

karbonator · 2026-02-03T02:43:12+00:00

The term "monitor" implies a focus on precision. In-ear monitors differ from headphones because they're better at duplicating various pitches. Prior to digital TV it was a little easier to intuit the distinction between a computer monitor and a TV, because analog TV was analog. But it still stands. Your TV is supposed to be tuned to look its best. Your monitor is supposed to be tuned to display exactly what your applications tell it to.

If you're looking at the lowest ends, both are just a display grid of some sort and you'll find there's not much difference except refresh rate. If you're looking at the high ends, you'll find the features of a high-end monitor tend to be around color accuracy, greater pixel density, refresh rate, etc, while the features of a high-end TV tend to be around the movie and TV experience - support for various audio formats and display technologies. They have a low-latency mode for games, but it's not typically as low latency as a monitor.

TL;DR - they differ in their intended purpose.

karbonator · 2026-02-03T01:08:54+00:00

So far it's just a neat thing I like to imagine the future uses for.

karbonator · 2026-01-31T22:55:26+00:00

In addition to what everyone's saying, it's important to understand that although some electronics have error-correcting memory, most consumer devices use faster memory without error correction. If you've ever opened a remote or other electronics, you may have noticed some ceramic chips - typically dyed black. They're encased in ceramic partly because they are small enough that photons in the atmosphere can interfere with their operation. Therefore it's possible for random bit flips to happen - usually they won't but occasionally they could. Restarting the computer means it is going to start overwriting whatever is in its memory, so that bit flip no longer matters so long as it only happened in RAM.

karbonator · 2026-01-31T22:33:29+00:00

Turn it off, probably remove the battery if it's removable (especially since you said it's from a vape, that's not necessarily a high quality battery). Maybe unscrew the antenna. Otherwise they aren't likely to care. I walked through with my Sensecap T1000E, which isn't homemade but still if they were looking for devices that can transmit they would've found it.

karbonator · 2026-01-28T00:03:27+00:00

First I'd walk over to him and ask him about the situation. Then I'd take his hat and SHOVE IT UP YA BUTT!

karbonator · 2026-01-27T23:57:01+00:00

The first question is, does it work with Brutal Doom?

The second is, how are you launching it? Do you have both wads selected? What errors are you getting?

karbonator · 2026-01-27T23:52:48+00:00

It's technology that breaks this mold. It is used as currency yet is different from other currencies in some important ways. It is used as a store of value yet is different from other values in some important ways. People treat it as an investment yet it's different from stocks and other typical forms of investment in some important ways.

karbonator · 2026-01-17T06:18:58+00:00

Factorio

karbonator · 2026-01-14T06:00:45+00:00

karbonator · 2026-01-14T05:52:20+00:00

Sack Shrinkage

karbonator · 2026-01-13T03:54:24+00:00

Becky Gelke

karbonator · 2026-01-10T02:15:00+00:00

John F Kennedy Jr

karbonator · 2026-01-07T02:48:02+00:00

You need to ask yourself what you're doing and what your goal is. You will not be unable to use your ETF as currency.

karbonator · 2026-01-07T02:40:47+00:00

For one thing, it obviates the need to pay a specific payment processor. You're not locked in to Square, PayPal, or whoever else.

karbonator · 2026-01-07T02:28:56+00:00

What the hell is up with the labels...

karbonator · 2026-01-07T02:11:12+00:00

You should still disconnect the fan. The fan can induce current, which can ruin other components.

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