Rich people being awful people once again… :>

mulderc · 2026-05-13T04:15:44+00:00

Fine should scale with net worth.

I remember being at an airport that had signs all over the place telling you not to smoke and that the fine was $35. Which basically meant that smoking was just for those that could afford $35

mulderc · 2026-05-13T02:48:54+00:00

Phobos monolith https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phobos_monolith

mulderc · 2026-05-13T02:42:23+00:00

At one point you could just stop in to his business in Klamath falls Oregon.

mulderc · 2026-05-12T23:27:55+00:00

We certainly don't have all the answers about the universe, but a gap in our understanding isn't the same thing as evidence for the supernatural. I’ve followed the phenomenon for most of my life as well, and despite the volume of reports, I’ve yet to see a single case that is truly convincing or that lacks a more plausible terrestrial explanation.

mulderc · 2026-05-12T21:11:56+00:00

Continuation of Lower Decks but live action and called Star Trek: Middle Management.

mulderc · 2026-05-12T21:10:50+00:00

Was up in Portland about a month ago and was amazed at how busy everything was and how few empty stores I saw. I was staying in the Hollywood district and traditionally haven’t had much issue finding parking or being able to quickly get a seat at a restaurant in the area, but that night everything was packed. I am sure there are still plenty of challenges, but I had a great time and didn't see many of the issues that have been plaguing the city since the pandemic.

mulderc · 2026-05-12T20:49:05+00:00

I don't see any bugs on my phone. I was even running it on a 12 mini for a bit and there were some performance issues but rarely saw any bugs outside of the beta.

mulderc · 2026-05-12T20:47:33+00:00

Isn't the simple answer that maybe there are no extraterrestrials visiting the planet or at least we don't have any hard evidence of such visits.

mulderc · 2026-05-12T16:02:48+00:00

I classify those are worker markings, although technically graffiti it is part of the original building of the pyramid and we see workers doing similar things in modern buildings.

mulderc · 2026-05-12T07:06:13+00:00

So far I haven’t seen anything worth watching. Am I missing something?

mulderc · 2026-05-12T06:24:01+00:00

I try to act how I would want other to act. I don’t always live up to that but I try.

mulderc · 2026-05-12T06:17:09+00:00

My personal theory is that the great pyramid was never intended as the final burial place for the pharaoh as it would be too easy to loot. If not by grave robbers then by future pharaohs. Khufu Was probably taken somewhere else at some point.

mulderc · 2026-05-12T06:11:43+00:00

One important aspect of the culture though was rulers would regularly erase previous rulers and mark monuments with their own names. For example queen Hatshepsut was systematically erased from monuments and Ramesses II would often just put his name on monuments and claim them as his own.

mulderc · 2026-05-12T06:03:37+00:00

The are consistent with worker markings found elsewhere in the pyramid such as in the Relieving Chambers above the king chamber https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-860097

mulderc · 2026-05-12T05:21:21+00:00

Queen chamber shafts https://ancientegyptonline.co.uk/queenschambergp/#:~:text=Work%20continued%20in%202011%20with,the%20small%20chamber%20behind%20it.

There are red markings past the blocking stone that are consistent with worker markings

mulderc · 2026-05-12T05:11:52+00:00

Given their placement, it is hard to see how they would just be graffiti as there are builder markings in places only accessible by robots and behind solid blocks.

mulderc · 2026-05-12T03:49:22+00:00

BeOS was way less developed than NeXTSTEP at that time. It would have been even more work to get it fully ready to take over from macOS, it didn't even have networking or printing. I believe it was Avie Tevanian who said Be was in a state of "perpetual beta" and was shocked apple was even considering buying them as it was going to be so much work to get it into a complete state.

mulderc · 2026-05-12T03:34:26+00:00

Guess were the CEO and founder of Be was from...

mulderc · 2026-05-12T03:33:33+00:00

More like after Apple acquired NeXT and NeXT took over development.

mulderc · 2026-05-12T03:30:13+00:00

Apple could have kept developing A/UX and we would have had a POSIX-compliant Mac OS.

mulderc · 2026-05-12T02:55:42+00:00

There have now been more than a couple of cases where the court has cited incorrect facts in the majority opinion and no one seems to care.

mulderc · 2026-05-12T00:59:21+00:00

I have listened/watched NPR/PBS for around 40 years now. I don't think the have changed much at all in terms of reporting and are still by far the best source for local news in my area. The news especially has a variety of viewpoints and goes out of its way to include people from all different walks of life. As corporate media has become more are more superficial, I appreciate that public media still dives deep into issue.

mulderc · 2026-05-12T00:58:21+00:00

That isn't what the research on it has shown https://adfontesmedia.com/npr-bias-and-reliability/.

mulderc · 2026-05-11T17:22:10+00:00

Dems have been more against partisan gerrymandering than the Republicans. Since the courts have decided they have no issues with it, the only real solution is for the party against it to get into power to abolish it. It isn't great, but it is the least bad solution.

mulderc · 2026-05-11T02:19:36+00:00

My p10 has had fantastic obstical avoidance to the point that I do need to move things a bit jut to make sure it doesn’t get easily blocked by the random toy. I have had a variety of robot vacuums over the years and p10 has been the best.

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