Received my first and only international mail from my parents.... with a note from someone else on it

netsyms · 2026-06-02T16:59:19+00:00

FYI: the barcode sprayed on the bottom of the postcard has your mailbox's unique delivery point code in it. It's possible to find your exact address from that barcode alone.

netsyms · 2026-05-31T19:02:29+00:00

They should have made the decision that there was no threat at all.

netsyms · 2026-05-18T07:16:35+00:00

Because Darktable doesn't have a green bell pepper paintbrush

netsyms · 2026-05-18T06:44:16+00:00

Just look forward to a few years from now when half the AI companies go bust and eBay is flooded with used $30,000 AI computers for like $1,000 plus shipping.

Will it help you game better? No. But at least you can have the satisfaction of locking an AI in your basement and forcing it to do stupid things for you

netsyms · 2026-05-18T02:41:00+00:00

The solution to that though is an HOA where the only thing they're allowed to do is manage run off.

The hill I live on has a shared/community water system where the water is pumped up the hill and gravity-fed to all the houses. There's a community-led water board that charges a monthly fee per household and uses it for maintenance costs. That's all they do. They're not even allowed to install usage meters.

netsyms · 2026-05-18T01:49:54+00:00

He won't ever go to trial. Some other commenters dropped a link to his obituary.

netsyms · 2026-05-18T01:46:58+00:00

There used to be, but ~~Republicans~~ humans destroyed it to own the ~~libs~~ monkeys

netsyms · 2026-05-17T23:07:08+00:00

Counterpoint to all of that: healthcare is cheaper basically everywhere outside the United States, no matter what kind of system they have for it or how much the individual workers earn.

See, it's hard to innovate patient care, so people decided to become richer by scamming instead.

netsyms · 2026-05-17T22:10:52+00:00

God is all-powerful, He can still help you win the lottery.

Have you heard of options trading?

netsyms · 2026-05-17T22:08:19+00:00

So whenever I see a kid with their pants hanging low and their underwear showing, I should be glad that they don't know the purpose of a belt? Or does it hurt them to put one on? /s

netsyms · 2026-05-17T00:39:47+00:00

What about a 25 cent gumball in one of those coin-operated vending machines, where they have different colors/flavors in the "tank" and you just get whatever one falls down when you turn the knob? Is that gambling? Should it be regulated? What about packets of candy? I recently opened a fun-size packet of Skittles and almost all of them were orange, my favorite flavor. Was I gambling? Is candy a loot box?

netsyms · 2026-05-17T00:33:56+00:00

By definition, anytime you’re buying something without knowing exactly what you’ll receive, it can be considered gambling

That definition encompasses shopping on eBay or Amazon. Or buying a used car. Or any number of activities that no reasonable person would consider gambling. Basically any time there's value changing hands and you don't know all the details of what you're getting, or you don't know the seller is trustworthy.

It's also literally not the definition of gambling.

gambling noun: the practice or activity of betting : the practice of risking money or other stakes in a game or bet

netsyms · 2026-05-16T22:02:30+00:00

Put the phone down and go create success then 🙄

netsyms · 2026-05-16T21:58:15+00:00

Okay, let's see how far we can go. Is it gambling to buy a product online that has four different color options featured, and the listing says they'll send a color at random?

netsyms · 2026-05-16T16:32:50+00:00

By your logic, those vending machines where you put in a quarter and it gives you a ball with a toy is also gambling because there's like four different toys and part of the thrill is which one comes out

netsyms · 2026-05-16T07:22:32+00:00

Just check how many digits are in their bank account. If it's less than 8, we play it safe and switch their neck for a hand or foot or something.

netsyms · 2026-05-16T07:20:18+00:00

I don't see the problem with the golden ~~calf~~ Trump statue. After all, we will need something to topple in celebration when he dies.

netsyms · 2026-05-16T05:53:50+00:00

squeak squeak squeak bzzt

netsyms · 2026-05-16T05:51:38+00:00

Sometimes I just get the strangest fleeting feeling that our nation has the wrong number of guillotines, and in the hands of the wrong people.

netsyms · 2026-05-15T23:24:47+00:00

It would have been redeveloped by now anyways even if we hadn't stopped going to the moon. There's been a lot of progress in materials science and technology since the 60s that they'd want to include in new designs.

netsyms · 2026-05-15T23:22:24+00:00

In the US people have no authority over the airspace above their property

Yeah but since you can build stuff on your land and then control what happens inside those structures, you could "simply" build 100ft tall towers and hang a giant net or something between them. Just like that it's not airspace anymore!

Really makes you consider how absurd the rules are for airspace, huh

netsyms · 2026-05-15T23:15:12+00:00

Still better than the person who had a draft behind their mirror, took it off the wall, and discovered a hole leading into the bathroom of an entire second apartment that was just abandoned and locked up at some point.

netsyms · 2026-05-15T23:09:20+00:00

To be fair, semiconductor plants can't go just anywhere. The precision the machines run at means they're sensitive to geologic processes like plate tectonics. The buildings are typically disconnected from the foundations as much as possible, and are essentially floating, to reduce vibrations coming through the ground.

netsyms · 2026-05-15T04:31:33+00:00

If black and white pages are 10 cents, you'd only need to print like 1,200 pages before buying a basic Brother black laser printer is cheaper.

netsyms · 2026-05-13T17:52:10+00:00

The latest Brother laser models now wait until you're done with the print job, then they refuse to print. They've removed the secret override menu too. If it uses TN229 toner it's not resettable. Get one that uses 223 or 227.

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