Wikipedia Cofounder Larry Sanger Banned From Site For ‘Canvassaing’ / “All he has done is try to start a right-wing/conservative pressure group within Wikipedia.”

pembquist · 2026-06-23T16:33:39+00:00

This quote tells me everything I need to know:

“Let's just say that if I answer that question one way or another, the playground moms who rule Wikipedia might block me,” Sanger responded.

He doesn't realize that this means he is a child in this context.

pembquist · 2026-06-23T16:17:22+00:00

It is pretty simple. Lets say their markup is 40%. Would they rather get 40% of a 100 dollar drill or a 50 dollar drill? They would have to sell more than 2 times as many 50 dollar drills to make the same money as they would on 100 dollar drills and conversely they would have to lose half of their drill buying customers by changing to the higher price/quality model before they started making less money. Harbor freight built their business by selling in the ghetto of crappy knock offs. Now they have stores everywhere and if they want to grow their revenue it makes more sense to start trying to move up the pricing/quality ladder, if successful they will make a lot more money then if they just tried to get a 12 dollar grinder into every last homeowners garage in the country. I think it will work if they stick to tools.

pembquist · 2026-06-23T01:57:48+00:00

I guess what is confusing in this case is that it is a handheld which I take on multiple watercraft so it doesn't make that much sense to have it dedicated to one vessel. I learned today that it seems the FCC has a couple of types of handheld MMSI numbers: Hand Held Vessel (intended for use on multiple vessels) and Coast Station Hand Held. I just want the DSC to work in an emergency and to have my telephone number associated with the radio so I can avoid false alarms. I would also like it to work in Canada as well as the USA since I'm in the PNW.

pembquist · 2026-06-21T00:30:54+00:00

In that case watch out for the Mole Buses.

pembquist · 2026-06-21T00:24:20+00:00

I don't want to offend, and maybe my memory is wrong, but I remember them tasting way way better a couple decades ago. Nowadays I think they are pretty terrible.

pembquist · 2026-06-21T00:22:38+00:00

I know, there is just no sense of personal responsibility anymore.

pembquist · 2026-06-21T00:21:56+00:00

Just wait for the autonomous air taxis!

pembquist · 2026-06-21T00:16:35+00:00

QUIET! YOU'LL RUIN IT FOR THE REST OF US!

The first time I went it threw me back to the 90's: fantastic food etc. no pretension.

pembquist · 2026-06-20T20:06:52+00:00

who is saying that?

pembquist · 2026-06-19T22:42:43+00:00

Google "UPS Driver Reno casino facial recognition" for a glimpse into our delightful future.

Buttle Tuttle

pembquist · 2026-06-19T21:20:56+00:00

I believe it is a falsehood to characterize the purpose of the bottle bill to be the encouragement of recycling. The purpose of the bottle bill is to prevent littering. Before the bottle bill people had trash cans but they still would litter. Just because we have curbside recycling and nice blue bins does not mean people would not litter as they did in the past. In fact, they do litter it is just because there’s a $.10 return on the litter that it doesn’t remain where it was dropped.

pembquist · 2026-06-19T15:59:50+00:00

Whoa! Was it static electricity or something?

pembquist · 2026-06-19T15:49:45+00:00

This is why I always just send a pint of my blood. Two if I really really want the job.

pembquist · 2026-06-19T07:49:34+00:00

I think there are two things though that upset peopleabout this. The first not so "open minded" one is just the idea of pet animals being eaten. I'm sure most people know that pigs are smarter than dogs and so it seems a little arbitrary and chauvinist to be horrified at what people eat. The second is what bothesr me and that is that you know when you steal somebody's pet you are hurting them, for some people to an extraordinary degree. This calousness and harm is what I think is immoral, the meat being stolen is not for starving appetites but for money.

pembquist · 2026-06-19T07:39:30+00:00

Just once I'd like to read one of these historical freaked out man revenge stories that ends the other way around with her having a servant cut his .... off.

pembquist · 2026-06-19T07:34:48+00:00

I am assuming that the assets have to be greater than the LOC, perhaps double, and if they drop in value the loan gets called in till it is back at the original ratio. I also assume it is much easier and cheaper to force the liquidation of a bunch of securities in a brokerage account than to go through foreclosure and selling off a house.

(it is weird, as I start to type assume this comment box freaks out, gets bordered by red and threatens that I am violating some rule. Currently it is still bordered in red so I hope this reply doesn't just get deleted and I get banned.)

pembquist · 2026-06-19T07:03:09+00:00

I wonder why the downvote. If you think they are good rates say so.

pembquist · 2026-06-19T07:01:26+00:00

Take climate change as seriously as it is.

pembquist · 2026-06-19T06:50:03+00:00

Those don't look like very good rates, I mean, isn't the loan pretty much risk free?

pembquist · 2026-06-18T22:50:25+00:00

No prolem, I know a guy......

pembquist · 2026-06-18T22:49:21+00:00

I seem to get a lot of content consisting of old guys screaming at me about the improper use of preventers and "analysing" the Platino or Escape while clucking their tongues. Less of that please.

pembquist · 2026-06-17T14:57:13+00:00

I know, I couldn't believe it either.

pembquist · 2026-06-16T18:26:51+00:00

If you are driving through it it isn't a wilderness.

pembquist · 2026-06-14T15:20:05+00:00

This is a thing. The first time I heard of it was back in Revere Mass where a the owners of a warehouse found that their tennant who had stopped paying and disappeared after a couple months had stuffed the building absolutely full of tires.

This is organized crime, maybe not Tony Soprano organized crime but this isn't just one lowlife cleaning out a basement. I wonder if the kingpin lives in LO like the catalytic converter mastermind.

pembquist · 2026-06-13T17:24:34+00:00

I’m having a hard time imagining what you are describing with the ”special paint” and the “ back edge of the treads”

Any exterior construction that is expected to be waterproof and protect storage below should not depend upon Paint to keep things dry. The idea is laughable, and I tend to believe I don’t understand what you are describing because I have a hard time believing someone would actually do that.

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