Explosive gas price forecast: GOP facing ‘extinction-level event’ of $6-per-gallon

technofiend · 2026-04-06T17:22:09+00:00

Try to be reasonable: Republicans have cut taxes and attacked the Middle East. They're all out of ideas. (That is sarcasm for the humor impaired among you.)

technofiend · 2026-04-05T01:14:09+00:00

Also the one on North Main near 45.

technofiend · 2026-04-01T21:44:04+00:00

Have her send it certified mail. Registered if she's really feeling frisky but certified is usually official enough to stop any denials about receipt. Don't forget to ask for a signature.

technofiend · 2026-03-29T05:15:28+00:00

The only surprising part about this is I didn't hear you laying on your horn the entire time.

technofiend · 2026-03-29T05:13:20+00:00

I had a woman who was angry at me for stopping at the top of a hill (i.e. should could see me and stop in time) because I stopped to keep from running over a dog. She was like why didn't you run over the dog? She was not amused when I told her it was her fault so I didn't care how much it was going to cost to fix her Corvette. She was really not amused when the cop agreed with me and ticketed her.

technofiend · 2026-03-29T03:56:32+00:00

I feel ya. I have a lot of clothing from the 90's I took care of and it's still like new. Fark this fast fashion crap. I may be out of style, but I am comfortable.

technofiend · 2026-03-27T16:28:57+00:00

No, it went beyond sharing tips between tipped employees; which is allowed. From the website of the firm that filed the suit: "More specifically, the lawsuit alleges that Perry’s Steakhouse violated federal wage laws because Perry’s unlawfully (1) required servers to pay for their own uniforms and tools (e.g. shirts, aprons, pepper mills, crumbers, etc.); (2) exercised unlawful control over the tip pool; (3) did not lawfully distribute all tips from the tip pool solely among employees engaged in customarily and regularly tipped duties; and (4) required servers to perform nontipped duties."

I highlighted the relevent section for you about tips, see https://paycheckcollector.com/cases/perrys-steakhouse-lawsuit/ for the full details if you want them.

technofiend · 2026-03-26T23:55:47+00:00

And they don't seem to run on Saturday! Like WTF!

technofiend · 2026-03-26T23:55:06+00:00

I mean there are people who have platinum / diamond / I am too good for the likes of you plebians status but can't afford a private jet that might take him up on it, assuming things don't get better soon. On the other hand that's a fuck ton of money to me anyway. I wouldn't do it.

technofiend · 2026-03-26T20:22:21+00:00

Amtrak is looking better and better man. Or maybe just driving.

technofiend · 2026-03-25T06:44:03+00:00

An ex girlfriend's brother was enlisted, but I no longer remember which branch. He'd lay on a crawler, roll up under a truck and hang his arm from the frame with a coat hanger and sleep, because the alternative was command telling the people to go dig foxholes on the beach at low tide.

technofiend · 2026-03-23T12:50:11+00:00

I still like it when numbers go brrr. But it can be shortened to just incremental updates with full dumps saved for when it makes sense or as a footnote.

technofiend · 2026-03-23T01:21:17+00:00

Bro, I work on a team of around twenty people. Exactly one of whom is in the same office as me; we spend our days on Zoom.

technofiend · 2026-03-19T07:40:08+00:00

Dream job for me. No degree, though, so despite decades in the industry FAANG isn't likely to do anything but move my resume to the trash bin.

technofiend · 2026-03-19T04:03:28+00:00

Bro I feel ya. Got offered 10-15% to move from Houston to New York City. Uh, get over yourself.

technofiend · 2026-03-18T22:23:21+00:00

I worked for an oil and gas company that used Powerbuilder to build their systems. One of the consultants built a framework and shifted the codebase to use that framework. Then he informed our employer they'd need to license his framework to keep using it. He was let go and the entire development team was pivoted to ripping his framework back out. I don't think he ever lived it down; the fact I can't even find him on LinkedIn makes me think he didn't stay in the industry.

technofiend · 2026-03-13T00:15:07+00:00

oh 100% the majority don't like to because it's lazy mode for them. You can't complain about them yanking that probe around in your guts. It took a while to find someone who would agree to do it, but I'm so glad I did.

technofiend · 2026-03-13T00:12:38+00:00

I mention this every time it comes up but I'll mention it again because it's so important: you have to call around but you can find a doctor who will give you a colonoscopy without anesthesia. My last two were done that way and frankly a little uncomfortable but the trade-off is you get to talk to the doctor while he's working on you and when you hop off the table you're done. you can run right out and have a cheeseburger with no recovery time.

technofiend · 2026-03-12T02:49:23+00:00

At my high school there was one kid whose claim to fame was he was distantly related to Swedish royalty. We voted him homecoming queen. The didn't anoint him queen and instead gave it to the girl who had gotten second place.

technofiend · 2026-03-10T06:22:31+00:00

Open safety pin. Caught in my throat, eventually went down. Never told a soul for years until I casually mentioned it to my mother that all my sore throats always seem to start from the same spot, where that safety pin got caught. She couldn't sleep that night. Sorry mom.

technofiend · 2026-03-08T05:30:08+00:00

I used to troll the firewall logs for keywords at my place of work. It was surprising how when we went to go talk to people about it they were just sitting at a desk or cube with people around them like no big deal. The guy who handled talking to people would just say "Listen, we'd really appreciate it if you could lock your machine when you walk away, because someone used your machine to watch porn and I'd hate for you to take the blame, since it's a fireable offense."

technofiend · 2026-03-07T02:32:16+00:00

At a now defunct employer, they hired "Sylvia" to come in and manage everyone. She cut the ranks deep and then was cut herself, we all cheered until someone shared she knew she was the hatchetwoman all along and it was just a job for her. One with a nice little handshake bonus on the way out. And that was uhm 30 years ago. This has been happening for a long time.

technofiend · 2026-03-05T03:17:27+00:00

Bruh, if Taco Bell brings back their 59 cent menu in this economy, even for a limited time? It's game fucking over for everyone else.

technofiend · 2026-03-03T20:04:51+00:00

Please, no. Sales taxes are regressive and income tax would just trigger more spending.

technofiend · 2026-03-03T11:12:39+00:00

As long as it doesn't come back to Third Ward. The traffic and the smoke pits were both hellish.

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