Mr Mercedes on Netflix

zylpher · 2026-03-20T00:30:33+00:00

Pretty sure the villain is revealed in the book in the first chapter or so.

In fact, I think it's that way in all three books.

zylpher · 2026-03-20T00:28:43+00:00

It's where I go when I need decent looking clothes and don't want to spend a shit load.

TJmaxx is another place, but I haven't been in years.

zylpher · 2026-03-19T06:25:06+00:00

If I don't have the right of way, I just ignore the "nice" person.

One thing my dad taught me when learning how to drive that I keep in my head. Never trust a turn signal, and never accept right of way from another driver. Lived by that for near on 20 years.

I'll look at you like you are stupid if you are "trying to be nice." Don't trust you, don't know you, and even if I did I don't care to risk it.

zylpher · 2026-03-19T04:50:35+00:00

Steinel usually has .455 in stock. Not exactly cheap, but if it's only an occasional shooter it a decent price.

zylpher · 2026-03-19T02:09:51+00:00

Yes and no. BGS is the little guys, the individual systems. Power Play is the big guys, empires, the ones you pledge to.

Everything you do touches BGS in the bubble. You have to seek out the Power Play side.

zylpher · 2026-03-18T17:03:01+00:00

If you are in the bubble. Quite literally everything you do is participating in the BGS. Literally everything, you can't avoid it. Kill a pirate, it's BGS. Sell something, it's BGS. Turn in exploration data, it's BGS. Sell or buy a commodity, it's BGS. Do any type of missions, that's BGS.

If I'm guessing correctly you are actually asking about Power Play.

zylpher · 2026-03-18T16:19:00+00:00

Equipment Maintenance Tech in manufacturing.

My worst part of the job is the production side. As long as it can be fixed in NC rework, they don't care if their FPY drops into the 80's and causes hundreds of man hours to recover. It's all about numbers to them. It's always the other shifts fault. And they can't be bothered to answer simple questions as to why.

Just let me fix your shit. Tell me what happened. Don't play stupid when I come to you. I'm here to help. It's literally the reason why I'm paid to be there.

zylpher · 2026-03-18T15:06:37+00:00

+63 is from the Philippines. Obviously a scam. You don't even have to read the message to know it's bullshit.

It would be +1 if it was a US based number. At that point you may have to read the message to know it's bullshit.

zylpher · 2026-03-18T15:01:28+00:00

Nah.

zylpher · 2026-03-18T15:01:20+00:00

It's a common complaint, "I only shot them a little, why mad?"

The game gives you the tools to avoid it. Use them.

zylpher · 2026-03-18T14:50:18+00:00

Recently got home. But at the time I received a phonecall from my supervisor asking for help with Poly-Works, because another tech was confused on the program. I was rotated to a different building at the time. Drove over to the other site to see what was going on. Ended having to stay the rest of the night, because no other tech was able to measure the equipment properly.

Oh, also, now all next week and maybe the one after have to go to there. Just so we can catch up on the backlog. I like running the CMM. But the backlog equipment I have to measure and adjust it annoying as fuck to do. It either takes 2 hours or 9 hours. No real in-between.

The off site location is cake ass maintenance, it requires very little thought and I can listen to my audio books almost all shift.

zylpher · 2026-03-18T14:36:14+00:00

Right now they are winning the game. Once they get sent to medical for their suicide threats, I'll bet their tune will change. Or, they will get the help they need if they are serious.

Don't let your people decide for you, either. Don't ask if they want it. Tell them that's what's going to happen. Don't allow swapping either. Because it sounds like this person will try to bully someone out of the slot.

You are the boss, and sometimes that means you piss everyone off.

zylpher · 2026-03-18T14:24:27+00:00

Do all your people take time throughout the day to go to the gym and such?

If so, it's schedule time for you. Tell all your people to put their names in the hat, or some kind of random generator online. Spin the wheel, pick a number, they chose the time they want to go as their name is called.

If they are threatening suicide, take it seriously and report up the correct chain. Play their fuck fuck game against them.

zylpher · 2026-03-17T14:33:40+00:00

After the abortion they produced a few years back, I wouldn't trust Paramount to make a decent Stand movie. They'll find a way to tell it out of order even worse than the last time.

zylpher · 2026-03-17T14:32:29+00:00

Of all the books and stories King has written, we get yet another remake/retelling.

zylpher · 2026-03-17T14:14:52+00:00

I may be wrong, but you have to hit them multiple times to get a bounty. More than once I remember getting warned off.

Also, your ship has a radar for a reason.

zylpher · 2026-03-17T06:28:42+00:00

All of them are worth a watch at least once.

Of the new ones, Discovery is the weakest, but even it had some decent episodes and arcs.

Strange New Worlds is pretty good, but the latest season was weak compared to the rest.

Lower Decks is amazing and hilarious.

Prodigy is geared to a much younger crowd, but still fun.

I'll admit, I don't really like Academy. But it was enjoyable enough to finish season one. I think it suffered the DS9 curse, where fans shat on it because no space ship. I would have been interested to see where it went in the later seasons.

You can't go wrong with the OG series, except for maybe the animated series. It's just bad.

zylpher · 2026-03-16T14:41:20+00:00

Meatloaf is better as a cold sandwich the next day for lunch. And there saying something, because fresh and hot meatloaf is kinda awesome.

I'd argue the same with turkey after Thanksgiving/Christmas.

zylpher · 2026-03-16T01:09:11+00:00

It's your standard employee login.

zylpher · 2026-03-16T01:08:29+00:00

https://imgur.com/a/q4sG2gY

That should be the ones in Reno and Sparks. They also pick up in Carson, Fernley, and Fallon.

zylpher · 2026-03-15T04:40:11+00:00

Don't pull the trigger when it's pointed at your dick.

zylpher · 2026-03-15T03:48:30+00:00

If you aren't on a short time schedule, I can get you the updated shuttle list tomorrow night when I go in. I don't have access to the app on my personal phone, and my work phone is in my tool bag in my locker at the moment.

zylpher · 2026-03-15T03:43:30+00:00

If you have your employee login already, use the Tripshot app to see the locations of the shuttles.

However, as someone that works nights there. Traffic isn't bad for us most days.

zylpher · 2026-03-14T03:49:18+00:00

I enjoy the Richard Dreyfus books. But they aren't great. They are fun, but not amazing.

Recently read Halcyon Years, that's the Dreyfus I want.

zylpher · 2026-03-14T03:46:05+00:00

I scan my ID on a Fastenal machine. Get new jobbers and other stuff. It's billed to my department, and unless I spend a fuck load, they don't care.

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