It's so brain-dead, it's not as if there aren't reliable statistics that show the most dangerous cities are all in the south.
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It's so brain-dead, it's not as if there aren't reliable statistics that show the most dangerous cities are all in the south.
Honestly we should all take a year off social media, go outside, play with the dog and talk to real humans.
Oh noes, you mean over time more people will have brown skin? That's... completely inconsequential...
Has anyone chatted with these guys to see what they think about it all?
I'm terrible at it to be honest. I've got Crohn's. As someone told me 30 years ago: "The best thing about Crohn's is it doesn't kill you. The worst thing about Crohn's is that it doesn't kill you." 😂
Is there a way to turn it off? It gives me the irrits.
We're all dying Mishell... Some of us are just better at it than others 😜
And if you use a sequence as a primary key on a table with heavy inserts, don't come crying to me. I have some real horror stories from my time. Everybody sees the db as an afterthought these days. Recently I was told "we don't do indexes, that's a DBA thing" by the lead on a project.
You'd think, but no. Wholesale energy prices are set by the most expensive generator dispatched. It's complicated, but in general generators are dispatched from cheapest to most expensive. The greater the load, the higher the price.
First project - 8580 SID clone.
A Commodore 64, of course.
Noooo but I love your face!
Same thing I think?
I've yet to see AI snort cocaine off a stripper's tits.
Yes there are. "We have instituted waiting periods, strict safe storage laws, banned (semi) auto guns, and will perform deep background checks on anybody applying to purchase. The NRA has been declared a terrorist organisation."
I love the way he uses the word "unconstitutional", as if he has the foggiest idea what it means.
Once more, in English? 🤣
Ownership of residential property for investment should be heavily regulated. Instead of massive cities, we should concentrate on high-speed rail between satellite centres of a reasonable size.
Also, mining companies should pay into a trust to cover land rehab. A proportion of all resources should be reserved for the public, to be sold/used by them. Bailout money from the government implies ownership. Core services (power, water, rail, health etc) should be govt owned and operated.
Just one more thing (he says sounding like Columbo), we also need to amend laws so that the management of companies face consequences. Currently they are legally mandated to effectively do whatever it takes to increase shareholder value, and enjoy broad protections from the fallout.
Well, exactly. I'm not sure where conservatives got the idea that trans people want special treatment - everyone I know just wants the same rights as everyone else.
Government funds parties, no donations above $x. Mandatory voting. Preferential voting. Outlaw gerrymandering. Job done.
I'm considering taking up smoking to help me kick this nicotine gum addiction.
Which will cause inflation to spiral out of control. He's not exactly a Rhodes scholar.
Deep breathing commences...
Commodore 64 ROMs? Actually, Commodore PET ROMs? 🤣
Same. Not flawless by any means, but still damn good.
Very, very true. One of the main reasons Australia has such stable government is that one of our leading political parties was born of, and is supported by, the unions.
They have stupid high ramp rates, and can easily do a big chunk of load following/FFR. They're so fast that you kind of wonder whether they negate the need for inertia.
Prepay? So you're meant to know a parcel is coming, and somehow pay the tariff before the parcel arrives? How will the shipper know you've paid before sending? Did they think any of this through?
They already said Australia... New Zealand is an Aussie state, right?
I am 🤣 (Australia is in Asia, right?)
I don't remember the version, but mine was slackware around 94... Wrote it to floppies at university, then later I got the X floppies too. Around the same time I went to the student guild and abused their photocopier to copy the entire Amiga hardware reference manual. Those were the days. Sigh.
I wouldn't cross the street to piss on him if he was burning.
Wait, how is a string not a char array to begin with? 🤣
I'm an Aussie! Unfortunately I'm also old, sick, fat, and a man. Other than that, you and I are a perfect match, cobber! 😜
Oh good. As the USA slides into being north Korea, Dems will be sure to commence infighting. Awesome.
Yeh yeh Trump, do Chicago. It absolutely will not annoy the Mafia, and you certainly will not end up sleeping with the fishes.
I had to deal with crazies like ESR! Then you guys just roll in late and take all the glory :D
Reminds me, I really should find an ebook reader that's larger and handles PDF perfectly, for tech manuals. My old old old kindle doesnt cut it.
in 85 I was writing stock market simulators in commodore 64 basic :D COBOL came much later, in 91 believe it or not.
Poor excuse. Should've been installing Linux on your teddy ruxpin. Meanwhile I had to put up with RMS. You're welcome.
Mate, you're 30+ years too late. My first distro was slackware, which I downloaded at University and wrote to a bunch of floppies. I got a tux tattoo in 99. Why so late to the party? 😜
First rule of sleep club is you do not talk about sleep club.
Wow. Just... wow. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR_K...
Really? I was always told that oats contain something chemically similar to gluten, which some celiacs could tolerate and others could not. I'm gluten free due to damage due to Crohn's, and can tolerate oats just fine, although oat milk itself gave me a rash.
For a short moment I thought it was a Voodoo doll and a large pin, and was a comment on self-harm of some description 🤣 I guess that's a glance into my psyche you didn't need 😜
Norm teaches us how to murder Janice. www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7Ra...
Once this Trump thing is over they should hold a public bonfire on the white house lawn, and torch anything that Trump touched.
I would, but these pretzels are making me thirsty.
The fact that they even spoke to her at all is proof Trump is a rock spider. There was zero legitimate reason to even give her the time of day.
Boobs!
I'd like to pop in but when you're on I'm asleep 😁
Car fucker? I don't know the story, but does he fuck *in* cars, or does he fuck cars?
Ahhh, that would explain why I've only burnt down 1000 hectares of Amazon rainforest (while raping the locals) this month. Any further woke and I'll stop driving my coal-powered penis extension.
And I hope someone is taking names. When this is all over, it is crucial that everyone involved ends up behind bars. Biden failed us by letting Trump dodge jail, there's no way it can happen a second time without inviting a repeat performance from these Nazis.
California's response to Texas gerrymandering will simply force his hand into declaring war/martial law/some sort of bullshit allowing him to cancel the election. The very best we can hope for is that the next crazy guy has better aim.
Imagine being a white male right now. I can barely show my face in public out of embarrassment. Plus, I'm gen-x, all of whom ended up being a massive disappointment.
I usually buzz mine every few weeks (have done for more than 30 years) but I've let it go recently (mainly due to depression) so I have a head of salt and pepper 🤣 I hardly recognise myself.
Truth is Marc, I think everyone is just positioning themselves in future history books at this point. Regardless of the outcome, you're on the right side of history.
Again? Britney Spears is your spirit animal 😂
First we started wasting power mining fake money, now we're wasting power on a giant fake teddy ruxpin. I'd ask if humans really are that stupid, but given Trump is in power I already have my answer.
And so much power is wasted on a giant teddy ruxpin.
IRC FTW. Catch me on ircnet.
I’ve been using “web based speak and spell for emotionally unavailable idiots”, personally.
Why is she being held captive? Why have the police not stepped in? All of these offenders should be in prison.
Call the police?
It'll be a handful of pure black paper.
There's a few hard truths in life. One of them is "do not fuck with Finland". Your chance of survival is similar to when you sleep with a Gurkha's wife.
I can fix her.
Hahaha was just gonna find this one, but you beat me to it 🤣
On which platform? I've noticed that on Android the app very occasionally needs a restart.
Ha! 😂
Not mad young lady, just disappointed 😜
Meanwhile in Australia...
I ordered a president from Temu, and they sent me Trump.
Sorry your boyfriend thinks going down is something you do in an elevator.
@nytpitchbot.bsky.social
Hahaha that trendline is pure comedy 🤣
Wait, he actually said "still waiting for tariffs to be passed on by foreign producers"? If this guy is an economist, I'm Princess Diana.
I'd pop in if not for timezones 🤣
The number of people who think that AI "thinks" is quite concerning.
I have drunk anything for 15 years, but I'll have a few the day I find out he's dead.
5 is "12 year old girls".
Oh damn, so sorry to hear that. I'm in Australia so can sympathize. Huge hugs.
Wait, why are you in a hotel crying?
Maybe Americans should read what's on the statue of liberty.
I remember someone resurrecting and porting Eliza in the 80s, and everyone losing their shit over it. Goddam humans are stupid.
AI is smoke and mirrors.
one of the great tragedies of our age is how many people are willing to view AI as magic because they don't understand how it functions but unwilling to exhibit any humility at all towards more important things they understand even less (like the climate or medicine)
That was my very first thought 🤣
Free speech is free speech.
When Trump is done and this is over, the tax payer will pay for the myriad of suits brought by the victims of this horrific policy. Meanwhile, all those involved in its implementation will just ride off into the sunset. If Trump wants to act like Ceaușescu, he should be treated like Ceaușescu.
Cool name BTW. Great game 😉
You can change bedsheets?
I dunno, China is pretty shakey. It's all smoke and mirrors.