TomMasz

Serious question: What would be the funding model? It seems like the number of people willing to pay for journalism is fairly small, though nowhere near zero.

They’re tolerable when scrambled and suitably seasoned, but I detest fried or hard-boiled eggs.

I like having a break from the thinking and the doing, both of which are starting to feel like too much.

Fires are only a small percentage of the calls most departments respond to. The majority is EMS, with various calls for some type of service making up the rest. As such, firefighters spend a lot of time in training for the various kinds of situations they’re called to. There’s also maintenance of equipment and gear, certifications, and in some cases, inspection of buildings for compliance. In my area, local departments have been funded to hand out smoke and CO detectors to homes that don’t have them, as well as change batteries.

Add to that eating, sleeping, and exercise. Firefighters go from 0 to 100% when the alarm sounds, and that can be taxing on the heart, so cardiovascular fitness is essential.

It’s likely this isn’t the only conspiracy theory he believes in. Time for you to find better friends,.

No one has the energy to invent new ones first thing in the morning.

The only significant opposition has been in a few courts. Everything else is mostly vocal and easily ignored. So, yeah, we are.

How Putinesque.

The job market sucks and it’s only getting worse. A full-time job doesn’t provide the same standard of living it did for previous generations. I don’t like how there’s so much pressure to have a side hustle that makes money versus just having a hobby you enjoy, but for some people that’s their only option. But I don’t hate them, I hate the system.

That being said, it wasn’t cool for him to include you in his video. You have every right to push back and avoid this in the future.

As an American, Scots are the most difficult to understand. Most Brits, Welsh and Irish are fine. Australians and New Zealanders, too. Canadians can be almost indistinguishable to me with the exception of a couple of words here and there.

LOC is a terrible metric. The worst programmer I ever had work for me had the highest LOC of anyone on the team, and his code was crap that barely worked.

We evolved for a life of scarcity, but now we live in a world of plenty.

I should have expected this. As a dad I’m ashamed.

I’ve got a couple of files from the '80s originally created with AppleWorks. I can open some of them with LibreOffice (yay for opensource!), for some of the others I have to use Sheepshaver (Mac OS 9 emulator). I keep them for nostalgia reasons.

In addition to the caps and pots, have you checked the condition of the power cord? Depending on age/storage condition it might need replacing if it has become cracked or stiff.

The Founders created the impeachment process without consideration for political parties. They naively assumed Congress would act in accordance with the Constitution and standard jurisprudence with no regard for ideology. While it hasn’t always been this way, there are really only two parties that matter at the Federal level. The House of Representatives, which is responsible for determining whether a trial is appropriate (similar to a Grand Jury), is controlled by Republicans. They won’t even consider holding impeachment hearings, let alone recommend a trial in the Senate. The Senate, also controlled by Republicans, would likely do the same thing they did twice during his first term, which is essentially nothing.

Slack does this all the time.

Far more likely to contain lead. Either way, it should be remediated properly.

From kindergarten through high school I was always adjacent to popularity but never popular. I got along with all the subgroups, which was convenient since I never really had to worry about being a target.

Legitimate? Yes. Shitty as all fuck? Also yes.