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fine_sandy_bottom ,

Yeah I’m generally not a cat person but that’s a pretty rad cat.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

Yeah I’m in the process of switching my OTP stuff to keepassxc. Better hurry that up.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

You need practice at concentrating on your work.

In the same way you’d work out to build muscle strength, your mind needs regular training to stay in shape.

Start with sensible, achievable goals and improve over time.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

Yeah I do this to break my inertia.

“I’m not actually going to do any work, just clear my desk, then 5 minutes youtube”

“I’m not actually going to do any work, I’m just going to get my books / laptop out, then do whatever thing for 5 minutes”

… and so on …

fine_sandy_bottom ,

I’ve been a volunteer treasurer for several medium sized non-profits.

You should have a think about what sort of charity resonates with you. Like education support, homelessness, legal support, drug rehabilitation, et cetera.

Then call a few in your area and tell them you’re considering a bequest, and would like to understand some more about their organisation and how the money is used. 1

fine_sandy_bottom ,

In places with “hard” water (lots of calcium) you tend to get a calcium plaque in the pan after several years. It will absorb any iron in the water and turn brown.

It’s pretty much a rock growing on the porcelain. A brush won’t move it.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

So, ah, that’s not how that works.

If he “goes bust” and can’t make repayments the bank will take his cars and silver and gold.

This guy is a great author, and those four words “rich dad, poor dad” are masterfully crafted. The book basically says borrow money to buy houses not boats. It’s not revolutionary, it’s just packaged in a way which is appealing to… poor dads.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

Yeah I don’t like auto upgrades. Everyone says it’s fine but that’s not my experience.

My stuff isn’t public facing so I’m not worried about 0-days

fine_sandy_bottom ,

I think that’s exactly what’s happened with Trump, is that deviance has been defined down in the sense that there’s so much focus on, it’s almost like an overload of sorts. The result is, you just don’t see it — it’s almost like he’s kind of normalizing this on some level. Even as outrageous as he can be, it’s been very difficult, I think, for people to maintain a consistent vigilance and see the threat that he represents because it’s kind of overwhelming, really, in many respects.

Precisely why this article shouldn’t exist. This article is normalising the behaviour. Reporton what he does, not what he says.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

That’s not what I said.

You can acknowledge the behaviour without reporting on every utterance (which is what he wants).

fine_sandy_bottom ,

You can report on the behaviour without breathlessly trotting out every sentence.

The actual story is that Trump is using nazi phrases to stoke furore, generate headlines, and galvanise his base. It’s so tiresome that it’s working so well.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

Exactly. Reporting on what Trump does rather than what he says does not require you to ignore nazi rhetoric.

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Michael Cohen, the former lawyer for Donald Trump, admitted to citing fake, AI-generated court cases in a legal document that wound up in front of a federal judge, as reported earlier by The New York Times. A filing unsealed on Friday says Cohen used Google’s Bard to perform research after mistaking it for “a super-charged...

fine_sandy_bottom ,

I’m genuinely amazed at the calibre of people running the US. More so that aparently half the nation thinks its the best choice.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

I think this is fairly reductive. I work in a related industry. Often it’s the best lawyers working for the shadier clients, for obvious reasons.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

An expert hired by the Taipei, Taiwan-based Wisdom Marine Group “is working diligently to create contingency plans, arrange for a firefighting team, and ensure the necessary equipment is in place,’ the group said in a statement.

Yeah right. They’re frantically trying to figure out how to dump the container overboard and whether the penalties would cost less than losing the boats cargo.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

If they could dump it overboard they absolutely would not care whether it continues to burn.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

I think you mistake how companies work.

When there’s many millions of dollars on the line and you’re an easily replaceable deck hand the SOP is to do whatever the fuck the special consultant tells you to do.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

Let me guess…

  • not very accurate
  • needs to be trained on an individuals brain.
fine_sandy_bottom ,

Last night someone was telling me that the resin they use to make the blades deteriorates over time and covers the area in microplastics. Oh and each turbine needs 40 tonnes of cement which is not carbon neutral.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

Chop chop chop.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

Sure ok. This guy drives Australian road trains. Typically 15 axles, 58 tyres.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

Well how else would they get chopped up by a wind turbine?

fine_sandy_bottom ,

What a silly thing to say.

I think you’d be hard pressed to find someone who doesn’t want to use less power.

I suspect what you really mean is that you want to reduce power requirements by some authoritarian policy.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

A very obvious example of post hoc ergo propter hoc. I’ve never heard anyone believe that, certainly not a majority.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

Sure mate, I guess the question of whether it’s authoritarian is subjective. Suffice to say rationing would be daft. What about roof top solar?

fine_sandy_bottom ,

How do you wet the TP? 😭

fine_sandy_bottom ,

This is heresay and supposition but… I suspect the Columbian government is trying to figure out how to secure the value represented by the find, and the archaeological angle is one way to do that.

I don’t know anything about Columbia but I assume there’s some corrupt government officials there somewhere. Billions might not be a lot when talking about a country’s budget, but this isn’t part of their budget. Any gold that makes its way into someone’s pocket is fair game.

Again supposition but… I wonder whether Spain would have any claim on it if it wasn’t considered archaeologically significant.

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