You are absolutely right. They need to be split up in six different pieces instead, thereby forcing them to compete. That’s what functioning democracies do to companies that are so dominant they are de facto monopolies and thereby making any real competition virtually impossible. The US isn’t a functioning democracy anymore so don’t you worry little one, It’s not gonna happen to any of the mega-conglomerates you have such a special bond with.

I knew what it was before I clicked, and it is exactly what you think. No need to click.

It doesn’t look fantastically comfortable to fire that thing.

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It is the only time when I can really pump up the jam and go nuts. You can’t do it at home because your neighbors will murder you if you are loud enough. It is also unfair to lay all the dB’s on the same people all the time. That said, I only use the kind of volume that makes it hard to see straight during the morning commute. It is annoying for the closest 400 cars, but not as annoying as if I fall asleep and plow right into you. Yes, I have already OD’d on coffee to the point of seeing god in the rear view mirror by that time, but I am still fully capable of falling spontaneously asleep, thank you very much. So think before you get too annoyed in the future. That obnoxiously loud asshole may just have saved your life by playing bagpipe music at a volume that makes the clouds shift above her car. You’re welcome.

Edit: ohhh, that wasn’t very popular at all, was it? Some folks even took it seriously. To be fair, I actually started sort of seriously, but the post got away from me. Hate when that happens. I like loud music and the only time you can ramp it up a bit is in the car. That much is serious. The rest was an attempt at humour, but I see I failed. Again.

I actually play loud music to sing along with as voice training as I spend maybe 2h in the car every day on average. Whitney’s got nothing on me, lemme tell you. She is dead after all.

This is second hand info, I’m nowhere near limber or big enough, but I saw a comment from someone who allegedly was able to self fellate. Apparantly the overall impression is that it is more like sucking dick than getting your dick sucked. I’m not implying that it’s a bad thing, just know what to expect before committing to a rigorous training regiment with that goal in mind. Or whatever, you do you. 😏

Math checks out.

Yeah, I haven’t read the study of course. Only read about it. Which makes the claim above even more dubious. But hey, this is the future, who has the time to fact check anymore?

The funny thing is that the “extra strength” placebos likely have a better chance of working. The more elaborate and involved the placebo is, the greater the chance of it actually working even if you know it is a placebo. Our minds are weird. As always, I’m too lazy to look up the actual study so I don’t know if it was a quality study or not.

You have to wonder what he did that made 10 guys leave their swords in his corpse like that.

My trusty blade that served me well trough all this years is irredeemably soiled by this guys blood. Worth it, but I’m gonna miss my Rosemünde. In case you missed it in history class, all swords were called that in the olden days. Not very imaginative, but that’s the way it was.

Her coming out video was what cracked my egg. I hade started watching her videos from the back and had no idea she was trans. I just thought she had started some cooperation with some girl to up her viewer count or something. When I realized, something inside me awakened and just wouldn’t sleep anymore. Took me a while to fully accept, but that was it.

I must confess to not watching the vid either. 😃

This is known. Until key distribution is solved one time Cryptos remain unpractical for everyday use.

Depends on what you’re doing. If operating machinery like a lathe or a mill or anything that moves and where you don’t want to have body parts in the mix, no, you absolutely shouldn’t wear gloves. They catch much easier than naked hands and take it from me, it’s no fun getting caught. 🫠

Some protective cream is better when you can’t use gloves, but I personally don’t find it helps all that much. YMMV.

Otherwise yes, gloves are good. Much of the oil and shit isn’t good for your skin and who knows how much gets absorbed that way.

It’s not perfect, but I use baby wipes to clean off the worst before I head in. Don’t have running water in the shop so to avoid putting black fingerprints everywhere, it’s good enough. Also much cheaper than specialized wipes. After that, ordinary soap usually does the trick.

Dish washing liquid is better than ordinary soap I find, but rarely necessary. A specialized product with something grainy in it is better when you’re really dirty and it’s on there good.

Signed. Needs a lot more signatures, though.

I’ve found that the best way to utilize alcohol when programming is to code sober and comment drunk. It’s a wonderful way to make commenting both fun to write and to read later.

I have tried coding under the influence, but I can’t do it. Even small amounts of alcohol makes it really hard to do anything complex. But if it works for you, good on ya.

Lol. Really puts a smile on my face. So cute.

Never much cared for it.

Ya can’t say shit like that and not link the clip. Now I hafta venture out on the real internet and look for it. Day ruined.