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  • Update on my Home-Lab now featuring a fully custom built 10" Aluminumm rack

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  • I know. I was just seeing if you would notice. awkward laughter

    (But thanks, I was trying to wing the conversion and started off with 3.3ft =1m and then did the numbers meme while my fingers typed gibberish.)

  • Update on my Home-Lab now featuring a fully custom built 10" Aluminumm rack

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  • I have an FDM printer (Ender 3 clone) that is mostly 2020 aluminum extrusion as the frame. A few years ago I found some 2020 on sale and built a set of shelves for my wife’s plants out of it. (Now - I know. It’s not the most economical use of materials, but it was the middle of winter, and I didn’t want to go work in the garage. Plus the 2020 was on sale.) It’ll support a slew of plants over a 4-foot span (~1.2m) without any sagging or other concerns. It can be wobbly side to side, but that’s a matter of bracing and connectors.

  • Trump to visit Walter Reed for ‘routine yearly checkup’, the second since April

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  • His detractors don’t get it. The doctors just called him back for his second once a year exam to admire him. Trump is in unbelievably good health.

    It’s Trump’s business acumen showing again. He gets his yearly checkups each calendar and each fiscal year.

    Saying this is a check up is a cover story. The doctors obviously called him in to consult on a particularly tough case.

    Yes, these are jokes. I hope president pudding brain remains cognizant enough to see all he built crumble, see his reputation ruined, his criminal enterprise dismantled, see his children jailed, to realize that he’s going to die before his political and criminal enemies, and that it all unfolds exceedingly quickly. Not all hopes are rational or possible, but I’ll accept any part of the above.

  • Trump classifies “anti-capitalism” as a political pre-crime

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  • hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on religion

    This means anyone who wants to tear down separation of church and state is a terrorist. …. right?

  • For the First Time in 133 Years, Maxwell House Rebrands as “Maxwell Apartment”

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  • The limited-time rebrand to Maxwell Apartment […] is one of two [marketing] campaigns debuting from the coffee brand

    It’s just advertising.

  • Oklahoma Town Faces 75% Property Tax Hike To Cover Sexual Abuse Settlement

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  • This 2021 article paints a damning picture.

    Oklahoma coach preyed on players while school looked the other way, lawsuit alleges — The Oklahoman

    Back in the bad old days of the 2009 recession, I got caught in the churn and wound up at a temp agency to make ends meet.One of my assignments was driving about 6 hours a day, from gas station to gas station to “buy” cigarettes. I never actually bought anything. What I did do, however, was wait until they asked me for either my ID or money. If they asked me for ID, they got a green card. If they asked me for money with no sign of ID’ing me, they got a red card.It was a voluntary program by Philip Morris to curtail underage smoking. I don’t know what actually happened to the cashiers. I was told no one got punished. (And folks reacted with disappointment, but not sadness or anger. Folks with green cards reacted happily, though. So I assume it was an Incentive-based program.) These interactions got logged, and I turned in the log sheet at the end of the day.

    Because we’re victims of our own experience, that immediately came to mind. I feel like we need to start blindly testing if mandatory reporters are reporting things they witness. I mean - no idea how that gets worked out. Seems horrible.

  • Something about incentives

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  • Online retailers, too. Item goes from ordered to processing to shipping in a half hour. Takes a week or more to go from shipping to shipped.Item can’t be cancelled without a restock fee if it’s in shipping — which is fine (I guess) if the item takes the provided time estimate to arrive.

  • Former FBI Director James Comey indicted on criminal charges

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  • To be fair, I also suggested he might be stupid.

  • Former FBI Director James Comey indicted on criminal charges

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  • So the person who is lying is Ted Cruz. Or he’s too stupid not to conflate the statements. But it’s likely the former.

  • 'Confusion and alarm' at Pentagon as Hegseth summons top brass to impromptu meeting

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  • I promise if they enlist me, I will be utterly incompetent.

  • 'Confusion and alarm' at Pentagon as Hegseth summons top brass to impromptu meeting

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  • I mean. Choose your own conspiracy.

    Coup against democracy. Coup for democracy (unlikely, but hey, who knows when you get that many people with that much power together to talk). Mass firings. Loyalty tests. War against Venezuela. War against Russia? Going to withdraw from the international stage entirely and let China have Taiwan/Russia go full tilt at Ukraine. Gonna invade Greenland. Maybe the U.S. just is planning to fire off all the nukes on October 14th to mark the biggest and only Charlie Kirk Day.

  • We don’t memorize phone numbers anymore, we rely on GPS to tell us where to go and Facebook reminds us of birthdays. What else will we stop remembering once AI remembers everything for us?

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  • In my community, it seems the local, state, federal government and local utilities are all competing to shut down as much of roads as possible, so there’s always a bunch of weird diversions to traffic. An unfortunate side-effect of underinvestment in infrastructure until the need is absolutely dire.

    Because the crews don’t get much work done in the winter, they tend to concentrate all their work on warmer months, which exacerbates the issue.

  • We don’t memorize phone numbers anymore, we rely on GPS to tell us where to go and Facebook reminds us of birthdays. What else will we stop remembering once AI remembers everything for us?

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  • I remember the routes, too, but you don’t have random road congestion or construction that sometimes necessitates alternative routes? It’s like having a psychic friend that tells you when the most direct route is fucked.

  • Like me really

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  • I always tell people the very last thought I had before they ask the question, even if it’s completely random. However, I try to walk the thought process back to get to a point where it’s clear I am listening to them. It’s a bit like a Pinky and the Brain bit, except we’re all smart, just not on the same wavelength.

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    Is it true that people misuse the word "racist"/"Anti-Semite" /"bigot" to shut down criticism?

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  • Well, Israel is a country, not a group of people, nor is it explicitly a religion, despite having an official state religion.

    To wit: If criticizing Israel is antisemitism, then is a criticism of Poland seen as anti-catholic? Are criticisms of Somalia seen as anti-Muslim? Denmark/Anti-Lutheran, Thailand/anti-buddhism, Turkey/anti-atheist?The last one is a bit of a stretch, since Turkey is merely officially secular, and not explicitly atheist, but my point is that for the above named pairings, criticism of the state isn’t considered to be attacks against the religion.

    It’s a bit silly to have an exception for just the one country, isn’t it?

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    Is it true that people misuse the word "racist"/"Anti-Semite" /"bigot" to shut down criticism?

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  • It’s fun to be silly and the fediverse has a bit of a “ministry of silly walks” vibe to it. I hope that helps clear things up.

  • TikTok To Be Sold To Trump’s Right Wing Billionaire Buddies And Converted Into A Propaganda Mill

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  • I just had this funny thought— so boomers adopted and settled into Facebook after millennials made it popular. And then everyone except for boomers stopped actively using it. It’s kind of their “retirement social media platform.”Now you have TikTok, which the millennials flocked to after GenZ popularized it. Does this mean after Gen Z flees the platform that it’s just going to be the Facebook equivalent for millennials?

  • TikTok To Be Sold To Trump’s Right Wing Billionaire Buddies And Converted Into A Propaganda Mill

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  • It’s like people forgot about that.

  • What's a personal weakness you possess that is entirely not relevant to your daily life?

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  • I guess I also want to add that when I go out, I’m always in a helmet, knee and elbow pads, and wrist guards.

    You never quite know what’s going to happen out there —A few years ago on a wide trail, someone in front of me panicked right as I was about to pass them and they moved directly into my path. I had to bail off the trail to try to “run off” my momentum, but they stepped more into the way and caught my skate with theirs just before I could get a foot down. I wound up in a semi-uncontrolled fall that saw my wrist guards taking the brunt of a tree I was going to dodge if I’d had my feet.Last year on a freshly paved road, my wife let out blood curdling scream from behind me as we were bombing down a hill. I swung into a power slide to stop but instead of sliding, my wheels just kept traction and I suddenly found myself heading for a curb at about 20 mph with only a few feet to maneuver. It was bad, too. Curb, couple feet of grass, then broken and uneven sidewalk, followed by mangled and rusty metal fence. Clipped the curb and went down hard on my pads and helmet – cracked my helmet on the sidewalk. Walked away fine. (Buy good helmets and always replace your helmet after a crash.) My wife was fine. She hit a small rock and panicked. Didn’t even fall.