Oh man....this is making me remember a conversation I had with someone in high school that wanted to get $2 and was willing to pay something like $5 for it.

The guy was not the sharpest tool in the shed.

It's like a toxic romantic partner: if I can't make a lot of money doing this one thing, then no one can.

Come to think of it, a lot of late stage capitalism behavior is like a toxic partner.

You can always rely on Democrats to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

The post mortem is still on-going but there are two conclusions that ring true for me (so far anyway):

• Harris failed to reach middle-Americans: she didn't make many statements about how she was going to tackle inflation and help the average American. Instead she spent WAY too much time trying to secure Republican endorsements.

• As a result, voters stayed home. Many of middle America aren't politically active. In the same way, they don't see themselves being affected by Trump's policies (for right or for wrong). Many of these voters did vote for Obama but couldn't be bothered to vote for Harris.

Trump is the first Republican president to win a plurality of votes what 20 years? Trump ran a campaign of "ImMiGrAnTs ArE tHe PrObLeM!1!1!1". He was so unhinged that voters should have voted against him. The numbers so far show that he won a similar number of votes as he did in 2020 so it's looking like his base came out to vote but Democrats didn't.

Republicans fall in line.

Democrats fall in love.

We need better candidates.

Absolutely no politician deserves a seat at the very table they are trying to destroy.

No Republican (with the exception of two -- Romney and Cheney) has condemned J6 and until they do, they absolutely should not get to sit in office.

Yet...here we are.

To be stupidly fair, they are familiar with what a nail clipper looks like so it's easy for them to find and screen them.

But if a legit bomb part went through security, they'd probably not recognize it due to its novelty.

The next bomb through TSA is going to be some popular toy like a Tickle Me Elmo or some other shit.

If it's not in airplane mode, how do you expect the car to fly over the gap in the bridge?

Verizon FiOS is, very surprisingly, decent. Of course when compared to Comcast, the bar is pretty low. And compared to other Verizon offerings, you'd think FiOS would be shitty but it is honestly very refreshing.

Anytime I've had to call for an issue, it was fixed within a reasonable amount of time. One time it was some sort of speed/connectivity issue and they figured it out at the neighborhood junction within a day and another was to bury my fiber and that was within a week.

Comcast charged me for a technician to come out each time. I had to fight that charge each time. Took MONTHS to get that fixed.

I suspect that the reason Jack Smith dropped charges was so that jeopardy would not be attached. I'm not a lawyer but reading his statement read as an indictment against the Justice Department and the federal court system, begging them to either codify into law that Presidents are king or get rid of the rule to not charge sitting Presidents.

And I would be remissed if I didn't remind everyone that there is nothing in the Constitution saying Trump can't serve his criminal sentence in a state prison while also serving his term as president.

I never understood the hatred over jury duty. Except for people who work minimum wage or don't get paid jury duty.

Jury duty is the most direct way a normal citizen can affect democracy.

With the war this long, I wouldn't be surprised if there is a segment of the Ukrainian population that says, "Let's just end this. If that means we give up some land for peace, and Russia pays for it, it's worth the lives saved."

I've been reading a lot about the US revolutionary war and there were definitely those who wanted an end to hostilities even if it meant returning to the crown.

I'm not saying it's right because we all know Russia would absolutely invade again. But it might help explain some of the 1/3 that don't agree with not giving an inch to Russia.

I get the feeling you're like me and you might be over-thinking it. If you're new, if I heard it, I'd pass it off as you sharing your skillset. Remember they hired YOU because they believe you can do the work.

If you want to help them edit, ask to sit in on their sessions. Tell them you want want to be a fly on the wall to see the process, etc. I've done that in the IT world with great success. It shows you're curious and eager to learn.

If they say no, then you have your answer -- they may be only looking to you to fill one box. Most managers understand that you want to do more than what you're doing now.

Measuring number of CVEs is not a great metric anyway.

Linux is open source, so people can find more things wrong with it and fix it.

It just means that Linux users and developers are more diligent in finding and removing vulnerabilities.

And don't forget conservative finger wagging.

"I'm sure he learned his lesson."

Fwiw, net neutrality is "law" right now. I wonder if affected media companies have a tort that they could sue Twitter under.

I'm sure Twitter is going to delay delay delay but still...

Ninja edit: law is in quotes since this is an FCC ruling (I don't know if that's the right word) and not sure how stable that is with Chevron overturned.

I swear "Don't Look Up" was supposed to be satire, not a fucking manual.

I'm convinced that the best way to store secrets is in a recipe blog. Credit card numbers, social security number, mother maiden name...

Oh we'll still have national parks. They'll just have oil and/or fracking rigs on them.

I read a conspiracy theory that Disney movies were designed to teach girls that marrying older men while you're a child is normal.

I don't think the 45 is a fleet number. I think it's there because Trump was the 45th president.

The guy probably has no personality except Trump. Judging by the rest of his car anyway

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