My friend’s came on 24 floppies. Maybe you had double density disks or whatever those higher capacity ones were called.
I remember reading this joke press release about how Microsoft was renaming itself to Moft. Their name appears so much in Windows that the shortened name would let them use one less floppy disk and it would save them so much money. After feeding 24 floppies into a new computer one time I completely believed the joke and embarrassed myself by telling other people the big rename was coming.
I’ve never been prouder of that time I rolled 2 dice and got 12. A breathtaking, crowning achievement where all my years of hard work or education or whatever paid off.
Doug, when a normal family has a member that raves like a lunatic and waves a knife around for EIGHT YEARS, they don’t act surprised when said lunatic finally stabs someone.
But normal families don’t have the same problems the Fords do, so maybe that isn’t obvious.
Didn’t he write that as a joke after they went out drinking one night early in Netscape’s development?
Not too many drunk pranks get codified for years in standards documentation!
The whole towing with expired tags is a thing. It makes sense when you’re in a tight parking lot (like underground parking); and it’s important every vehicle at minimum have storage insurance so if it catches fire and wrecks shit, it’s covered.
But that it not this. This is just stupid bullshit.
I’ll talk all kinds of shit about that movie, but I’ve watched it end to end more times than most movies I’ve seen, and it’s never been a hate watch.
My favourite urban legend is that there’s a special desk at the Vienna airport for people who accidentally flew to Austria instead of Australia.
That is absolutely false.
Corporations can only donate on your behalf, so they get no tax benefits whatsoever. They cannot claim the money you donated as income nor can they donate it under their own name. The only thing they can do is use it for PR and tell the public “they helped raise $x for this cause”.
That said, if you donate a non trivial amount to charity, you should do it directly with the charity so you can get a tax receipt and write it off on your personal taxes.
Let me guess, you had to argue with the maintainers because you tried to submit it without adding tests for a 2 line markdown file update?
Children aren’t playing there. It’s just the guy living down the street has some priors.
This could be as innocent as “hiring manager was on vacation and we still have some interviews planned” or “our interviewer was caught fornicating with a chicken and we’ve had to make some internal changes”.
I would take it as a positive sign that you’re still in the running, but like others have said, I wouldn’t pause my other job searching tasks to wait for this one to play out.
Kobo works fantastic.
If you have the ability, set up calibre and calibre-web and you can configure your Kobo to use your ebook library as the “store”.
Kobo also has at least one plugin/mod that replaces the whole reading UI with one with more features. Check out KOReader for that.
Apart from that, though, it makes little difference what ebook you get. If it allows you to load your own ebook files on manually (afaik they all do), you can do whatever you want.
And then, surprise! It’s a UK company so they artificially put it at the TOP of the alphabetical list, but you didn’t notice it before you scrolled everywhere else first.
I think I’m at my wit’s end with “smart” things.
Roomba? It takes less time to just vacuum the place than it does for the fucking vacuum to realize it’s been humping the same chair leg for most of its battery charge.
Assistants?
“Hey Google, open the bedroom blinds”
“Sorry, that device hasn’t been configured yet”
“Hey Google, open the bedroom blinds”
“Sure, turning 2 lights on”
“Hey Google, open the bedroom blinds”
“Sure, opening the blinds”
In places with marginal tax brackets, no. The numbers are different where I live, but the principle (hah) is the same:
If you earn 291k a year, the first 191k is taxed at 24%. The money left over (100k) gets taxed at 32%. So if you get a raise or bonus, the “tax problem” is only that your extra money is immediately taxed at 32%.
I know people who still repeat the line that earning more money will push them into a higher tax bracket and they’d end up with less money than if they stayed at their current income.
The handle or knob you use to turn the water on is what needs to be repaired. If you remove the shower head and leave it off, you’ll just have a dripping pipe instead of a shower head. Inside that part is a rubber part that has worn out (happens after a few years).
If you’re slightly handy, unscrew the faceplate on the shower controls and see if you can figure out the brand and model of the shower. You can often buy a replacement cartridge and not have to replace all the hardware (which usually involves ripping open the wall to replace).
City residents: install the CityFix app on your phone to report issues
YSK there's an app called CNV CityFix you can install on your smartphone that allows you to review and report issues in your area that the city should address.
Every once in a while I'll see some egregious graffiti, dumped trash, tree debris blocking a path, etc. More often than not, someone has already reported the issue in the app and the City is aware of it and adds it to their list. Within a few days (or less), a crew with the right equipment comes out and addresses it.
Being able to snap a photo and send the location to the city to put it on their radar is great for both parties. The city gets quality reports about issues quickly, and residents have a low effort way to get them dealt with.
You can also search for reported issues nearby, and there's often laughs to be had at people's descriptions of their perceived problems, or particularly witty ways people describe legitimate issues.