suburban_hillbilly

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Can you believe people actually once thought this asshat was a visiomary?

The problem is that too many combination bargain-basement engineer/self-proclaimed geniuses, too dumb to realize they aren't ever actually the smartest person in the room, still do.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

CDs for me. If you buy a big disc binder they really don't take up that much room. Its about the same size as the 1971 compact OED that sits on the same shelf.

If I really wanted to get rid of them I'd just donate them to the local library system. The ones they don't want they'd resell as a fundraiser.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Yeah, because career-minded prosecutors and judges never fuck over little people for minor, technical, harmless violations of the law. 🙄

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

While you can do this, it's not clear to me that you should. There are a number of additional laws having to do with perjury and misusing goverment sites and while I would undoubtedly agree with you, were you to assert the application of those laws to the utilization of a user agent switcher is a ridiculous overreach, I am just as certain I have no desire to be in the hot-seat on the day we all find out.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)

Several government websites for the state of Pennsylvania complain and refuse to work if they detect that you aren't using chrome/edge/safari.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

So the legend of bar keepers friend is that it was invented after someone boiled a bunch of rhubarb greens and noticed it cleaned the pan. I reckon any green high in oxalic acid (the main ingredient in BKF) should do similarly enough to the actual product to let you know if it might work.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

This is not even remotely new.

[–] [email protected] 77 points 1 week ago

They are the most entitled pricks walking.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't much go in for the mommy blog nonsense. My kids are vaccinated. We do enjoy many of the conveniences modern chemistry and industry have to offer, but some years ago when I was reading about BPA replacements we switched to all glass or bare metal food containers at home and a strong preference for brands that come in glass from the store(or preferably no package at all). Never once have I regretted the extra expense or prep work.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago

fuuuuuck....

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Without getting into the weeds of arbitration—if you want to sue Valve for some reason, you now have to file in King county, Washington. This makes it too expensive to be worth it for any amount less than the cost of flying to and staying in Seattle for a lawsuit. Even if you're right and Valve is wrong.

Amazon recently did this too and it worked out well for them I guess, since other companies seem to have followed suit.

[–] [email protected] 96 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Some people are just determined to make it difficult to believe humanity is worth saving.

 

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