Sometimes there are very good reasons for a family member being “long lost.”

Well then you’re a mean old doody head.

Who says programmers don’t have a sense of humor?

No one. It’s just what you pretend people say to make yourself feel like some kind of special exception.

scythed

Nice to see a new verb used in a headline.

I love this way of thinking about it.

I haven’t been interested in AI enough to try writing code with it, but using it as an interactive rubber ducky is a very compelling use case. I might give that a shot.

I don’t think he is saying that an inability to differentiate between foreign languages is racist, but rather that given a random shithead who holds truly racist beliefs, it is unlikely they will be able to recognize differences between Asian languages.

To put it more generically, most people in Set A exhibit Trait B, but having Trait B alone does not mean you are a member of Set A.

That’s true, they can be a bright spot in a dark sea of overpriced used crap.

Unfortunately that seems to be fading too though. It seems like in-person ones are usually the only time that happens though, and many of them are moving online. That means you’re competing with everyone else who knows how to use auction sites besides ebay.

Maybe I’m just looking for the wrong things though. Collectibles outside of my interests may be experiencing different trends.

Flipping second-hand goods hasn’t been viable at any worthwhile scale in over a decade. Too many people know how to use the Internet now, and usually google their shit before it goes on the garage sale or flea market table. The days of finding that rare vase or vintage toy that the owner doesn’t know the value of are gone.

PS2 is retro now? Damn, getting old really does sneak up on you.

porn collection

Harry Potter fan fiction

These two are not necessarily mutually exclusive.

Oh my, what a throwback. Nicely done.

Yep, that’s exactly what happened when I was on escort duty for recently recruited Iraqi police. And my god the result looked exactly like second stick figure image in the OP. I’m glad cleaning it up wasn’t part of my job.

I also watched a guy reach into a urinal and use the urinal cake as hand soap. I feel kinda bad that I didn’t stop him, but he did it with such speed and confidence that it was the right thing to do, it was too late by the time I realized what was happening.

That’s probably for the best.

I spent 4 years in the USMC and have a very complicated relationship with my time enlisted. There is a lot I’m proud of, but there’s also a lot that would be nice to forget.

Some portions of the ASVAB have questions very similar to those you might find on an IQ test, but it is much more broad than just IQ.