My 0.2mm head is in the mail.

A car wash uses 80 gallons per car. The car wash by my office probably washes a thousand cars a day.

The reason corporations buy politicians is because they’re cheap.

The fountains aren’t quite as wasteful as they seem. They use a lot of water compared to a house, but way less than some car washes.

The A1 mini is $200 right now (you have to manually choose NOT to do the AMS bundle on the site though that’s also worth considering at $350 for a multi-color/material printer). It’s an extremely good printer for the size, and the 0.2mm nozzle and the correct settings will do minis very well.

Check out this video on doing minis with it: https://youtu.be/gw2BuLw9hNE?si=c8HQmq0URGU6-qZc

You gonna pay me for those 15 minutes?

Ain’t nobody can afford to shoot .38 these days. Rim fire linking and the occasional 9mm mag and I’m broke.

Only if you’re a lefty.

Cross-drawing at the table is rude.

“You’ve turned on sticky keys.”

Especially Return of the King, yeah.

Having the “Surprise - ghost army!” thing happen twice kinda ruined it. In the theater having them swarm out of the ships was a real “Wow” moment and I’m glad it wasn’t spoiled like it was in the extended editions.

Well… they did just legalize gratuities for political favors.

Not quite as open and shut anymore.

A lack of a degree isn’t proof of anything, good or bad (for most jobs).

But a degree is a positive indicator.

The reality is that when hiring an employee I don’t care how privileged they are. I care about whether they’re going to be a good fit for the position.

There are other things people can use to demonstrate their ability to be a good employee. If someone worked for a company for multiple years and was promoted during that time it’s a good indicator.

If someone is 23 and has worked for 10 different companies, I’m gonna guess they’re flaky.

However, if someone worked for the same company more than once that’s a good sign, because after leaving the company wanted them back.

But, all else being equal, having a degree is better than not for a skilled position, and will usually demand more money.

They shifted too hard into the retail market. They refused to do an online store and actually discontinued their mail catalog in the 90s.

They had the infrastructure in place, the experience, and more. They should have taken over the online world, but left the door open for Amazon.

People would mail-order houses from them in their prime.

A college degree ahows you can complete a series of seemingly-unrelated tasks (courses) across multiple phases (semesters), to finish a major project (degree).

It means you finish what you start and have an eye on the future instead of the present.

Yes, but sometimes there’s an iconic leader that a movement centers around, and while the machine they drive is made up of millions of others, that personality is key.

It’s why Trump is so scary. Yeah, the GOP has been evil for decades. But the fascist shift of the past 9 years wasn’t something they expected. The GOP lost control of their own party with Trump, and now they’re as terrified of him as anyone, but unable to stop him. It’s become a personality cult that is no longer connected with political stances.

Liz Cheney was a textbook examen of a far-right establishment Republican, and she was driven out of office and is now in legitimate danger of assassination by the Trump crowd despite holding the same political positions. All because she didn’t bend the knee to Trump himself.

The GOP is also terrified at what comes after Trump. He’s nearly 80 and is the entirety of their platform now.

I’ve heard more and more people very upset over the SCOTUS ruling. While it’s great for President Trump and Defendant Trump, I think it’s actually bad for Candidate Trump.

Elections are increasingly about fear, and the Supreme Court just gave a lot of people a reason to fear Trump.

Because when the nation’s facing its greatest threat since at least the Civil War, your chosen defender should be a beacon of hope, not a quivering old man.

I love Joe Biden. He’s done great things for this country, and his administration has been excellent overall, despite being very bad at communicating it’s successes. But it’s time for him to rest on his laurels.

Senility is coming fast, and the Republicans are absolutely murdering him on this point. It’s by far the strongest play they have, and by choosing a different candidate that’s not in their 9th decade of life we can gut that argument.

RBG refused to retire and as a consequence we have the worst Court in the history of the country. Biden is refusing to retire, and as a consequence we’re likely to lose our Democracy entirely in 5 months.

It’s not too late to change candidates. It’s only in the last few decades that the candidate was known ahead of the convention. We can and should pick someone younger that can turn the narrative of “crazy old man” around on the also-ancient Donald Trump.

Everyone I talk to laments about how terrible both candidates are. How about we swap Joe out for someone who is at least mediocre?

I ordered my first Chromecast the day they were announced (Amazon exclusive at first BTW).

It was a different time with Amazon. They got confused in the rush or orders, and sent me like 7 emails in 20 minutes all contradicting each other about my order. I was mostly curious when it would arrive, so I called to see if they had any idea, since them emails ranged between 2 weeks and 4 months.

They apologized for the confusion, overnighted one to me, and refunded my money.

Amazon’s customer service 11 years ago was excellent to the point of irresponsible.

Because I have to do a mountain of paperwork to get an admin to authorize a software installation on my work computer, so having better tools baked into the OS is a huge win.

When I ask to navigate home, it tries sending me to Home Depot.