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I'm glad things are going better where you live. Where I live: Gas: 2020 = $2.36 a gallon 2024 = $4.69 a gallon Celery: 2020 $0.90/head 2024 $1.50/head Arby's Half Pound Roast Beef…

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It's tough to call DEI "dissent" when it is broadly mandated by HR departments, university administrations, and in many cases state law.

Has Florida been banning books from universities?! "Schools" usually means K-12 schools.

SeaMonkey has a classic UI and is basically a modern Netscape Communicator. You can ignore the rest and just use the Mail part. It's a solid email program that has worked well for …

> citations needed https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ftsa&q=college+cancels+conservativ...

Counterpoints: social bonding in sharing a physical space, lots of nonverbal communication in face-to-face meetings. Don't get me wrong, I love remote work. And Zoom meetings have …

There was a science fiction story about this, with phone auto-message and auto-answer systems connecting with each other long after all the humans were dead.

It's called bribery or corruption and is common in third-world countries. "You actually want me to do the job I'm already paid for? Give me cash."

It's interesting how national media reports this. Whether you agree with them or not, Proud Boys are incredibly clear about protesting all-ages drag shows. "18+ gets rid of us" is …

Someone says: "I'm making a new OS/desktop environment/text editor that works for power users." I hear: "I'm making this for me ." There's absolutely nothing wrong with that. Many …

Remember when web pages were text with a few images, with browser settings (font/size/color?) that let users style things to suit their own needs? Those were good days.

You don't. But you also don't have to listen to them.That's freedom.

> What makes it worse is that there's always some hidden setting or configuration somewhere to blame, so you never really can blame Word. Yes you can.

> I've never sent or received a 'nude selfie' in my life. Time to fix that.

"Every man's life is sufficient." - Marcus Aurelius

That would be terrible. /s

The 1920s have something to say about markets that climb without reference to underlying production.

If you create a problem, people will beg you to sell them the solution.

"My search engine is Safari." - My dad

Sure. But "anti-vaxxer" has two meanings which are conveniently confused in current usage. 1. Someone against all vaccines 2. Someone against the current COVID vaccines

This term bothers me. Isn't every single human neuro-distinct? Everyone deviates from the average/the norm in some way. If you mean Asperger's/autism, that's a specific thing, and …

Good point! Ordering pet food over the internet in 1995: crazy moonshot weirdo stuff. Ordering pet food over the internet in 2021: just another day.

The damage is done to Parler, but also to Apple. Apple has established, clearly and publicly, that you will not say anything they disapprove of with their devices. (This affects Di…