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  • Kbin does not display (or possibly even pull in) federated downvotes.

  • Plot twist: it's the neighbor's baby in a newly constructed "luxury" apartment complex with paper thin walls. OP is just a really empathetic and patient person, and does not begrudge the neighbor.

  • Who educated them?

    I think the most common answer for this topic would be, "No one, really." Except maybe energy marketing/ads. You know, the folks that brought us "clean coal" and "fracking is totally safe and will definitely not bork your groundwater."

  • A perfect example is this guy from my last job. Thought himself a leader. Thought himself knowledgeable. Always had an answer, regardless of actual facts. Alternated between barking out orders and lamenting on how he had to do everything himself. Constantly getting schooled by people who actually knew the subject matter. Those who had been around just kinda put up with his BS because he filled a position that nobody else wanted.

    Enter new management, who was very impressed with his authoritative tone, apparent breadth of knowledge, and willingness to lick boot. Suddenly management is bypassing dude's bosses to go straight to the horse's mouth and get the straight dope (which often involved taking credit for other people's work and bus-chucking whoever was handy). All because someone who barely knew what he was talking about spoke confidently to people that had no idea what was going on.

  • Cello, because cellos sound freakin awesome.

  • American here. My ISP blackholes certain sites at the DNS level. Easy enough to work around, but it's there.

  • All of the design talent and experience has been purged from their ranks in the last 10-12 years. They are a trash tier developer and have burned all the nostalgic goodwill of their past successes.

    What's crazy amongst all this madness is whatever skeleton crew they stuck in a closet to tend to the corpse of D3 has been knocking it out of the park lately. It's like they got a green light to do whatever and started ticking features from the community wishlist. It won't last much longer as after next season it'll just be cycling through previous content. But at least for now, someone over there appears to care.

  • Netflix, what are you trying to do? I can't cancel my subscription in protest if it's still cancelled from the last time you did something boneheaded.

  • hack ... through solarwinds

    I'm almost afraid to ask, but was there another breach? SW was my bread and butter for awhile but I've been out of that scene for a year or so.

  • Kbin doesn't display federated downvotes (if it even pulls them). Any downvotes you see on kbin came from kbin.

  • I know just enough Spanish to be throughly confused about how any of that is related to "science funding."

  • Season 2, The Dauphin. Enterprise plays taxi for a new head of state, Wesley does the teenager in love thing, falling for a cute nerd. I just watched this one but had to look up the title.

  • They're like the dog that caught the car it was chasing. All proud of themselves but have no fucking clue what to do with it.

  • Well deserved. Though I gotta say, if there's ever a remake of Jaws: The Revenge, I hope he reconsiders.

  • We also don't need yet another self-obsessed septuagenarian calling shots that will have ramifications long after they're dead. Especially one who owes their wealth and influence to fucking coal.

  • Shower crying is a good way to reset your body, mind, and soul when facing the prospect of doing the same thing over and over every fucking day for the next 30 years or so.

  • Fund the IRS

    You can't fund the IRS. The IRS is a government agency. And those are awful. Watch, I'll prove it:

    starves agency of funds for years

    See? They suck. They can barely function. Time to make more cuts in the name of fiscal responsibility!

    see also: EPA, USPS, ED, HHS, DOT, DOL, FCC, FTC, etc.

  • I can’t think of a time in like 20 years that they actually had the thing that I went there to buy.

    Like a few folks have mentioned, I bought my last two TVs there. If it sucks or it's a bad panel or I just don't like it, I just box it up and take it back to the store. No wondering if it'll get damaged in shipment or ganked off the porch (or take a day off and hope it's delivered when it's supposed to be).

    They're also really good with getting in amiibo, but that's a super niche thing.

  • IMO, HDR makes a bigger difference than 1080 vs 4K.