radicalautonomy @ radicalautonomy @lemmy.world

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Oh no...there's no modifying of a school district's technology allowed. That's just not a thing, at least not that I've heard of in the US. Thanks for the recommendations, though, maybe it'll help someone else.

Oh I know, but it's not about the charger at this point; it's about the company and their stupid, stupid operating system that is dumb.

I hate Apple so god damned much. When I got started in 2003 with the cohort I was in for my elementary education degree, the university required us to get an Apple MacBook G4. We weren't allowed to choose any other laptop, just that one, and we had to get it from the campus computer store (so of course the school was getting a kickback 🖕).

The power cord on those had a weird round dongle on the end that plugged into the computer. In the center of the dongle was a very thin pin. So, of course, I accidentally tripped on it, and the pin snapped off inside the computer. Easy enough to remove, but it meant I had to buy a brand new adapter to do my coursework.

$80.

Eighty fucking dollars. And there were no third-party adapters at the time (at least when I looked). Oh, and that replacement adapter? CAUGHT ON FUCKING FIRE.

I have not spend a dime on anything Apple touches since then. I've been issued iPads by school districts for which I've worked in the past, but those pretty much stay locked up in my cabinet. Nope...no Apple Music, no Apple TV, not even a covered-by-the-district $1.99 app for my school iPad.

Luckily, as teacher, I've either been issued a Dell or at the very least a MacBook Air with Windows 10 bootcamped every year since. Unfortunately, I am in a new district in Oregon this year (had been in Texas), and my device this year is a non-bootcampable MacBook Air. 🤬

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dood

Big enough to be comfortably used by humans

Pffffbtbtbt, housing crisis schmousing crisis. There's your answer, chaps.

"...uh...n...n...nice shoes!"

I had seen this gentleman cleaning the floor near the bathrooms at a school district where I was working as a substitute at their district office one day. He looked like he was working up the courage to say something as I entered, but I really had to go.

When I walked out, he was at the end of the hallway, and as I was passing him, he said "...uh...n...n...nice shoes!". I was wearing a pair of well-worn sneakers, the exact opposite of nice shoes. I just said, "...thanks...?" with a puzzled look on my face, turned the corner, and never saw him again.

Upon reflection, my best guess was that he was an individual with an intellectual disability and that his case worker (or therapist or family member or something) had been trying to help him overcome his shyness and become more social by giving someone a compliment, and that resulted in him mustering up the courage to tell me I had nice shoes.

In the moment, a VERY weird interaction. But he was being genuine, and I feel bad now about not showing him I appreciated his kind words.

they will inevitably fall towards the centre and get spaghettified at some point

Not before they witnessed the birth and death of thousands of civilizations! (I know they wouldn't actually be able to witness them, not having the right equipment and being dead in due order, it's just neat to think about relativity in that context. 😊)

"Excuse me, my friends...why are there two toilets in the bathroom?"

"It's a BIDET, you asshole."

two seconds later

"Jeezus, somebody took a dump in the bidet."

• The Whoopee Boys, 1986

I will admit to being new to Oregon after getting here from DFW about 10 days ago. And I have been trying to balance driving safely while admiring the views with being mindful of other drivers and allowing them to pass on the left when a turn-out area (or whatever they're called) presents itself on mostly-one-lane-each-direction roads.

But sometimes, man, these people wanna go 25 miles over the limit on winding mountain roads. I'll go 10, maybe 15 mph over when it's safe to do so and I'm going with the flow of traffic. But I'm new to the state, new to mountain driving, and have no idea the prominence of cops and staties and their speeding ticket quotas in this place. Basically, if you see my Texas plate, please don't ride my ass...I'll move over as soon as I can!

Yeah, I think they should definitely read the poster again. Times are tough out there, can't be paying all sorts of fines due to ignorance.

Mysterious orange drink = Trump blood

From My Name is Earl:

Philo : I gotta go tinkle.

Randy : Tinkle! That's so stupid. I wonder what he uses for "going ploppies."

jeezus christ

Good work, gumshoe.

When you know the dimensions of the legs of a right triangle but not the tangent of the angle opposite the height, you have to utilize the formula "height = tangent(ϴ) * width".

Its the HAWK TUAH rule.

• Height
• And
• Width
• Known,
• Tangent
• Unknown,
• Apply
• H / W = tan(ϴ)

There are more hydrogen atoms in a single molecule of water than there are stars in the entire solar system.

I like how they described that drawing as "life-sized". I don't believe them, but it gave me a giggle.