robolemmy @ robolemmy @lemmy.world

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It’s an old joke derived from American mafia movies where they’re demanding “protection” money from a business owner. They say stuff like “you got a real nice shop here… be a shame if something happened to it. If you pay me, my boys will make sure it doesn’t mysteriously burn down one night.”

Be a shame if something happened to it. (jk)

Vizio

https://sfconservancy.org/news/2022/may/16/vizio-remand-win/

My friend, who is a windows and android guy, encourage his family to buy Macs and iPhones. That way when they have problems, he sends them to the Apple Store.

If you’re in the USA or Canada, schedules direct works very well, or at least it used to. I haven’t messed with it in years.

http://www.schedulesdirect.org/

It should, yes. But in my experience it doesn’t always. Clear the saved password and re-enter it and see if that helps.

Did you have a saved password? It may have cleared the save without telling you.

The company had moved to a model where the vendors owned the stock, for the most part. That's why they had no going out of business sale and it's also why they never had a damned thing in stock, since very few vendors seemed to be interested in doing business (with Fry's) that way.

This is just speculation, but the last 5-10 years of Fry's lifespan felt kinda like some kind of money laundering scheme. There's no way in hell they were making any money on retail sales, so something else was keeping the zombie alive.

Approval voting is basically just letting you vote for multiple candidates. Rather than saying “I want this one,” you’re saying “I approve of these candidates.”

That should never be used anywhere, ever.

I have a friend who always downloads the smallest (by file size) copy of any video he can find. He has a 75" 4k TV, 5.1 surround speakers, the whole setup but he downloads 720p in stereo almost exclusively. He says he just doesn't care about the video or audio quality. It blows my mind, but some people are just weird.

Edit: Also, Paul is just a funny movie, if you're into goofy movie references.

When I was in middle school, my brother brought me a set of 3 workbooks about Boolean algebra from the high school library. I can’t remember the title or much of anything else about them, but I went through them and did all the exercises, working until I completely understood every lesson. That basic foundation set me up to easily understand programming, SQL queries, and so many other computer-related things. It kinda defined my entire career. That was in 1978 or so, so it’s been awhile! I retired last year, a bit early, after a fairly successful career as a developer and DBA.

“Now into downward-facing dog….err… cat.”

I use flauncher. It’s ugly and doesn’t have a lot of features but I don’t care. I only have two apps installed, so I’m rarely looking at or using the launcher anyway.

Nvidia Shield Pro with the default launcher disabled & replaced, Plex server. I'm pulling the unused apple TV out of the media setup this week.

You sure they didn’t say fruit sadness?

Sounds like somebody has a case of the Mondays

Now you’re just being mean!

Don’t think I haven’t scraped fruit off of a piece of cheesecake in my day. I’m not too proud to work for my dessert

I’m not going to try to stop you ordering the worst thing on the menu. Just don’t expect me to agree with your choices.

Red velvet’s color promises delicious strawberry or cherry flavor, but all it delivers is the worst version of chocolate flavor. You have your ded velvet and I’ll order something with cherries or strawberries.