spauldo @ spauldo @lemmy.ml

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Looking for food, probably.

They're referring to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Specifically, they're talking about a creature (the bowl of petunias created high above the surface of an airless world as a byproduct of a star drive powered by improbability) who has reincarnated many, many times, but in every life is killed by an otherwise inoffensive and constantly bewildered British man.

That's why I use it too. Netscape was hopelessly outdated and Internet Explorer didn't run on Linux. Once Mozilla was stable enough to use, I switched. I've never had a reason to change.

Ah yes, all those capitalist nuke plants they built in the Warsaw Pact countries...

High school? Chemistry. I took it because I had no interest in biology. Turned out to be interesting, so much so that I took Chem II even though it wasn't required to graduate.

Chem II was the hardest math class in high school. I loved it.

College? Computer Organization. It's about how computers work down at the circuitry level. All the programming was in assembly. Easily the hardest class I took in college.

I don't know why the hard classes were always my favorites.

At the time, he didn’t connect his childhood asthma to the carbon dioxide released from the mill as it turned iron into those molten blobs.

Lost me there. Carbon dioxide needs to be reduced for all kinds of reasons, but to imply it causes athsma is ignorance of the highest degree.

Stop giving ammo to the climate change deniers and learn some basic science before you write a climate article.

I prefer to creep up on death, one cigarette at a time. Figure I'll have that bastard in a couple decades.

It's important to remember that - unless you work directly for the owner or an executive appointed by the board - they're not your boss' advocate either.

If the company is worth a shit, they don't want bosses that abuse their power or make their subordinates miserable. Happy employees are productive employees.

We've rid ourselves of a few problem bosses that way. Of course, this only applies to legitimate issues. If a boss is causing people to quit, you've got a good case.

Like all things relating to people, it varies.

Some women actually prefer smaller penises. A friend of mine was that way - her ex husband was too big for her and sex hurt. Her next husband was smaller and she discovered that sex could be enjoyable for her, too.

Some like 'em big. And some don't care.

Except in extreme cases, it's generally not a deal breaker and usually not the most important factor for enjoyment. My girlfriend likes 'em big but her ex husband was well below average. He had skills, though, so she had no complaints (in regards to the sex, anyway).

As far as oral sex goes, you've been misinformed. Lots of women like to receive oral sex.

Cave dweller, perhaps?

The original makes sense to me.

You know, I don't see the appeal of these. At least Garfield Without Garfield can be read as the descent of a lonely man into madness. These often as not just don't make sense.

Got the stuff you need in order to solder and an interest in electronics repair? Go for it. Ten to one that's an off-the-shelf part.

Otherwise get it replaced.

Reminds me of one of my favorite jokes that sounds racist until you think about it:

Q: What's the drawback to a one-night stand with an Inuit girl?

A: When the sun comes up, she's six months pregnant.

(Granted, it's only funny to me because I occasionally work in Greenland.)

How does the server take communion?

Fortunately, my ex wife waited until after the honeymoon to get up to epic shit when I wasn't around.

Thanks, Mother Mary.

As far as dollar amount, probably some meal with my girlfriend. We don't do fancy but usually have one nice meal on a vacation.

But as a percentage of my income - something called Bonzai Chicken I ordered for $70 on my honeymoon back in the 90s. I made $7/hr at the time. I didn't know it had curry in it or that I was allergic to curry. I spent the remainder of my honeymoon sick as a dog.

Sorry, too busy counting digital outputs on Modicon PLCs to think about that stuff.

You're free to use whatever license you want for software you write.

The term "open source" has an actual definition, just like the term "free software" does. Both definitions say you can't restrict who can use the software or what they can use it for.