Oh that’s nice. I use the generic thermostat to control the pellet stove, but I didn’t know about this.

Invested / Endowed Value - Having already spent time and money to improve your status in the game, it’s difficult to throw it away.

Isn’t that every game? I can’t think of a single game, back to old Atari 2600 or arcade games, that doesn’t have this element. Many people are playing to see how far they can get, to beat the game.

I don’t think anyone really has missiles that can do that. It was intended to be a joke about Elon’s ego.

Nah, Putin will hit him where it hurts: He’ll fire a missile into space to destroy the Tesla Elon put up there.

Well remember many of them got $1000 bonuses as a reward from their employers for voting Trump, or something.

Was Four Seasons Landscaping booked this time?

Irony can be pretty ironic sometimes.

Looks like I’m on 1password 8 in Linux. For whatever reason, I just prefer the app instead of having the browser pop open 1password.com to edit records. I don’t know why, it just bugs me. I know part of it is that I want to use the native app to show support for it.

When you “drain the swamp” what is left is all of the muck and mud at the bottom of it.

The plugin works fine, but it can’t call the separate program if you have that installed.

Because I wanted it to integrate with 1password full client.

Every time this is asked, I post the same comment. I used Kubuntu for years and liked it, but more recently they started doing things that annoyed me. The biggest was related to snaps and Firefox. Now, sandboxing a browser is probably a great idea, but I wanted to use the regular deb install, so I followed the directions to disable the snap install and used the deb. However, Ubuntu overrode that decision several times - I’d start browsing, then realize I was using a snap AGAIN. Happened a few times over a couple years. If it happened once, eh, maybe an error, but it happened 3 or 4 times. I came to the conclusion I wasn’t in control of my system, Ubuntu was.

I switched to Debian and am happy with my choice.

Those are those post-birth abortions Trump was complaining about.

I actually think he does believe the lies he spouts. For him, reality is whatever he wants it to be in that moment.

Are you saying he didn’t use a riffle?

Yeah. I grew up in the days of serial ports and parallel ports, and USB in general is so much better for most purposes. (I recall plugging my first mouse into the serial port…but wait! Where will my Hayes Smartmodem modem plug into then? Also, don’t plug and unplug things from the serial port while the computer is running.)

And USB-C is even better. My tablet needs a charge? Well my laptop charger is right here… My phone is low and needs a quick charge? Well my USB-C tablet charger will give it a decent boost very quickly. No worries about getting it plugged in the wrong way, either.

I have a docking station for my work laptop, so when I had to replace my personal laptop, a laptop that supported USB-C power delivery was mandatory. I don’t use it with the docking station very often, but knowing I can without an issue is great. My wife also has a Macbook that works on the docking station, too, in case she ever wants to use my dual monitor setup. All three laptops, from three different brands, are just plug in and go.

I gave up running an email server long ago - I thought it was basically impossible because too many spammers were doing it for nefarious purposes.

I thought I just saw the other day that a judge ruled they were employees, not contractors. Let me look…

Okay, it’s a little more complex than that - looks like it was one of their “delivery partners” who decided to unionize, and the NRLB ruled Amazon is a joint employer with the delivery partner company. lol Gift WaPo article for it. I couldn’t find other sources.

Quick reminder of this conversation: You suggested I check his website for his platform, so I did, and found that there’s only “I did this” and some vague promises that do not specify any sort of actual plan. You seem to think that’s arguing, but I’m trying to explain that there’s actually no useful information there.

Basically, it’s no better than Kamala’s and arguably even worse because he’s making promises we all know he’s not going to keep (Kamala makes no promises that I saw). And he still thinks he’s running against Biden.

Ah, the new home of project2025!

Seriously, though, I assume this is what you’re referring to where he’s going to solve those problems:

President Donald J. Trump passed record-setting tax relief for the middle class, doubled the child tax credit, and slashed more job-killing regulations than any administration had ever done before. Real wages quickly increased as a result, and median household income reached the highest level in the history of our country, while poverty reached a record low. President Trump created nearly 9,000 Opportunity Zones to revitalize neglected communities. President Trump produced a booming economic recovery, and record low unemployment for African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, and women. Joe Biden is the destroyer of America’s jobs and continues to fuel runaway inflation with reckless big government spending. President Trump’s vision for America’s economic revival is lower taxes, bigger paychecks, and more jobs for American workers.

I see no plan, aside from some very vague promises and an attack on a guy who isn’t even running.