It is even more important after retirement… gotta keep the market healthy so you don’t have to go back to work.

When my daughter was 7 she got really interested in graffiti and had tons of questions about it. She asked if there were any famous graffiti artists and I told her the names of some of the more prolific local artists, but of course told her all about Banksy.

I told her that she’s really lucky to live during a time when Banksy’s identity is unknown because at some point it will become known and the magic will be over.

That was 2 years ago, and I haven’t told her about this story yet because until Banksy confirms it, I don’t accept it. And because it makes me sad that the magic might be over.

We can unmask Banksy but just let the Panama Papers fade into obscurity.

We’ve effectively put sanctions on ourselves, amazing.

Isn’t Nova Scotia poorly located to be an efficient spaceport since it won’t get nearly the same boost from the Earth’s rotation as it would if it launched closer to the equator? I imagine that a Caribbean or South American country would gladly take $200 million to lease them a spaceport location.

Does Japan have any of that?

Not really. Their unions are actually designed to be part of the company rather than external for an entire industry. Since the delivery drivers appear to be contractors they aren’t considered eligible to join the union.

Oh cool, so then they won’t mind if we make what they’ve said they have agreed to as binding laws?

I passed a police car on the interstate a few weeks ago in Kentucky that had its windshield smashed out by snow/ice flying off the top of a semi. The amount of damage was impressive and scary.

My mom is what’s known as an ‘unreliable medical historian’… she very often hears something completely different from what her doctor tells her. I don’t want to say that she lies, because I think a ‘lie’ is a conscious choice that people make… but I also don’t think she’s incapable of understanding what her doctor tells her. I think she just has an idea of what the doctor is going to say, and when it is different she has a hard time letting go of her expectation and replacing it with reality.

I have no idea if this relates to your mother or situation in any way… but if I took everything my mom said her doctor told her then she is the most unique medical specimen ever. Her diabetes is unlike anyone else’s because she can still eat whatever she wants, when she wants… her doctor said that it’s not a problem. And her diabetes has changed from type 2 to type 1. As she was preparing for spine surgery she was convinced that she’d be back home, on her own in 2 weeks (it was closer to 9 months). She swears that the only surgeon that her primary care doctor wants her to see is 2 states over, 6 hours from any of her family (I’ve looked him up, he’s decent, but by no means a unique surgeon). And lots of other strange stuff over the years, including when I was a child.

It’s actually even better than that because I have free charging at work, so I often get home with 2/3rds of my battery capacity left.

Shit… and here I’ve just been blaming tariffs and inflation for my money disappearing!

Damn those manufacturers.

I got a Chevy Volt last year and I went from spending $350 per month on gas to spending around $20 per month (up to almost $30 when it was so cold last month).

When I had my vasectomy I didn’t get any ‘pre-procedure’ prep instructions. I wasn’t sure if I needed to shave my sac or if they would… I decided that since I was paying for it then I’d go for the full experience and let them do it. They didn’t. The doc went in, did the snips and then closed it up with stitches and glue. Glue on a hairy sac is not fun, at all. On day 4 I was getting curious just how much glue was still left and how things were looking, so I pulled out my phone and snapped a few pics.

I thought I had deleted them, but about a month ago I was scrolling through some photos when I suddenly found several photos of the nastiest bruised, hairy and glued balls your never want to see.

“The violent left!”

I’d go with the DSL option before paying Comcast anything. I swore I’d never use them again in 2004 and every place I’ve moved since one of my requirements is an ISP that isn’t Comcast. When I moved into my house I found the Comcast cable buried in my back yard and chopped it. Fuck em!

God only asks for 10%… shows you what Apple thinks of themselves.

Bikes, masked and no cell phones. Don’t give them anything.

It works in Europe too. It uses LoRa (A Long Range radio protocol) to be able to send messages out to other nodes, which can bounce them out to further nodes. A node can be configured to relay through the Internet to reach people in other areas.

I ordered the radio shown below from a kit on Amazon (it’s a Heltec v4 and came with a battery that isn’t pictured) and it took about 5 minutes to setup. Attaching the antenna to the board was the hardest part.

Great points, and there’s some amazing discussions going on here!

One thing I’d like to add is EVERYONE needs to start setting up some meshtastic nodes. It’s really easy to setup (just hook up a USB cable from your computer to a esp32 board, visit a website to get the configuration, and that’s pretty much it), it’s cheap (as little as $30) and it is secure. Build 2 nodes (one to leave at home, and another for your backpack). This way you’ll be able to communicate should the Internet become unavailable or unsafe. You can also use this at a protest so that you still have a means of communication without needing to bring your phone that the Feds will be able to track.

Not them… their family members. Spouses, siblings, parents, kids. There are no rules any more.

Doing the right thing could earn them millions

But enshittifying the product will earn them hundreds of millions.