Ya win some, ya learn some.

There were just enough pixels in the first panel that I was able to find the video. I haven’t watched it myself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTZalI5GQik

Looks like $250 to me? 50 grand for 200 devices?

Be the change you want to see in the word.

Is it just me, or do programmers only come in “lightweight” and “Rivals Þor in trying to drink the oceans dry” varieties?

Somehow I manage to be both. My alcohol tolerance is very high (which is great… I like a little buzz but never want to be actually drunk), but for me, one toke is over the line.

No, that’s a person who always believes they’re sick. You’re thinking of hemophiliac.

I’ve been running opensuse for years now. It’s great. Welcome aboard

It Could Happen Here is often talking about what’s going on that week in the world. I wouldn’t try to listen to their whole backlog, but I usually catch an episode or two a week.

Behind the Bastards is great. Since I found it (Summer 2020, I’d reckon), I’ve listened to most of what has come out since.

Cool People who did Cool Stuff is a sort of spin off of btb. Deep dives on people and movements who were resisting the bastards. It’s only been going on a couple of years, so the backlog is more manageable if that’s your thing.

I listen to Past Times on the Dollop feed most weeks. The Dollop is another deep dive history podcast. On Past Times, they read headlines and articles from different newspaper every week. Usually from the late 19th through early 20th century, but they’ve gone as far back as the 1600s.

Anything by Jamie Loftus is great. She’s mostly done short run things on a single topic. She’s on the Bechdel cast, too which I listen to occasionally.

You might enjoy The Deprogram, which has a less daunting backlog.

Before covid lockdown I made my living as a street performer, doing magic shows for crowds of strangers. In that very niche community, “Fat hats!” is a common farewell or replacement for “good luck”. In this case “hat” refers to the donations in the hat rather than the actual hat.

Sounds like they have been.

I spread pesto inside my grilled cheese sandwiches

Hasbro was founded in 1923 and has a history of over a hundred years.

Yep, that’s how years work.

He wrote a decent number of books aimed at kids. There are the Tiffany Aching books in Discworld for a start, as well as non discworld books like Only You Can Save Mankind or the Bromeliad books.

I wouldn’t stop a 10yo from reading any of the discworld books if they’re enjoying them, mind. There’s lots to find funny anyway, and we all had to start building our “reference vocabulary” somewhere.

Amusingly, there’s an issue with the app I use for youtube that means I’m stuck with a dubbed version in a language I don’t speak.

Ha. Thanks for doing my homework for me. I honestly don’t know what my original sources were… I’ve been aware of the existence of “brothel laws” for ages. I lived in a large intentional community (read: commune, but avoiding sexual connotations at least in a US context) for a long time and running afoul of brothel laws in the past was something I learned about there.

They used to be called brothel laws. They’re usually written as a limit to how many adults who aren’t related can share an address.

Canadian here.

I said “sorry” (I have no idea why)

I may have a guess for you.

Oh, that is funny. Are the studs 7’9" so a board below and above them are 8’ total?

It’s not. It’s 1.5" x 3.5". I don’t know the history and wasn’t able to find it in a quick search, but lumber sizes are usually a half inch less than the name would imply.

That only applies to the thickness and width, though. The length of a board should be as described (e.g. a “two by four by eight” would be eight feet long, but have a cross section of 1.5 by 3.5 inches)

Thankfully, a.ryan@example.com and aryan@example.com should be delivered to the same inbox.