Andrew Certain

I'm about to go out for a ride in my biking *shorts*!

Sat eve Quantum Fiber told me they know my service is out and they're working hard to restore. Every 12h I get an email saying it's taking longer than expected to fix and they're sorry. Should I be impressed by their proactive communication or concerned by the fact that my Internet is fine?

If the ACA goes away I'll have to stop working for myself and go get a full-time job somewhere. My wife is a family therapist in private practice, so I'm the only one that can get a job with healthcare

25% of posts on r/Delta!

Most Men Don't Want To Be Heroes (And That's Okay) Despite the self-pity of some, there has never been a better time to be a man.

“This is one reason why conservatives (and fellow travelers like Arnade) hate liberalism so much: free choice disproves their biological essentialism.”

An author interviewed men who felt they didn't get to be men now as their job should be to be protectors of women. "From what?" She asked. Invariably the answer came down to "bad men." They want there to be predators in the world so they can feel like "real men." www.instagram.com/reel/DFQEqKx...

Ugh I'm so sorry for my ignorance and stirring up more drama.

Ugh. Sorry. Well, now he's blocked from my side. He seems lovely

Mac Office used to be better than Windows Office because it made more money. Windows Office came bundled with lots of things Microsoft, but Mac Office was always stand alone. I'm guessing with everything moving to 365/online, they aren't putting much resource into either desktop offering.

They can keep doing it, but if you own your domain, you can transfer to a different registrar

I got a fund raising email from the DNC today. When I clicked "unsubscribe" they asked me to share why I was leaving. So I pasted in a link to this.

A close friend had the same thing happen. They had been building the company for 30 years, reinvested millions of profits. Employed 40 people. Probably completely gone

If you gave me the choice between

4 Bond movies are picked at random and I choose one to watch; or
1 Mission Impossible movie is selected at random and I have to watch it,

I'm taking MI every time. Same if it's Bourne. Not Star Wars, but if you let me pick from two, I'll take my chances with SW

This is one of the reasons I'm bad at woodworking. In software, where I do most of my creative work, you can almost always get back to the previous state at very low cost. It's hard (with modern tools) to make a irreversible negative step. I've discovered that's not true with saws.

I still have my account, but I haven't posted since Mar 2023. Only go on there to read links sent to me by others. Was a daily user.

I've never had a company say anything about my rates. The difficult negotiations are all IP issues. I just have a rate card and tell people what it costs (I pretty much only work under contacts that are $X per month for up to Y hours per month). So they can choose X and I tell them what Y will be.

City revoked their license to provide security.

From your description, you got through step 2!

I'm pretty sure in 1994 when you explained the sequence to me, authentication was not top of mind!

The three stages of programming according to @bricetebbs.com:

1. Get it to compile
2. Get it to produce some output
3. Get it to produce correct output

Continuation of chain: Skeet one: Marisa Kabas @marisakabas i'm afraid i do, two sets of testicles Skeet two: Two Sets of Testicles, So Divine Lol. I mean, like, you could just say his name, right? Reminding people of his chosen nickname gives it more prominence doesn't it? Wouldn't that work in his favor? Skeet 3: Metal Panda "If you refer to me as Big Balls, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine." (Over a picture of Obi Wan Kenobi from Star Wars: A New Hope, as he faced Vader)

It got even better

I have my app timer for Bluesky set at 30 minutes per day. I think that is too much to maintain my mental health

I'm sure there's an analogy to be drawn with how bad is the Dem response to what is going on.

I'm supposed to get on a plane in less than two weeks and I seriously don't know how to evaluate the risk.

Thanks for this. I picked up The Collapsing Empire trilogy because it was in an "employees picks" section. I really liked all three books - the concept, the stories, the characters. Then I tried Redshirts and, as you say, bounced off the humor. You've given me encouragement to try Old Man's War!

The Switch

An Asteroid Stands a Chance at Impacting Earth. Are We Prepared? The international community is taking practical steps to make sure we’re fully prepared for the worst-case scenario.

www.supercluster.com/editorial/an...

Maybe I don't need to worry about the rollover of time_t

We had a couple of girls on my HS football team. It was literally a non issue.

It should be recognized that society is still grappling with the cultural and policy implications of the rapidly shifting understanding of gender. There are some issues - such as participation in sports and appropriate medical care for minors - that remain fiercely debated, even by those who broadly support trans rights. There should be room for those conversations. But what shouldn't be debated is whether the government should target a group of Americans to be stripped of their freedom and dignity to move through the world as they choose. This is a campaign in which cruelty and humiliation seem to be the fundamental point.

The idea that there should be a public debate about the appropriate medical care for a minuscule population of children remains one of the most absurd lies that these liberal transphobes, NYT edit board included, tell themselves. No there shouldn’t! It’s not an appropriate matter for public debate!

Andrew Tate is a strong contender. Made worse (for me) because my legal name is Tate Andrew Certain