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[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 16 points 2 months ago

Yeah, I wanted Harris to completely eviscerate Trump, which didn't exactly happen. But I don't think that's because she did poorly


it's because I know who I'm voting for, and I'm not the target audience.

Had it been the proverbial bloodbath that I wanted to see, it might not have played well with independents/those on the fence (which I blame largely on sexism


a ruthless woman is "a bitch," but a ruthless man is "strong," etc.).

Judging from the headlines and conversations I'm seeing, I think she really threaded the needle


came across as strong, intelligent, leader-like, all the while giving Trump enough rope to hang himself. More might have alienated voters, and less might have come across as too soft. Really good stuff from her and her campaign.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I always say I have a 1969 Wayne Industries Batmobile. Usually a sheepish, "oh, um, we don't cover that, sorry. click"

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A new good stroller is $600+.

That is less than a week of daycare in our area. Ignoring thinking about college, daycare is the only cost that matters in terms of our kid. Everything else is pocket change, comparatively speaking. And the $5k dependent FSA amount is a total joke.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 0 points 2 months ago

My university was pretty zen about this


essentially, "don't use your own access point/router please. But if you do, please talk to your resident (University employed) student IT rep and they can probably help you set it up correctly."

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This joke is where the Led Zeppelin song name comes from https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%27yer_Mak%27er

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's easy to remember c and ℏ if they're both 1...

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 0 points 2 months ago (3 children)

...but was it the "Windows Uninstall" button...or the "format /dev/sda1 as ext4" button?

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 57 points 2 months ago (2 children)

California has optional mail ballots for everyone. Can't imagine voting without it


I can fill out my ballot at my leisure, researching measures when I have time. No need to remember anything or make a cheat sheet for election day. And no standing in line.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 3 points 2 months ago

I always prefer it without the dashes. And just add on HHMMSS while we're at it!

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I think (?) it's generally true that the root user should never mess with users' files.

Imagine your home directory is shared across many systems on a network (my alma mater did this). It would be really bad if a sysadmin for alpha.university.edu removed a program, and suddenly your personal settings were removed from beta.university.edu


even though that computer still has the program.

This is one of the "UNIX on the desktop" issues


a lot is designed for a sysadmin/multiuser situation, and it has some gotchas when using it as a desktop machine (I'm used to/really appreciate the directory structure and settings management at this point, but it may take some getting used to).

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

...or $SPY, or $QQQ, or...

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