I think an aspect of the problem is the modern high expectations of functionality for things like climate control and ingress protection against pests and water. It's much easier to not make a mistake on those if you aren't adding any "frills". Balancing those needs with ornamentation and cost is such a difficult juggling act, most people just don't.

Aren't they both running as Republicans? I thought I heard that in Alaska you get to declare your party and that's what goes on the ballot, not policing who declares what based on the party's desires.

Does Q9 even have a presence in France? How would they enforce this fine?

Huh. Ya know, it's been a good long while since I've learned of a slur that I hadn't heard before.

My cat does this when I start rolling around too much, but he just goes under the bed until I get up.

I'm curious what the circumstances are that led him to think he isn't the father. He must genuinely think so - you can't beat the DNA test. To look that similar and still insist on a test, he must either be very delusional or have very extreme circumstances.

This is me except it's Saturday morning. It's just as bad, though, cause it starts the weekend off on the wrong foot.

Can you show what part you mean? I'm not that familiar with them.

Sometimes I think I have imposter syndrome. Then this person shows up.

It wouldn't surprise me at all to find out that they are trying to make trans people look bad.

It's an accessibility thing. If you can't press two keys at once, then you can turn it on and press the modifier key, then the active key.

This is the only way to change that. I don't have much hope that it'll pass, though.

Too many titles spoil the punch line, though. I can't risk it without reading the comic first.

There aren't actually 145 blank pages. The numbering just starts at 145

Or just increase your "drunk meter" by increasing the input lag. Then have someone walk out into a crosswalk or something.

Given what you've said, Signal is still what you want and is good for it.

There are two main issues people have with Signal:

First is that it requires a phone number to sign up. That makes some people who want it to be truly anonymous unhappy. It's not meant to be anonymous, though. It's meant to be private. Those aren't the same thing.

Second is that it runs on AWS. This isn't a problem in the sense that it's possible for it to still retain privacy while running on AWS. Some people don't like it because they view the dependence on the infrastructure of an American company to be a risk to availability. They also believe that it would exacerbate a security flaw if one were found.

Personally, I know these risks and still find it to be the best balance between privacy, security, and ease of use.

Damn, what a terrible situation for those people that worked hard and didn't diddle kids.

I worked at an ISP. The DHCP server we use for our DSL offering was made in the 90s and hasn't been updated since.

This has different meaning depending on if you read that as a statement or as a command.

Someone should email the Vatican and ask. Not because I think they have the answer, just because I think it'd be funny.