1. Musk pledges enormous amount to Trump
2. TSLA drops 10% immediately
3. "I don't subscribe to the cult of personality" No, you subscribe to the cult of money.

Starting the pool on how long till TFG forgets who he's now running against and starts rantng about Biden at a rally.

Everything in a corporation exists to benefit the corporation.

Customer walks out, goes to a non-corporate local diner where they call them "Fruit Pancakes"

Linux might not do everything you want it to, at least not easily, but it usually doesn't do things you didn't ask for, unlike all proprietary OSs these days.

Q-Tips. Paper shafts, plenty of fuzz on the ends.

Apparently its already happened.. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/7/22/2256891/-Trump-refuses-to-accept-he-s-not-running-against-Biden-anymore

OK, here:

Immersion does work, but here's a more enjoyable version:

Take 4 years in school, don't learn enough to talk to anyone.

Marry a Latino/a.

Go visit their original country with them.

Feel like an idiot.

Practice with your spouse.

Go back and feel less like an idiot.

This has the advantage of getting a hot spouse, and slightly less likely to be killed before you learn enough.

Texas isn't a christian theocracy now?

Their audience likes nothing better than replaying their greatest hits. They really don't pivot very well. Let them: it's self harm, shows how irrelevant they are.

I help out people where I can. Some are great, and grateful. Some break things much worse, or insist that the computer spontaneously deleted their data. You do need to set boundaries, and be candid about your own: "You call yourself a computer guy?" "No, I call myself an embedded software developer, I haven't touched a Windows box in ten years, other than yours".

Do realize that a lot of people are genuinely victims of their own tech, these days. There are people who'd probably rather not use a computer, but have no choice.

TL; DR Get in on the scam.

Pick something you like to do, or have a talent for, and plan a path to make money from it. You may still have to work for someone else initially, to develop skills and get experience, but it will be better than doing a shit job only for money.

Research what resources there are to support your startup. Even in places where there is no help from government or anything else for individuals, you will find they want to support business.

Especially if you have extra challenges, if you get good, they will make a narrative around your success and promote you as an example.

That's her sister Lizzie. When she vocalizes, it's always an exclamation.

"There's a strange cat outside!"

"I hate the vacuum cleaner, could you not?!"

If anyone says anything is "a surefire way to make money", they are looking for a Greater Fool on which to unload their position so they can actually make the money.

Look, the fascists are having a barroom brawl. Pass the popcorn, would you?

Everyone should listen to their favorite Shellac song in honor of Steve. Loud, in public.

I do believe blooming is good, the first pour should be gentle and get the grounds wet, and the second pour should be from higher up, to agitate the grounds. There are probably other ways to get the same results. People tend to mess around with whatever techniques they can, do something that makes a better cup, and settle on that as the way to do it. There's more than one good way.

It's not trying to make money from me.