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Some of them have been kind of funny because the poster had some sort of decent comedic idea. I’m happier to see this type.

I enjoy these as well. There are some really good ones I’ve seen.

The rand ones don’t bother me

Netflix and Google Music. YouTube is included in Google music.

We have Prime, but the streaming is kind of secondary to the shipping.

Damn, I can’t wait til she’s legal!

This one made me really sad.

I loved his videos. I learned a lot from the disassembly videos.

Then he went all Covid denier as soon as the pandemic hit. I couldn’t watch it anymore

an engineer, their word may be trusted enough

That’s what happens here. This person was a Professional Engineer, a kind of certified engineer. Their job is to determine if stuff is safe for use.

Things like roads, bridges, pressure vessels, and apartment buildings all have a Professional Engineer (PE) look over their designs at some point. Their job is to use their expertise to determine if the thing can do it’s job safely.

Existing structures are also periodically inspected by PEs. Like the above person, they determine if the thing can continue to do its job safely.

Unlike other engineers (in the USA), PEs have to attain a certification. You need to take an exam and maintain a license. It takes a lot of time and effort to obtain these things.

Shouldn’t the inspector be working off existing plans rather than being able to declare any structural element as decorative?

As someone else mentioned, the building is old enough that the initial plans likely no longer exist.

It’s the job of the PE to make judgment calls like “is this column structural or decorative”. This person fucked that up. Losing their license and ability to practice would be a fitting punishment.

When PEs fuck up, lots of people can die.

Idaho, the northernmost state of deep south

Another vote for Ubuntu.

I tried it as my first Linux distro about 5 years ago. There was some learning curve, but I really enjoyed it.

I’ve been using it for 5 years now. I’m glad I switched from windows!

Glad to hear that old-school opioids are still being produced.

Really impressive that F9 is taking on Gore like this. They’re a famously vindictive and litigious company.

I haven’t checked, but I’m guessing EVERYTHING he says about Gore Tex is an easily provable fact.

If it wasn’t, Gore would sue fortnine.ca off the surface of the earth

We had a good run

I had a great experience with Ubuntu as a Linux first timer. Still using it 5 years later!

Agreed. It’s been common throughout history for people to live on only beer and water for a few weeks at a time.

I imagine you could survive at least a few months on doppelbock if you were in good health beforehand.

Diablo 2 Resurrected. Rolling a new character as Sony decided I needed to pay for online access to play my other character.

Fuck that. I only do single player. I’ll just make a new one!

We have an inequality problem masking as a gun problem. We have a mental health crisis masking as gun problem.

Hard agree. People would not be killing themselves in droves if these issues weren’t present.

We have a shitload of guns in this country. Nothing is going to change that.

While I think we do need more strict gun ownership laws, they’re not going to change the amount already in people’s hands. Nor will they make people less miserable.

What we need are tangible improvements in people’s lives. Improved wages. Lower housing costs. Affordable healthcare. Quality, free treatment for addiction.

These are the things that will keep people from killing themselves.

I am in a similar situation with my guns. I have two antique long guns. They’re locked up, in the crawl space, and I don’t keep any ammo in my house.

I have depression and I don’t trust myself not to use my guns to kill myself. For me, the inconvenience of accessing them and obtaining ammo feels like a safe compromise.

I agree that this is an enormous problem with no easy solutions.

For real, internal combustion engines are made way better than they used to be. Both in terms of reliability and power output.

You can get a small, ICE only (non-hybrid) car that gets 40+ MPG. You can buy a new car with a warranty that makes over 800 horsepower.

The IC engine is at its peak. Electric is the future, but the current crop of ICE are incredible machines.

I was thinking the same thing.

I’ve used Windows since 3.1. I was installing Windows 10 on a laptop a few years ago. The changes they’d made to core functions were so frustrating, I felt like I didn’t know how to use Windows anymore.

I figured I might as well try a new OS. It’s not like I loved Windows.

I did a dual boot with Windows and Ubuntu. I never logged into Windows again.

I’m not obsessed or an evangel. I don’t code. I don’t mess around with the OS. I browse the internet and do some piracy. That’s it.

I think it’s great that Linux is mature enough that a dumb user like me can easily switch over from Windows.

Your troubleshooting skills are above average, tbh.

You’ve identified that there’s an issue. You tried something simple to remedy. You even tried it again to make sure.

You didn’t make a bunch of crazy assumptions about what the problem was. You didn’t do a bunch of weird shit all at once to try to fix it. You didn’t do something to make the problem worse.

You’re doing great!

Same here