Some armed, masked goon refusing to show ID trespasses on my property I’m not gonna greet them politely.

When I built a PC in 2015, I just used the cooler that came bundled with the processor and it worked just fine.

My issue with that show was that the characters were prominent figures in like every universe they visited.

That’s what’s on the table now, but it doesn’t look good.

The Supremely Court is about to rule, essentially, on whether states can even attempt to sue the oil companies over the states’ climate-change-related expenses.

The danger for the oil companies right now isn’t final Judgement from those lawsuits, but the discovery process. If the states are allowed to proceed, the oil companies have to turn over records, which will then become public. It’s not only damning socially, but they’ll also show that they lied to their investors, and THAT would trigger a mountain of lawsuits that could do real damage.

But with the current Court, I’m not hopeful.

I used to be a preacher, and am still a Christian. I also have given money to the Satanic Temple because the work they do is important.

Separation of church and state is good for the government, the churches, and society at large.

If they can triple the cost for businesses while losing the hobbyists they aren’t being “starved out”. They’re making a fuckton more money while making a smaller variety of products, locking in contracts, and not having to deal with us.

I’m a drummer. We’re walking contradictions. Our specialty is precision timing, but none of us have ever arrived to rehearsal on time.

“play”

Mine thinks I keep impulsively buying stuff to maintain an organized workshop because I manage to keep an organized workshop, when the reality is it’s full of half-finished organization projects cluttering up the whole space.

They don’t care about hobbyists. They don’t need the tech.

But business users do.

I’m not building a PC or buying a computer because I can make due with what I have a few years longer. But I do desperately need a new laptop at the office, so work is paying an outrageous sum of money for a new computer.

I’m also getting a few new employees - each of which is gonna need a computer

It businesses, not hobbyists paying these increased prices.

60 euro premium and how much money has it saved you versus buying something cheaper and an adapter at each upgrade?

You think that Trump wouldn’t love to disarm his political opponents if given the chance?

They’re already trying it with trans people.

Where it becomes an issue is when there’s a line. When you’re 3 cars back in the line for a gas pump you’re still done in just a few minutes. With charging it can be an hour or more of waiting.

As a leftist gun owner. I’m currently not interested in handing over my weapons.

Free in that you paid a $120 premium to get a $10 part every 5 years with an upgrade.

They make good stuff, but it just isn’t worth the markup. If actually you need the level of performance to justify spending that kind of money, just go with liquid cooling.

The way people treat vegans and vegetarians is so weird.

If someone doesn’t smoke you don’t smoke with them. If they don’t drink you don’t drink with them. If they abstain from sex you don’t have sex with them. If they don’t like sports you don’t go to the game with them.

If they don’t eat meat they’re just an asshole.

There’s much more interest in science than there are careers in it.

I teach scuba and underwater photography at a major university as a side gig. I have dozens of former students with advanced degrees in aquatic biology who now work in retail.

Gatekeeping is a big problem with anything - especially as it becomes easier.

Film photographers balked at people going digital and about color grading and retouching with lightroom and photoshop.

Car people talked shit about how using an automatic transmission wasn’t really driving.

PC gamers got pissy at console gamers in the 90s and 2000s for just wanting a game to fucking work without having to chase down a conflict caused by a random printer driver that made their game crash in any map with water (my actual lived experience with Battefield 1942).

Lots of old-school 3D printing enthusiasts get upset when new users don’t know when to adjust their pressure advance or can’t read gcode.

Doctors who worked three 30-hour shifts a week in their residency think new doctors should go through the same rite of passage.

Football players who were taught to lead into a tackle using the top of their skull think new rules implemented to prevent neck injuries and TBIs make new players pansies.

We need to understand that part of making the world better is that the next generation of professionals, hobbyists, and people in general will have it easier than us, and that’s a good thing.

According to Catholics, yes.