One Youtube channel suggested it was tax incentives. Cities give tax incentives to large corporate offices in order to bring customers, er… employees to the cities.
Work from home means offices no longer meet qualifications for tax breaks. Ergo CEO freakouts.
Don’t know if it’s true, but it does sound plausible to me.
We can’t even care about innocent people anymore. The right ridicules that as dangerous. We have to frame being against killing innocent people as being concerned for children. But then the right diminishes that even further. No! Only unborn children deserve protection, but only when politically expedient.
In truth, the right wants to be able to kill anyone they want with impunity.
That is the nature of greed. There is no thought of the future or consequence.
In my experience, groups of people will ignore inconvenient but correct answers until the problem explodes into their collective faces.
"The point is that we are all capable of believing things which we know to be untrue, and then, when we are finally proved wrong, impudently twisting the facts so as to show that we were right. Intellectually, it is possible to carry on this process for an indefinite time: the only check on it is that sooner or later a false belief bumps up against solid reality, usually on a battlefield." -- George Orwell
Uber Black is “Luxury rides with professional driver.”
“Professional” insinuates “paid”, so the other Uber drivers aren’t paid?
Nah, it’s corruption only when poor people do it. When rich people do it it’s just “smart business”.
It’s likely you won’t find a rock this big when digging a basement, but as we can see here, it’s not something you can safely take for granite.
I confirm that mine has not increased in size over the last 30 years. Maybe I’m in the control group?
We’re raised by parents that must be obeyed for our own safety. Some people eventually learn to accept their parents are imperfect people and not gods. Many people do not. They look to kings and gods to protect and provide for them.
Those that have power negotiate with kings and gods. People without power attempt to use the only techniques they know to negotiate with their kings and gods: begging and/or pledging loyalty and service in exchange for scraps.
Of course this is but one of many reasons many people worship power.
We don’t have to know how to fly a plane to know flying one into the ground is bad technique.
And anyone that does have net metering will be kicked off if they ever add capacity in order to support that new electric water heater.
I just tell them I don’t have a phone. Even if I’m still holding it in my hand. Most don’t want to engage. They likely figure they’re not payed enough for that.
Why does the Hellboy in the still remind me of Liam Neeson?
My bowels have been questioning a lot lately, so it’s not entirely without precedent.
Foreign nationals, let alone foreign governments, are not allowed to give money to political campaigns in the United States. Actually illegal. Bill Clinton got in trouble for it
Don’t forget the Trump Hotel during his presidency that took huge “bookings” from foreign nationals during his presidency. The “Law and Order” party naturally jumped all over this as a violation of the Constitution…, oh wait.
Sam Altman is demonstrating the power of AI. He’s showing how a single CEO can fire the entire company and continue to develop the product to be even better than when humans were involved.
“OpenAI. No real humans involved!” (TM)
Local natural food store sells Homeopathic medicines. We're talking water selling at the same price as ink jet printer ink.
He also said it would be our last election if he wins.
What term to search for "oversized" keycaps?
I'm looking for "fat"? keycaps similar to what Matias uses for Esc, Ctrl, Option, Cmd and Space keys on their ErgoPro. What search term should I use to find similar keycaps? I've tried "tall", "fat", "oversized", "big", etc., but I only find extra wide (in the X direction) or extra tall (in the Z direction) rather than in the Y direction. Any help welcome.
What search term to use for "fat" keycaps?
I'm looking for "fat"? keycaps similar to what Matias uses for Esc, Ctrl, Option, Cmd and Space keys on their ErgoPro. What search term should I use to find similar keycaps? I've tried "tall", "fat", "oversized", "big", etc., but I only find extra wide (in the X direction) or extra tall (in the Z direction) rather than in the Y direction. Any help welcome.
Brown Sriracha?
Has Huy Fong Sriracha changed color?
Saw a bunch of bottles at the store today, but instead of their usual brick-red color, the sauce was almost brown. I checked the expiration dates on a few bottles -- the date was June of 2026 (or there abouts, don't remember the exact date), so they weren't expired. Anyone know if these Sriracha bottles are unusual, or is Sriracha brown now?
What are the top processes that degrade pollen?
Grass, weed, tree, just some of the sources of pollen that can send our allergies off.
In my experience, I’ll react (itchy eyes, etc.) for a day or two, then it will wane. Certainly the pollen I’m reacting to doesn’t magically disappear in a day. What processes do I have to thank that allow me to suffer only a relatively short time? Are the allergen in pollen unstable and break down quickly on their own? Are there bacteria or other life forms that are helping to break the allergens down?
Tearing eyes and draining noses want to know!
In the Dune universe, why not use laser weapons as bombs?
In the Dune universe, when a laser weapons hits a shield, both are destroyed in a nuclear explosion reaction.
So instead of building nuclear weapons, wouldn’t it be easier to tie a timer and a “parachute” to a laser gun and drop it from orbit onto your enemy’s city?