When I was a teenager, I was hanging out with my brother who is 8 years older while he was fucking around with his .45 (probably ostensibly cleaning it) and it was pointed towards me when for some reason the slide suddenly released and the live round that was inexplicably involved jammed in the mechanism.

So I mean, I guess I didn’t dodge a bullet, but I think I got pretty lucky.

*would have

I feel like such a poser over here with my Bigelow and Celestial Seasonings.

What do YOU mean “you bois”?

But trust me on the sunscreen.

I’ve long said that Arnold is my favorite Republican. It’s a low, low, bar, but still…

I write self documenting code, as long as you are a Python interpreter.

We talk to each other like Giwaffe & Cwow (https://youtu.be/8_Dm5xkHzio). Sometimes we’ll quote things from the skit, but a lot of times we’ll just say normal stuff in that voice to be cute.

I don’t remember the details but there was an Internet story about a dude who’d say “man up” and people explained why that was a problem and he updated to “fortify”. And I really like that, because it kinda suggests also getting help where you need it to build up your defenses in order to face the thing you need to face.

I don’t remember that very well, I just remember it describing the scientific method. I probably need to reread that.

Really? I wasn’t sure which one I “should” use so I looked at a cable that I had laying around (probably came with a cable modem or something?) and was able to see the wire colors through the connector and it was A. So that’s what I’ve been using when making patch cables or wiring my house.

I guess my question is what’s your experience with where B is used? Mostly I’m just curious, it probably doesn’t really matter for me since I only do networking work in my house.

Also, the 2032 numbering indicates its physical size: it’s 20mm x 3.2mm. There are for example 2025’s (like in my car remote) that are 20mm x 2.5mm.

And CMOS refers to what the battery was powering on the motherboard (a small amount of CMOS static RAM) rather than anything about the battery itself. I don’t know if motherboards still use any static RAM, the batteries might only be there to power the clock these days, making the name just a historical convention.

I dunno about everything, but my car has a talk button on the steering wheel, I think you press it to answer the phone or whatever, but when Android Auto is active, that button works the same as saying “OK Google”. I would imagine it does something similar with CarPlay. Maybe you have a similar button?

Adding to the chorus of older folks telling you do it. I’m 45 and currently in braces, for nearly two years now (about to get them off). As far as I can tell, not a single person has reacted negatively to them in any way.

No joke, printing is like the #1 thing I like most about switching from Windows to Linux. I still get errors about the bypass tray every time I try to print from Windows. I’M NOT USING THE BYPASS TRAY!

L*******y, or the L-word.

Man, I read these comments and I can relate to so many of them. But honestly, this year, nothing. We’ve recently moved to an area that’s more healthy for our family. I have a partner who’s not abusive. My kids and myself are getting the mental healthcare that we need. It’s snowy outside! We have a Christmas tree and presents! It was not amazing; there was nothing over the top or spectacular. But there was nothing bad. Damn, that feels nice.

Less now that I’ve learned to give up before I start.

My first car, a 1973 Dodge Charger. This is a representative picture, not my actual car.

I bought it for $750 with no engine or transmission (but it came with a bunch of tools). It was a stock automatic but I converted it to a 4-speed manual in the process of building it back up.

I probably spent twice as much time working on it than I did driving it before I totalled it. That was very sad.

Honestly you wrote your post on a fairly polarizing way. If you wanted calmer discourse around the strange idea, you could have gone with something like “What are your thoughts about this?” instead of “Doesn’t that seem rather fucked up?”

Edit: also maybe be less combative in your comments, but I’m starting to recognize that this complaint was not made in good faith.