Reminds me of Asimov’s Foundation.

That math process for adding the two numbers - there’s nothing wrong with it at all. Estimate the total and come up with a range. Determine exactly what the last digit is. In the example, there’s only one number in the range with 5 as the last digit. That must be the answer. Hell, I might even use that same method in my own head.

The poetry example, people use that one often enough, too. Come up with a couple of words you would have fun rhyming, and build the lines around those words. Nothing wrong with that, either.

These two processes are closer to “thought” than I previously imagined.

They talk about “the left” as though there’s any kind of leadership or organization or solidarity.

Motherfucker, people just don’t like you, all on their own, because of who you are.

Because the way you get and stay obscenely wealthy is twofold:

• Generational wealth
• Being ruthlessly unscrupulous

Edit: And if you acquire generational wealth, you were raised by ruthlessly unscrupulous people. This raises the likelihood that you are similar.

Three years ago, this strip would have been “too much.”

He must have spent hours on that circuit diagram.

That’s literally what journalism is supposed to do.

I don’t rely on others for help.

Keep telling yourself that.

I recall hearing that professional poker players hate playing against novices, because novices are so unpredictable. It’s really hard to plan a defense against someone(s) who are so incompetent that you have no idea what’s going to happen.

• Panhandling does not produce enough income to maintain a residence; if you think it does, go try it yourself.
• Shelters are often highly restrictive, crowded or full, and more dangerous to person and property than hiding out somewhere.
• There is a relatively high correlation between mental illness and homelessness. Pile on top of that substance abuse as self-medication. This makes navigating the bureaucracy that is HUD very difficult.
• Fuck you.

I don’t care if Sears doesn’t even exist anymore, it’s the Sears Tower.

Tongue weight and towing capacity are two different things.

Max tongue weight for a Cybertruck is 1100 lbs. They put almost ten times on it before it broke. It was fun, but it’s not a valid test.

Ow.

Taking design cues from the flying dildo, I see.

The first one I received here was about a month ago from “missy29” at lemmings.world. Body of the message still said “Nicole” though, with some very early boilerplate text.

For completeness sake, I’ve also gotten from a nicole101 and a nicole40.

If you have a Voodoo card laying around, it might be worth some money. They were used in some coin-op arcade games.

Setting aside the fact that he’s lying –

You’d have to make up the lost tax revenue from somewhere. Either by increasing or creating some other tax, or by cutting spending.

The programs that would be likely to be cut are ones that poor people need. And he’s likely to try and throw down a federal sales tax, which loads a higher tax burden on poor people.

Without those details, “eliminating federal income tax for people making under $X” cannot be qualified as good or bad. You must define the other parts of the equation.

And the article only refers to airlines in east and southeast Asia.

Oh, I definitely wouldn’t say that “no contact” should be the only option. I think McD’s has taken it a bit too far; you still can order from a person at a register, but it’s pretty much an afterthought now.

But I do think that having those no contact options available for whoever wants to use them, for whatever reason, is a positive thing. If I’m having a particularly bad bout of social anxiety, just sitting at a table and eating my cheeseburger “like a normal person” can be very grounding, but it might not be something I’m able to do if I have to talk to a person to place my order.