I use utterly unique and very long passphrases for the most important stuff (banking, mortgage servicing, email, etc.), 2FA for those and most other things, and just throwaway crap passwords for things I don’t care about (web forums and most everything else).

Toss on some mushrooms, spinach leaf, and a bit of ground beef or sausage and you’re good to go.

Every accusation is projection.

Weird. I wonder if quality is regional. I have a pair of Skechers sneakers I’ve had since 2023 that are still in goods shape, as well as a pair of boots from 2022. The sneakers are kinda worn at this point, but not to the point they need replacement yet. And I’m not exactly easy on my stuff, I live in a rural area and the terrain is rock and soil mostly.

I’m finding it weird how quickly my brain just accepted the switch in the comic.

I’ve found sketchers to be great. I wear wide and double wide, and they always fit to size.

There’s some great modern jazz coming out of Japan these days. Check out the likes of:

• Hiromi Uehara (and the Trio Project)
• Takuya Kuroda
• Sinsuke Fujieda Group

Also, UK too, check out the Ezra Collective.

Plenty of modern jazz out there, it’s just not mainstream anymore.

Edit - forgot about Ibrahim Maalouf. Dude is incredible on the trumpet. Between him and Kuroda, trumpet jazz is alive and well.

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, for the original PlayStation. All these years later it’s still an amazing standout.

Basic headset would be good for sim racing.

Move forward, not backward. Not sure about the red flags, but could be you were just comfortable in the old job, and the new one is stretching your comfort zone.

If you want to go back to the old company, grow and apply later in a new role, from a position of strength. If you go back now you’re negotiating from a position of weakness and admitting you will accept less.

Currently just using a cheap Ostent soft mat with some silicone grip pads on the bottom. It’s not perfect, but works well enough for my exercise and I can do up to 8+ difficulty songs (honestly can’t handle most 8 currently anyway). It’s convenient to be able to fold the mat up to put away when not in use.

Years back I hard-modded a similar mat, stapling and taping it down to a sheet of 1/4” plyboard and that was fantastic.

If you’re looking for hard pads today, check out L-Tek, they’re about the only one still in business making them.

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Edit - oh, I forgot to mention software. There’s two good options today, Project Outfox (available on Steam) and ITGMania. Both are forks of Stepmania 5.1. Song packs are available online, including both new user stuff and DDR original. I use ITGMania with Project XX Starlight theme for DDR and get most of my songs from https://zenius-i-vanisher.com/v5.2/simfiles.php?category=simfiles

40s here. I only drink pour-over and French press (I make it myself at home). No triathalons, but I did about 40 minutes of Dance Dance Revolution today. No gravel bike either, but I have a BoS Blitz airbike and bought some adjustable kettlebells this year. And my Steam library and book collection are growing in size.

Eh, close enough.

After a certain tipping point, stupidity en masse becomes indistinguishable from malice. The result is more important than the intent.

Thanks, for some reason when I was looking at post earlier it was just the screenshot, no link. Maybe it didn’t load properly, happened to me sometimes with Lemmy.

Got a link? I don’t know who this is but my curiosity is piqued.

En dash (single dash) usage is not standardized for literature to my knowledge, and is primarily used as a divider for ranges, in lieu of the word “through.” E.g. The year 1998-2006 (or 1998 - 2006) can be used in lieu of “The year 1998 through 2006” in text. It’s also used to denote negative numbers and compound words, of course (though for compound words it’s technically a hyphen). It can also be used to denote relationships, E.g. - The Johnson-Winters wedding party, or the Osea-Belkan War.

Informally I’ve read that a a single dash can be read as a half-beat, shorter than a comma, but I don’t think it’s actually defined in style guides for writing.

Fun fact: En dashes and hyphens are not the same thing, though often used interchangeably (in fact, I did so here because screw trying to remember the ctrl+### combo for an actual en dash), while a double-hyphen is often considered an exact equivalent to the em dash.

My bad, I was probably overly aggressive there anyway. I’m a nerd and the idea of em dash as emoji horrified me.

An em dash is an emoji.

The fuck it is. Em-dashes have existed in literature and text since long before the existence of computers and are a traditional form of textual form pause length:

• comma (,) - one beat
• em dash (–) - two beats
• semicolon (;) - three beats
• period (.) - four beats

Fuckers.

Phrasing.