You forgot the incredibly expensive scam that is American “healthcare”.

Back in the days before cell phones, when landlines were ubiquitous, people in more rural areas had what they called “party lines.” It was a single telephone line shared between multiple houses. You knew which house an incoming call was for based on the ring pattern. Your neighbors could also pick up the receiver, very quietly, and listen in on your phone calls if they wanted too.

Party lines are long gone but Internet communications have their own ways of being “listened in on.” A lot of traffic transmitted over the Internet is encrypted; with TLS for instance. But, some of it isn’t. If you use traditional DNS – UDP over port 53 – everyone in between you and the DNS server can see which websites you’re visiting.

I’m not concerned about my privacy because I have something to hide. I’m concerned about it because my personal business is my business. Not anyone else’s.

Don’t even need to spend that much. Trump accepts fake peace prizes.

Understood. My experience deepthroating N64 controllers is …uh… limited.

Better have a long tongue to reach the “Z” button with.

“Well God can use ‘imperfect people’. Just look at King David.”

How that story actually went…

David: Has an affair with Bathsheba and has her husband assassinated.

God: “Listen here you little shit. I gave you everything you could ever want and you decided that wasn’t enough. I’m feeling merciful so I won’t kill you like you killed Uriah. Instead, you can spend the rest of your miserable life suffering the consequences of your evil deeds.”

I’ve been seriously thinking I need to go back to therapy. Thanks for the motivation!

Not every old design was better but some were.

My wife absolutely refuses to give up her early 1970’s GE range. It’s impossible to get parts for it so eventually it’s going to have to be replaced. One of the actually nice features it has is is that all the push button controls are on the range hood. Don’t have to worry about them getting greasy while cooking or little kids turning the burners on.

The stove is hot so the fan is just trying to cool itself down. Duh.

Honestly? The last few years have been like a slow motion Trainwreck. My wife developed serious chronic health issues a few years ago and I’ve been unemployed for almost a year and a half. We’ve gone from being in a very good financial position to being virtually bankrupt. It has not been a good time.

Oh, they’re pissed. But they would still vote for him again. Because at least he’s not a DuMbOcRaT.

Back when I went to an office every day, I usually wore loafers. Easy to slip off and on under your desk without drawing lots of attention.

Says the person who feels no remorse for killing innocent civilians anything.

FTFY

“It is possible to not fuck around at all and still find out. That is not a weakness, that is life.” --Jean-Luc Picard (Paraphrased)

I see you left that short stint at WorldCom off your resume.

Just because someone collects data doesn’t mean that they’re using it for a particular purpose. I’ve worked at orgs that archived gobs of data - not necessarily user data - “in case we find a use for it.” Possession of data does not guarantee possession of a particular insight.

I’m not saying that no one at Google knew. Just that it’s far from impossible.

So if the person you were interacting with gets pulled over for speeding, for instance, I’m sure they’ll totally understand the cop immediately shooting them in the face. They were breaking the law after all and we can’t tolerate that.

I’m still looking for a good solution that includes support for notes. I’m migrating off Exchange Online and using mailcow temporarily but the built in notes feature is sorely missed.

Known Epstein Associates: “I completely cut that guy out of my life 45 years ago. He was a total creep.”

Also Known Epstein Associates (in 2018): “Hey Jeffy Boy! What’s goin on?? Party at your place last week was totally wild! We still getting together for dinner Saturday?”

Having been in the same room as Jeffrey Epstein once is not evidence that someone is a pedophile. Exchanging [benign] emails with Jeffrey Epstein is not proof that someone is a pedophile. Having had dinner with Jeffrey Epstein is not proof that someone is a pedophile. Even having been to Epstein’s island is not proof that someone is a pedophile.

But pulling an Apostle Peter (as in Peter denying he knows Jesus) when there is overwhelming evidence that you were on friendly terms with the guy pretty much up until his death is more than a little suspicious.

Too bad the league is run by crooked shitasses who wanted to make sure there would never be another publicly owned team.