DrBob

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[–] DrBob 8 points 1 day ago

It's more important to him to criticize the government. If he got briefed he'd realize he's talking out his ass most of the time.

[–] DrBob 153 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (25 children)

I grew up in the 1970s. We were eating candy cigarettes. 😄

[–] DrBob 27 points 1 day ago

Here is Jason Momoa at 6'4" next to Lisa Bonet at 5'2". It gives you a feel for you what the height difference should look like.

[–] DrBob 42 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (9 children)
[–] DrBob 4 points 2 days ago

There are a whole lot of sexploitation horror films that would fit the bill.

[–] DrBob 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

So let me add a comment. I had never heard of Tappio Wirkkala. I can't decide if I love the Thule series or not. But the chanterelle vase is gorgeous 😍.

[–] DrBob 7 points 3 days ago

Neuroscience and basically no time limit. 50 marks in a 3 hour night class and I tell them I'll stay as long as they need.

[–] DrBob 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You are correct. "Bankrupt" is a little strong. But selling existing bonds back into the market while the U.S. is trying to issue new debt would not be great for America. I think dollar devaluation is 100% in the cards.

[–] DrBob 41 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (17 children)

The US has been living on credit cards for decades now. The rest of the world has supported it because the most important thing for everyone is stability. With trade agreements getting ripped up, and nonsense tariffs everywhere, supporting Americas consumption habits is not necessarily in the world's interests anymore.

Canada alone holds almost $500 billion in US debt. Europe and Japan hold another $2.5 trillion in US debt. America is picking fights with people who can bankrupt them.

[–] DrBob 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

He wears lifts when he's meeting tall people. He's probably about 5'10".

[–] DrBob 36 points 3 days ago (2 children)

You wouldn't believe how difficult they are to mark. The basic skills of penmanship and sentence construction have fallen through the floor. 20% of students in my last class didn't even attempt the short answer section on an exam that was otherwise multiple choice.

 
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I didn't eat supper tonight. (self.dull_mens_club)
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I ate so many cookies I wasn't hungry. I'm sure there will be regrets - I might need a Tums before bed.

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Friday Night (self.dull_mens_club)
submitted 5 months ago by DrBob to c/[email protected]
 

I don't know if this is what your after, but I flew into Denver today. I ate a takeout burrito in my hotel room while watching tv. I'm going to be in bed by 8.

 

She doesn't really watch hockey so I don't know what her opinion is worth. But she wanted to do Leafs Lucky Guess with me this morning. Evidently we are going to lose 16-1 or something.

 

The US 2nd circuit has ruled that auditors opinions aren't relevant in cases of investor fraud because the statements are too vague for people to rely on. Whut?

Wall Street Journal article here for those who have access.

Here is a professor's blog entry for a barrier free commentary on the importance of the case.

 

I was thinking about this after listening to Marc Andreassen blather on about how he doesn't trust government as a repository of trusted keys and other functions. He advocates for private companies to perform critical functions. Standard libertarian stuff in many respects.

The problem of course is that corporations lack accountability. They can shift terms and conditions or corporate purpose and there is little meaningful recourse except to stop using them. I can think of small examples that don't widely resonate (Mountain Equipment Co-op I'm thinking of you 🤬) but are there big examples that I'm missing?

 

I am finally going to join the '90s and set up a blog. The audience is mostly students to show how the academic stuff blends with real world professional practice. I'm an adjunct so I have a foot in both worlds.

I have my domain names (parked for years) and free webhosting through my university - but the university doesn't provide any development tools. All of the recommended tools I've run across (weebly, wix, webflow etc.) either want to host the page, manage the domain name, or require a fee to link the page to my host. I'm simply looking for a low cost site builder where I can edit my files and move them to my webspace.

Any recommendations for a WSYWIG style editor? I'd be happy to not have to learn any actual coding, but will if I have to.

The last time I did any of this I was manually tagging static pages in notepad (lol).

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