Yep. I want to choose my own vacation time, thank you very much.

I started with a new employer just before they shut over Christmas. When my next payslip came through and I saw my holiday time had been reduced, into the negative, I was livid.

I bought a multi tool that has one of these built in.

Looks like they’ve even got one for when the local restaurant gets blown away. https://corporate.mcdonalds.com/corpmcd/our-stories/article/mcrig-hurricane-ian.html

I did mean the government, and by Trump I meant the current administration under Trump.

But now you mention it, I can’t think of a single Saudi person I’m a fan of, despite working there on and off for some time.

I know it’s fun to use this sort of thing to bag on the Saudis and on Trump, and I’m a fan of neither, but just wanted to point out that this kind of thing is pretty common.

It’s just a food truck. Sure it’s a bit bigger than your average food truck, but that are catering to larger crowds. I’ve seen these at events across Europe, and in Australia. I’m sure there’s plenty trundling around the States as well.

The way I understand it, a physical asset is something you can see and touch, like a house or a hammer. There’s things that a share gives me that BTC does not, but ultimately they are more similar to each other than to something like a physical chunk of gold or a silo full of grain.

There is no physical company. I can’t eat Microsoft any more than I can eat a Bitcoin, as much as I might want to.

I never knew prescriptions were country dependent- What differs?

My response is similar, usually the good old ‘Do you shut the door when you shit?’.

When we start getting specific, I’ll often try and frame data harvesting in a much more visceral way. If they say they don’t care that xyz keeps track of everyone they talk to, I ask them to imagine an actual person standing behind them, making notes on a clipboard about every interaction they have with someone, and how that would make them feel.

You could get your thermostat checked. Depending on the stove, it’s something you could probably do yourself. It’s like a ten dollar part, maybe?

I agree there is an obfuscation of what is happening under the hood in Windows and Mac systems- but that doesn’t stop the tech savvy from digging a bit further. I played around with resource files back in my System 6, 7, and 8 days, and got pretty comfortable with registry edits from Windows 95 onwards.

I think it’s more that Linux only appeals to the tech savvy, precisely because of the lack of that obfuscation layer.

I always squeeze some lime and grind black pepper on my watermelon. It’s great!

I can’t imagine this working as well with anything other than poached, but I can confirm it’s a winner like that. It’s a more ‘even’ substitute for salt, I guess?

50/50 Guinness and cola. It’s called a Black Velvet and is indulgent and lovely.

Check out the local gym anyway- you’d be surprised how many people are there packing a bit of extra weight. There’s also a high likelihood they’ll have some basic gym equipment, so you get a bit of a two-for-one deal in that regard. It’s also way easier to meet and chat with people than your typical gym.

My pet peeve is people cycling with a helmet but not doing it up. It’s so blatantly stupid- you get none of the benefits, and all of the negatives.

I’m guessing not, if they were US dollars- They’re getting more and more worthless outside the country.

Ok I lost respect for you when you said ‘reading and righting’ but that line right there gained it all back and then some, well done!

The natural extension of this is that everyone should live in one big megacity. Is this what you want?