I vaguely recall pushing in two buttons at once to get them both to pop out, but maybe that was something else.

I loved Torque Test Channel’s take on the whole metric thing… https://youtu.be/2QUum9NymZY?si=8w7PCNReVX1-3tMn

Sometimes they are just broken. Bad scales, sensors, etc. Kroger’s converyor style checkouts are especially bad.

He won’t do any of it… but,

1. Order the immediate publication of all government climate research data
2. Lease all climate monitoring satellites to the EU for 5 years.
3. Order the complete destruction of all records of US secret agents, foreign assets, etc. operating outside the US.
4. Pardon everyone convicted of federal drug crimes for possession of cannibis
5. Order the complete destruction of all records of immigrants who entered the country under executive order but without any other legal protection
6. Order the complete destruction of all heath records of government employees, especially those regarding gender affirming care and pregnancy.
7. Share as much espionage data as possible on Russia, Saudia Arabia, etc. with trusted foreign nations.

10 friends decide to go out together for dinner. After some discussion they narrow it down to pizza or tacos, then vote. 3 choose pizza, 2 choose tacos, and 5 don’t vote because they don’t want pizza and even though they do like tacos, they don’t like the salsa at the taco place. Whose fault is it they are eatting pizza?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/It's_the_economy,_stupid

I live in a deep red state where my vote effectively does not count. Yesterday morning, I woke to an absurd amount of hip/back pain and could barely stand up. Yet I still drug my ass to the polls and stood in line for my turn to vote.

Whatever happens, I blame the fickle morons who stayed home. The parties, platforms, politics, etc. are what they are, if you can’t be bothered to at least vote for the lesser of two evils, then you deserve everything you get.

Amen

Then they briefly acknowledge you before returning to whatever uninteresting topic they were already discussing and tighten the circle so that you could not join in even if you wanted to…

You look around the room and everyone is in tight circles, making mostly small talk, with a few people in each circle dominating the conversations. At best, all you can do is stand outside a circle, essentially eavesdropping, but that’s creepy.

So you just wander the room admiring the art and architecture, look out the windows, etc., before either finding a way to leave or finding a quiet corner and pulling out your phone.

Nice to see they are finally trying to fix the blatant security flaws in UAC.

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Are you sure about that? Straight courses are used for drag racing.

It is also the origin of the anime “wow” sound effect. https://soundeffects.fandom.com/wiki/Anime_Wow_Sound

Robber to victim: ok, let’s compromise. Give me half your money and I’ll only stab you a little.

Same here only it was 20 years ago. UML professor was convinced it would replace programming.

I worry that she actually is “middle class” and the wealth disparity has moved to the point that those of us who cannot spend $150 on pet insurance or drop $750,000+ on a house or $100,000 on a truck are effectively “poor”, at least as far as the market is concerned.

Ugh, do I go with #2 where I have to worry about diaper failures and my seat being kicked, 8 where I risk witnessing CSAM, or 10 where the guy across the aisle is defiling the plane.

It has been a few years, but I was once asked to implement 800-171. The document was aggressively vague and really the sort of thing that requires hiring a consultant to setup and probably at least one FTE to maintain. Thankfully our project was abandoned before I had to start looking for other employment just get away from the damn thing.

So I emphasize with Georgia Tech for not perfectly implementing the rules to the governments confusing standards.

However, the researchers refusal to run anti-virus even when required by the contract was just stupid. “Academic freedom” doesn’t mean anything when your grants are revoked or you get sued for millions over a breach. That said, they should have been able to work out some sort of “compensating control” to use instead of anti-virus and get that approved by the government.

I’m still hoping for good customer support AI. If I’m going to be connected to someone who barely speaks English and is required to follow a prewritten script, or worse plays prerecorded messages to fake being fluent, I might as well talk to an AI, especially if it means shorter hold times.

AI is a bad replacement for good customer service, but it could be an improvement over bad customer service.