Security Theatre

Andy B, - good first name for a tester

I assume just normal credit card payments online? PayPal started because people were scared to use their card online, but now you get all the same buyer protections and insurance.

Yes

Did you just assume my species?

“cool”

No, this is Ratrick.

Calcifer?

It’s a 3x3x3 cube that teachers give to students to stop them fidgeting in class

The slap was because you were blaming the person who actually contributed more to the driver.

The correct response is: Wow! The delivery fee was only 3.49! How do they expect someone to work for such a pathetic wage!

NO! I don’t think you understood at all!

Someone else hired a person and paid them 3.49 to drive hot food around.

Then a customer, who also paid the first person paid the driver more than their employer did.

If I could slap you over the internet right now I would.

This. https://youtu.be/3KXF423TEwY?si=n8ExMrJJRQQHLjIP

This is the early internet - a self hosted, bunch of regular people just doing stuff for stuff’s sake.

Also https://www.cockeyed.com - decentralized, zero budget fun.

In some ways, the low-medium technical barrier was perfect. If you could do some basic html or PHP, you were a creator.

There’s no plastic in an aluminum can. Both glass and aluminum are almost totally recycled into their base materials. Aluminum is lighter to transport to and from the recycling facility.

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/75003-most-clothes-pegs-clipped-on-a-face

Id be equally proud to be the parents of either Margo or Keanu

I don’t think anyone is arguing “No matter what he does”.

It’s: look at the two candidates and decide which one is going to be better for the future of your country.

If Biden actually does something outrageous that makes you think “Man, this guy is worse than Trump” then that’s just common sense.

I think that’s the gimmick - it’s like a spot the difference once you’ve done the puzzle and are still in Minnesota with nothing else to do.

That is a good question, but I suspect if you tried this in real life it would still show static.

• The waves are amplified with a circuit that attempts to find a signal even if it’s very weak (so you can get a picture even if you’re close or very far from the tv station)
• At a certain point, the electromagnetic field from the running TV itself would start to get picked up

I suspect a better thought experiment would be if you just disconnected the input and amplification circuit entirely from the CRT tube, in which case you would probably just get white as the electron beam scans back and forth without any modulation.

Maybe she should move to another country. That’s what I’d do.

The consecutive rounds system in France is basically a runoff election.

Ranked choice is an “instant runoff” - same outcome but you only have to fill out the ballot once.