They really do look like USB ports though. You sure they aren’t run to a box where a PC would be, and let you plug in a keyboard and mouse?

I had that poster, mounted on foam core, hanging in my room for a lot of my teenage years.

Looks delicious

I was thinking that an LLM probably did write it.

More than just giving the benefit of a doubt, especially in dating situations, people often fill in what they don’t know about the other person with what they want to be true. It’s not necessarily a conscious thing, but it happens a lot.

Hmm, needs a rainbow separation bar

One of the other managers at my work brought in a resume he got for everyone to laugh at because the guy had put being a WoW raid leader as part of his skills. I had done a little of it, so I said “Imagine getting 40 people together virtually on headsets. They’re broken into three different main roles, but within those each has different abilities. You have to lead them through an encounter where everyone has to do their part, there might be a lot of coordinated moving around, and some of the mechanics might be complicated. If just one person screws up, all 40 people could die, and you have to start over. Some of the people may never have seen it before. It’s your job to explain what’s going to happen, lead 40 people through it, and keep everyone calm and focused if something goes wrong. How many of our current leaders could do that?”

I think I made the point, but the problem is that very, very few hiring managers are going to know what a raid leader is, and are just going to see it as playing a video game.

More dots!

If it makes you feel better to have someone more ancient around, my youngest turned ten that year.

Mine was a Timex Sinclair. You got to each of the Basic keywords by hitting a function key and then one of the other keys, which actually helped because you could see them all. And, since I didn’t have any external storage, I got lots of practice writing them.

And ATT Worldnet!

You can buy it in half gallons and quarts, too, but a lot of families go through a gallon in a couple days.

Once he said “The company is too woke,” he made it political.

But I’m not just talking about this company. I don’t know if they have any history of supporting diversity, but a lot of companies did and now have walked that talk back in order maintain profits. If I take a stand for something, and then abandon that stand if it impacts me financially, then I’m literally abandoning my ideals. That’s what many companies have done.

Yeah the sky seems like he’s as boring up his own company to make a reason

Did you use voice to text to make that comment? I’m thinking “the sky” was supposed to be “this guy,” and I’m wondering how that could happen with autocorrect.

The broader point he’s making - that having his brand associated with one side in a polarized political landscape is terrible for profits - is legitimate. The problem is he’s saying it using the language of the other side, which isn’t helping either.

From the article:

A wide range of American companies have sought to distance themselves from behavior that may be perceived as “woke” since US President Donald Trump began his second term, including long-established DEI initiatives, links to LGBTQ+ causes, charities, and events, and environmental pledges.

I get why companies are doing this, but I also lose all respect for them. These things either represent important ideals or they don’t. If you believe they do, and then distance yourself from them, it shows a lack of integrity and moral fortitude. If you don’t believe they do, then the fact that you embraced them to begin with means you were simply pandering for profit.

The one that no longer exists where banana flavoured candy derives its flavor from.

That’s actually a myth. See Wikipedia.

The Gros Michel has a higher concentration of isoamyl acetate, the ester commonly used for “banana” food flavoring, than the Cavendish.[12] This higher concentration is responsible for the myth that banana flavoring was based on the Gros Michel, but artificial banana flavor was not based on any specific cultivar.

Here’s a longer piece on just that subject.

With Heinlein, fantasizing.

The man who folded himself is a time travel story, too. Every time the guy travels to the same time, there’s another one of him there, with bigger or smaller age differences. It gets pretty twisted in parts when he’s living with his other selves.

You should read “The Man Who Folded Himself.”

I wasn’t able to go, but my buddy did. He and I are both mid-60s, and he said the vast majority of people were our age or older. This is southern California.

surpassing even the 2017 Women’s March demonstrations against Trump.

I guess he really does bring people together…