the hostess/maître-d’ expects something for the request

Also, quit having sex with men that think pregnancy is a woman’s problem.
You know, the guys that complain in the slightest about wearing a condom or balk at a vasectomy.

Make up your own mind. Personally, it’s one of my top 5 episodes. I don’t get the hate.

1. Don’t comment on other people’s posts regarding GoT about how you don’t watch it. When I see people posting about gymnastics, scrapbooking, or sportsball, I don’t feel the need to point out how I don’t dig this thing they’re excited about. I simply keep scrolling and let them enjoy their thing. Hell, I may even…

Let’s be honest: Even buying raw ingredients at a discount grocery store is convenience, compared to farming, foraging, and hunting for all of your food.
If some convenience allows me to make more money, like fast food on the way to a second job, then it is totally worth it.
We’re better off now that we can all better…

Exercise caution if connecting two homes over an Ethernet cable.

In an apartment building, condo, or townhome, you’re likely OK in doing this.

If the buildings do not share the same electrical panel, or more importantly, the same electrical ground, you’re at risk of frying your gear if you connect them over copper.

I’ve…

I don’t work for an ISP, I’ve actually deployed enterprise WiFi as part of being a network engineer.

I do get what you’re saying about how it isn’t a perfect bell curve. I was trying to simplify a bit for the audience.

Here is an actual waterfall image of WiFi traffic on channel 1:

There are edge cases for using channels other than the big three.
For example, one location I did some work at had a WISP using 1,6,11 to get service to people’s homes. Clearly, running your home WiFi on the same channels was going to cause problems for everyone.
Using 4 and 9 in cases like this actually does help. I…

Goodwill in Indiana, when I worked there 10-15 years ago, had a rotation:

-4 weeks in the store that donated it
-1 week at half-price
-Shipped to one of two distribution centers & sold by weight. Anyone could shop at the bulk rate centers, but the bin would only be out on the floor for a handful of hours
-Remaining goods…

I’ve found it to be most effective to just let everyone deal with their own math or their own calendar. Tropic seems like a good solution if your team can’t agree on a single service for calendars, but it seems like a lot of extra work if you’re already all on Outlook/Exchange or GMail. 
When I book a meeting, I look…

The first puff of smoke from the failed O-ring was detected later on video analysis 0.678 seconds after ignition, 0.438 seconds after liftoff.
Challenger was doomed the moment those SRBs were ignited, no matter what the winds aloft were, or if a B757 was nearby.

If using something like Apple Pay, it is far more secure than mag stripe or chip since it uses one-time card numbers.
Even if someone skims the number, it isn’t really your real card number. It is a number created for that single transaction, and is totally worthless after you’ve used it.

That was literally a fatal flaw in the Space Shuttle design: the enormous fuel tanks run alongside the orbiter. Separating the orbiter from the fuel tanks is one thing, but getting it quickly far enough away from the tanks to avoid damage to the orbiter is nearly impossible. The orbiter is just too massive.
That is…

If you stay below freezing, that’s cool
The problem is when it goes above freezing during the day, and below at night.
Now all that good walking snow is a sheet of ice.

Add to that the fact that California is very anti-gun. Employees are unlikely to be armed to defend themselves.

Boyfriend: “I’ll ask ya, did you send a message to Tom?”
(Alexia, send a message to Tom)
Boyfriend: “I can’t stand that dishonest jerk”
(Message reads: “I can’t stand that dishonest jerk”. Ready to send?)
Girlfriend: “YES, OK? YES I DID”
(Message sent)

Amazon or Google having access to that audio data doesn’t make me feel better.
In that article:
“And in the future, companies such as Amazon and Google may have plans to use more of the audio they are privy to. The New York Times reported in March both companies have filed patent applications for technology that might…

It cracks me up when people put tape over their laptop camera, but don’t even hesitate to have Alexia listening to everything they say.

I tried to login before I saw my email. It forced me to reset my password.
So, by that logic, if you were able to login without being forced to reset, you’re good.

To be clear, most of my hatred for them is this common exchange when ordering food:
“I’d like XYZ. Are there any onions in that?”
“No”
“Sounds great, thanks!”
Food arrives with a mountain of scallions
“I thought you said no onions in this?”
“Oh, those are just scallions”
😒