You’re running for office?

Social graces get you a lot further than brutal, blunt honesty. The epitome of it is when you can tell someone to go to hell so politely they actually look forward to the trip. ;-)

Nah, I see what he posted as more on the order of ‘You should have bought what -I- tell you to spend your money on instead of what YOU decided was a better purchase.’

If she’s happy with it - that’s what’s important.

As I recall, there were little flying Volkswagen beetles in the first movie.

Fucking Onion Ninjas...

It needs to stay. It lets the states that don’t have massive populations have a voice in the system. Take Wyoming - it’s got two electoral votes, but that means it’s got at least some influence, which with a state population of about half a mil it wouldn’t have otherwise.

You can always design a test a car can’t survive.

Yeah, on that length a single traffic light turning red could skew the numbers.

Uh... two red lights? Depending on the trip, that could make quite a difference.

Don’t feel bad. I bought a clicky-clicky keyboard for nostalgia purposes - found I can’t use it any more because the damn clicking drives me nuts.

Don’t feel bad. I bought a clicky-clicky keyboard for nostalgia purposes - found I can’t use it any more because…

That needs a couple of wavering red LEDs under that center grill...

That needs a couple of wavering red LEDs under that center grill...

Favorite router? One that fucking works is my favorite.

Favorite router? One that fucking works is my favorite.

Thanks for the heads-up on that, I’ll take a look!

Yep. DON’T FINISH YOUR DAMN TEXT - DRIVE YOUR DAMN CAR!!!!

I’ve been trying to ignore it. I’m not sure what was going on with it - but... damn. Are they really having so much trouble finding decent content any more?

Biggest tip - buy something that’ll run it.

Xoxide.com has a few that should fit your tastes.

Cut-proof gloves are the klutz’s friend. After 5 stitches in my thumb which I got while trying to separate a 3-d printed item from the raft it printed on, I bought a pair.

Cut-proof gloves are the klutz’s friend. After 5 stitches in my thumb which I got while trying to separate a 3-d…

You learn from mistakes. Airdrops are obviously a marvellous way to learn. And LAPES extractions can certainly litter the landscape if the setup on the pallet isn’t right.