DradisPing
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DradisPing
5d ago
Mace exercises feel great on you shoulders if you slouch a lot in front of a computer. A kettle bell is also pretty handy.
Neither take up much space if you aren't using them.
DradisPing
12d ago
Physical activity? Alcohol gets converted to acetaldehyde which causes the hangover effects and then to acetate which causes the hangover effects.
If you're burning off the acetate quickly it may stop acetaldehyde from building up.
See if working up a sweat after drinking at home helps.
DradisPing
15d ago
It's made my Larry Ellison's daughter. There's huge money behind it.
I'm sure they sprung for the "ultra premium ad package" for the major sites.
DradisPing
15d ago
Also once you're used to taking care of a dog every day, a child seems more manageable. You've already adopted a lifestyle that involves being home on a regular schedule.
DradisPing
15d ago
I too love how cats get indignant at any perceived slight.
DradisPing
15d ago
The new Dungeon Crawler Carl book just came out. Book 8, A Parade of Horribles.
So far it hasn't been thrilling me. Book 7 featured the conclusion of multiple long running storylines. Book 8 starts with Carl and Donut isolated from the supporting cast. I probably just wasn't in the right mood, I'll give it another shot in a week or so.
DradisPing
15d ago
So there are some skills that you need to practice heavily while producing mid content before you can get really good. Fine arts, music.
People doing that tend to lean auth left because they think that in a communist system they'd be able to focus on their art full time.
AI is a real threat to them because it kills their dream of working for an ad agency for a decade to hone their skills before breaking out as real artists.
Note that the dream wasn't as crazy as it sounds. Banksy was a successful commercial illustrator before his big switch.
DradisPing
15d ago
Thoughts on some recent pets:
Black cat. Black cats are surprisingly good at hiding in a home environment. He liked to curl up on a black towel / jacket / backpack and become invisible. Watching the humans look for him provided immense entertainment. I got him a black throw blanket and a window bird feeder and he'd spend all day staring at the birds who only saw two golden floating orbs. After pouncing at the window a few too many times he learned to squint at the birds to remain hidden.
Toy poodle. Adorable. High energy with extreme demands for attention. Likes cat wands more than cats do. Does not get along well with cats, who just want to sleep. Stubborn. Thinks the world will end if he's ever more than ten feet away from a human. Thinks he can win at tug if he just finds the right leverage despite being 11lbs. He likes sitting on the back of the couch and resting his head on my shoulder during Zoom calls.
Outdoor Maine Coon (cat). Friendly and adorable. Conned me into thinking he was a starving stray despite living in a large house. Could eat shocking amounts of tuna.
DradisPing
15d ago
So is anyone planning on doing an effortpost on "Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC" that dropped last week?
Transport brokers lost immunity for hiring trucking companies with bad safety track records. It's causing some chaos and loops in the CDL and foreign driver discussion.
The important thing is that the trucking industry didn't prepare and because it came into full force immediately there's some chaos.
I'm asking because if someone with more legal and shipping knowledge than me does a write up, anything I write will look pretty half assed.
This should link to the twitter trend: https://x.com/i/trending/2055714473541771375
DradisPing
25d ago
As far as I know, the law in US federal states and Western European countries is usually that a husband may not have a paternity test done on the child or children unless the wife agrees to it in writing and the family court permits it (in case of a divorce).
In the US laws vary a lot by state. Generally they are more along the lines of a man may contest paternity for a limited period. If he discovers false paternity years later he's SOL.
I'd say it's extremely unfair, but it's also not likely to get fixed.
There's a saying along the lines of "the problem with civil rights cases is the plaintiff." The Men's Rights movement suffers from that greatly. The men who really get screwed by family courts are typically low status who married very poorly.
People don't live atomic lives, and higher class women will have their behaviour policed by friends and family.
I'm sure you've heard "don't stick your dick in crazy". These men proposed to crazy and went through with the wedding.
Courts and lawmakers look at them and aren't that eager to put a major effort into helping them clear up that mess.
DradisPing
26d ago
So I think talking about "communism" is kind of a bad way of thinking about it. It allows people to go back to the loose ideas Marx had and try to pretend the dispute is about economic ideas.
In practice Communists are trying to implement Leninism as practiced.
The best way to understand it is Moldbug's Brahmin trying to remake society by force. There's no room in that for a loyal opposition or principled dissent.
The Brahmin particularly don't like being called out for their mistakes by their lessers and will always crack down harshly when they can get away with it.
Here's the secret. The point of laptop stickers is to make it easy to find your MacBook on a table full of MacBooks.
I kind of like pristine laptops but when everyone on the team has the same model things can get confusing.
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