3D printing. No dedicated space in my house for such a thing, plus there’s no way my kids would leave it alone or not constantly ask for more 3D dragons.

I’m kind of torn on this one. The natural problem solver in me is saying AI is a means to an end but not the end itself. I can solve most problems at work with AI but then the process becomes brittle, slower, and much more expensive.

If you age that milk into cheese then yeah. 🤌

I’ve heard others use “lucked out” as meaning both lucky and unlucky, but my original thought was that it was used when luck clearly wasn’t a factor. So if you intended to play the lotto and you didn’t win because you never bought a ticket I would’ve said you “lucked out”.

Never used it before but there is solder paste which uses a heat gun instead of an iron.

Depends on profession and location. I live in a major metro area. Pediatrician? Same day if it’s urgent. ENT? 6 months.

Facebook.

Same. I don’t know knots very well but I’ve never met one I couldn’t undo.

The La’s - There She Goes

Pretty much everyone knows this song and they’re considered a one-hit wonder, but that album thoroughly impressed me and I’d say There She Goes is one of my least favorite songs of theirs. The rest are still catchy as hell but the lyrics aren’t quite as accessible, hence the “singular success”.

Eek! The Cat.

Don’t remember much about the episodes but I did used to watch it “religiously” as a kid.

Their oat milk “creamers” are good but I try to avoid them because of the plastic bottles. Oatly is alright.

Weird Al also wanted to riff on some Prince songs but he wouldn’t allow it.

Probably not the norm but I’ve gotten pinched by an electric once. Using a razor I might get some nicks but I often don’t even notice it happened until a few seconds later.

Had to say goodbye because of leaving Windows but Bulk Rename Utility was a tool that never let me down.

A few tips. No scissors or electric shavers. Pull areas to be tight and flat. Go slow at first. Use a razor you’ve used a couple times so it’s not at it’s sharpest, it’ll still get the job done but be less likely to cause major cuts.

Also general advice, if your partner doesn’t fully appreciate the results or effort then stop trying. I’ve never gotten criticized about a “full bush” or specifically complemented on a “smooth finish” so I stopped trying. Not worth the hassle if your partner thinks you’re already sexy. More sit-ups or push ups might be more appreciated.

You wouldn’t know ____ if it came up an bit you in the ass.

The SAVE Act puts new requirements on individual voters to prove their citizenship status. The requirements are easy for some people to meet but for others they’re very difficult. Required documentation includes things like a birth certificate or passport. Neither of those are free to acquire and they aren’t convenient to acquire either. This effectively amounts to a “poll tax” where people have to spend a non-trivial amount of money [and time] to exercise their voting rights.

Jim Crow regulations were slightly more racially biased in that white citizens were often given exceptions for things like poll taxes or literacy tests.

The two cases, however, are quite similar in their intent.

Yeah, my brain has Takedown on repeat rn.

We need to get away from anecdotes as a way to describe this problem. There’s dozens of reasons a city can hit a record high or low. It’s like saying Wilt Chamberlain is the greatest basketball player of all time because nobody else has scored 100 points in a single game, or Bill Russell because he won the most titles. Those stats are based on key games or favorable conditions and not really an overall, day-in-day-out performance. The same goes with climate. The year you have a “100 year snow storm” could be the same year you have a record number of days above 90°.

Science isn’t about focusing on outliers, it’s about focusing on trends and what the majority of the data is telling you. Unfortunately we can’t always comprehend slow moving data points, which is why we capture data and view it as a whole.

These things can get pricey so I think it’s reasonable to say something like “pizza and drinks for the kids”.