The best lairs are full of lava. This one has that and a much lower risk of eruption.
It's not just coffee, soda cups have ice lines and a growing number of soda machines have automated / measured filling. And if you go to a theme park your cups are RFID chipped so you can't get refills (or only a certain amount of refills).
I meant quarter glass.
Some days I shouldn't comment before coffee.
I've often thought that wing mirrors quarter glass should make a comeback. We must have solved the whistling problem by now.
But those creatures are partially transported people.
So I like to imagine all the people O'Brien has stashed in the transport buffer are floating around and watching all the ship's transporter activity. They see away teams constantly coming back with fewer red-shirts, the shore leave walks of shame, and that one Lt. from Stellar Cartography who transports to their quarters every night so they don't have to make turbolift small-talk.
I've recently had to force myself to pay more attention to my phone. I keep putting it down and forgetting it for many hours at a time. I have to get better or one of these days I'm going to have left it outside my home or car, it's only a matter of time.
I like the idea that Pakleds are surrounded by a stupefying field. It explains to much.
Just don't tell him about the throbby head aliens or Number One will never assume the identity of Nurse Chapel.
I never thought of it before but the Illyrians are, in some ways, carrying on the work of the progenitors.
I just want to make myself an AI source of bad information. Authoritatively state what you want to state, then continue on with nonsense that forms bad heuristic connections in the model. Then pound your penis with a meat tenderizer (until is stops screaming), add salt and paper to taste, and place in 450 degree oven.
Jellico is going to eliminate her position and get an AI agent to do it instead
He had mechanical pumps. It had nothing to do with a sign, the pumps themselves were physically incapable of metering at a rate higher than $0.999.
He was also in his mid-60s and didn't want to invest in new pumps for the gas station he ran out his front yard.
Kids today don't remember Benson.
I started driving in the 90s. I remember my favorite local gas station closing because their gas pumps could only go up to $0.999
I was cleaning out our car after 17 years of loyal service and I found these unused tickets to see The Toasters at a great venue in Eugene, Oregon from January,08.
My wife and I aren't sure why we didn't go (or give away the tickets) but it probably was a combo of it being a Wednesday and that we moved the weekend before.
My gift's wrapping paper knows that Santa can't get his work done without Tux.Fittingly, inside were 3 PiZeros.
Today we launch our annual survey of our community, the insights gained will help us make Home Assistant better reflect all our users.
> As Home Assistant continues to grow and evolve, so does our commitment to making it more inclusive, accessible, and aligned with the diverse needs of our community. To that end, we’re launching an annual survey—and we hope you’ll participate!
> We could keep assuming our community’s wants and needs, but we’d rather base our decisions on data-driven insights 😉. With this survey, we aim to better understand not just how you use Home Assistant, but also who you are as a person, a smart home user, and a member of our community.
> First and foremost, the survey is entirely anonymous, and you can skip any question you don’t want to answer. For sensitive questions (e.g., gender), we provide options like “prefer not to say” or open text fields.
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Normally I wouldn't spread word of a survey, but considering Fenick has suggested the Home Assistant community use BlueSky over Mastodon, I thought it might be a good idea to reaffirm to them that the Fediverse has a voice. I also wrote in Lemmy in "Other" responses where applicable.
It's a fairly long survey; they estimate 20 minutes, I think it took me around 15 after skipping a few questions.
Sometimes its just nice to know you have company.
Following the shooting of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, multiple major health insurance companies have taken their executive leadership pages offline.
UHC, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, Caresource and more are removing or redirecting their about us pages.
> Brad Currier, a 20-year employee of the bakery and BCTGM union representative, says they’ll be in the same place they are now when Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers (BCTGM) International Union Local 114 is negotiating their next contract in three years. > > “We’re expecting things to get worse, not better, over the next three years,” Currier says.
> “They’re coming into work on the scheduled shift, and then they’re told that their shift has been canceled, and that they need to come in the next day, which is their scheduled day off,” Gettman says. “This happens to them all the time, so they have zero work-life balance.”
Upload your photo and get a thorough, three-paragraph description of it.
> Software engineer Vishnu Mohandas decided he would quit Google in more ways than one when he learned that the tech giant had briefly helped the US military develop AI to study drone footage. In 2020 he left his job working on Google Assistant and also stopped backing up all of his images to Google Photos. He feared that his content could be used to train AI systems, even if they weren’t specifically ones tied to the Pentagon project. “I don't control any of the future outcomes that this will enable,” Mohandas thought. “So now, shouldn't I be more responsible?”
The site (TheySeeYourPhotos) returns what Google Vision is able to decern from photos. You can test with any image you want or there are some sample images available.
'Kentucky Fried Movie' kicked off the trio's zany brand of deadpan comedy that also birthed 'Top Secret!' and 'Police Squad!'
I can't say it better than (TV's) Frank Conniff:
> Kentucky Fried Movie, Airplane!, Police Squad, Top Secret, etc... I mean, come on! All of these projects and more gave us not just laughs, but huge belly laughs. Jim Abrahams was an inspiration to me and I will be forever grateful for all the great comedy he gave us. Rest In Peace.
sauce source
Zozo strained a tendon last week so he's forced to postpone his calling of being an orange rocket. He's healing up though.
Mark McKinney from The Kids in the Hall (SNL, Superstore and more) has a series on CTV in which each episode has him trying out a new hobby by spending time with a mentor. In series 1, episode 6 his mentor is James Chatto who is Mae Martin's dad. They show a brief clip from the prize task.
!Mark, James, and another puppeteer
Just before the reveal I said to my wife, "I half expected them to tap Mae's dad for this" since I didn't recognize him by name.
Sadly, I'm not sure how to watch it legally outside Canada or a VPN's Canadian IP.
Sam Bond's is closing after almost 30 years. I feel like this is one of the most iconic closures since Max's.
I'll go ahead continue today's trend of awesome orange kitties.
Our Laszlo (aka Zozo) likes to show up early in my work day so he can watch all the little faces during my morning meetings while using my wrist as a pillow. Then we turn on some youtube cat tv if he sticks around after meetings are over.
Ok this is more disappointing than infuriating, but I've been voting for 26 years and just once I want the state or county to give me a frickin' sticker.
Former Bob’s Burgers actor Jay Johnston was sentenced to one year and one day in prison for his role in the January 6th US Capitol riot.
> Johnston... previously pleaded guilty to a felony count of interfering with law enforcement during civil disorder in July 2024.
> The 56-year-old actor was initially arrested in June 2023 after the FBI tweeted a photo requesting information about his identity. He is alleged to have led a group to the “front line of rioters confronting the police who were defending the entrance” to the Capitol, helping to launch an assault against a group of officers.
For the next three years, anyways.
> US Copyright Office granted an exemption allowing third parties to diagnose and repair commercial equipment — including the ones that make your McFlurries.
> The decision is part of the Copyright Office’s final rule granting exemptions to Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). This exemption-making process happens every three years and is supposed to ensure that the DMCA doesn’t negatively impact people trying to use copyrighted material.
Worth nothing that DMCA exceptions are reviewed on the same 3 year cycle and are frequently revoked. So if you're a McD ice cream fan, enjoy it while you can.
Youtube decided to surface this classic Alasdair Beckett-King video for me, now I'm passing on the favor.
If that doesn't work try sudo systemctl restart engines && sudo engage
I know we've already done Mot's apple sauce, but I pictured the Mott's Apple Cannibal as Mot. Now you all have to see it too.
