This breaks decades-old norms meant to vet candidates for criminal history and conflicts of interest.

Come the fuck on. The FBI background checks are a “norm” too? Do we have actual laws for anything?

I lose all sense of moderation or empathy when it comes to swatting. Throw the book at him. Then find another book and throw that one too. Call up the publishers and tell them to get printing, we’re gonna need more books.

I went the route of modest homelab with some mini PCs/Pis/NAS, and a decidedly not modest sim racing rig.

I like to say that for my midlife crisis I bought all the cars. I’m very funny.

If they’re stunned by this then they’re gonna be catatonic for the next 4 years. I wonder what effect that’ll have on national security…

Restaurant, agriculture, construction, landscaping, etc. I’m assuming it’ll be any of

1. Prices skyrocketing
2. Industries collapsing
3. Money under tables and “officials” looking the other way

Probably all 3 though, in that order.

I love this so much. It’s perfect!

80 degrees in November and the worst drought conditions in 20 years. Things are going awesome.

The recently released Gran Turismo 4 Spec II is pretty fantastic as well!

Nothing says brotherly love like a couple guys beating the ever loving shit out of each other. Brush yourselves off, grab a beer together, and get some rest because you know the biggest brother is on his way and then it’s really on.

They’ll try their best to blend back into the woodwork sell their book.

There we go.

Sounds like someone has never seen MacGruber! Pointless and awkward absolutely but the value added was immeasurable.

“Executives are paid so much more because they take on more responsibility and risk!” 🤣

Yep good call. I’m usually on my phone where tapping the link and swiping to go back is the natural behavior. I can scroll up and close the browser instead but habits are hard to break.

When did PC Gamer start hijacking the back button to show more ads? Infuriating.

Look it up? Of course it’s going to vary by state, but for example Washington.

How does the elections department process my vote by mail (absentee) ballot securely?

We are all Estebiu alts.

The amount I “qualified for” when applying for a mortgage was fucking insane. I would be completely under water if I had taken the bank up on that full amount. I assume plenty of people jump at the chance to spend huge piles of money they don’t have and will likely never have.

You’re probably thinking of Simone Giertz and her “shitty robots”

Most of the 6,303-name purge stemmed from errors on paperwork at the Department of Motor Vehicles, officials said. In many cases, legal citizens simply forgot to check a box indicating citizenship, registrars and other elections officials said. In other cases, rather than trying to evade detection, people flagged themselves as noncitizens while filling out the voter registration forms that the DMV automatically generates during routine transactions, Susan Beals, the Youngkin-appointed state elections commissioner, told lawmakers last month.

Yep figured as much.

Thank you for detailing this. I’m no fan of OSX or Apple the company but the quality of their laptop hardware is undeniable. They’re really good at it.