My most recent speeding ticket cost me 14% of my bank account and about a week later resulted in me putting groceries on a credit card.

I agree with you.

lol and your username

TIL she’s 83, holy crap.

I’ve lived in 3 and had the luxury of them being fantastic and doing more than I expected, above and beyond and never being more than like…$50/mo. Included gym and pool access and stuff.

BUT, I have a family member who lives in one where basically everybody got hit with a roof repair bill of $30k partly due to previous management embezzlement, and it ended up being taken to the courts and crap and eventually got reduced but not eliminated. I think like half the residents sold and left in the year following.

So…it can be a crapshoot but I hear more stories that are bad than good.

I have a couple of good Indian friends and the stories they tell me about corruption are… absolutely wild. I mean, jaw dropping.

But, curious, what do you mean “not self critical”?

That final one reminds me of Tropic Thunder and Simple Jack

Christianity.

Same. When it was announced I was literally like, “fuuuuuck”. But I’ve since change my tune and legit have a modicum of hope again.

I straight up ask any job I apply and interview with why they didn’t proceed. One time they were actually taken back and ended up hiring me (after some convo).

If a company cannot communicate to you why you didn’t make the cut, they’re a shitty company and not worth working for. I realize that’s easier said than done to swallow, but it’s true.

Godot you say? Got it.

I think your bot is on the fritz.

Is it Tabasco specifically?

Because I also use Cholula, Tapatio, QM Cocoa Ghost…

I’ve contracted for companies with email policies that nuke anything older than 30 days.

I typically learn it the hard way when I go back to look for an email I need and…it has been deleted.

I think maybe 1-2 people in my entire time of doing it, but now at least the people I talk to regularly in software engineering know.

I know Kagi has its drama, but I can’t get past how useful it has been to me. I did get a new home lab server recently so I may start setting up something for SearXNG.

The UK doesn’t have real sushi? Like you can’t even buy sushi grade fish from a local mart and try making it yourself?

I’ve started using “search it” or “kagi it” just to avoid using the term google. I can’t even remember the last time I used Google on purpose and got useful results.

Noted! Thanks!

I set an alarm that went off earlier today and I totally spent the next 5 minutes trying to figure out why I set it…

…which made me late for a meeting.

+1 for Signal. I converted everyone in my friends and family circle to it …except one person, but I just ignore their texts.

How does this impact taste?