Two varieties of Scorpion, a Peach Tiberius Mauler and a Dragon’s Breath sunbathing in my backyard. Hail Capsaicin!

You’re not almost home free and thinking like that is harmful to your future.

You will still have a relationship with her; by scared I mean scared of her husband finding out. Be VERY careful about who you tell about whatever evidence you have and limit the details you share here as well. Taking that route is likely to end poorly for everyone involved.

Make other, less dangerous plans as well. You need to consider and plan for several worst case scenarios. One plan is zero plans. Life is messy at the best of times and your situation is already messy.

Equity frequently has strings attached such as vesting periods or other sale restrictions. You may have to remain an employee for a certain period of time. The equity is only worth something if the company succeeds.

Consult with a lawyer familiar with contract law in the jurisdiction the company is registered in. Don’t mention your evidence, don’t mention the sex or cheating. All they need to know is that you are a professional entering into a business contract. Make sure the language in the contract is legal and determine several exit scenarios.

An appealing but dangerous path. If they’re that rich, what happens to you when the husband finds out? What happens when the woman finds out your origins, or if she gets bored or scared?

There is a distinct possibility she says “I love you” because you treat her like a human being rather than a payday. It’s quite possible you are on a very short list of people who have done so. Whether you continue treating her that way or not is a question you have to face.

You are already deep in this situation. Be mindful that it will change, likely against you. Be careful and cover your ass. Consult with a lawyer, preferably from her own jurisdiction. At minimum review the contract terms with them and figure out your rights and liabilities.

I’m not saying don’t do it, just to be cautious. Plan for as many outcomes as you can. It very likely is the best chance you’ll have to climb the socioeconomic ladder in a world hell-bent on preventing you from doing so. Her wealth is pillaged from your peers and her privilege from a system designed to insulate the rich from the consequences of their actions. Just realize you will also be key with the consequences of your actions as well and you are far less insulated from them.

Best of luck.

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You can compensate by lowering the oil temperature if you’re deep frying. If you’re using an air fryer you could start at a high temp for the crispy outside then lower the temp for the melt-y goodness.

We have the technology!

Only if you use the cheese sticks as is. You could cut the cheese sticks before battering and deep frying.

Or, hear me out; what’s wrong with six giant deep-fried sticks of cheese???

Looks like it was a test of a suppression system in New York. The jet is an F-16 judging by the single vertical stabilizer over a single integrated engine. I initially found the picture in this fire protection post but the source is probably this Air Force blog post which is now lacking a picture.

Cleanup would’ve been messy and likely pollute the surrounding area but an important aspect of fire suppression foam like this it that it wouldn’t harm the entirely-too-expensive aircraft.

Fortunately* you don’t live in Wisconsin.

Born and raised there; a DSA governor is a fucking fantastic step in the right direction. I’ll mention her to my family but…

Wisconsin is the south of the north. I regularly drove past a Confederate flag. Milwaukee is the most segregated city in the US (or was, havent checked recently) and the GOP leans into that with a lot of ugly rhetoric.

This article is getting a little long in the tooth but is a quality deep dive into some of the very thinly veiled (or outright) systemic racism in Wisconsin.

Also; rural Grindr made me sad for queer men raised in that environment, including myself.

Have you considered he may be a relatively well-known figure in this space, thus generating additional interest that a less-prolific user may not? Due to the rarity of tagging a user in the first place you bring further attention when tagging anyone in any comment regardless of their popularity.

When that tag involves accusations of pedophile apologia or Zionist-washing without providing evidence it will receive negative attention regardless of the user’s popularity.

Your suspicions regarding paid engagement ignores the rational explanation that he is simply a recognizable name. Those suspicions are further undercut by tagging him and accusing him of reprehensible behavior. You personally have increased engagement with your actions.

Please, by all means, provide us with evidence that Pug abuses his banhammer. Mod logs aren’t hidden. If his actions are scummy or inappropriate for his position then prove it. Regardless of his popularity you would be doing a favor for the entire fediverse in doing so.

I’m staunchly anti-genAI but consider other applications of traditional machine-learning less problematic. A purely local model for photo categorization seems, in theory, less objectionable to me. I’m sure models exist already but I’m purposefully out of the loop. Any suggestions for models I could look into? And just how much compute would something like that require?

Animals as Leaders slaps too!

Came here for more instrumental prog recommendations, one of my favorite genres! I was pretty checked in to the scene until 2020ish, any debut albums released after that I should check out?

I very nearly shared Artificial Brain! Dissonant/atmospheric DM hits different for sure.

They definitely aren’t in the same corner of DM as Ulcerate or Artificial Brain but if you dig avant-garde/proggy death I highly recommend Pleroma by Orgone.

https://ulcerate.bandcamp.com/album/cutting-the-throat-of-god

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What’s the context with Pug?

They should read less theory and more history methinks.

And thats why I’ve moved from .world to db0 to quokk.au to blahaj. I’m of the “be gay do crime” bent, not the “talk theory and hug tankies” flavor of…whatever ideology they’re bonding over is.