Much like an high-up-the-tree manager at IBM once said "we are outsourcing work to india. The competition does it too so it is a good decission "

He ain’t gonna follow through so what does it matter it doesn’t add up ???

I have yet to bring it up in the middle of an unrelated argument but ive still got it in my back pocket

oooohhhh you master of evil you what ??? do you have a death-wish ?? (please let us know how that works out for you a couple of weeks after you pulled your card) ;) ;)

Mandatory app to fly? No fucking way!

I know and I agree. I still want an air-gap backup. Because …it’s air gapped

Almost a 1:1 copy here. Sometimes she drives me insane, but life isn’t as good without her in it. ( if you see a dutch oven and a beer or wiskey on the porch, 99.999% chance she ain’t home)

Eli5: I was convinced advertising degraded everything in my life. Apperantly I’m wrong… how does advertising “elevate” my quality of life and comfort.

I have an apc 3000 which is a fantastic device. But it uses more power than my pc, switch, router and ap’s combined. The grid is stable enough for me to rely on things to survive or can be restored from either the local or the offsite backup.

I copy my data to a nas at home. That copies once a day to an off-site nas. Once in a while I connect an external disk to the nas and copy all and disconnect it.

Perfect or not, compliant with backup procedures or not … it works for me and i’m happy having with an air gap backup.

Not that it makes it easy to go a month without a paycheck

isn’t it common practice/advice in the USA to have a buffer ? I know not everyone has the opportunity to do so, but I taught my kids to aim for a buffer of at least 2x netto paycheck to cover emergencies/unforeseen. Or if the own a house, car etc aim for 8x. They still do that and it helped them to stay out of debt (other than for buying the house).

agents working without pay during shutdown

I also read air traffic employees calling in sick by the dozens (okay the have some other beef too) but how does that work in general ? Will government employees get payed for the hours worked during the shutdown whenever it ends ?

small as one could reasonably allow, and the ceramic is almost an inch thick

they better heat that cup with a blowtorch for 5 min. before they pour coffee in it or they will only be serving something akin to iced coffee