eltrain123

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[–] eltrain123 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

False. Any good lounge should have you reclined and looking naturally towards the joint between the wall and ceiling. Having a tv that is at eye line while you are sitting vertically is not comfortable when you are lounging. You end up crooking your neck down.

It’s apples and oranges for how you prefer to lounge, but I hate TVs placed even with eye-level while I’m standing if I am in a legit lounge. I recognize that other people like to be more vertical while they sit, as I’ve had this argument with a close friend… but for me, the lounge is king.

[–] eltrain123 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

It’s already on the books for Sept 10. If Donny turns tail, Kamala just gets an open platform with the whole country watching to lay out her platform and point out Trump isn’t there because he is incapable of forming a plan he can stand up and defend.

It’s a win-win for her, no matter what he does. His only hope is to play the game and not look like a fool…. Is that possible?

[–] eltrain123 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Well, except for attempts from foreign gov’t assassinations….

[–] eltrain123 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (9 children)

No, but he is finding out why twitter had all of its policies on combatting misinformation before he took over and gutted the staff… to prevent getting sued. You can say anything you want in America and the government can’t tell you that you aren’t allowed to say it, but you are still accountable for the damages caused by what you say… just ask Alex Jones.

But operating in other countries doesn’t afford the same protections from government scrutiny.

Disinformation campaigns are part of the reason social media is causing as much social strife in the world. It is not outside a logical line of thought that governments are going to attempt to minimize the damages from platforms like Twitter when they can. You may not beat misinformation, but you can minimize the financial incentive to promote it if you fine the fuck out of it when you find it.

[–] eltrain123 6 points 5 months ago

It’s hard, but an adventure. You’re betting on yourself. You get to win the wins, but you lose the losses too. Work hard and hang in there. Find a place in your market and keep grinding. Learn and grow and don’t be afraid to change your mind about problem solving, as issues come up. Best wishes.

[–] eltrain123 2 points 5 months ago

This is a shitty article. Does someone have the full story?

If the guy that initiated the lawsuit had only 9 shares, the decision was ultimately overturned when stockholders voted to reinstate Musk’s compensation package, and the lawsuit didn’t do any tangible thing to create value for the shareholders, why would anyone be on the hook for paying this firm’s legal bill other than the guy that initiated the lawsuit?

No one deserves to make the kind of money Musk is pulling down, but I can at least see an argument about him being in a leadership position at a company that is generating a lot of capital because that’s how our shitty system works. The lawyers are trying to have shareholders pay their fees based on present value of stock when they had no impact on how that stock got to that price, and Musk’s compensation package means the stock the lawyers are claiming to have saved from going to musk… are still going to Musk…

What am I missing?

[–] eltrain123 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

DC isn’t a state… maybe?

[–] eltrain123 19 points 5 months ago

Cognac is essentially distilled alcohol from grapes… think about using wine to make distilled alcohol. I’m not positive, but I think I t was originally a way monks thought they could preserve wine through distillation and reconstitute it back into wine at a later time, but turns out not to have worked like that. Once you boil off the alcohol and discard the mash, you don’t get the ‘wine’ part back.

It’s just a different base to ferment and distill into a hard spirit. Because it starts as a sweeter fruit than grains, like rye, wheat, or barley, it tends to have a sweeter flavor. It’s particularly nice as a warm drink in the winter, but a bit sweeter than bourbon.

[–] eltrain123 10 points 5 months ago

The ‘making the food’ and ‘handing it to you’ is the price of the good. A tip is for how well they do that service and the atmosphere and experience they provide in the exchange.

If you have counter service and don’t clean up the table after me, there isn’t much opportunity for you to have good enough service to warrant a tip.

[–] eltrain123 7 points 5 months ago

You don’t fuck with the Jesus, man…

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