thechadwick

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[–] thechadwick 4 points 10 months ago

Just have to delete the system32 directory. That gets rid of the changed settings the fastest.

[–] thechadwick 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Another post mentioned just giving cash anonymously and I think that's easily the best option. You would almost certainly have access to their mailbox if it's a suburban stand alone type? If not, an unmarked envelope under the door, with cash, would preserve plausible distance from making the neighbor feel like they have to decline out of etiquette.

Don't think about it more, they clearly need the help if they mentioned it, and if you can help without feeling the impact just do so without strings or direct attribution. They'll suspect it, and can if they approach you in genuine thanks if they want, then you're able to be gracious about accepting, or simply act surprised and happy that such a nice thing happened if not.

I've had people clearly embarrassed at the grocery checkout take a 50$ bill I claimed fell out of their pocket before several times. Preserves their dignity even if it's just a pretext for helping. Puts the ball in their court at least. "Hey man, I don't know what to say but it's not mine. Pay it forward for someone who needs help if it's not yours" is the worst that's ever gone for me before. Nobody likes being a charity case.

[–] thechadwick 2 points 10 months ago

The best thing is adding the metadata of a book by ISBN. That or simply search it on worldcat.org and adding by the browser extension.

Phenomenal citations manager.

[–] thechadwick 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Academics focused, but Zotero indexing a large cloud storage drive.

Let's things organized by subject, tag, author, title, or whatever else I want. Also keeps my notes all in one place. Huge huge proponent and it's open source!

[–] thechadwick -4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah! The US is totally a paper tiger! They've never even shown their military industrial complex is capable of effectively disrupting entire regions from the other side of the world!

What even is this take?

[–] thechadwick 28 points 10 months ago (6 children)

Should be required viewing in every middle/highschool class.

[–] thechadwick 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

But, why not just update them so that 10 is higher?

[–] thechadwick 39 points 11 months ago (15 children)

Yeah! Airbags suck! Wait, what?

Clown take if I've ever seen one lol

[–] thechadwick 2 points 11 months ago

https://youtu.be/29M_VElHoFI

Did Steve tell you that? Steve..

[–] thechadwick 22 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Biden might not reel in that electoral sweep that's been forecasted for Missouri (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Missouri)...

Real talk though, elections matter and this is not a "both sides bad" situation. Specific policy disagreements with one side and the systematic dismantling of the American government are not equivalent criticisms.

Vote and bring a friend. Every year, the number of eligible voters who don't show up at the polls represent a big enough voting block to win the election outright. While you face almost impossible odds persuading a member of the opposite political party to switch sides, after college age, it is entirely possible to convince someone to get in the car with you and vote (even better to mail in where possible).

Mobilization is what will decide 2024, not persuasion. Everyone needs to remember that despite 2020's outcome, the election was decided by fewer voters than you can fit inside a football stadium (due to our electoral college fun times). If you live in GA, AZ, WI, PN, NC, NV, or MI—You. Must. Vote! ...preferably early.

Cynics who tell you otherwise do not understand how much harder it is to rebuild a system than it is to maintain one. This one needs significant maintenance, like back to the shop engine work. We will not have a repair shop left to go to if we don't get out the vote right now.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_turnout_in_United_States_presidential_elections

[–] thechadwick 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Thankfully it's not a vibe. Sad state of affairs that questions like that even have to exist nowadays.. I wish it was still shocking to run across and not oh yeah, that's Uncle Frank for ya.

[–] thechadwick 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I used to love Reply All before Alec Goldman's shenanigans (awful behavior) came to light. So it was a real bright spot for me to find that PJ's pod has almost everything I loved about Reply All. He's willing to pursue things past the point any reasonable person with a job would and I love it. If you want a deep dive about whatever rabbit hole that takes his interest for the episode, it's a great place imo.

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