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New comment by slillibri in "Maryland Closes More of Cunningham Falls State Park After Second Beaver Attack"

slillibri — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 23:56:49 +0000

Rabid Beavers? Don't worry everyone, I'm sure Buc-ee's has already filed suit because rabid beavers is covered under their trade dress.

New comment by slillibri in "Get ready to flee, Americans in ten countries warned"

slillibri — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 20:58:10 +0000

Hmm, what could have happened 47 years ago. Is that when the current islamist regime overthrew the dictator that the US & UK put into place by orchestrating a coup against the democratically elected government because they wanted to nationalize the oil industry? Seriously this 47 years ago BS needs to stop.

New comment by slillibri in "Building Gin: Simple over Easy"

slillibri — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 21:52:41 +0000

As someone who has been sober for 10+ years and still avoids events where alcohol is served, the word Gin doesn't cause me any stress. Just one point of anecdata.

New comment by slillibri in "EU commissioners shut down air conditioning for employees, leave theirs on"

slillibri — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 16:57:40 +0000

When there is not enough AC, people sweat. It’s better for half to sweat to death so the other half can remain frosty.

New comment by slillibri in "As researchers age, they produce less disruptive work"

slillibri — Tue, 12 May 2026 22:40:12 +0000

I don't know about number 3. As a 53 year old Gen X'er, I still haven't come across things that see against the natural order. The main things I don't understand are things like the Humane AI pin, which didn't seem against the natural order, I just didn't see the appeal or usefulness of it. Maybe it just doesn't seem like there is much new being invented.

New comment by slillibri in "Amazon is adding a fuel surcharge to fees it collects from third-party sellers"

slillibri — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:39:03 +0000

Stopping marketing mail wouldn’t change the number of accelerations per mailbox. USPS would still need to check each stop for outgoing mail. The only difference would be in weight carried.

New comment by slillibri in "DeployTarot.com – Tarot card reading for deployments"

slillibri — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:08:29 +0000

> The cards observe it is Friday.

Um, where I am it's still Thursday.

New comment by slillibri in "Lessons you will learn living in a snowy place"

slillibri — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 06:06:33 +0000

The main lesson I learned was I didn’t have to live in a snowy place. I left SW Michigan in 2000 and haven’t looked back. I don’t like being cold, but I loathe snow and ice.

New comment by slillibri in "LiftKit – UI where "everything derives from the golden ratio""

slillibri — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 01:17:20 +0000

There is that, but I get the impression that you could hire an expert to help.

New comment by slillibri in "BillG the Manager (2021)"

slillibri — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 18:36:46 +0000

"So they told me that using the download page to download something was not something they anticipated" This has to be my favorite part.

New comment by slillibri in "The most banned books in U.S. schools"

slillibri — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 19:57:11 +0000

I expect the bible is in virtually every public and school library in the US. It’s hardly a banned book by any measure.

New comment by slillibri in "Delivery robots take over Chicago sidewalks"

slillibri — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 22:46:38 +0000

I hate it because the last thing we need on sidewalks, at least here in Seattle, is more junk making it impossible to walk anywhere.

New comment by slillibri in "Solution to US debt crisis is severe austerity triggered by a fiscal calamity"

slillibri — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 14:45:27 +0000

Reminder that social security is funded entirely by a separate tax and not debt, so unless you are planning to cut benefits but continue the tax it would do nothing to reduce the deficit or debt.

New comment by slillibri in "The Ofcom Files, Part 4: Ofcom Rides Again"

slillibri — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 01:42:03 +0000

Hong Kong and New Zealand are Berne Convention countries so that would be the grounds for extradition. I don’t remember other countries signing up to enforce Ofcom’s laws.

New comment by slillibri in "Copper thieves are wreaking havoc across America"

slillibri — Sat, 29 Nov 2025 22:58:33 +0000

I highly doubt that anyone is doing 8 hours of BJs a day to pay for their habit.

New comment by slillibri in "Thoughts on Omarchy"

slillibri — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 09:39:04 +0000

I believe the answer is that English is a stupid language. Also, starchy (containing a relatively high amount of starch) doesn’t have a hard c.

New comment by slillibri in "Steam, Itch.io are pulling ‘porn’ games. Critics say it's a slippery slope"

slillibri — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 23:35:59 +0000

> all legal to the T

You might want to check that because it's not so cut and dried: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_status_of_fictional_porn...

New comment by slillibri in "Overtourism in Japan, and how it hurts small businesses"

slillibri — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 16:22:28 +0000

Don't forget Yoshinoya, Sukiya, or Cafe Gusto.

New comment by slillibri in "The National Guard Deployment in LA Is a Threat to Democracy"

slillibri — Mon, 09 Jun 2025 22:50:40 +0000

The national guard was deployed to Kent State by the governor. The last time the guard was deployed without the governor’s consent was to protect civil rights marchers in Selma in 1965.

New comment by slillibri in "Let's Talk About the Bidet, the Bathroom's Best-Kept Secret"

slillibri — Sun, 11 May 2025 19:53:19 +0000

The Toto washlets I used in Japan were plenty powerful, plus they had adjustments for pressure and temperature.