DrBob

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What is the most painful thing someone has told you? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I know. I'm 60 years old. It's happened a few times both ways. I'm not sure it hurts any less, butaybe if feelsess personal as you get older.

What is the most painful thing someone has told you? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 2 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

I am. Thanks for asking.

what does it mean when you live at the crosspoint of time and space ? in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

It means you are alive. Welcome to earth.

Can I become a writer when this is the quality of my writing? Please be honest. in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
Whats the dumbest thing youve ever heard? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 149 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Trickle down economics.

What is the most painful thing someone has told you? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 25 points 4 days ago (5 children)

I'm leaving you.

As imperialistic and zionazi as any other western state in c/memes@lemmy.ml
As imperialistic and zionazi as any other western state in c/memes@lemmy.ml
Cultural impact in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
Does changing your last name make sense when you’re not that name? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago

Why does anyone care? The only issue I could see is if you want to change your name to "Tom Cruise" or "Elon Musk" for the purpose of perpetrating fraud. Otherwise who cares? That's the whole point of being able to change your name.

2026-05-17 in c/thefarside@sh.itjust.works
[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Larson's context is American cities. When I was a child I would see people selling pencils, shoelaces, and combs like this. Poverty is a much bigger problem, but I haven't seen that kind of retail in decades. Stuff on blankets, yes. But not small consumer goods. Hans Christian Anderson wrote about the little match girl, but I have never seen a child sell matches either. I have seen children selling gum in Mexico.

2026-05-17 in c/thefarside@sh.itjust.works
[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 54 points 1 week ago (8 children)

This is based on a trope that doesn't really happen any more. Rather than begging, homeless people would sell things and pencils was a common item. The joke is that they were really representatives of a big pencil conglomerate and would be fortunate to be able to go into pencil retailing.

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The Bizarre World of Music Rights for Figure Skating (globalnews.ca)
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In the old days almost everyone skated to classical music which was almost always in the public domain.

A few years ago the rules shifted to allow skating to music with lyrics, which opened the door to contemporary tunes.

That change has come with a host of issues including broadcast rights if the performance is televised, or differing rights depending on the country of performance. A routine can be peformed in some competitions in some places but not others.

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I didn't eat supper tonight. (lemmy.ca)
 

I ate so many cookies I wasn't hungry. I'm sure there will be regrets - I might need a Tums before bed.

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Friday Night (lemmy.ca)
 

I don't know if this is what your after, but I flew into Denver today. I ate a takeout burrito in my hotel room while watching tv. I'm going to be in bed by 8.

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Do audits actually matter? (lemmy.ca)
 

The US 2nd circuit has ruled that auditors opinions aren't relevant in cases of investor fraud because the statements are too vague for people to rely on. Whut?

Wall Street Journal article here for those who have access.

Here is a professor's blog entry for a barrier free commentary on the importance of the case.

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Recommendations for lightweight WSYWIG page editor? (lemmy.ca)
 

I am finally going to join the '90s and set up a blog. The audience is mostly students to show how the academic stuff blends with real world professional practice. I'm an adjunct so I have a foot in both worlds.

I have my domain names (parked for years) and free webhosting through my university - but the university doesn't provide any development tools. All of the recommended tools I've run across (weebly, wix, webflow etc.) either want to host the page, manage the domain name, or require a fee to link the page to my host. I'm simply looking for a low cost site builder where I can edit my files and move them to my webspace.

Any recommendations for a WSYWIG style editor? I'd be happy to not have to learn any actual coding, but will if I have to.

The last time I did any of this I was manually tagging static pages in notepad (lol).

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