Nollij

joined 1 year ago
[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 38 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

A lot of people have pretty well covered how to drive in snow and ice, but here's a little secret they won't tell you:

  • Over the summer, the locals forgot how to drive on snow, too.

The first big snow will bring the car fairy to sprinkle wrecked cars along the side of the road. Most of these are given by people with plenty of experience driving on snow.

Stay home that first time. If you absolutely must drive, be the one going too slowly. After that, you can kind of do as the Romans do.

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

That might have been a reference to a very old Slashdot meme, ca. 2002. Sometimes those words were combined; there was a movie with the words + "from outer space"; and there was a trolling group GNAA.

Now, is that what they were going for? Only you can answer that. It's a pretty deep cut into a pretty nerdy corner of the Internet.

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago

Some places tried calling him "The Artist", but it never stuck. Not even "The Artist formerly known as Prince" stuck. But "Prince" has endured to his grave and beyond.

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 12 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

No idea what field you're in, but of course you have to adjust it regularly. This year it's brown m&Ms. Next year it's a bowl of only yellow ones. The year after, it's Skittles (no red ones). Kit Kats already split into individual bars. A bowl of Skittles mixed with corn flakes. Brown m&MS as decoy for people skimming for the clause, then later another one about 3 musketeers at the bar. I could come up with enough for an entire career without even leaving the candy realm.

It's meant to be a very simple, but specific task that is easily performed by anyone that actually read and followed the instructions. It could be a bottle of Dr Pepper (as someone else mentioned), or wearing a yellow shirt upon arrival, or calling the lead "Chief"

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 12 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Beggar's night is not the same thing as Halloween. Some areas designate a specific date and time for the kids to do trick-or-treat, not on Halloween. This is beggar's night.

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 6 points 3 weeks ago

While misrepresenting yourself or your credentials can be fraud, the title of PhD/Doctor (outside of MD) is not regulated, at least not in the US. It's almost like an endorsement from the university that you passed their tests.

But that's not very regulated either, and there are countless certifying boards (Boards of Regents, typically).

Falsely claiming to have a PhD in Neuroscience from Harvard, or an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from Knox College, would be fraud. But just saying that you have a PhD without specifying anything more specific is not.

And it comes up regularly - an easy example is the author of Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus.

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Leaving you with 80% of the revenue you, yourself, directly generate is unheard of in this day and age. If you have anything like a 9-5, you're probably getting around 10-20%. The rest goes to all your bosses, and most importantly of all, the company shareholders.

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 9 points 3 weeks ago

At a recent (niche) music festival, they said it takes 50,000 streaming songs to pay the artist as much as a single CD sale.

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Run MemTest86 for 24 hours. If it fails at any point, you have a memory issue you need to resolve. You might need to adjust voltage, timing, or whatever else. You might even have defective parts. But keep tweaking until you can pass a 24 hour test.

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I think that happens as soon as you start driving, and having to be somewhere on time (by driving)

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 6 points 4 weeks ago

As the saying goes, Steel wins battles, gold wins wars. That's why I'd bet on California.

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Ohio here. The vast majority of nonvoters that I've met hold generally left-leaning viewpoints. If they were forced to vote, and did even the most basic research, they would overwhelmingly vote Democrat.

That said, I acknowledge that my experiences have a skewed demographic, and may not represent the population as a whole.

view more: ‹ prev next ›