unclevlad

Found an amusing poll over on Awful Announcing.
 
"Would you vote for a presidential candidate whose VP candidate is Aaron Rodgers?"
 
90% NO...and over 1500 votes.

https://awfulannouncing.com/college-football/5-takeaways-college-football-playoff-agreement-espn-deal.html

Yep.  Of course, and no offense...the fact that it's a Mr. P trivia question tends to narrow down the answer pool considerably........

You can increase the font size on startup.  
 
Create a text file in your folder where the HD jar lives;  I use RunHeroJar.bat.  Then paste this line:
javaw -Xmx1024m -cp .\HD6.jar com.hero.HeroDesigner 14
 
-Xmx1024m gives the Java machine more memory...a gig.  I've got 16 gig, so I go big.  If you've got less system memory, you can do less, like 128m.  The last number there is the font size;  you can make it what you want, but going too big may cause problems with labels and fields overwriting each other.  I think 16 is fine, tho.
 
If you're using a desktop shortcut, edit the shortcut;  its execution line should look quite similar.

And NYT had a story that only about 30% of Americans want TikTok restricted.  They also mentioned, it's become an alternative to reach people...including by several in Congress.  The TL;DR was, yes indeed, Republicans trying to do things Americans DON'T want, rather than what they do.
 
Every day, in every way, I'm getting more and more confirmed...I will not vote Republican.  Period.  Not all Republican candidates are bad, but it doesn't matter to me now.
 
And...yeah, VPNs are trivial.  I've used BitDefender for anti-virus for...good lord, 10 years now?  How time flies.  Got it because it was a top-tier AV at that time, by the 3 big AV review sites.  A VPN's built in.  And it's not exactly expensive;  just looking at NordVPN?  Less than $5/month would throw in a password manager.  So, not exactly expensive.  And *Forbes*...that radical liberal institution!!!!...has a review of VPN packages!
 
But hey, we know the farther-right Reps don't care about achieving anything substantive, they just want a crowing point.
 
 

And NYT had a story that only about 30% of Americans want TikTok restricted.  They also mentioned, it's become an alternative to reach people...including by several in Congress.  The TL;DR was, yes indeed, Republicans trying to do things Americans DON'T want, rather than what they do.
 
Every day, in every way, I'm getting more and more confirmed...I will not vote Republican.  Period.  Not all Republican candidates are bad, but it doesn't matter to me now.
 
And...yeah, VPNs are trivial.  I've used BitDefender for anti-virus for...good lord, 10 years now?  How time flies.  Got it because it was a top-tier AV at that time, by the 3 big AV review sites.  A VPN's built in.  And it's not exactly expensive;  just looking at NordVPN?  Less than $5/month would throw in a password manager.  So, not exactly expensive.  And *Forbes*...that radical liberal institution!!!!...has a review of VPN packages!
 
But hey, we know the farther-right Reps don't care about achieving anything substantive, they just want a crowing point.
 
 

I can actually see his points.  He's certainly not the only one thinking it's too much.  Not making waves is *not* a bad thing...being reliable to do your job is a very good thing.  But yeah, he's definitely in denial about where he fits in.  Hey, dude, you were on top of the football universe...but you lost your mojo in that game 3 against the Vikes in '16...and were never the same afterward.  The flake act usually wears thin fairly quickly when the performance isn't there...unless you're Aaron Rodgers.

Wasn't it KFC that also did the breadless chicken sandwich?  Two chicken patties with...I forget what, in between. 
 
All I can say is, I'd hate to see the ideas they reject...........................

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How scary is the Texas legal system?
 
VERY.
 
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/11/us/supreme-court-texas-death-penalty.html?unlocked_article_code=1.b00.KEpk.Hg_D2D83vTev&smid=url-share

https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/big-questions-matthew-sheffield-trump
 
 

People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
~ Soren Kierkegaard

“Disgraceful”: Messy ToS update allegedly locks Roku devices until users give in

The University of Memphis is public institution, and as such counts as a government entity. 

Shades of Joe Niekro...I love the ump, just sitting there, chin in hand, turning with a whole "...and what have we here, hmm?" vibe....
 
 

If they're also Desolidified you can affect them.  However, you'd need to either buy Affects Physical World on the Desolidification to make a solid person desolid while you're using it, or deactivate your Desolidification before reactivating it to affect yourself and the target simultaneously.

I've heard high-end restaurant work was brutal for quite a while.
 
The points about Yelp...my gosh, yes.  Reviews generally have to be taken with a shaker of salt, but restaurant reviews are probably the most consistently off base.
 
The most surprising point?  Cooking school, by and large, is a waste of money.  And their reasoning is sound;  they're expensive, and they don't translate to better pay per se.  A university hospitality program is more about getting into management...not about being a chef.

There is no short-term solution to the tribalism, because it's been fostered, nurtured, and actively encouraged for a good 30 years now.

That was '08, and Obama didn't start out as the front runner.  Heck, I didn't think he could win, because there would be too much racial backlash.  By the time Obama had that position, I suspect it would've been too late to try to invoke the birther argument.
 
Plus, the lines of political behavior shifted greatly.  They didn't have (or at least, feel they have) the clout to make reprisal threats work.  They DARN sure do now.  
 
Last, it's plausible they would never try to kick Biden off the ballot.....until the move to kick Trump off.  That opened the Pandora's Box, so they can posture about it...even though the grounds for removing Trump are notable, while the grounds they invoke are fatuous.
 
Besides, they don't need to win these sideshows.  They think they'll win the general, so as long as there's no major disruption (a serious criminal conviction)...delay is on their side.

That was '08, and Obama didn't start out as the front runner.  Heck, I didn't think he could win, because there would be too much racial backlash.  By the time Obama had that position, I suspect it would've been too late to try to invoke the birther argument.
 
Plus, the lines of political behavior shifted greatly.  They didn't have (or at least, feel they have) the clout to make reprisal threats work.  They DARN sure do now.  
 
Last, it's plausible they would never try to kick Biden off the ballot.....until the move to kick Trump off.  That opened the Pandora's Box, so they can posture about it...even though the grounds for removing Trump are notable, while the grounds they invoke are fatuous.
 
Besides, they don't need to win these sideshows.  They think they'll win the general, so as long as there's no major disruption (a serious criminal conviction)...delay is on their side.

Seriously worth reading.
 
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/27/dining/chefs-state-of-the-restaurant-industry.html?unlocked_article_code=1.aE0.8FBB.XlztmqbXTU2j&smid=url-share

But the damage they do...while gaining power, while in power, and while being ejected from power...is enormous.
 
And "eventually" is a long ways off.

BrainyQuote says it's attributed to Seneca.
 
 
 

BrainyQuote says it's attributed to Seneca.