We did groceries this weekend as well, and have our delivery meal service for two meals a week. At least for a little while we're covered.
Granted that means by the time we do run low, the prices will have already cranked up... but what're you gonna do....
Yeah, I've already seen the "worst-case scenario" number-crunching 'cause we're an agricultural state. If, hypothetically, Mr. Trump manages to make every illegal immigrant in the country vanish in a poof, the estimate is that grocery prices would triple across the board. The reality is that he'll be lucky to expel even 25%, and the hit on prices will be far less dramatic. Plus, love him or hate him, during his first term he did show the ability to (mostly) listen to people who knew better than him when they warned him against some of his more drastic economic actions.
So I predict upheaval, turmoil, and prices going up by maybe 20-30% before they figure out they need to make some exceptions or policy modifications to account for agriculture and general essential items.
EDIT: I'm sure there's a joke in here somewhere about betting wrong and losing the shirt off my back...
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EDIT: I'm sure there's a joke in here somewhere about betting wrong and losing the shirt off my back...
We're going to need that shirt for the eggs...
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After the Great Covid Toilet Paper Disaster, I’ve always kept one ahead on toilet paper super packs.
I was lucky back then. I had only used a couple of rolls out of the pack. If I had been on the low end of the pack there would have been toilet paper shortfalls.
Plus, love him or hate him, during his first term he did show the ability to (mostly) listen to people who knew better than him when they warned him against some of his more drastic economic actions.
This next four years is going to be a much, much messier affair because from the get-go Trump is operating under a plan of "If anyone tells me something I don't like, I immediately have them removed and replaced with someone who will say what I want."
Settle down you lot. He just wants to be King.
There's always the bidet and running the back yard garden hose through the bathroom window if all else fails.
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There's always the bidet and running the back yard garden hose through the bathroom window if all else fails.
If I'm going that route, I'm not bothering with running the hose into the bathroom window. Neighbors can just deal. IT'S MY LAWN! I DO WHAT I WANT!
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Fantasy NPC: Master Ekkert, Doctor Of Arcana
A magic academy staff... An academic magic staff?
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You know, when I was in academia there were a number of professors who could've been replaced with animate objects, to no detriment to their reputation or that of the department...
Inanimate objects even.
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Hey y'all, I know this FaWtL, where we make our own rules, and it's not that I disagree with anything being said, but pretty soon, the mall cops are gonna come around on their Segways and give us a stern talking-to or something.
Yeah, never mind. Carry on.
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Wot's all this then?
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Fritzy.
Fire one off for old times sake.
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Wot's all this then?
It's the fuzz, unleash the marbles!
So, we've rebooted the family campaign with Hell's Rebels, and I'm trying to load all the maps-n-such into Roll20 so we can use the projector and I don't have to draw anything.
Roll20: Do you want to create a JumpStart campaign based on our new tooling?
NobodysHome: Sure. Why not?
NobodysHome's 8-year-old Mac Mini:
NobodysHome: How do you turn off JumpStart?
Roll20: Sorry. You can't. If you want to start in classic mode you have to re-upload everything into Roll20 classic.
I have hated overloaded UIs that eat processor power like candy ever since Windows Aero reared its ugly head. "Can't run me? Time for you to get a new computer!"
For a web-based tabletop tool to be so overblown that it can't even load a basic map (no tokens. No special effects. Just literally, "Load this map for me.") is inexcusable.
Do not like.
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After the Great Covid Toilet Paper Disaster, I’ve always kept one ahead on toilet paper super packs.
I was lucky back then. I had only used a couple of rolls out of the pack. If I had been on the low end of the pack there would have been toilet paper shortfalls.
We got SOOOOO lucky for COVID: On February 29th we ended the month with a budget surplus so I did a massive Costco run, overstocking the pantry, both freezers, and the fridge, plus all our paper products, including TP. Thus when California shut everything down on March 19, we were ridiculously well-stocked.
And it was entirely luck.
So, we've rebooted the family campaign with Hell's Rebels, and I'm trying to load all the maps-n-such into Roll20 so we can use the projector and I don't have to draw anything.
Roll20: Do you want to create a JumpStart campaign based on our new tooling?
NobodysHome: Sure. Why not?
NobodysHome's 8-year-old Mac Mini:
NobodysHome: How do you turn off JumpStart?
Roll20: Sorry. You can't. If you want to start in classic mode you have to re-upload everything into Roll20 classic.I have hated overloaded UIs that eat processor power like candy ever since Windows Aero reared its ugly head. "Can't run me? Time for you to get a new computer!"
For a web-based tabletop tool to be so overblown that it can't even load a basic map (no tokens. No special effects. Just literally, "Load this map for me.") is inexcusable.
Do not like.
What?
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Fritzy.
Fire one off for old times sake.
But toilet paper is not politics, it's survival!
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But toilet paper is not politics, it's survival!Fritzy.
Fire one off for old times sake.
We have bidets now.
Open fire, Fritzy.
Toirock paper's overrated...
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Hey y'all, I know this FaWtL, where we make our own rules, and it's not that I disagree with anything being said, but pretty soon, the mall cops are gonna come around on their Segways and give us a stern talking-to or something.
Yeah, never mind. Carry on.
Laws have no weight anymore.
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...I have hated overloaded UIs that eat processor power like candy ever since Windows Aero reared its ugly head. "Can't run me? Time for you to get a new computer!"...What?
Oh surely you're not THAT young! Windows 7 came out with the new "Aero UI". Nobody except gamers with high-powered computers could run Windows 7. Everyone asked, "How do you turn off Aero?" Microsoft responded, "If it doesn't run well on your computer, you should get a new computer instead."
So there was a solid 2-3 month window where the process of installing Windows 7 was, "Install Windows 7. Disable Aero. Enjoy a useful computer (for Windows)."
Windows 7 was a solid release (you may laugh now, Vanykrye). Windows Aero was a catastrophe.
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We have bidets now.But toilet paper is not politics, it's survival!Fritzy.
Fire one off for old times sake.
I don't.
...I have hated overloaded UIs that eat processor power like candy ever since Windows Aero reared its ugly head. "Can't run me? Time for you to get a new computer!"...What?Oh surely you're not THAT young! Windows 7 came out with the new "Aero UI". Nobody except gamers with high-powered computers could run Windows 7. Everyone asked, "How do you turn off Aero?" Microsoft responded, "If it doesn't run well on your computer, you should get a new computer instead."
So there was a solid 2-3 month window where the process of installing Windows 7 was, "Install Windows 7. Disable Aero. Enjoy a useful computer (for Windows)."
Windows 7 was a solid release (you may laugh now, Vanykrye). Windows Aero was a catastrophe.
And then they repeated that blunder with touch-screen optimized UI in Windows 8... Though the second time it was less resource-hogging and more of user-unfriendly UI.
...I have hated overloaded UIs that eat processor power like candy ever since Windows Aero reared its ugly head. "Can't run me? Time for you to get a new computer!"...What?Oh surely you're not THAT young! Windows 7 came out with the new "Aero UI". Nobody except gamers with high-powered computers could run Windows 7. Everyone asked, "How do you turn off Aero?" Microsoft responded, "If it doesn't run well on your computer, you should get a new computer instead."
So there was a solid 2-3 month window where the process of installing Windows 7 was, "Install Windows 7. Disable Aero. Enjoy a useful computer (for Windows)."
Windows 7 was a solid release (you may laugh now, Vanykrye). Windows Aero was a catastrophe.
I managed to miss it by being on a Vista machine that lasted until Win8 came out. Bypassed Win7 completely so never even heard of Aero.
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Father has been loaded on the bus and is on his way to UK.
He'll be visiting again in three weeks for another week.
I am tired.
But toilet paper is not politics, it's survival!Fritzy.
Fire one off for old times sake.
We have bidets now.
Open fire, Fritzy.
Ah, bidets are here again!
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We have bidets now.
I managed to miss it by being on a Vista machine that lasted until Win8 came out.
How I read that...
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You might, but most of the rest of us don't!We have bidets now.But toilet paper is not politics, it's survival!Fritzy.
Fire one off for old times sake.
When we were living in Italy, one of my college roommates didn't know what a bidet was and decided to hand-wash all her laundry in it.
When we were living in Italy, one of my college roommates didn't know what a bidet was and decided to hand-wash all her laundry in it.You might, but most of the rest of us don't!We have bidets now.But toilet paper is not politics, it's survival!Fritzy.
Fire one off for old times sake.
If I'm going that route, I'm not bothering with running the hose into the bathroom window. Neighbors can just deal. IT'S MY LAWN! I DO WHAT I WANT!There's always the bidet and running the back yard garden hose through the bathroom window if all else fails.
Even if i were inclined to traumatize another raccoon for life with things that should not be seen, its COLD out there.
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Bah! Cold is just Odin's way of telling us to burn more Saxon villages!
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Burn, baby, burn! Saxon inferno!!
* Slaadlings put on bell bottoms and pretend they are John Travolta*
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Even if i were inclined to traumatize another raccoon for life with things that should not be seen, its COLD out there.If I'm going that route, I'm not bothering with running the hose into the bathroom window. Neighbors can just deal. IT'S MY LAWN! I DO WHAT I WANT!There's always the bidet and running the back yard garden hose through the bathroom window if all else fails.
I GOT NOWHERE ELSE TO GO!
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So, Shiro's in town, and it's the usual, "How do you fill three 15-hour days with stuff when all you usually do together is eat, game, and watch movies?"
And the answer so far has been WAAAAY too much food, plus a lot of a Korean series called Sisyphus that has been excellent so far, but as Shiro puts oh-so-well, "Oh, this series can end SO badly..."
Bah! Cold is just Odin's way of telling us to burn more Saxon villages!
Shivering is weakness leaving the body.
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All but two of our smoke detectors here decided to go on the fritz the same week. We tried replacing the batteries, checking the mounts for disconnects, cleaning and dusting in case something was tripping the sensors, everything we and Google could think of. Nothing worked.
Ended up calling the local fire dept to get advice, and ended up with four people - three local FD and a cop - in my living room, all giving the same advice: these things are 20 years old and only meant to last 10, they're actively dying and need to be replaced.
So spent the morning running around taking them down, throwing the old batteries away and saving the new ones, and tossing the things in the car so I don't have to spend all day listening to them cry.
This isn't on us, we've only had this house about five years, they would've been five years past expiration already by then, the last people living here - or the realtor who sold it to Scint, if that's not the same person - should've replaced these things before she even moved in.
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It should have been caught with a home inspection at the time of sale.
Definitely a TIL thing. It never would've crossed my mind to check if the things were expired.
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FYI my discord bignorsewolf got hacked.
The person with a degree in trees is not developing a video game they some feedback on
Please tell the folks on the discords to ignore and banhammer the imposter.
They put two factor authentication on the account so I can't reset it and get it back.
FYI my discord bignorsewolf got hacked.
The person with a degree in trees is not developing a video game they some feedback on
Please tell the folks on the discords to ignore and banhammer the imposter.
They put two factor authentication on the account so I can't reset it and get it back.
Damn. I'm sorry.
...these things are 20 years old and only meant to last 10, they're actively dying and need to be replaced.
Huh. Interesting. The half-life of americium (AmO2 being the most common material in ionizing smoke detectors) is ~432 years. However (according to Wikipedia) after 19 years, about 3% of the material has decayed into neptunium, which has a MUCH long half-life. I wonder if that 3% was enough that the lower decay caused the current to flake out.
Unless they were some other kind of smoke detectors.
I need more interns, dammit.
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...these things are 20 years old and only meant to last 10, they're actively dying and need to be replaced.Huh. Interesting. The half-life of americium (AmO2 being the most common material in ionizing smoke detectors) is ~432 years. However (according to Wikipedia) after 19 years, about 3% of the material has decayed into neptunium, which has a MUCH long half-life. I wonder if that 3% was enough that the lower decay caused the current to flake out.
Unless they were some other kind of smoke detectors.
I need more interns, dammit.
How much are you paying? And is it an hourly rate or not?
They're interns. They get paid in experience. But not XP.
Yeah... and don't forget the one free red shirt per mission, m'kay. We're giving those away now instead of a health plan. Super...
I know Vany will feel this across the void:
Environment Request: "Can you please add administrative privileges the default user in our shared environment?"
(1) We have over 200 existing administrative users. Every application has its own set of 50 administrative users for students to use. Then we have a handful of additional administrators with real-sounding names specifically for demos where people need to record administrative access.
(2) Everyone in the environment who does an end user demo uses that user, so suddenly every demo would show an end user with administrative screens.
It's like, "How can you be so lazy as to not be able to click the 'list of available users and roles' link, yet active enough to fill out a formal request for a role change for a user?"
Grr...
FYI my discord bignorsewolf got hacked.
The person with a degree in trees is not developing a video game they some feedback on
Please tell the folks on the discords to ignore and banhammer the imposter.
They put two factor authentication on the account so I can't reset it and get it back.
Forwarded to the FAWTLy discord as well.
Ah, this article brings back memories. (TL;DR version: A reviewer writing a negative review of a restaurant had her photos replaced with the restaurant's "made for photography" versions, making the dishes look much larger and better-prepared than they were.)
My near-sociopathic friend had a favorite game he'd play any time we went out to a chain restaurant. "I'd like this dish, and I want it to look just like the picture."
So of course it didn't, and he would send it back again and again, no matter how long it took, before either the harried waitperson, manager, or cook would come out and admit that they couldn't possibly make the dish look like it did in the picture. He always considered such encounters personal victories.