qjkxbmwvz

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[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 4 points 8 hours ago

That's what I heard about Chevy's, too.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 6 points 16 hours ago

In parts of California you are allowed to ride on the freeway shoulder. AFAIK it's only legal when there is no reasonable alternative.

I've done it a few times


it's not ideal, but it's not horrible, mostly because you don't cross on/off ramps (it's just from one exit to the next). In my case I did it because the multi-use path I was planning on using was temporarily closed.

I have been on a different ride where I crossed on/off ramps (I should have taken a different route!), and that really sucked.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 1 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Only tangentially related, but it's often accepted that there is no Nobel prize in economics. There is a Nobel memorial prize in economics (link), but as it was set up after Nobel's death it is in a slightly different category.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 4 points 19 hours ago

Once I was biking home over the Golden Gate bridge and I saw two Osprey VTOLs fly under the bridge, pretty close to where I was standing. It was pretty awesome.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Hobby 1: Ballroom dancing

No I'm pretty sure Strictly Ballroom is a completely accurate portrayal of ballroom dancing.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 5 points 5 days ago

From our experience in the US, the birth is nothing compared to the financial drain of the other expenses. And at this age, childcare dwarfs all the other child-related expenses.

We have great insurance and don't rely on family for childcare though, so the math is very very different for someone with "free" familial childcare and no/lousy insurance...

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 6 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I don't know how compensation works in academic administration, but if there's any vesting going on then you could "take a pay cut" but end up making more due to previous compensation vesting.

Certainly possible for public companies, but again, unsure if that could be the case for a university president...

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 14 points 5 days ago (3 children)

My understanding is that this is precisely why they have lifetime appointments


a judge can turn around and piss off those who appointed them and there's little recourse, because they'll never be up for election again (similar to the nominal purpose of academic tenure).

I think it's a pretty bad system and there are a million better ways of doing things, but in this one instance the system is maybe working as (I believe it was) intended (even if she holds pretty reprehensible views in other aspects).

Not a lawyer, not a history buff, so grain of salt and all that...

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Temba, his hand throwing horns 🤘

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 29 points 1 week ago

from stdlib.h import cout

Wait this looks wrong, shit...

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