FLORIDA hurt itself in
its confusion.

IDK, but it does make sense?

For business that were in on the grift, and/or just gouging customers “because tariffs”, it absolutely made sense.

What good would giving 250 million people each $640 do?

You say that, but something a lot like that already happened: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_Stimulus_Act_of_2008

Most taxpayers below the income limit received a rebate of at least $300 per person ($600 for married couples filing jointly). Eligible taxpayers received, along with their individual payment, $300 per dependent child under the age of 17. The payment was equal to the payer’s net income tax liability, but could not exceed $600 (for a single person) or $1200 (married couple filing jointly)

Most everyone I knew spent it on HDTVs. Economic stimulus indeed.

Did you have fun this weekend?

Naw. I took too much of the good stuff and I wound up seeing god again. Ruined a perfectly good trip. It was awful.

Not this flavor, no.

Obligatory: https://bigbeaverenergy.com/

Or how cats keep themselves clean.

I used to go to one of those. It has a lot going for it in terms of live acts, but basically it’s always the same. I stopped once I realized I was paying for the privilege of attending a Medieval Times themed shopping mall.

Yes, but Manga reading order aside: isn’t this particular woman also a yokai, and a rather malevolent kidnapping one at that?

https://en.tocana.jp/2025/09/japanese-legend-hachishakusama_entry.html

She exclusively preys on children and young adults, tapping into a primal fear of child abduction.

There’s something about watching a luxury import brand fast-track enshitification faster than everyone else, including economy options.

But dammit they’re gonna try.

This is where the bar is set. It’s literally total fascists and people cosplaying opposition, versus people that are actually attempting to do better. It’s on the fucking floor, but after watching democrats trip over it for 40+ years, I’m way past done with that bullshit. I’m voting for the “people who are gonna try.”

First thing I thought of.

I misread that as:

The most profitable thing you can do is seize someone readily available […]

… and realized that also tracks.

That would explain the use of 2x12 (2x10 maybe?) lumber and how it kinda disappears into the house past the siding. Still, I wouldn’t want that lumber exposed to the elements like that - it’s like asking for moisture to penetrate the structure.

Also: no ledger board on the house side of that deck. Even with proper post support, it’s still a widowmaker.

It’s even more painful if you know anyone but these chuds that lives in Charlottesville. Despite the infamous events that took place there, it’s actually a really nice place with thriving subculture and lots of good art.

Was it worth it?

Well, we’re clearly sitting on a picturesque beach on the Spanish Med, so… yeah? Sure, getting SWATted was no fun, and the bogus restraining orders were a real hassle, but ever since we had no choice but to leave the US things got a lot better.

Now, how about some sunscreen babe? You’re gonna burn like that.

Yuuuup. I think it’s well past time to let Temu Uncle Fester go.

I’m in both camps on IPv6, although much more to the hate than love side of things.

Pros: More addresses for everyone. Should solve IP exhaustion for a lot of folks, even those of us that live off the LAN most of the time. A lot of the globe uses it these days, so in some ways, it’s always a good time to migrate.

Cons: It is NOT a drop-in replacement for IPv4. ICMPv6 is necessary for this to really tick. You cannot simply turn it off since it’s way more than ping packets this time around. It brings with it a beefy attack surface, and you must be able to handle a range of message types correctly. Hardening requires use of SEND and other tech, making it a more expensive proposition over all.

• https://www.systemshardening.com/articles/network/icmp-security-tunnelling/#icmpv6:-what-you-cannot-block
• https://netseccloud.com/ipv6-neighbor-discovery

Rant:

Also, it’s really easy to just put your entire home LAN on the /56 or whatever range your ISP gives you. This might be a mistake, as an error in your firewall config could just put everything on the open internet. Meanwhile, the humble IPv4 NAT, that ships standard in every ISP router/switch they give you, fails closed by default - stock and bad configurations hide everything from the internet instead.

Really, all anyone wanted was IPv4 with a bigger address space. This could have been an extension header for IPv4, ICMP, ARP, some clever address management on the part of ICANN, and we would have called it a day.

I hate that I even know what you’re talking about. May this upvote be mentally cleansing for us both.