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18 days agoThe first time I read Clive Barker.
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135·1 month agoUnverified Legal Defense Fund*: https://www.givesendgo.com/legalfund-ceo-shooting-suspect
* I have no confirmation that this is legit not some sort of fraud nor, if it is kegit, what percentage will go towards his legal fees. But I choose to believe that it is what it claims to be and nothing more.
The Pogues - Fairytale Of New York
Dropkick Murphys - The Season’s Upon Us
Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping
Slade - Merry Christmas Everybody
The Flaming Lips - Christmas At The Zoo
Fountains of Wayne - I want an alien for Christmas
I am going to need you to define what it means to you to be “pure of heart”.
There is a decent chance that you will find an answer to your question by doing this.
So 0.5% of his reported $10+ million annually compensation package.
Interesting that neither his colleagues nor family are chipping in to make this larger.
Elon Musk could lose, spend, and / or give away 99% of his net worth and still be a multi-billionaire.
I was once working with a team in India to resolve a database issue. During a particular call, we had to export data several times to create backups. Exporting the DB data is done with “dump” commands and my Indian counterpart would repeatedly tell me that he “took a dump just now”.
allegations of financial mismanagement, sexual impropriety and personal misconduct
I am seeing a pattern forming with this next administration. Good job America!
It is eeally odd that the company, Tesla, is fighting so hard to give away 56 BILLION DOLLARS. That really does not sound like an efficient use of resources. I mean, how much money did they spend just on fighting these legal battles to give away even more money? Seems like the more efficient thing to do would be to accept the first decision that allowed them to keep all of that money.
The person or people pushing for this pay package should never put in a position to evaluate and recommend effeciency of anything. Fortunately, there are only a small handful of people on this planet stupid enough to assign them to such a position. 🙄
Here are a couple of items that I wish that I had picked up earlier. They are not required, but they greatly simplified my life.
- headlamp: Trying to balance or prop up a flashlight while working used to result in so much frustration.
- tin sheers: I love these so much that they have replaced scissors in most day-to-day applications
- flexible drill bit extender: So many screws are in places inaccessible to a drill body. This inexpensive item solves that problem. Magnetic wristbands: Keep those screws and bits from getting lost.
- level that is at least 2ft long: I really appreciate having a level that can span two studs (16")
- precision / mini needle nose pliers: I don’t need them often, but when I do I am always happy that I have them
- painters tape: I am surpised how often I use painters tape for all sorts of applications
It’s easier and generally more acceptable to ask here than in the grocery store.
Maybe I want clear enough, so allow me to expand.
Some events, like the cited example of award shows, have their outcomes decided on before they are announced. If I gain this ability after that the decision is made but before the outcome is announced, then I could place a wager on it now without impacting anything in the past. This is where the “depending on the timing” qualifier comes into play and why I said “already decided but not yet announced”.
The ability would be see back to any year. I could just look back at any specific event within the year. I wouldn’t need to memorize anything if I can just observe it.
I already consider myself a fairly happy individual. I would be pursuing financial independence, not happiness. Besides, why would I assume that the acquisition of knowledge would have an impact on my emotional state.
So many questions:
- Is the soup hot or cold, in the hole?
- What type of soup is it?
- Is it gluten free?
- Is it vegetarian or vegan?
- Did they even taste the soup to know that it is, in fact, soup?
It is the lack of these type of details that make me suspect that this is not real.
This year. Having near omniscience about recent events would have so many useful applications.
My stock predictions would be crazy accurate if I could observe what decision makers were planning but had not yet implemented or were still in the process of implementing.
Depending on the timing of when this ability takes affect, I might be able to also place wagers on events, like awards shows, that have already been decided but not yet announced.
My ability to solve crimes by observing how they were committed and what happened to the evidence would propel me to Sherlock Holmesian level of noteriety.
I am also sure plenty of influencial people would be willing to do favors for me in exchange for my silence on some of their various recent activities.
Those aren’t even the imaginative ideas.
A few uneducated thoughts:
I feel like there should be a way to use tides to track the passage of time. Maybe by monitoring the shifting water at fixed points?
While a clepsydra may not work underwater, a inverse one that slowly releases air instead of water might. Similarly, any container that slowly releases sand, or other such substance, at a constant rate could be used. Either by adjusting a scale, releasing counterweights, or even tracking how much has been released into another container (like an hourglass).
Sen. Roger Marshall of Kansas has spent WAY too much time thinking about genitals.
How does his definition accommodate for intersex and hermaphrodites? With his medical background he surely is aware of these conditions and didn’t ignore them just to accommodate his own personal prejudice, right?
Predestination
Thirst
They Live
And one is still on my “to watch” list, but I am optimistic about it …
The Substance