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I got my SoundBlaster from my uncle who upgraded, and I think it was a Gravis. But that was like 30 years ago, so I might be wrong.

No, but I’m a dad. My last gaming rig had a SoundBlaster card.

I have a PS5 and have never heard of this game. Why are you so keen to talk about it?

Unless you were struck by lightning whilst dancing in the rain, in which case this motivational image does not constitute legal, medical, or financial advice. Dance in the rain at your own risk.

Perplexica? What sort of sauce goes with that?

For a minute I legit thought Italy had dropped a new pasta shape.

I remember learning that 3.5" disks were still called “floppy” disks, despite being rigid plastic. My teacher took apart a disk and showed us how the inside was a film, but all that did was encourage us to take apart the disks and make desk toys out of the springs.

Man, I remember when Zip Disks were a big deal and a GB was a lot of storage.

That wouldn’t surprise me, but also the standard has been around for so long, changing the size of standard lumber is probably harder than changing the manufacturing process (which is likely automated and computer controlled anyway).

The consumer doesn’t need to know it. The lumber mill does, and the people responsible for warehousing and logistics, they use nominal sizes because saying “two by four” is easier than “one point five by three point 5.”

It’s not exactly a lie, just a standard. Nominal board sizes were based on the unfinished lumber size. Another 1/4 inch is taken off each side to get a smooth surface that makes it easier to work with.

Here’s an old image (reddit warning)

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that shows the rough cuts of boards from a log. When they look at a log, they determine how many of each size they can get from it, and at that point, a 2x4 is 2 inches by 4 inches.

“It’s been brought to my attention that many people were not mollified by my previous apology, so let’s do it again. I’m sorry you people are too stupid and selfish to understand our first apology, and we want you to know that we will continue to make promises we can’t keep, we will continue to put shareholders above customers, and we will continue to justify our shitty behavior with bullshit semantics because we have learned nothing from this experience. Sincerely, Fuck You.”

That’s exactly why you look for a tablets specifically for kids. The features you want are parental control, time locking, and app screening.

The entire future of learning is built around screens. Kids take standardized tests on touchscreens. They will do their taxes in an app, research topics with the internet, communicate with their peers in messaging apps, apply for jobs in apps, and build new tools through programming.

They must learn to use screens effectively without getting addicted to them.

Kids who learn those skills early, who practice using a tablet and then putting it down, those kids will be better equipped to go put into the world.

I agree with you that too many parents use screens as babysitters. And while tablets are more addictive and predatory, that’s been a problem since screens existed. There’s a cool documentary on it calles The Cable Guy.

That’s why Congress doesn’t want to send more aid.

I love that this exists, and thank you for introducing me to the site as well.

In the history of pop-ups, I’ve never wanted to be reminded later.

One of the many reasons you don’t ride anything on the sidewalk is that you cross driveways and crosswalks too quickly to be seen by drivers. Even a standard bike should be ridden in the road, because 15 mph is fast enough to “come out of nowhere” and be hit by a car. All bikes are road vehicles.

That’s because “stand up and fight for people like you” doesn’t mean working class or blue collar or any geographic or socioeconomic class. It means bigots. Trump is willing to be a bigot out loud. He’s willing to fight for legislation that oppresses people that bigots don’t like.

The intrusive thoughts won. Sorry.

The topic peaked my interest.