Or here: https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-copilot-is-now-injecting-ads-into-pull-requests-on-github-gitlab/

Could you maybe just put the water softener salt pellets in the upper tank? Not all at once, of course, but a few pellets per week?

Wtf is up with the Guardian lately and these headlines?

I was just thinking the same thing! Might be filler articles used for shitposts, maybe by someone in their organization.

I just read one about a “possible” UK shortage in certain prescription medicines. The actual meat of the article was a guy saying “The supply chain is disrupted and we need alternate means of delivery.” Yes, thank you Captain Obvious. It’s is the same for basically EVERY imported product that comes by sea right now. They could write the same article for dozens of different industries. They’re all impacted the same way. Hush, Guardian, hush.

An 8-1 high court majority sided with a Christian counselor who argues the law banning talk therapy violates the First Amendment. The justices agreed that the law raises free speech concerns and sent it back to a lower court to decide if it meets a legal standard that few laws pass.

8-1. That really sucks.

The actual 3D model is not shown in the above article.

It can be found here: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/29/full-network-clitoral-nerves-mapped-out-first-time-women-pelvic-surgery

Be prepared to be unimpressed, lol. I was hoping to unlock secret mysteries of the likes not seen since Kama Sutra was published.

I was not prepared to see an upside-down stoner ashtray.

“Week”?

More like “WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!!!”

So, yeah, things are pretty good here! I’m moving out of Texas next week and going overseas for the first time in my life. (Sorry, @Powderhorn@beehaw.org , beat ya to it!)

Elementary school in the '80s, eh? Me too. BASIC, perhaps? On an Apple IIe, maybe?

There’s no shame in NOT liking computer science. I have a CS degree and I failed miserably as a professional. I hated it. But it seems like you just hated the structure of your classes, not so much the material. You might have felt differently if you started in a more advanced programming class.

But your comments seem more like “I studied French in grade school, I dunno why they’re making me start over for Chinese 101.”

So, it’s not that you are protesting the war. It’s that you don’t have the money.

I’m sorry, man. That sucks.

I’m sure you can see, though, that there’s no way I could have known that. I thought we were discussing the article, not your personal situation.

Sidenote: It seems crazy to use GDP as a measuring stick for federal debt.

Yes, the country produces over $30 trillion in goods and services per year. BUT THAT’S NOT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S BUDGET!

The debt is approaching $40 trillion, which is 20 times the federal budget.

For comparison, that’s like a household making $30k/year and has a $600,000 loan. “Oh, but our small business brought in $150,000 in revenue,” they say, “so no worries, we can make the payments.” Yeah, that’s not profit and it won’t pay down debt.

The issue with CSE142 was it was stupid. Yay! Writing Hello World in C! I had a specific disinterest in wheel reinvention, and holy shit did the CS department want that.

For the sake of any CS students who stumble into your thread:

Learning “Hello World” isn’t reinventing the wheel. Learning “Hello World” is more like practicing the ABCs and reading Dick & Jane. You are learning an entirely new language, and all the strange new rules that come with it.

Pretty much any and all 100-level science classes are going to feel like reinventing the wheel because it’s just building blocks for the hard stuff.

For most folx, this is like shooting yourself in the foot to kill the spider on the floor. Or perhaps it’s more like trying to mop the floor with your shotgun, and then wondering why you shot yourself in the foot.

My point is, your payment of taxes and a US war of aggression are not correlated at all. Not paying your taxes won’t stop bad policy decisions.

The system doesn’t care if you pay your tax bill. It only cares that the money is owed. If you don’t pay this year, the debt collects interest. If you tell a judge that this was a purposeful, planned protest, and you still refuse to pay, then criminal charges can be filed against you.

Meanwhile, the bombs continue to fall.

I’m all about reckless protests and fighting the unwinnable battles in life, btw, so anyone who chooses to do this has my full support. But go in with both eyes wide open and make sure that you have little or nothing to lose.

So, a few things stand out to me here.

First, the information that you provided here is NOT available on the page you linked. The website is just a signup page that asks for (harvests) email addresses.

Second, the submission of email is NOT requested by the ACLU itself, but rather the host of the Mobilize site (MobilizeAmerica, Inc.).

MobilizeAmerica Inc is a PAC, with almost no history and very little funding. https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/mobilizeamerica-inc/totals?id=D000092936

All in all, this “event” seems like a way to harvest email, rather than an actual public service. I mean, why do I need to sign up for a livestream for what could/should be a simple YouTube video that anyone can access? Why not just send me a PDF of the tips and tricks?

OP, I’m going to assume no malice on your part, but I can’t in good faith encourage people to use this service or attend this virtual “rally” without a bit more information.

Not really.

I compare it more to fan fiction and amateur writing. Some is a great read, much better than the garbage you might find on NYT’s best seller list. Very talented people doing what they love and trying to be of service to others along the way. FOSS often seems more of a passion project for the creator(s) than an anarchist/communist project, IMHO - although there are obvious parallels.

My thoughts: If you have the motivation and willpower to implement this system, then you’ve got MORE than enough willpower and motivation to cut down on your screentime without using a customized software solution.

In other words, just do it.

Set an alarm or timer on the phone. When it goes off, you pick a task from your to-do list and accomplish it. Maybe clean the house, go for a walk, attend to an errand. Be in the moment, listen to music, pause to ask how people are doing. Find a dog to pet.

Reconnect.

Then, go back to doom scrolling. But this time, instead of diving right in, make it a point to watch a video or read an article about something that interests you, something that you might enjoy doing yourself. Maybe it’s 3d printing, or flying drones, or welding. Something that is achievable, that you always wanted to do. You don’t have to take up this hobby - but maybe your new hobby is researching hobbies. Seeing what other things, besides staring at a screen, might capture your attention.

And, oops, there’s your alarm again! Has it been four hours already?! Time to do some stretching and pushups. Text a loved one. Hug a tree.

Etc, etc.

Your screentime is a lifestyle choice, and an addictive one. The solution is getting your brain’s pleasure center rewired.