It's hard for some people to believe but authenticity really is important sometimes. If I'm engaging in an artistic product I want it to be authentic. If I'm communicating with someone at work, I want it to be authentic. If I'm having to sit through a presentation, authentic. I don't care what a clanker has to say about anything. I want connection and communication from a real live person.

I use it as an advanced intellisense but I ignore most of what it suggests because it doesn't follow our coding style or is wrong.. I'm still showing as compliant in the metrics

They're buying cheaper shit, lowering the memory in products, and raising prices. They're just not willing to say it plainly.

When an indefensible story makes your side look bad claim "both sides". Textbook.

Conservatism is the MARKETING that it's about personal property, equal justice, limited government, etc. It's not and never has been.

Republican FCC gonna Republican FCC

Two modern techniques for building are SIPs (structural insulated panels) and ICFs (insulated concrete forms). Both methods involve foam insulation and also reduce the time to build. They're both just as costly, though. SIPs are constructed in a factory and the panels are trucked to the jobsite but exterior siding and interior drywall still need to be done on site. Stone and brick are great materials for longevity but are less energy efficient.

We blocked them a long time ago. They really are awful.

There are channels built into the wall for wires to go through. Plumbing is typically through floors to avoid thermal bridging in the walls.

Mastodon.social is still open to them afaik

That block was preemptive on a lot of instances. I know my admin proactively blocked them as soon as we knew what domain they would be federating from.

That's okay, most fedi instances have already blocked them. The flagship Mastodon instance is the only one that's being so welcoming to Zuck.

Another thing he did was add a ton of debt to the balance sheet that has to be serviced. Twitter was already unprofitable as-is but he has made that a much tougher hurdle with all that debt.