[-] DrBob@lemmy.ca 107 points 2 months ago

This was a unique point in time when people had cell phones but had to carry a phonebook because there was no mobile internet. Some time between 1992 and 2005?

[-] DrBob@lemmy.ca 209 points 2 months ago

It's really common advice to not start with the cheapest gear. Yes a lot of us learned to play on dime store guitars but would have suffered less with a quality instrument. The same is true for just about everything.

[-] DrBob@lemmy.ca 95 points 2 months ago

I used to teach anatomy 20+ years ago. Sadly many of the skulls are sourced from the poorest people in impoverished countries. Companies pay a death benefit to the families or to the individual and then "harvest" the skull after death. They used to be priced based on the number of teeth and the presence of mandibular/maxillary degeneration. The highest priced skulls would come from donors and would have all their teeth.

Here's a link to the UCLA scandal if you want to get a feeling for how scummy the entire industry is

[-] DrBob@lemmy.ca 115 points 4 months ago

Well they got paid out for them right? Right?

[-] DrBob@lemmy.ca 115 points 4 months ago

Those cats look nothing alike. Should have thrown his ass out for using a fake ID.

[-] DrBob@lemmy.ca 83 points 5 months ago

This is a really interesting visualization. I love the density of the data and the way it captures the year over year variability by month while allowing the annual variability to plainly stand out. This is really good.

[-] DrBob@lemmy.ca 103 points 6 months ago

Because checkout isn't until 11. It takes time to prep a room between guests. Depending on occupancy and staffing levels you may be able to get in earlier.

[-] DrBob@lemmy.ca 89 points 9 months ago

Scratch that. Dolly Parton. Her net worth shows as much less because she keeps giving it away.

[-] DrBob@lemmy.ca 90 points 11 months ago

That's generational wealth. He probably doesn't have to do anything but plays at being a businessman or something. People doing mortgage calculations don't understand how the wealthy live.

[-] DrBob@lemmy.ca 86 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

From Robert Reich:

Billie Eilish can't run for president. She is under 35.Arnold Schwarzenegger can't run for president. He was born in Austria.Donald Trump can't run for president. He engaged in and supported an insurrection.It's in the Constitution, folks.

Eta: there was already a post on the Reich quote. https://lemmy.world/post/9894249

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The US 2nd circuit has ruled that auditors opinions aren't relevant in cases of investor fraud because the statements are too vague for people to rely on. Whut?

Wall Street Journal article here for those who have access.

Here is a professor's blog entry for a barrier free commentary on the importance of the case.

[-] DrBob@lemmy.ca 85 points 11 months ago

The oldest millenials are in their 40s. Who is drawing these things?

[-] DrBob@lemmy.ca 173 points 11 months ago

I really despise this kind of both sidesism. Because the sides are demonstrably different.

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I was thinking about this after listening to Marc Andreassen blather on about how he doesn't trust government as a repository of trusted keys and other functions. He advocates for private companies to perform critical functions. Standard libertarian stuff in many respects.

The problem of course is that corporations lack accountability. They can shift terms and conditions or corporate purpose and there is little meaningful recourse except to stop using them. I can think of small examples that don't widely resonate (Mountain Equipment Co-op I'm thinking of you 🤬) but are there big examples that I'm missing?

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I am finally going to join the '90s and set up a blog. The audience is mostly students to show how the academic stuff blends with real world professional practice. I'm an adjunct so I have a foot in both worlds.

I have my domain names (parked for years) and free webhosting through my university - but the university doesn't provide any development tools. All of the recommended tools I've run across (weebly, wix, webflow etc.) either want to host the page, manage the domain name, or require a fee to link the page to my host. I'm simply looking for a low cost site builder where I can edit my files and move them to my webspace.

Any recommendations for a WSYWIG style editor? I'd be happy to not have to learn any actual coding, but will if I have to.

The last time I did any of this I was manually tagging static pages in notepad (lol).

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