[-] Malfeasant@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago

I've got one better... I used to work in a bike shop. When building new bikes, it's common to overinflate the tires (to get the bead seated nicely all around) and then let the excess out. I did that one day with a flat repair, and blew the side of the rim off, it had been worn so thin by the brakes. (This was many years ago, before disc brakes were common)

[-] Malfeasant@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago

He was charging... away... with his knife...

[-] Malfeasant@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago

It's nice when you have a boss that has your back. I worked at RadioShack back in the day, and the manager of the store I stayed at the longest was like that. Of course we didn't have the whole x items or less, but we were in a busy college area, only on-street parking, so we'd get people running in and wanting to be served immediately regardless of how busy we were because they were double parked. The boss empowered us to tell them to fuck off, politely of course. "Come back when you have more time, we'll be happy to help". Also, we were next to a parking lot, it wasn't ours, though we did have a couple of spots that were clearly marked employee parking only. Few things gave the boss more pleasure than calling a tow truck... Literally rubbing his hands with glee on multiple occasions.

[-] Malfeasant@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago

justice system

There's your problem - we don't have a justice system, we have a legal system.

[-] Malfeasant@lemm.ee 7 points 11 months ago

Base 16 is great when you're interacting with a computer, but aside from that, not much. Only being divisible by 2 is kind of a pain in the real world.

[-] Malfeasant@lemm.ee 7 points 11 months ago

Oh no, a challenge. Let's not even try.

[-] Malfeasant@lemm.ee 7 points 11 months ago

Of course it is. If you as an individual can't accurately predict world economic conditions 40 years in advance, you are a complete failure of a person.

Should be obvious, but since people are stupid, /s

[-] Malfeasant@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

Note for future - even with an automatic transmission, you can shift into a lower gear (2 or even L) on a downhill to have the engine slow you down and save your brakes.

[-] Malfeasant@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

I guess we'll have to give Texas back to Mexico as reparations... We sure won't miss it.

[-] Malfeasant@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

Wait, when did we start talking about police?

[-] Malfeasant@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

My dad used to put Porsche engines in VW beetles. Yes, the plurals are intentional.

[-] Malfeasant@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

What's there to learn with nano?

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