OldFartPhil

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think Harris could have had a more nuanced answer than, "Fracking, fuck yeah!" But it's a damn shame that, to win the electoral college you have to be all drill, baby drill.

Although that's politics... "It's great to be here in Chicken Fark, Arkansas! I know, in the past, I have been accused by my opponent of being opposed to chicken farking. But I'm here today to tell you that, if elected, I promise to fark more chickens than any president in history!"

Still voting for Harris, obviously.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm assuming open houses aren't a thing in Belgium? In the US, it's no big deal to walk in to an open house and just tell the agent that you live in the neighborhood, like the house and have always wanted to see the inside. They're usually pretty chill about that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

On Mastodon, too. Some of my more niche interests are better represented there since Mastodon has more active users than Lemmy.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Ubuntu 9.04, because of WUBI (anyone remember that?). Unstable as hell, but allowed you to run a near bare metal Linux install without the hassle of setting up dual-booting and a separate partition. Liked Ubuntu it so much that I soon replaced Windows completely. Currently running Debian, so I haven't strayed far from the family.

[–] [email protected] 93 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For the record, the problem in Norway was that government programs to encourage electric vehicle ownership were too successful and incentivized people to drive instead of use transit. Also, the financial incentives for purchasing electric cars mostly went to people who were already wealthy.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Better before. The brick gave the facade character. The "modernized" exterior is bland and weird.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago

Leopards eating faces is exactly what this is, though. "Muslim who supports Christian Nationalists because they hate gay people shocked that Christian Nationalists also hate Muslims."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

46 at present. Furry porn sites that weren't tagged NSFW, memes, shitposting, a number of communities from the h... server (you know the one), tankie communities.

I'm subscribed to a lot of communities, too, but I still use the all feed for discovery.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It's not that bad, the macros are just front end apps. Our data is housed in a real, enterprise class database.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

We do have developers on our team. They write Excel macros :). I work in data integration, so it isn't as simple as building a more robust tool. We still need infrastructure support or our tool doesn't do anything.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

Another confirmation here. At my previous job, I was they guy who built Access databases and wrote VBA code. While not ideal, it was a very small business (less than 10 employees) and it was fit for purpose.

When I got a new job at a company with almost 3,000 employees, I was like, "Finally, I'll be working somewhere that has proper IT resources." Ha! I soon find out that my department runs critical business infrastructure with Excel macros. And we have a proper IT department.

As everyone has already said, if IT resources are in short supply (or the wait is too long, or building projects with IT support is a PITA), then people will build systems with the tools they have at hand. And that's often MS Office.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I would say Mastodon already has. I've been spending a lot of time there over last few weeks and there's more content than I can consume. Breaking news stories are covered well, including live blogging, although a lot of that content is cross-posed from Xitter. Plenty of people to follow, including authors, photographers, journalists and scientists. An increasing number of media outlets have a presence there, as well.

Xitter still has an order of magnitude more users, but Mastodon is mostly Nazi-free (which is nice).

 

The North American Aviation T-28 Trojan is a radial-engine military trainer aircraft used by the United States Air Force and United States Navy from 1950 to 1984.

Photographed at the Cascade Warbirds Air Show, Kelso Washington, August 2006

 

Photographed at Portland International Airport, Portland Oregon, June 2007

 

A sibling of the famous Boeing 707 airliner, the KC-135 was a regular sight at PDX until the Air National Guard tanker base was closed in 2006. This aircraft entered service in 1959.

Photographed at Portland International Airport, Portland Oregon, September 2005

 

The McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet is an all-weather supersonic, twin-engine, carrier-capable, multirole combat aircraft, designed as both a fighter and attack aircraft (hence the F/A designation).

This aircraft was in service with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 134 (VMFA-134). Registration #162433.

Photographed at Portland International Airport (PDX) in June 2006.

 

This aircraft is currently airworthy and on exhibit at the Lyon Air Museum in Santa Ana, California.

Photographed at Hillsboro Airport, Hillsboro Oregon, May 2005.

 

The Grumman F7F Tigercat is a heavy fighter aircraft that served with the United States Navy (USN) and United States Marine Corps (USMC) from late in World War II until 1954. It was the first twin-engine fighter to be deployed by the USN. While the Tigercat was delivered too late to see combat in World War II, it saw action as a night fighter and attack aircraft during the Korean War.

Photographed at the 2005 Chino Air Show, Chino California, May 2005

 

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is a four-engined heavy bomber developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). Fast and high-flying for a bomber of its era, the B-17 was used primarily in the European Theater of Operations and dropped more bombs than any other aircraft during World War II.

Photographed at the 2005 Chino Air Show, Chino California, May 2005

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Two McDonnell Douglas AV-8B+ Harriers (165398 and165385) on the taxiway at PDX. The McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) AV-8B Harrier II is a single-engine ground-attack aircraft that constitutes the second generation of the Harrier family, capable of vertical or short takeoff and landing.

Photographed at Portland International Airport (KPDX) in August 2010.

 

I occasionally come across content in my feed that I think would be of interest to one of the small communities that I participate in. Think photo or article, not something personal. Is it appropriate for me to crosspost the content? Without asking the OP? What about if I ask but the OP never responds?

Thanks in advance for your thoughts.

 

No official announcement yet, but today's point release has gone live. I just updated 112 packages.

 

The Lockheed P-38 Lightning is an American single-seat, twin piston-engined fighter aircraft that was used during World War II. Developed for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) by the Lockheed Corporation, the P-38 incorporated a distinctive twin-boom design with a central nacelle containing the cockpit and armament.

Photographed at the 2005 Chino Air Show, Chino California, May 2005

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The North American B-25 Mitchell is an American medium bomber that was introduced in 1941 and named in honor of Brigadier General William "Billy" Mitchell, a pioneer of U.S. military aviation.

Photographed at the 2005 Chino Air Show, Chino California, May 2005

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