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Then there’s the timing of the announcement that Barron is ineligible to serve because he’s too tall or some shit

I had to look that up. Apparently the limit is 6'8", and they claim he's 6'9". Now, the kid is clearly a tall motherfucker, but how much y'all wanna bet he actually tops out at 6'7"? (6'9" is 205.74cm)

I agree with the general takes here, and can add one for specific situations. I have some very old keyboards, and frankly even my newer ones rely on designs that are over 40 years old. In this particular case, I find the old tech superior, because they simply feel nicer to type on, and that's what a keyboard is for.

I also have quite a few fountain pens, but whereas with a little effort the keyboards are as good or better than an average modern model, I'll admit there is a fussiness and mess with fountain pens you have to weigh against the nicer writing experience.

North of North is nice. As a comedy, it's far from brilliant, but it's nice. To an outsider, it does read as a loving but grounded portrait of a community that's just trying to deal with it's own shit, which is good thing. And frankly, it's probably good for representation if a show featuring an underrepresented community can get made despite its not being groundbreaking.

This poll is done online based on selection by address, and they'll even hand out a tablet if the person at the address doesn't have internet access. There are undoubtedly still old school polls doing landline cold-calls, but I think they're growing rarer, and frankly at this point they're Karoline Leavitt's favorite ones.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/how-are-reutersipsos-us-public-opinion-polls-conducted-2024-05-09/

Good for the recall folks. That's funny that the supporters think the 1000 construction jobs will be for locals and not the specialized oilfield-like firms that are already staffed up to work these projects, or that Google will have 200 permanent staffers tied to the location and contributing to the town's tax base.

"Gravity plating!" As long as there is floor, you're good.

new series regulars Mireille Enos, Costa Ronin, Sean Kaufman, Ruby Cruz and Ines Asserson

Glad to see Ruby Cruz getting work. Willow wasn't what all the fans wanted, many of whom had not watched the original with an eye towards how intentionally hokey it was made to be, but it was finding its voice by the end of S1 and didn't deserve to be shoved down the memory hole.

As for the trailer for FAMk season 5...

#WhenTaken #756 (24.03.2026)

I scored 956/1000👑

1️⃣📍509 km - 🗓️1 yrs - 🥇184/200
2️⃣📍381 m - 🗓️3 yrs - 🥇197/200
3️⃣📍5.0 km - 🗓️3 yrs - 🥇197/200
4️⃣📍1.4 km - 🗓️6 yrs - 🥇193/200
5️⃣📍217 km - 🗓️6 yrs - 🥇185/200

https://whentaken.com/

Also, won't anyone think about the fact that Trump literally makes energy policy based on the fact that he thinks wind turbines are ugly?

Based on the number of anoles, skinks, geckos, and Texas spinys in our yard, I’m guessing that little display was for someone else.

My brother used to catch them and let them bite down on his earlobes.

Weird dude.

I think a big thing is that good prebuilts are now readily available: hot swap, foam layers, PCB stabilizers, CNC aluminum cases, a mounting system more sophisticated than tray mount, decent firmware (often properly released QMK/VIA, but at least VIA), and fun features like lighting or encoders. A late as 2022, this would have been a wish list on an interest check for a $400+ kit; now it’s a baseline to charge three digits for a prebuilt MX board.

There are still many group buys going on at the high end (geek hack basically exists as an IC/GB publishing platform at this point), and a lot of boards are available bare bones, but when a newbie comes along for a recommendation, no one has to feel bad recommending some pre-built that would make a Pok3r look like a joke as a value proposition.