I know, it’s just kind of laughably shouting they don’t know what either an audit or conflict of interest actually are.

The hardest part some times is finding an audit firm that isn’t stupid expensive, but also won’t do a shit job and give you a report that looks like some knock-off free LLM didn’t write it to maximize their own payday. I love a good audit report with findings, it means I didn’t waste money. But my shit is (well, was, at another place years back) locked down tight, so we didn’t ever expect anything terrible.

Like how his EO eliminating birthright citizenship is also unconstitutional? SCOTUS said it’s fine because they felt like it.

https://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/g2877/summer-salads/

At this scale, a geosynchronous solar power satellite beaming down power as microwaves actually seems chapter and more reasonable.

You know, other than the single point of failure in space part. I guess it’s a bad decade for that idea.

Hold up. So Lemvotes is basically churning Palantir style data on who should get sent to some camp if they even accidentally upvote something with the P location name in it?

Why they do that?

I’m sorry - paying for an audit is somehow a conflict of interest? How exactly is that?

As someone who had to contract auditing firms every year, and personally sign off in their report as part of our compliance, I would love to hear how I should have …what? Won the audit lottery? Applied for some sort of government assistance? Prayed to an audit fairy godmother?

Who the F else is paying for our audit? I want free audits! I bet everyone does.

Ah, I believe this is what’s called “a conspiracy theory” if you had more details.

Oh, I get what you’re saying.

However, I’m kindly informing you that posting who are professionally pedantic don’t agree with this.

Perhaps I’ve missed a style guide that does agree with you, in which case I would be happy for you to bring the receipts.

The pets do need the training to understand that the sounds, when the button says them, mean communication to the human. It’s actually a pretty sophisticated intellectual jump, and not all pets necessarily get it.

Typically one starts with “outside” as a non-food common request (for indoor peta). So an owner starts by saying “outside” and associating just that word with going outside (not the full “you wanna go out?”). Once the pet gets past the conceptual hurdle is the button means the thing, after that it’s much easier to add new words.

Hot take? That’s simply not true.

From the Chicago Manual of Style:

5.51: Generic singular “they” Traditionally, a singular antecedent requires a singular pronoun. But even beforetheir, and themselves (or possibly themself) as generic singular forms—especially in speech and informal prose.

So, “They” is commonly used to refer to a singular person of unknown gender or sex. You’ll see it in the news occasionally.

“An intruder wearing a chicken mascot costume was caught on video breaking into a bank. They stuffed their costume full of $100 bills before fleeing the scene.”

Sure, writers will more likely not use pronouns at all, maybe saying “the assailant,” but when a pronoun is used, “they” and “their” would be perfectly fine.

AI isn’t needed, dogs and cats can be trained to use sound buttons to express complex thoughts and emotions. IIRC, they can have a vocabulary of something like 100-200 words used commonly in the household.

Your pets already understand you and a lot of what you say. You may just not understand them, and AI isn’t going to fix that.

The overseas ones take literally the same oath to uphold and protect the Constition as the President.

Tons of Federal employees take the same oath, but not all. But so do Peace Corps volunteers, members of the military, I think some local or state police, judges, everyone in Congress, most state legislators IIRC, and I’m sure im missing a few others.

I am literally wearing these pants right now.

F, but I’m drinking wine from a Yeti tumbler!

Random smattering of Eurovision picks, Who The Hell is Edgar by Teya and Salena (Austria) is a hilarious banger and commentary on Spotify profits to artists. Also, No Rules by Windows95man was pure brilliance.

Power metal classics and a few covers of 80s hits.

TV theme songs, but the full full 3-4 minute song.

Weird Al’s Hamilton Polka is top tier.

Plus some Disco era A and B sides, West African old school “palm wine music,” songs from a few musicals including the Buffy the Vampire Slayer musical episode.

You know, just, like, normal stuff.

Because it was a metaphor for the US speed limit being 55 for fuel efficiency standards after the 70s oil crisis, and they sort of extended that to be about climate change.

Then when it turned out to be too limiting (har har), they invented "cleaner burning’ warp engines. Which would be an obvious next logical step anyway if old warp drives were literally ruining the universe.

The Enterprise had fuel needs, plus the Federation imposed a speed limit of Warp 5 because high warp use was found to be damaging the fabric of spacetime. Ships had to ask permission, or just forgiveness later, to go over the speed limit.

The metaphor is literally a speed limit of 55 to increase fuel efficiency to lower pollution and therefore climate change. Because this was all stiff written by humans for dramatic effect.

There’s a subreddit /r/outside where they treat life like a MMOG.

It’s 100% the freemium model. It’s only free to play for animal class players.

One day this guy is going to learn about salads, and I bet that will be exciting for him.

Cool, now do it with an SSN and DOB and see what you get.

Both correct.

Also, there are four lights.