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 The world runs on other people's crappy code. 
 We have 2 dogs on 2 different prescription foods, and each would rather have the other’s, so th... 
 @edbba727 :D the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence! 
 I’m getting popcorn for the McCarthy vs Gaetz showdown. Hey “moderate” Republicans who are ... 
 @edbba727 Geez, is that 25% really that many? 
 In a job title like this: "DevOps Engineer - fully remote (m/f/d)" what does the last part mean? Male/female/dog? 
 nostr:npub1car4eccracd4e4tzhe0f4yprwjhw5epu6rrr3t0r9dsd06nnexqswny9zx There's a big difference, i... 
 @edbba727 Yeah, good tequila is very good! 
 Instead of whiskey, today the barbershop has 818 Añejo tequila. It’s delicious.

If you don’... 
 @edbba727 I was already past 40 when I learned that non-cheap tequila is a good thing to try. :) 
 A TV ad says it's OK to run a dishwasher even when it's only partially full, claiming that it use... 
 @edbba727 A related thought I had the other day: the dishes need to be rinsed prety well for the dishwasher to be able to get them clean. This water use is not part of the calculation, but it's probably way more than what the machine itself uses.