I don’t know if they still do it, but as recently as the ’00s Lowe’s Foods in North Carolina was offering S&H Green Points, no longer physical stamps but an electronic program tied to your phone number. I don’t think my parents ever really used it for much. I think now they give a discount on gasoline purchased at the stations many stores have in the parking lots.
It was only years later that I learned they used to be S&H Green Stamps, but I never understood how the program worked.
It voiced concerns regarding the sector's dependence on Nvidia's CUDA chip programming software, the only system that is 100% compatible with the GPUs that have become essential for accelerated computing.
I wonder if changing this would indirectly benefit open source drivers for Linux?
I feel confident in assuming the guy who would wear this shirt seeking “girls” between the ages of 18 and 26 is himself no younger than 45.
They’re marketed as being recyclable along with the cans that might appear at a picnic. Whether they actually get recycled is another question; I’ve seen more picnic shelters with recycling bins, but certainly not all.
Some buyers in their online reviews said they were washing and reusing the cups instead of recycling them. I don’t know how effective that is but assume it’s fine. They would be a better choice than glass at places like pools where glass is prohibited.
As someone who has done no programming since taking C++ in high school more than 20 years ago, what do you mean by safer language?
It might not qualify her for disability insurance, as in she no longer needs to work any jobs, but should absolutely entitle her to disability protections, as in job requirements should be modified to permit her to continue to work. If her employer is not making accommodations to permit her to continue to work then she might have a legal case.
I mostly see them used for 1/2-gallon milk and small juice containers in the U.S. I’m in Canada right now and see them being used a lot for large juice containers also. I could see glass used for those (as they were in the past) but with the higher risk of breakage it’s not as ideal, but have a harder time picturing aluminum being used for milk and at least some of the more acidic juices. Does aluminum work with those beverages?
You seem informed on the subject: I’ve recently seen aluminum single-use cups advertised, targeting the same market as red plastic cups commonly seen at picnics. Those plastic cups are rarely recyclable, so I’m assuming the aluminum kind are more eco-friendly assuming they get recycled, even with high energy usage?
As long as they didn’t bring any whistles with them they’ll be fine!
Yes, this picture is of Rick Moranis playing Seymour Krelborn in Little Shop of Horrors while holding Audrey II.
I saw they were also used by companies like DoorDash, Uber, and UpWork to verify remote contractors.
There are more upvotes on this post than subscribers to the new community. I think we’ll need to see some posts first!
Very unusual timing. I wonder if they had some inside information that their projected launch date was likely to slip and they went searching for alternatives, or if SpaceX was just trying to win the mission and got a good combination of price and doubt in the Ariane 6? I get the feeling that SpaceX isn’t exactly hurting for customers for Falcon, so I doubt it’s the latter option.
I look forward to the lawsuits that will ultimately cost this man his job.
Your Little Caesars restaurants have tables?!
I still have my original Game Boy that was a gift from my aunt and uncle. Still works but I rarely play it; need to find some of my other games for it.
~15-20% is nothing to sneeze at, but hardly dominance
Is this outlet okay?
This is an outlet at my in-laws’ house which was built in the 1960s. I’m not sure if this is just some paint that was put on an outlet and has worn off over time or if this is some residual evidence of sparking/minor electrical fire. The walls are wood panels painted white, so it seems to me someone might’ve just thought they could paint the outlets as well (there are some parts of this basement that don’t have the wood painted and the outlets/switches are dark brown, which might be what I’m seeing). The outlet seems to work but I don’t feel totally comfortable plugging something more expensive like my laptop in, even though I suppose the charger would be more likely to die than the actual computer. The house has a fairly new electrical panel with breakers that seem nice, but it was also built initially as a duplex (with a later addition making it useable as a triplex) and each part has its own old sub-panel that still uses twist-in fuses. I’m still not sure if whoever put in the new panel said the rest of the wiring/outlets was fine or my father-in-law just decided upgrading the rest was too expensive.
Are you using GOG games on your Steam Deck?
A couple games popped up on my Steam wishlist at really low prices so I was thinking of getting them, but I’ve also had a few older computers recently that are losing Steam client support. This got me thinking I should really try to compare and get more games on GOG so it doesn’t matter if a client stops working on older hardware. But also following this community has had me thinking a Steam Deck makes a lot of sense for me, so maybe I’ll try to get one in the next year or two. It seems like Steam tries to keep things open to other sources on the device, but have you been playing non-Steam games, and how much hassle has it been?
Also the games I was considering are Donut County and Planet Coaster, if you have any thoughts on those.
UK's Air Accident Investigation Branch Determines Film Crew's Lights Damaged A321 Windows
The UK AAIB says high-powered film lights caused damaged to the windows of the Titan Airways A321neo G-OATW.
TL;DR: The high temperatures from the film crew's halogen lamps caused the acrylic windows to deform and melted seals around the windows. On a repositioning flight the next day without passengers a loadmaster noticed a dramatic increase in cabin noise and found a dislodged window pane. The aircraft stopped climbing and returned to Stansted where 4 windows were found damaged, with two missing panes entirely and the horizontal stabilizer showing signs of impact from at least one pane.
Picked up a book on ADHD from the library; it still has someone else’s bookmark in it
I figure that tracks
NC State Men’s and Women’s Basketball Teams Both Advance to Final Four on the Same Day
Pack-to-Pack wins send the women to their first Final Four since 1998 and the men to their first Final Four since 1983!
NC State basketball completes miracle ACC Tournament run, downs rival UNC in final
Is this how it felt to win the ACC Championship in ’83?
I forgot Bill Paxton had died
I guess they’re making a Twister sequel, Twisters
OP: https://x.com/sickoscommittee/status/1756842357343826281?s=46&t=XXG-uqucs0BMcx0ZAhQrkg
So that's probably a Yes
This was a couple weeks ago. He said he wanted to try me on stimulant medication, but I needed to go get clearance from my primary care doctor because I've also been dealing with some tachycardia. She put me on a beta blocker, although hopefully with better time-management and more energy I'll exercise enough to eventually come off the beta blocker. I had a follow-up this week and asked the psychiatrist if he thinks I have ADHD. He was a little reluctant to say I definitely have it, that it's more of a clinical diagnosis and I could go do some tests with a computer or see a neuropsychiatrist for a more definitive diagnosis, but also didn't seem to think I really needed to do that. Still need either a formal letter from my primary care doctor or possibly the visit notes would suffice if she mentioned taking stimulants so he can prescribe them, but I'm really hoping they'll help.
Have you ever heard of the Commander’s Lock?
"If you guys don't give me a chance to repair my instrument, I'm not going back."
An interesting story about a rarely discussed feature of the Space Shuttle, that lives on in the commercial crew capsules, to prevent travelers from killing everyone onboard.