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Artist, Photographer, Cook, Miscreant. Odd. Basically I cook, do art, and sometimes post about them.

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TIL 40 states in the US charge you $20-$80 a day for being incarcerated in prison.
  • @Varyk ultimately they want the slave labor for the companies they contract with.

    I mean even when it's not a corporate "for-profit" prison it's still for-profit by the government. Even in California

  • TIL 40 states in the US charge you $20-$80 a day for being incarcerated in prison.
  • @Varyk I didn't say that. AFAIK you're mostly down to having friends send you money for soap and toothpaste

  • TIL 40 states in the US charge you $20-$80 a day for being incarcerated in prison.
  • @Trollception @aodhsishaj they do if there's a gov't clearance or you're touching corp money involved. But in most cases they'll let you explain what happened.

  • TIL 40 states in the US charge you $20-$80 a day for being incarcerated in prison.
  • @aodhsishaj @metaStatic

    If you think bankruptcy is bad, look at all the rich people and corps that do it as often as possible

    Edit: I mean Herr Trumptard has filed no less than six times to avoid paying people

  • TIL 40 states in the US charge you $20-$80 a day for being incarcerated in prison.
  • @aodhsishaj @metaStatic bankruptcy is by far not the worse thing you can do. Often trying to unbury yourself will take longer to get back to solvency.

    We had to medical B out. Get cancer these days, particularly with a $6K+ deductible for a PPO and you're toast. We managed to switch to a HMO before surgery and we were still toast. And I had a Good Job.

    File, get a pre-paid card then some high-interest you barely use, then some "normal" credit and it builds faster than you know

  • TIL 40 states in the US charge you $20-$80 a day for being incarcerated in prison.
  • @Varyk @Today I think it's forgiven if you take the job making license plates at $2/hr sometimes $2/day

  • TIL if The Bare Naked Ladies had $1m when the song was recorded, and parked it in S&P500, they'd be rich.
  • @Dave @oohgodyeah a million bucks is a lot of store brand mac and French's yellow mustard.

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  • @Delphia
    @cbarrick

    I'm a Straight No Chaser guy and agree.

  • TIL that quadruple A batteries exist
  • @sir_pronoun
    @BeatTakeshi

    ~17450 with a prefix depending on the battery type.

  • Oh, Zot! Nomadic Identity is Coming to ActivityPub
  • @deadsuperhero I'd love to see this adopted wildly if the protocol can be fleshed out. I did like Hubzilla for this; the servers are boggy and I didn't even want to get into the hosting lack of instructions

  • TIL Ecuador doesn't have its own currency and uses US dollars, but maybe not the same US dollars you are used to seeing.
  • @UmeU
    @OldWoodFrame

    Countries will sometimes value their currency vs the US Dollar vs trading it on the more open market. Often it provides some stability, particularly when trading abroad

    So basically, I say one Triganic Pu is worth 1 US dollar and 1 Ningi is 12.5 US Cents so at least the value of the currency is less of an inflation factor

  • Why you almost never see a clock at the mall
  • @billwashere

    The Celica had a bigger back seat, if you know what I mean

  • Why you almost never see a clock at the mall
  • @jol
    @billwashere

    They exist in the US but a lot of them are dead or dying. Among other things they have failed to innovate in the face of e-commerce so people can buy the same things without leaving home barring any other draw

  • Why you almost never see a clock at the mall
  • @Maeve
    @kinther @billwashere @til

    Roughly ages 13-16. Some point in the latter I got a job and a shitty Toyota Tercel

  • Why you almost never see a clock at the mall
  • @kinther

    At the mall, you have the option of a watch and/or phone.

    But yeah, remove that and it can be maddening ~ particularly if you have no real distractions

  • Why you almost never see a clock at the mall
  • @billwashere
    If you think about it, it was pretty safe. Plenty of adults and rent-a-cops around if anybody tried something shifty.

    Also, food court and a movie dates :D

  • Why you almost never see a clock at the mall
  • @billwashere
    @Maeve @til

    Parents dropped you off with $10 and/or allowance money and disappeared for a couple hours. Good times