I hadn’t thought about that one. I occasionally use the word kiddo, but only to say, “hey kiddo!” I never use it to talk about my kids, like “we took the kiddos to the park yesterday.”

I don’t think it’s some latent psychological issue. I get along great with my mom, and I’ve never felt any resentment toward her. I’m also not bothered by words like mom, moms, mother, etc. I don’t even mind when my sons call my wife “mommy.” It’s just that one word, “momma,” that bugs me. I wish I had an explanation.

Mama, momma, mommas…

“Hey Facebook mommas, I’ve got a question about…”

I don’t know why, but it annoys the shit out of me.

KVM switch looks like it could work, since I don’t want to switch a USB switch and then still have to switch monitor input. Just need to find one with both an HDMI input and a DP input.

I second all of your statements. I don’t care if my Apple TV is on WiFi, but my gaming desktop is most definitely hooked to an Ethernet cable. I also use a wired keyboard and mouse on it, but I’ll admit I have a cheap wireless keyboard and mouse for my work laptop because I didn’t want to deal with another set of cables on the same desk, and I can’t think of a good solution for both machines to share the same keyboard and mouse without having to switch the cables between them all the time.

I worked in retail until 2016, and a few years before I left they switched all the PoS registers to Linux.

“Right to leech” is more accurate, but harder to sell

You mean the SSD chipset, or the does the enclosure have a chipset, too?

The M.2 enclosure I have gets extremely hot during periods of extended use like installing an OS or transferring large amounts of data. Not sure if it’s a problem with other enclosures, but it’s something to consider.

Either way I love the fact these people prove themselves wrong and then go to jail for it

Definitely my favorite part of the story. I’m sure that once the ballots are cast there’s some sort of verification process, because why the hell wouldn’t there be…I guess I’m just confused as to why there’s no verification when the ballots are requested in the first place. It’s one thing to commit identity theft and use a real person’s name and SSN, but the fact that you can just make up a name and SSN and get a ballot sent you you baffles me.

The article was kind of vague, but I read it to mean she obtained the fraudulent ballots using methods available to the public, not in her official capacity.

The article said she sent the fraudulent ballots to her Republican representative, I’m guessing to say “look how easy it is to get fraudulent ballots” since her rep is a conspiracy theorist who thinks the election was stolen. I’m curious if there’s a mechanism in place to catch people obtaining fraudulent ballots who don’t literally send proof of their crime to an elected official.

Ok, it is a bit disconcerting that she was so easily able to fraudulently obtain mail-in ballots. But fraudulent ballots =/= fraudulent votes. I assume there’s a method in place for verifying the authenticity of a mail-in ballot. I’m sure they check it against voter rolls. What was she trying to prove, that it’s too easy to get a mail-in ballot? Not exactly a voter fraud smoking gun 🤷‍♂️

Why does “move the country forward” always mean “let Republicans get away with being criminals and shitheads?”

Yeah that’s what I’m thinking. There’s an old Dish Network dish on my roof from the last owner. I need to get an outdoor antenna and find a way to mount it on the dish.

I downloaded an app that came with my antenna that shows where the station broadcast antennas are, but unfortunately the room I’m using it in is on the south side of my house, and the two stations I can’t get are North of me

I need to get a better antenna. I can get Fox and ABC, but NBC and CBS must be too far away.

I kinda wish the government would recognize their sovereignty, and make them pass through customs every time they leave their property, cut off their public utilities, make them apply for a work visa…you know, give them the full experience.

That’s not a bad idea. There’s actually a Unitarian church about two miles from my house. Last time I drove by there was a MAGA across the street shouting into a bullhorn, so that should at least make it interesting.