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Cake day: June 14th, 2023

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  • though some debate its use for non-medical fields.

    Those “some” are the ones who don’t know that “doctor” has been used to refer to academics for literally hundreds of years and that its usage to refer to physicians has only been relatively recently.

    Of course, I’m assuming the venn diagram of those people and the people who don’t know why Jill Biden is a doctor is just one solid circle.






  • It takes at least a month to ship things from China to the US. I’ve got a post in my history going over the math.

    If the ports are empty now, that means ships stopped sailing a month ago. If they sail today, they’ll be here mid to late June. If none have sailed in-between, it’s going to be a while before any do. And I’m not sure any ships will be sailing soon because no deals have been reached.

    Lots of companies bought extra supply in the months leading up to Lie-beration Day, so they can hold for a bit. The only question is how long will they, compared to how long Chinese shipping will resume?






  • So you will believe a rumour based on nothing

    Says Tesla. You’re a fool if someone saying “nuh uh!” is good enough for you. Especially when its the reputation of the WSJ vs. the reputation of Tesla.

    won’t believe the board of directors denying said rumour unless they sue?

    Tell me you know absolute dick-all about corporations, without telling me you know dick-all about corporations.

    I’ll give you a hint: what do you think would happen to the stock price of literally any company if the board confirmed they were ousting the CEO before the CEO was out? My dude, your native Australia has a better chance of eliminating every single venomous critter on that island than any corporate board admitting that. And that goes double for the single most overvalued stock on the planet, whose price is driven solely by the hype man’s promises.

    So yes. If and when Tesla sues the WSJ, and wins that case, then I’ll believe they were right. Until then, I’m going to treat them like the lying Nazi-enabling shit car company they are.






  • It can literally resurrect 10 year old computers.

    I’ve got a 14-year-old Toshiba that I used in college that runs a weird variant of Ubuntu called Kumander (it’s designed specifically to look and feel like Windows 7, which I think is properly nostalgic for the hardware). As long as you don’t expect the battery to last more than an hour (which about par for the course for a laptop from then) it’s perfectly serviceable as a SOHO-type machine.

    Also it can double as a self-defense weapon cause it weighs like 10 lbs.