Endymion_Mallorn

Chicago? I dunno. I know what I’d suggest by NYC - a good pizza, a Rutt’s ripper, and a proper Philly cheese steak - with da wiz. Out there, I guess chicken & waffles or maybe biscuits & gravy? It’s the wrong time of year for green bean casserole.

Shared between us and them, knishes, kasha varnikes, and the Reuben sandwich isn’t unknown. So find a delicatessen.

Otherwise, chili. Homemade.

Hi, posting from Mbin. I have Lemmy & Mastodon.

Brand? Bic.

I now have even more reasons to go into Costco if it crosses a Teamsters picket.

Not the Boo Box!

Sorry, old terminology strikes again. I call any thin portable computer without an ODD or FDD a netbook; because all the damn things are good for is getting on the Internet. My actual laptop, I’ve had to do physical modding to the case to give it an ODD (and it still uses a USB port because of laziness).

Very much the opposite. The only broken USB port I’ve ever had was a USB-C port for a netbook charger.

My NDS plug (and 3DS plug) stays in so firmly I’ve had to tug on it. Are we living in Bizarro-land from each other?

Lucky you. My experience has been the opposite.

True, I’m an evolved omnivore who still requires meat proteins to properly function.

Find me a USB-C that doesn’t fall out. Every Micro-USB male plug that I’ve used has those two notches at the bottom that hold it in place. Every device I’ve had with USB-C, I have to treat it like it’s super delicate while it charges.

If they’re cheaper, I’d consider it. After all, it’s not like McDonald’s sells a lot of actual meat. Not going to give up meat, but fast-food vegetables that actually taste decent would be an interesting change.

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, the Giant Claw, The Horror of Party Beach, Them!, The Deadly Mantis and others would like a word about how their death counts and destruction are overlooked. So would the various American Godzilla movies, and Cloverfield.

The biggest difference is that the Army moves fast in US movies, where the JSDF is always waiting until the last possible moment.

That’s correct, and the fact that Apple caved from the 8-Pin Lightning connector to USB-C is one of many, many reasons I won’t be buying anything Apple again, even second-hand. The lack of a headphone jack is just one more thing that made me certain of it. If I could find a micro-USB device with a headphone jack that serves as a phone, a pager, a calculator, and an audio (various formats - MP2A,MP3A,MP4A,WAV, FLAC, OGG, WMA, etc.) player, all my problems would be solved. I have looked into featurephones, I think I’m going to be moving in that direction next time I upgrade.

I don’t see what the issue is here. They don’t want to be treated as a utility, but if they stay in New York, they’ll be regulated as a utility. They’ve dealt with it as a phone provider, and choose not to engage in the regulatory environment being put in front of them. It’s a totally reasonable choice for a business to walk away from a market if the cost of doing business would exceed the profits made.

I don’t see how it’s that quick an escalation. When someone doesn’t or can’t pay assessed fines, they go to jail. That’s just how our wealth-based justice system works. When those fines involve children, CFS/DYFS needs to get involved.

I’m also responding to the question of “ultimate refusal”, that’s not just one or two screwups, or referring anyone with a willingness to try and find a way to reduce the fines with community service time (like say, chaperoning a field trip for their kids’ classes) or the like. This is working against someone who’s planted their feet, refuses to be a good parent to their child, and refuses to pay in to the system which will inevitably have to try and clean up the mess they’re making of this tiny human’s social and mental state when that minor becomes a person.

If the parents legitimately can’t pay, then have them volunteer for the school. Let them see the consequences of their actions first-hand.

Multiple times. But no, I mean, when I saw the OP, all I could think of was “Jamie wants big boom.”

Okay. so there’s two of us who thought of Mythbusters upon seeing this.

Jamie want big boom!

Same as with any fine related to a kid. CFS gets involved, and the parents get jailed.