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Re:Talking to 35 Strangers at the Gym on Tuesday May 05, 2026 @09:06AM (#48022040)
I have never worn headphones to my gym (YMCA) and I can only recall one person, a friendly, disabled man, initiating a real conversation.
Re:Sans Bullshit Sans on Saturday June 15, 2024 @09:12PM (#40693945)
The link about ligatures under the textbox leads to a page about selling annuities.
Re:Disney Layoffs 7000 People on Monday March 27, 2023 @05:03PM (#35332590)
> I think I like it better than my kids.

You would choose a cartoon over your kids?

:)

Weirdly lucrative? Not weird at all. These professions are the backbone of society.
Re:Why Are So Many Young Men Single and Sexless? on Monday February 27, 2023 @06:30AM (#34955238)
You mean men prefer women who are at peak fertility? No way.
Re:“Code” 2nd Edition Now Available on Sunday August 07, 2022 @04:02PM (#32379356)
There is a quite helpful discount code available here: https://www.microsoftpressstore.com/promotions/microsoft-par...
Re:CS101: Introduction to Computing Principles on Sunday July 10, 2022 @06:47PM (#32049950)
There is an error on the 16th slide of the second lecture: XOR only returns true when the inputs are not the same. (https://web.stanford.edu/class/cs101/lecture02.html#/16)
>2. One of the things that supposedly impacts African American families is the loss of father's to incarceration, so even if you pump in education and money, you've got a family life missing a second parent and the negative outcomes associated with that.

There's nothing "supposedly" about it; of course an absent father has an impact. And you're right, money isn't going to fix a cultural problem.

Re:My students cheated... a lot on Saturday May 28, 2022 @10:43PM (#31545818)
This was aggravating to read. The immaturity of these students is astounding. There are too many universities and too many university students.
Re:But life had other plans on Thursday March 24, 2022 @08:15AM (#30788760)
On the one hand, yes. On the other hand, if it's truly his child, why would his wife be opposed to verifying that? Not to mention that it can likely be done without her knowledge.
Supposedly it was Drew Carey who said this.