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  • gastroglizzy@piefed.socialtoMemes@sopuli.xyz•Why?
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    3 hours ago

    You own the Apple cable and are responsible for the repairs, Apple sells replacements, so they’re built to die and require replacement quickly.

    Back in the day, the phone company owned the phone and was responsible for the repairs, so they were built to last.





  • Is that tongue-and-groove shiplap boards for the treads? If so, those are interior boards; they’re likely made of MDF and won’t last long outdoors in the weather.

    Why not just run the screws in from the top of the tread down into the stringer? The angle is what’s causing the splitting; the screw is putting pressure perpendicular to the grain, pulling it apart.

    Going into the side of the stringer like that, it’s a good idea to drill out your screw holes but is looks like that wasn’t done.

    There’s a big ass shim under the leftmost stringer. The rightmost stringer doesn’t even look like it’s touching the ground. Second from the left is only partially touching the ground and needs a shim. None of the stringers are attached to the ground. I would use joist hangers and tap cons going into the concrete.

    The split stringers need to come out and be remade, which means the whole staircase needs to come apart. All of the stringers should touch the ground and be anchored to the ground.

    Everything needs to be made of pressure treated, preferably ground contact rated, lumber. At minimum, the stringers should be rated for ground contact and the treads should be pressure treated.

    Also, file your permits. If you get caught building unpermitted stairs, you’ll be fined and have to tear them down. If they break and injure someone, your homeowners insurance won’t cover it because you negligently built an unpermitted structure, which means you’re personally on the hook for any judgements levied to grant their relief.




  • In general, shared accounts/credentials aren’t recommended; each user should have their own account. Even in a homelab setting, the audit trail may prove useful in ways that are difficult to foresee.

    In general, separation of privileges is recommended. However, the granularity should be informed by the risks mitigated. In an enterprise setting, more risks are generally mitigated by more granularity. In a homelab setting, there are diminishing returns. A risk assessment will determine the appropriate configuration in your environment, but in general, if the scope or severity of an incident wouldn’t be substantially lessened, it is better to accept the risk than to mitigate it.





  • Investigation concluded, so he was investigated and held accountable. Suspended for one semester, couldn’t have been that serious. He was punished for what he did. It was ten years ago. Seems to me like the problem was long ago dealt with and resolved. At what point should people be allowed to move on and be forgiven?

    Why are we so angry about this but not the rapist in the White House who still hasn’t been investigated or held accountable?






  • For the most part, I agree with you. But for the people out there who are serial murderers, serial rapists, serial child molesters, people who have done horrible, terrible things, we know for sure they did it, there’s no doubt about it, they admit to doing it, they swear they’ll do it again as soon as they get the chance…

    Yeah, kill those mother fuckers. It’s a waste of time trying to rehabilitate them, a waste of money keeping them in a cage, and a danger to society to let them out. What else are you supposed to do with a problem like that?


  • The specifications for all varieties of “9mm” cartridges (9x17, 9x18, and 9x19) actually call for a projectile with a diameter of 0.355 inches, which is actually 9.017 millimeters.

    Similarly, the specification for .38 Special calls for a projectile with a diameter of 0.357 inches.

    If you measure the barrel of any firearm chambered in any variety of 9mm, .38 Special, or .357 Magnum, you’ll find that they’re all ostensibly .35 caliber (0.350 inches).

    Why? Well, the simplest answer is, things aren’t always what they’re called. In the world of cartridge designations, there are many, many such idiosyncrasies; these are only scratching the surface. I find this interesting because many people perceive cartridge designations as being very uniform, logical, and standardized, but the actual truth is far from that.

    In some cases, the number is even made bigger just to make it sound more powerful, such is the case with .460 S&W Magnum, which is a more powerful version of .454 Casull, which itself is a more powerful version of .45 Colt, all of which actually fire a projectile with a diameter measuring 0.452 inches.