(US) They vary wildly even in the same city. A lot of times, smaller dive bars will just be “[Name]'s Bar” or “[Name’s] Bar 2” if they have more than one. Reason for the numbering, as was explained to me, is that allows them to operate under the same liquor license.

Then you get the punny named ones like “The Pour House” or “Keglers”. Some are based on a gimmick like “The Fish Bowl” where you could order a giant glass fish bowl full of beer.

In college towns, they’re often clubs rather than bars/pubs, so you’ll see names like “Lazy Lizard”, “Liquid Lounge”, “Shooters”, etc. The biggest and most popular one when I went to college was called “Bent Willey’s”. Sex pun aside, it was on a sharp curve near Willey St, which is probably how they got it approved.

I’ve had a monochrome Brother laser printer for about 14 years now. Still using the original toner that came with it, though it’s down to about 20% or so. Prints every time I need it which isn’t very often, but when I need to print something, I actually need to print it.

Apple on Friday accused OpenAI of stealing

That’s pretty much OpenAI’s modus operandi, is it not? Like, they’ve stolen from everyone else on the planet, why did Apple think they were special? It’s like they invited the Hamburgler to their BBQ and are shocked when all the sliders disappear.

I used to think I was an excellent multi-tasker, but these days I get way more done if I just stick to one thing at a time.

Truth.

That’s why I hate the annual “what did you do this year to justify your salary?” reports we have to do. It’s like…“Was everyone else able to do their jobs? Yes? Did we get hacked this year? No? Then I was doing my job”

There’s one where Hank makes Bobby smoke a whole carton as punishment. There’s another where Peggy and Hank start smoking again and have to quit, but it’s been so long, that might actually be the same episode.

Direct

If my NAS gets sick anytime in the near future:

Probably most of them, at least in small “butterfly effect” ways. But mostly, I paid attention in class and remember how to think without having to have answers spoon fed to me. So many people I work with, of a variety of age groups, just seem to lack that skill.

You mentioned home economics, and I only had to take one semester as a required elective (yes, you read that right) and just kind of coasted through it. While I didn’t think much of it at the time, but I appreciate knowing how to use a sewing kit to make small repairs. I’ve patched several holes in my favorite “lounging around the house” robe and extended its life probably 3 times.

NVMe SSD in a USB 3 enclosure is about as fast as you’re going to get.

I queried my instance’s database. Admin privilege. The info here isn’t any kind of private information so I can share it.

OP nuked their 2 hour old account:

lemmy=# select id, actor_id, banned, deleted, published from person where name='happyhouseslave';
    id    |               actor_id                | banned | deleted |           published           
----------+---------------------------------------+--------+---------+-------------------------------
 12117366 | https://lemmy.world/u/happyhouseslave | f      | t       | 2026-06-18 13:21:00.995133+00



lemmy=# select name, deleted, removed, ap_id from post where creator_id=12117366;
         name          | deleted | removed |               ap_id               
-----------------------+---------+---------+-----------------------------------
 *Permanently Deleted* | t       | f       | https://lemmy.world/post/48327685
 *Permanently Deleted* | t       | f       | https://lemmy.world/post/48324567

One of many reasons I refuse to interact with accounts less than a week old and/or those that have no other activity history.

It’s annoying AF, agreed, but there’s no provision in the API to do anything about it. That’s just how the platform is designed to operate.

The only things we can do about it are:

1. Notice who does that frequently and refuse to interact with them (block them, tag them, remember their username, whatever works). If mods notice this, it would be nice if they’d ban those users from the community because what they do IS disruptive to the community.
2. Optionally, don’t interact with accounts younger than a week in the “ask” communities because those are known to self destruct.

If a user deletes their account or nukes the post, even admins can’t restore it as it just says “Permanently deleted”

Fair enough and was assuming it was something more unique lol

Random question unrelated to the post: There’s a brand new account, cattywampus, (u instead of a) also posting this morning. Is that an official alt or is someone trying to impersonate you? Just wondering if I should report them or not.

I used to, but I try to do better. Lately, I’ve had “blind voting” turned on in my app, so I can only see the score after I’ve voted one way or the other. Basically forces me to read and vote on the submission without being influenced by the current score.

Worked at a local pizza place my junior and senior years of high school.