I’m so fortunate I had a dentist that isn’t a piece of shit. Nothing she ever said sounded far fetched or like she was trying to get some cash. She unfortunately retired last year, but the other dentists at the practice seem good so far.

Long story short, I had an endodontist say I needed to pull a tooth because there was an infection, and my new dentist could do that. But he said he didn’t think it needed to be done and to go to another endodontist. Turns out the second opinion was to just get a root canal. In and out in fifteen minutes, and I still have my tooth.

So not all dentists are bad!

flips chair around and sits down

“You know who ELSE was a…”

Wait; I don’t think this joke works this time…

True. And that is a lot of people. But I was assuming way more than that based on the headline.

kidRidingBikeAndPuttingStickIntoSpokes.meme

Though the article says they went from 1,900 to 1,700 employees, so not necessarily a huge amount relatively.

fReE sPeEcH AbSoLuTiOnIsT

I’m curious of who down the line capitulated to Bezos.

He could say “don’t endorse!” but someone there also has to say “ok boss!”

They could still run the endorsement. Someone may get fired for it, but Bezos isn’t down in the newsroom hitting the big STOP THE PRESSES button that shuts the whole operation down.

Bezos is also using his ownership of the Washington Post to silence the journalists there. So that’s fun.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/25/jeff-bezos-killed-washington-post-endorsement-of-kamala-harris-.html

Weirdly they are bringing back the PS/2 port.

One port!

Buy our special dongle to connect anything to it. It costs $200!

Barring an insane price jump, I may very well have a new little Mac Mini in a couple of weeks.

I’m very much due for an upgrade. But this one I’m using now has been really reliable for being 10 years old.

I happen to have a friend who works at Firaxis and worked on Midnight Suns. I am really happy for him/the team that game came out as well as it did.

The overworld running could certainly be better, but overall that game is super good. I really like the turn from Xcom of a somewhat fake 97% to hit (where your character right next to an alien will still miss) to simply having everything hit but it’s restricted by the skills you have at hand in that moment. I’d be more excited about a Midnight Suns 2 than Civ VII, honestly.

Excellent!

Kobo can connect to libraries via apps like Libby (or others), right?

I totally get that. And I have had that same experience once or twice. I break my own rule on those rare occasions where somehow the thing is only there.

The last time I bought from Amazon that I remember was in 2021 when I was putting together a new keyboard. Somehow they were the only ones that had the key caps I wanted. The only other place I could find them was Alibaba, and the shipping there was going to be literally 2 months according to the site.

But for normal items, I go to the seller as much as possible.*

(*And I know for some sellers it’s actually cheaper for them to use Amazon for shipping. I get it. But also, still, I don’t want to give Bezos money so I avoid it if possible.)

Reminder: don’t buy things from Amazon.

Like, anything.

“But fast shipping!” No. Stop. Most places now have pretty good shipping, often for free if you happen to buy a certain amount. It’s OK if the thing comes in 3-5 days and not tomorrow. You will survive.*

*I know there’s a couple of niche cases where some people do need things quick and Amazon serves that purpose. But 99.999% of things are not that.

“Bro I can’t wavedash in Ultimate.”

Switch 2 on the horizon, eh?

So…Smash Bros. Ultimate + to come out holiday 2026 or spring 2027?

Literally just fix the online experience and that game will live on forever.

Proponents of the measure are calling it a hard-fought victory to restore full rights to citizens who have paid their debt to society.

Yep. Makes sense. Especially when we have a real possibility of a felon president.

What does “focuses on DEI” even mean? That it has non-white people?

Some stories don’t have straight, white people. That doesn’t mean there’s some agenda going on.

Wait, so the monitor has some sort of network capability?

I assume it’s full of streaming apps or something and they just also added this fun ad junk to it.