I can use right-handed scissors with my left hand, and I can knit in both directions without switching hands. I guess being ambidextrous isn’t totally useless (if I ever break my right hand, I’ll still be able to do most things), but it’s not really useful most of the time.

You’re right. I forgot about the lawsuit and settlement (for $65m). They’re both frauds.

I knew a Karla, but she was from Romania. Fantastic person. I miss her.

I taught myself programming in the 80s, then worked myself from waitress and line cook to programmer, UXD, and design lead to the point of being in the running for an Apple design award in the 2010s.

But I cared more than anything about making things FOR people. Making like easier. Making people happy. Making software that was a joy to use.

Then I got sick with something that’s neither curable nor easily manageable.

Now I’m destitute and have to choose between medicine and food, and I’m staring down homelessness. (eta I was homeless from age 16-18, and I won’t do that again now, with autoimmune dysautonomia and in my mid-50s, even if the alternative is final.)

Fuck these idiots who bought their way into nerd status (like Musk) or had one hot idea that took off and didn’t have to do anything after (this fucking guy). Hundreds or thousands of designers and programmers made these companies, and were tossed out like trash so a couple of people can be rock stars, making more per hour than most of us will see in a lifetime.

Slay the dragons.

If I’d had to bet whether this was The Onion before clicking this link, someone would be breaking my knees next week.

This timeline is absurd.

Check out !voyagerapp@lemmy.world.

It’s a fantastic Lemmy client for mobile, and the devs are quite active and responsive.

e: link format

And they recently added user tagging like on RES for Reddit. It’s so useful. Been using it like mad lately to identify trolls and sealions.

Thanks! It took me a minute to figure out how to crosspost on Lemmy, but I just did it.
Thanks for the suggestion!

I’m crossing my fingers for you!

Nice! Glad it was helpful.

I’ve heard ISP stories several times. That’s really interesting.

I’m glad you finally got it sorted. That’s a hellish process, and I hope you can at least relax now.

I found out about this because of this letter from Amazon – it was the first letter I saw from them, and will apparently be the last. No idea why this amount is different than any other amount that just goes into my account, but whatever.

They obviously know exactly who I am and where I live. I’ve had this account (and this house*) for like 25 years, and they’ve never had an issue charging me monthly fees.

If you find unclaimed funds, please comment! I’m fascinated to know, no matter how large or small.

I got $380. Not life-changing, but nice anyhow.

There are laws requiring abandoned property to be turned over to the owner’s state of residence after a set amount of time, which is how it ends up in the state’s unclaimed property holdings. There are no laws requiring the owner to be notified their property is there, though – you have to request it.

If it’s a substantial amount, lawyers have an incentive to seek you out, but for most people, it won’t be worth an outsider’s effort. It’s easy enough to claim, anyhow, so most people can just file the claim themselves.

Glad you found a life-changing amount! That’s awesome.

Gold fringe!

e: seriously, though, this isn’t weird sovcit bullshit. It’s an actual thing.

Yes, and Porthos existed before the divergence, so it still would have been the same dog in that timeline.

Yeah, we’ve known Musk is an utter moron for years now. He doesn’t need to keep proving it.

Yes thanks. They did call Archer out by name, though. Scotty says ‘so I tested it on Admiral Archer’s prize beagle’. It was explicitly that dog. (eta I just rewatched that scene to be sure)