The Official Good Ideas Thread™
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I am amazed at some of the stuff that people delete.
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U+1F926 : FACE PALM
A candidate, and not yet final, but surely a good idea.
U+1F933 on the other hand...
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Ah, to go back to the days when I did not realize that government could interfere in your life in such ways.
Yes, horrible interference by the government. Don't know how things are where you live, but where I am the overbearing government even requires me to attach a small panel on my car, both front and back, with numbers on it, so my vehicle can be identified! Those motherfuckers, violating my privacy. They make me pay money for that panel of numbers, too. And make me pay more if I want the colour to match my vehicle!
And can you believe if I drive and I haven't paid for a licence I can be fined or even gaoled? It's just revenue-raising, I have to pay a hundred bucks every five years just to keep my driver's licence! It's Orwell's 1984 all over again!
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Yes, horrible interference by the government.
Glad you agree with me. Since we are so simpatico, I will not bother to read the rest of your post as it is undoubtedly more agreement with me and not a poor attempt at Australian sarcasm. Glad we are in agreement.
Good day sir.
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I sent that to my professor in an email when I realized my code was running out of memory because I forgot the
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This was the same CIO that embarrassed a handicapped employee into quitting, by speaking exuberantly in all-team meeting, about what a wonderful job the company was doing of accommodating his disability. Naming him explicitly.
So, she worked for an asshole and that means that no women should ever negotiate their salary? You do realize that this single anecdote is far from representative?
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You do realize that this single anecdote is far from representative?
It sounds to me like i's representative of a person that is definitely bad to work for. Bosses who don't value their staff are one of the biggest negatives in any job.
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U+1F6D2 could be a good addition to the group ...
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Of course, U+1F952, U+1F955, U+1F956 and U+1F95C are all candidates.
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both front and back
Seems like overkill. Who needs numbers on the front?
I have to pay a hundred bucks every five years just to keep my driver's licence!
Double overkill! $35 dollars, and I don't have to renew again until 2049.
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You people have to pay for driver's licenses?
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You people have to pay for driver's licenses?
Yeah, but it mostly just pays for the materials involved and the people that actually have to process the paperwork. $100/5yr is just highway robbery, though.
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The monochrome option for U+1F93B gives me silly giggles.
I honestly have no idea what that's supposed to be.
Is it a person straddling an awkward massage bench?
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Maybe:
but less sexy?
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But it doesn't have badly drawn Mickey Mouse ears on its hindquarters.
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badly drawn Mickey Mouse ears on its hindquarters.
I was going to comment on that, but it did seem weird that a trademark symbol would be included in the Emoji set.
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Who needs numbers on the front?
Many speed cameras here take a photo of the front of the vehicle. Used to work out well for me when I was on a motorbike as they don't have front plates, just rear.
Police cars have automated number plate recognition technology. It's always scanning oncoming vehicles for those that are stolen or unregistered, or those owned by a disqualified driver. It's effective, as my workmate's sister can attest. She's dumb, lost her licence somehow, got caught driving while disqualified three days in a row.
$35 dollars, and I don't have to renew again until 2049.
My eyesight is tested and my photograph updated each time I renew. It seems to me that doing these things only every fifty years might be a little on the negligent side.
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You people have to pay for driver's licenses?
What kind of government paperwork do you get without paying for it?
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only every fifty years might be a little on the negligent side.
I will always keep my juvenile picture for as long as possible!
Of course, if they're using that to identify me in a strip search it might not go so well...
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I've only had a driver's license for two states and I don't recall having to pay for either of them. They probably figured the economic cost of workers having to take off four hours at a time to stand in line at the DMV only to be told you didn't cross your t's correctly so please try again tomorrow was bad enough.
Every other license I've received cost an arm and a leg though.
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Double overkill! $35 dollars, and I don't have to renew again until 2049.
I hear Austrailian roads are really expensive to maintain because the tarantulas keep digging holes in them.
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I hear Austrailian roads are really expensive to maintain because the tarantulas keep digging holes in them.
Australian. You have too many i's.
I'm trying really hard, but I don't get the joke in this one. Australia == Down Under == South America? Australia has big spiders? We do but I've never heard of them being called tarantulas. Some other meaning to tarantula? I'm lost.
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Australian. You have too many i's.
Maybe you're on a train and don't know it! Or maybe a trail.
We do but I've never heard of them being called tarantulas.
I certainly can't CBA to look up a geographically-correct type of spider just for an off-the-cuff joke, but if it makes you feel better, you can pretend I said "wallabies", "dingoes (but not the kind that ate your baby)", or "Badumna insignis".
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Many speed cameras here take a photo of the front of the vehicle. Used to work out well for me when I was on a motorbike as they don't have front plates, just rear.
We solve that by just taking photos of the front and back. Plus, speed cameras aren't as popular in Arizona as they used to be.
My eyesight is tested and my photograph updated each time I renew. It seems to me that doing these things only every fifty years might be a little on the negligent side.
If it were that simple. But actually, it's more complicated than that.
- First license (generally obtained at 16) is valid until 65.
- After your first license, you must renew every 5 years (vision test and new photo).
- If you move, you must update your address on file within 10 days. If you get caught, you can face penalties.
- Generally people request a replacement when updating their address since there are situations when you need an I'D with a current address. If your photo on file is expired (IIRC, >= 10 years old) you have to go in for the vision test and to get a new photo. Since many people move at least once every 10 years, this covers many cases.
- First license (generally obtained at 16) is valid until 65.
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speed cameras aren't as popular in Arizona as they used to be.
IKR? Used to be vans along random streets, radars that were hair-triggered, it was kinda annoying. My assumption is that they decided the (unreasonably) enormous upkeep of so many systems wasn't worth the smattering of tickets "awarded".
I think the recent traffic heatmap recently finished, so maybe I'll see more bored cops soon?
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IKR? Used to be vans along random streets, radars that were hair-triggered, it was kinda annoying. My assumption is that they decided the (unreasonably) enormous upkeep of so many systems wasn't worth the smattering of tickets "awarded".
As I recall, the company that managed the speed cameras was the only making money. The state and cities that used them were actually losing money on the contract overall, which was a big factor in the state dropping the contract.
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$100/5yr is just highway robbery, though.
Highway robbery — aka toll roads — can easily be more expensive than that.
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if it makes you feel better, you can pretend I said "wallabies", "dingoes (but not the kind that ate your baby)", or "Badumna insignis".
I'm gonna go with wombats. Definitely wombats.
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That's a cutie mark.
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wombats
Is that the local brand of autonomous vacuum cleaners?
Why Jonathan Ross Can't Pronounce His Rs – 03:15
— Tom Scott
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That makes more sense than my initial thought, which did involve a… biological process on the part of the figure in the picture. Who is also sliding down a razor blade.
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Highway robbery — aka toll roads — can easily be more expensive than that.
I wouldn't know. I've never used one.
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Imagine having to pay to get on a six-lane highway that's only 20 miles long and takes almost two hours to travel.
Filed Under: Chicago, never again.
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The monochrome option for U+1F93B gives me silly giggles.
It's better than the color version. My first thought was kids-backyard-party.
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Mind. Blown.
I've been pronouncing my Rs wrong my entire life. I didn't even know there was another way. I've never been able to work out how people roll their Rs but now I know why I can't.
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You people have to pay for driver's licenses?
Its 2X our monthly minimal wage here, with a low approval rate, so people have to try several times.
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I'm gonna go with wombats. Definitely wombats.
Wombats do indeed dig rather large holes. Wallabies, not so much.
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I've been pronouncing my Rs wrong my entire life. I didn't even know there was another way. I've never been able to work out how people roll their Rs but now I know why I can't.
OK, you inspired me to actually watch the video. I get the rolled R bit, but I didn't follow the way he talked about pronouncing a "normal" R. Basically, my tongue feels like it's curved with the sides up and the middle down, with the sides pressing against my upper teeth.
I learned to roll my Rs while taking Spanish in high school. My tongue is very relaxed when I do that. Very different than a normal R sound.
( must be in there somewhere)
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( must be in there somewhere)
Purely in the interest of science(? Something, whatever) If you substitute "rim" for "roll", somebodies (I would @mention them, but I am not sure who the owner is) whotsit will have a fit.
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Hearing Tim Curry and then Sylvester Stallone say that "round and round the ragged rock" sentence in Oscar was pretty funny.
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Hearing Tim Curry and then Sylvester Stallone say that "round and round the ragged rock" sentence in Oscar was pretty funny.
Linky? I could google but I'm too lazy.
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Tim Curry in Oscar 1 – 06:29
— tonolaWatch to 3:57 for an amusing variant sentence.
Then go rent the movie because it's hilarious and more or less completely unlike anything else Stallone's done, except Stop, or My Mom Will Shoot!.
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Good idea: DIY videos like this...
How many times did you have to watch it to get your new thermostat installed correctly? ;)
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Several. And I replaced our thermostat months ago. Just wanted to make sure I did it correctly. ;)
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Wait, how can I watch that embedded here, but if I open a new tab, Youtube wants me to sign in to prove I'm old enough to watch what I assume are covered titties?
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Several. And I replaced our thermostat months ago. Just wanted to make sure I did it correctly. ;)
So...just curious...while installing it, did you wear the proper gold bikini?