Steadyhands
| Favorite team: | LSU  |
| Location: | Slightly above I-10 |
| Biography: | Man who knows things. |
| Interests: | Stuff |
| Occupation: | Staying ahead, currently doing so as engineer. |
| Number of Posts: | 6775 |
| Registered on: | 5/12/2016 |
| Online Status: | Not Online |
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re: New polls today out of Arizona, Michigan, Wisconsin , and Pennsylvania
Posted by Steadyhands on 4/26/24 at 12:24 pm
[quote]For the sake of this country, I pray those are true in November.[/quote]
For the sake of this country those numbers are still scary. That's a lot of dumb mofos still voting for Biden. There's isn't a single valid reason for anyone to vote for Biden over Trump, let alone the collective of...
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re: How long would you stand in line to see Mona Lisa?
Posted by Steadyhands on 4/26/24 at 12:06 pm
[quote]quote:
The Louvre receives nine million visitors annually, and according to museum officials, the Mona Lisa is the main attraction for 80 per cent of those people. During especially busy days, 250,000 people stand in the same line my mother and I did.[/quote]
They make it sound ridiculous...
re: Fossil fuels are banned from federal buildings in a new rule
Posted by Steadyhands on 4/26/24 at 11:57 am
[quote]this will drastically increase cost of construction for all new federal buildings[/quote]
According to Jennifer, that's not true.
[quote]Just as we are helping households and businesses across the nation save money by saving energy, we are doing the same in our own federal buildings," s...
re: People who return their food everywhere they eat
Posted by Steadyhands on 4/26/24 at 10:50 am
[quote]Found the guy that loves to send food back.[/quote]
I see how you could come to that conclusion, but that is not an accurate correlation. Might have had one thing I complained about in the last five years, maybe longer....
re: People who return their food everywhere they eat
Posted by Steadyhands on 4/26/24 at 9:32 am
Why don't you stop being a bitch about it? Stop pussy footing around with this and call her out on it if it is over legitimately ridiculous stuff.
I never understand your kind of person that will bitch about something like this on all levels, likely with other family, friends, come to a message ...
re: Biden's Commencement Speech at Morehouse Proving Problematic
Posted by Steadyhands on 4/26/24 at 8:16 am
[quote]Are you telling me that Dementia Joe isn't even welcome at a mostly black university filled with voters in the 18-24 demographic?[/quote]
Sadly, all these stupid frickers will still probably vote for Biden in November....
re: Israel committing genocide?
Posted by Steadyhands on 4/26/24 at 7:55 am
[quote]People in the US have the moral culpability to care given that American tax dollars are actively funding Israel’s activities.[/quote]
People in the US don't get to choose where tax dollars are spent. Take your bs elsewhere....
re: Israel committing genocide?
Posted by Steadyhands on 4/26/24 at 6:03 am
[quote]Ok, so the other choice is to believe Israel self reporting on killing children?! That sounds even more retarded than believing the victims![/quote]
The other and best choice is to simply not give a flying frick. ...
re: USC cancels commencement ceremony
Posted by Steadyhands on 4/25/24 at 5:20 pm
[quote]Wait until they start protesting at polling stations in November keeping people from voting or getting to the polling place
It’s coming.[/quote]
The only places they are likely to get away with it are places like California, so let them roll....
re: Do you see a red coke can?
Posted by Steadyhands on 4/25/24 at 11:52 am
[quote]quote:
Curious minds would like to know the reason for this optical illusion.[/quote]
[quote]- if you sample colors in the image some of the hex codes are : 5c4f50 6f6261 352828 ba9e9b Which are all red toned
So zooming out you can see the red tones and zooming in they disappear[/quote...
re: Do you see a red coke can?
Posted by Steadyhands on 4/25/24 at 11:37 am
It's not really white, more tan or peach. The edge of the page is white and definitely not the same as the color used on the can....
re: Ford lost $40K on every EV it sold
Posted by Steadyhands on 4/25/24 at 11:29 am
[quote]quote:
They actually lost 40K FOR every EV sold.
Saying they lost 40K ON every EV sold implies that if they sold another EV they would lose another 40k.
A lot of the money lost was due to investing in technology to make the cars, not due to them selling the cars for 40k less than the p...
re: Ford lost $40K on every EV it sold
Posted by Steadyhands on 4/25/24 at 11:22 am
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Could this also be leading to other cars being more expensive? Offsetting some of their losses by raising the prices on ICE vehicles?
They mostly do this to pull up a bunch of capex depreciation and R&D expense to offset profits from other business units so they don't have to pay t...
re: OT parents, snoo yes or no?
Posted by Steadyhands on 4/24/24 at 12:43 pm
A picture would be nice. My kids are older and I don't plan on having more, but I'd still like to see new things compared to what us older parents had. I could have spent this time to look it up, but I'd rather spend it pointing out improvements for your poor thread....
re: Non-Compete agreements are now illegal nationwide!
Posted by Steadyhands on 4/23/24 at 4:59 pm
[quote]quote:
A former employer of mine spent considerable time, money, and resources to get another employee educated and credentialed. He then quit and went to work for a competitor
So what? They could have fired him any time with no warning. Is he not suppose to earn a living because they d...
re: More car insurance BS. Time to switch again
Posted by Steadyhands on 4/23/24 at 3:50 pm
Learned of something new from my agent the other day because I was in the similar boat.
No one else came in cheaper, so she just requoted the same policy from the existing company and it came back much cheaper. There was a technical name for it, but I forget. Basically it's just asking them to...
re: Non-Compete agreements are now illegal nationwide!
Posted by Steadyhands on 4/23/24 at 3:37 pm
[quote]quote:
If they weren't gaining something from it, they would have people sign them. What they are gaining is control at the individual's expense.
Did the individual gain anything?[/quote]
From the NC, doubful....
re: Non-Compete agreements are now illegal nationwide!
Posted by Steadyhands on 4/23/24 at 3:19 pm
[quote]quote:
quote:What if I sell my business to someone and then go right out and start another business just like the one I just sold? The market will determine who gets future business?
If I’m the one buying the business, I would pay a lot less if I knew the seller could turn around and star...
re: Non-Compete agreements are now illegal nationwide!
Posted by Steadyhands on 4/23/24 at 3:01 pm
[quote]quote:
it shouldn't be because it's forced upon someone.
quote:
forced
You keep using that word, but I don't think you know what it means.[/quote]
It is forced, because generally it's the same type of company having the NCs. The business uses it to take advantage of people. I...
re: Non-Compete agreements are now illegal nationwide!
Posted by Steadyhands on 4/23/24 at 2:54 pm
[quote]For starters, the individual has to be made aware of the clause and consent to it. You want the job? Those are the terms.[/quote]
Right, so business gets to bully the individual.
Now it's you want to keep the employee, pay them their worth or someone else will. The market will balance ...
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