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A long time ago I eliminated HP as a choice for household tech. The precipitating event being a customer service person trying to convince me that malfunctioning software was a feature, not a bug and then when the problem was escalated to a higher level of tech support, the technician bricked the computer. After that was recovered a couple of weeks later we were moving it, a laptop and the motherboard cracked. A known problem in that model.
Then there were the printers… Never HP.
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Decades ago I spent a chunk of my annual bonus on one of the early HP Deskjet 300-dpi printers. It was a glorious piece of consumer tech: rugged, reliable, accurate. Then Carly Fiorina arrived, and killed “The HP Way”. They still do solid technical work in some areas — eg, HPE builds most of the world’s biggest supercomputers — but consumer goods quality plummeted.
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The dismantling of everything about government that works or is important continues apace.
The administration has changed a rule that governs the endangered species act, which will make it much harder for critically endangered species to survive.
Trump, Ending Decades of Protection, Opens Wild Habitats to Drilling and Mining
The rule change ends a safeguard that had been in place for 50 years and could hasten the demise of imperiled animals.
There are some things this administration is destroying that will take years to correct. Some, like this move, will do irreparable damage.
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State of the theme… The title at the top of individual posts is rendered in a ginormous font (with, on my browser, the silly precision of 57.9023 pixels). More importantly, it has the “!important” flag set, indicating that the browser should not change the size. I’ve mentioned before that I have a bunch of JavaScript that runs against almost every page I download, adjusting fonts, sizes, and spacing to produce a consistent appearance. (And in my opinion, easier to read than many layouts.) The “!important” flag blocks such adjustments. Neither you nor the theme author ought to be telling me that the title must be 57.9023 pixels tall.
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It’s the !important qualifier added to it, that says “this takes precedence over all other attempts to set the font size for this element.” Not quite strictly true — if two rules are marked !important, then specificity rank comes back, but only between those two. There are legitimate uses for !important, but at least in my mind, forcing the font size for H2 headings isn’t one of them.
I’ve found a workaround. The !important tag is in a class definition. I can remove the class from the particular element, then my size change works.
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Remember the mass protests in Albania over a Kushner resort plan? They may have been unnecessary.
A Miami-based businessman wanted in Albania for allegedly laundering drug money is suspected of faking the deeds to land where Jared Kushner wants to build a multi-billion-dollar resort, the country’s organised crime-fighting agency said in case files reviewed by Reuters.
At least these fwcks are consistent.
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I was struck by a comment that Platner made about not being informed by the political recruiters of how invasive the campaign would be to his personal privacy. This is a telling remark as it does implies he knew he had skeletons that would be extremely painful if unearthed.
The Nation has an article about the lack of vetting Platner received before he was supported as a candidate. Worth a read, as it addresses a weakness in the search for progressive political talent in an age when campaigning can ruin one’s life. No one’s perfect, which is why presumably many talented people don’t run for office in the first place.
As a veteran I encourage Platner to continue recovery and becoming healthier every day.
As a Me Too-er, I have to listen to the reports of sexual misconduct and rape.
As a voter, I am outraged that, once again, people were not told the truth by the political operators early in the election process.
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I was struck by a comment that Platner made about not being informed by the political recruiters of how invasive the campaign would be to his personal privacy.
Good lord. Has he been under a f*cking rock for the last 25 years? He is 41 years old. There is simply no excuse for that particular blend of stupid + naive.
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Important update: I think I found the means to rid Google search of AI overviews. here’s the link to the Bluesky post, and one to the Reddit post with the instructions.
I had this set up in my old PC and it worked. I just set it up now in the new PC, and it seems to be working.
Good luck.
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Against my better judgment, I entered the department’s pool for the remainder of the snoozefest (quarter finals to the merciful but temporary end to this corrupt affair). It’s a lousy bet, after all, and the small number of plays vs the large number of participants begs for a tie.
So I bet against the conventional wisdom. Lower odds, but a better chance of taking it all if it paid off (narrator: it didn’t pay off).
So I had Norway 3-1 over England.
I’ll have Copilot fill out the rest of the games.
Oh, by the looks of it, your country’s next game ought to be Falklands War III. I was present for the opening skirmishes of FW II (Wikipedia assures me 114,582 out of 114,583 present that day saw the hand). May you win this time. God save the queen and all that…
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Teams from the Americas tend to win the snoozefest when it’s played in their continent. Likewise teams from Europe when played in theirs. I know of two exceptions.
The Swiss should pledge one chocolate bar for every person in the world if they win the first place trophy. That should ease the annoyance.
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