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Comment · 9 months ago
BP stands for Backpage, a now defunct online classifieds site, which was utilized by sex workers of all kinds in its heyday.
Comment · 3 years ago
When I was growing up, someone told me that a printed map is out of date before the ink dries.
Comment · 3 years ago
That is very interesting. Do you happen to know if Rockstar Games was onboard with this? Or would this be considered fair use, given the lack of competitive overlap between the supermarket and video game industries?
Comment · 3 years ago
I do all world updates overnight for this very reason. But on my R5 3600, the longest emerge is, by far, qtwebengine, which takes just under 1.5 hours. Plus, Gentoo provides -bin versions of many packages notorious for protracted build times, such as Rust, Chromium, Firefox, etc...
Comment · 3 years ago
I would imagine that automation plays a role. And maybe car manufacturers can exercise more control over assembly lines, and don't have to worry about unforeseen environmental factors. Of course, that is just a guess, I don't know enough about construction or car manufacturing to really say.
Comment · 3 years ago
Comment · 4 years ago
That this was the work of an otherwise uninvolved opportunist is always a possibility (it came to mind while considering that the document was from Feb 10, unmarked, and had been stapled), but I am almost certain it was not done for financial gain. Maybe I am naive, but I do not think news organizations pay their confidential sources very much for their trouble. So it just seems unlikely in this case.
Comment · 4 years ago
Maybe some kind of grace period could be implemented that would allow changes like this to be undone within 24 hours or something.
Comment · 4 years ago
The teenager making minimum wage would almost certainly summon a manager.
Comment · 4 years ago
If you are going to call someone out, why not try to make it educational?
Comment · 4 years ago
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