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That card lock isn’t to keep someone else from stealing your card, it’s to make you take it. As long as the machine will only do what you’ve asked after you take your card, the bank isn’t responsible for your card at all.

I’ve seen machines that still hold the card so it can’t be removed (even though it remains visible), and will only release the card before completing whatever transaction you’ve asked it to do. Like, you have to take the card before it’ll tell you your balance or give you cash or whatever. This is 100% a “we’re not taking responsibility for you leaving your card in the machine” thing.

Definitely plausible, but source?

That’s … not a legitimate use.

My wife has accused me of mansplaining when I really was just sharing the information I had in my head about “the thing” because I was proud of myself about that.

There’s also the “You may already know all this, but it’s worth saying out loud anyway.”

I’m not saying mansplaining isn’t a thing - it certainly is - but there are other innocent “info dump” kinds of things that can look like mansplaining but weren’t intended to be. I try to be very clear about why I am info dumping when I do, but I’m not always able to catch myself in time.

#TouchOfTheTism

Used to be a bar in Madison, WI, where every Sunday morning was “Smut ‘N’ Eggs”. Kitchen would cook breakfast food, porn playing on all the TVs. It was glorious.

Okay, let’s talk about gear.

Helmets keep you alive. If you’re not wearing a helmet with a chin bar (full or modular), you don’t care about your face. On such a helmet, the face shield keeps shit out of your eyes and noise out of your ears. If your helmet does not mitigate wind noise very well, you should be wearing earplugs. Tinnitus is no joke. I like the ones with the little plastic filter in them, but even cheap disposable foam ones are better than nothing, and yes, you will still be able to hear traffic noises just fine.

You’ll want to replace your helmet every three to five years, because the foam inside degrades and loses its ability to absorb impact. If you accidentally drop your empty helmet on the ground, it’s fine; if the helmet hits the ground with your head in it, it’s time for a new one.

Airbag vests are great and offer protection from organ damage due to impact. You like your organs. I believe there are also helmets that have neck airbags in them to keep your head from snapping around and breaking your neck.

The rest of the gear is to reduce injury. You won’t die without it, but you will hurt. Maybe a lot.

Gloves, pants, jacket all prevent abrasions. Tall boots with proper stiffening also keep your ankles from getting broken. The armor pads are designed to protect the areas of your body that are most likely to skid against the ground: knuckles, palms, knees, butt, elbows, back. All of this gear doesn’t have to be replaced on any time schedule, or if you slide in it, but you can easily determine whether it’s damaged enough to need replacing. Armor pads are normally removable in jackets and pants.

Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

Whether you had fun and the quality of the movie are not entirely related.

“Eliminate DEI content” actually means “government-sponsored open bigotry”.

DEI is bad! Treat everyone based on their merits! Remove the bio pages for anyone not white and male!

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Define “sexual material.” What about the minors who get sexual gratification from Linux installation media repository mirrors?

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Intentional.

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For the uninitiated, the inside plastic panel is for insulation and sound deadening. Nothing to do with safety.