The premium version has gotten a LOT better in recent months. I just fed it,

“you can’t soothe a tree” meaning

And it replied with: This phrase is not a standard idiom with a widely recognized meaning. Its interpretation depends on the context in which it is used. Literally, it means you cannot comfort or calm a tree in the way you would a sentient being, as trees do not possess emotions or consciousness that can be “soothed”. Metaphorically, it likely means:

• Some entities (problems, situations, perhaps even certain people) are unresponsive to attempts at emotional comfort or calming.
• Trying to apply emotional solutions or appeals to things that are inherently non-emotional or unchangeable is futile.
• It could describe someone who is extremely stoic, impassive, or emotionally unavailable. The specific meaning depends heavily on the situation where the phrase was encountered.

How old is your friend?!? I’m 58, and I haven’t had a landline in over 15 years

What is the loophole that makes them profitable?

Upvoting because what the fuck is that?!?

Yep. Detroit has this, too.

I have found the opposite in rural Michigan (northern US). My wife’s family has a vacation home, and skilled tradespeople are slightly cheaper around there. The place is more than an hour from any large towns, but 30 minutes from several small towns.

Maybe population is distributed differently here due to the way infrastructure is funded?

I have met one trans developer in the last 35 plus years, and I have worked at a lot of different places. I am based in the Midwestern US.

Is this more a European thing?

I was wondering what on earth the programmer socks memes were about. I guess there must be enough people somewhere to make this meme-worthy.

I came back here to say “It says right on their home page that it’s open source.” :-) I installed it & I’m running the importer now to see how well it handles large numbers of notes. Thanks much for the tip!

That is the one that I edited. You don’t see the same thing I do? (Thanks again for following up, by the way!)

I edited my post - thank you!

No but you got the city right. 🙂

I have a similar experience, but even with people in southern Ohio and Kentucky (where a lot of my current co-workers are), there is the opposite of a conservative tech-bro trend.

Where are you? My experience has been that most developers are obsessed with programming and politically liberal. I’m in the midwest, though, so maybe things are not so rosy on the west coast. It could also just be one person’s experience, but I have worked at a lot of different places in the last 35 years.

I couldn’t read this article. It is badly a need of a spelling and grammar check.

I don’t think that is true. It wasn’t a majority. (Although that’s a nitpick, it was close enough to say that about half of all voters voted for Trump.)

A more important consideration is that the majority of people who did vote for him are incredibly naive when it comes to politics. They think that the president sets gas prices, or that Trump and Musk are geniuses because they say they are. Most of them feel disenfranchised by both political parties, and this is a brick through the window of the established order. I don’t think most of the electorate thought this through much beyond that.

I honestly don’t know what difference it will make in the long run, but I don’t think it is true to say that this is what most people wanted.