cuttysnark

Have a look at SiteSucker[0] - an app that essentially lets you input a url and it will suck all the locally linked files/images etc. into a folder. Once you have the "guts" of the site, you can move it, grep it, edit and update it as needed. Given this appears to be a static site, you could even just open index.html in the browser (file:/// protocol) locally without having to spin up webserver while you develop.

This is the path of least resistance and perhaps the easier route versus rebuilding from scratch for a modern platform—which is also a different price tag. IMO, sucking the static site out without needing to deal with Dreamweaver on an old machine might be reason enough.

I'm not doubting the Dreamweaver claim, but I don't see any of the stink of a site generator—it looks rather simple and handwritten—doesn't even have the generator meta tag listing Dreamweaver—I wonder if Dreamweaver was only used for the FTP interface/connection to upload the files to Webhero.

My TL;DR Advice:

  1. Gain access to the old laptop only to get the FTP upload details/credentials for Webhero. 
  2. Use SiteSucker to get the whole website into a local folder on your machine.
  3. Make changes/updates by editing the files.
  4. Deploy by FTP Upload to Webhero.

[0]- https://ricks-apps.com/osx/sitesucker/index.html

UNEXPECTED ITEM IN BAGGING AREA

If one is buying in a hurry, or just a handful of things, or maybe "sensitive" items at the pharmacy, self-checkout is a nice-to-have. Apart from that, it's been a PITA that I can only assume is even worse for people who don't spend their lives working with computers, debugging systems or finicky UIs/bad apps.

edge of the galaxy: 'if when that then wherever where while for'

I can't seem to find an explicit save or export option apart from File > Print. Using that, the Chrome print dialog, "More Settings" allows it to be opened in Preview or "Print Using System Dialog" where it can be saved to PDF.

Alternatively, I just screen captured the rendered image with MacOs "copy selected region to clipboard" command.

I was confused too, but I'm stubborn, eventually figured out:

Clicking "Draw Fast" creates a box with the label "a city skyline"—drawing in that box will render an image to the right as you draw.

Double-clicking the box that "Draw Fast" produces allows you to edit the tag which says "city skyline" by default—allowing you to change what it renders as you sketch.

> deeply emotionally retarded

It's best to lead by example. There are a million other words to use to express how you feel about this. Consider shaking your vocab tree. I come in peace.

Edit: I stand corrected. I was unaware that this phrase is acceptable and even commonly used. My apologies.

The main issue is that the Progressive Left views Jews as "privileged whites"—not a minority group with a history of persecution. Despite what you've written, and the various antisemitism surveys you quote but don't link, the past few weeks have shown (me) this (antisemitism, indifference to the state of Israel) is very much a Progressive Left issue. You may call out the Right for many things, and I'd join you—But this has got nothing to do with them.

"C'mon, man! Your computer codes are munitions, Jack. And they belong to the US Government."

Ah, the ol' papal endorsement—that'll encourage the kids! /s

I tore my acl and meniscus by jumping from what I thought was a reasonable height. Evidently all my weight landing on one leg was too much. Did indeed hear a "pop". I remember talking with doctor and they mentioned to me that football players often tear their acl/meniscus and "don't immediately realize" because of the all the surrounding muscle that compensates. In my case, I immediately realized.

Nearly two decades later, this cadaver* replacement feels much stronger than the stock.

*I also learned you could opt for your own tissue or from a cadaver. With your own tissue, recovery was longer. With cadaver, they cautioned there was a "non-zero" (read:infinitesimal) chance of contracting HIV. I thought that was an unusual disclaimer.

What you're selling can be sold without racially-charged memes. Thanks for understanding.

My issue is with the implication of a skin color. I don't need a book to know that's wrong. Can't be hand-waved away, I'm afraid.

> why the meme "have the audacity of a mediocre white man" is so important.

Important? I avoid people who are comfortable speaking like this. If someone said this to me in real life, I'd make a mental note that they're not to be taken seriously, or worse, potentially dangerous.

Some of the classrooms in my high school had TV/VCR mounted in the corner from the ceiling. Used for the odd VHS, usually by a sub. As such, no one dreamed they had cable—we learned on 9/11 they did. I guess the teachers were willing to let that secret out—so we could all watch the news.

There's a recycling plant not far from where I take the train. In their yard, they have large (5' x 3') concrete blocks that are "stackable" in that they have voids in their bottoms that fit their counterpart's ridges on the tops—just like a lego.

They stack these 4 or 5 high and create huge U-shaped corrals for various types of metals.

My town does something similar to store rock stalk for the winter—these blocks are stacked and a pre-fab roof is placed directly on top.

To my knowledge, there is no mortar or rebar of any kind, and it can be undone and reworked into another configuration with just a forklift.

These are meant to be temporary, but have been there for >8 and >5 years respectively.

Somewhat related: The famed "Jersey Divider" is cast in a similar way, albeit without any consideration for vertical stacking.

AOL had a 45 minute idle timeout, meaning you'd be logged out regardless of what was happening on your screen if you weren't moving the mouse or using the keyboard. This was a problem if you wanted to download files and have them in the morning.

Making my first "idler" in Visual Basic (which sent a string of whatever song was playing in Winamp to a random AOL chatroom where I was the only person) meant my inactive timer was reset every few minutes.

AOL, "progs", Visual Basic—and the "scene" in AOL chatrooms at that time—hold a special place in my heart.

how it started:

> made using stem cells, looks like a textbook example of a real 14-day-old embryo.

> It even released hormones that turned a pregnancy test positive in the lab.

how it's going:

> The researchers stress it would be unethical, illegal and actually impossible to achieve a pregnancy using these embryo models.

Bed bugs can go for ages without feeding; the only real way to kill them en masse is extreme heat—e.g. the dryer. There are services that come and seal your house up and then essentially pump 125F heat into it, to kill the bedbugs (bugs @ 120F, eggs @ 125F). If suppose if your shed gets to ~125F in the summer, should be good. Point being: heat > time-since-last-meal for bedbugs. (unfortunately I am speaking from experience)

Edit/addendum: The bed-bug-sniffing-dog, while a very good boy, is a total scam.

I was humbled and inspired by the creativity and resourcefulness of some prison inmates. There's a Youtube channel[0] where they recreate "dishes" that can only be sourced from the commissary or leftovers from a provided meal. Ones I saw included: Laffy Taffy, ice cream and a breakfast burrito. I now look at my small kitchen in a different light.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1nWOkoNQWM

IME: "giving a pass [to]" is synonymous with "making an exception [for]". Whereas "passing up" or "passing on" (or as you said "passing over") would be closest to "not taking" or "skipping".

OP said they "give a pass to" two veggies and despise all others. So I read it as they were making an exception to their "no canned veggies" rule.

> natural continuation of being able to Photoshop people's faces

This is where I'm at as well, where it differs IMO is: the throughput/variety and the zero barrier to entry—even the most gifted 'shopper could only work so fast and with whatever available media. It would be possible to deconstruct the image to know face from X, background from Y. And still, virtually all photoshops have "tells" — they're "off" with regard to lighting, perspective, etc. and it varies from artist to artist.

Tools exist that can tell which pixels were "disturbed" or otherwise inconsistent with the rest of the image. Being able to spot a Photoshopped image is an internet joke and true life skill—"it's a 'shop. I can tell by the pixels and from years of seeing 'shops"

AI-generated images removes the maker's mark, and despite hilariously struggling with anatomy, seldom gets lighting or coloring "wrong" in a way that a human might.

all they are saying, is give beans a pass (from canned vegetable jail)

Funny memory from childhood: kale used to be used for decoration on buffets and on served plates—you weren't expected to eat it.

Kale had an incredible PR campaign that turned it from scraps to leading leaf.

> Since the library is meant to be used in a web app, how would the app be accessed without internet access

If a website still works when wifi is disabled, it's because the entirety of the application has been downloaded and cached by the browser; no further Network requests are needed—or invoked by something the user might want to do, like scanning another barcode.

If scanning a barcode requires a GET, POST, PUT etc. somewhere, it won't work offline.

If scanning a barcode only requires reusing a cached script/function/asset, it should work offline.

Good luck to you. Coup d'etat isn't something everyone can say that they participated in. This will either work out well and you'll be high-fiving the remaining team—or you're all getting fired. Simple as.

FWIW, I've worked at places (plural) like the one you've described. In my experience, "reading the writing on the wall" and focusing on my resume and marketability (in preparation for leaving) was "the move". I burnt no bridges, even when I really wanted to.

> Forgive me if I don't exactly take "I can't commit crime as easily" as a good justification for anything.

That was half of it—the other half was some businesses would prefer to not have a credit card processor party to their sale. It could be for a number of reasons that that are perfectly valid and legal.

> If you don't like the tax law, work on getting it changed or move your business

Also, to be clear, I am but a messenger. I don't own a business or take cash or credit card payments. If I did, I reckon I'd report them accurately for fear of getting audited and hauled off to prison—but I do appreciate your enthusiasm.

I like your analogy, but it excludes a reason I've heard from at least a few candid bar owners in NYC: "Do you know how much money you can hide in these drawers?" Which is to say "do you have any idea how peaceful it is to use the restroom with a locking door and no security cameras?"

I'm not saying I agree with or endorse tax evasion—but some are doing it for this very reason, while others simply don't want a 3rd party to their b2c transactions (for whatever reason) and are ready and willing to lose customers who only want to pay in plastic. Some even offer the consolation ATM on-premises.

> Meta faces a penalty of one thousand euros per day, up to a maximum of one hundred thousand euros, if it fails to comply with the court's decision.

Well that settles that, then.

The difference in deodorant application frequency amongst participants was the most interesting take away for me. Some tracked as many as fourteen applications to their counterpart's zero. That alone should create a subcategory.

> ... such little hardware (just a small PCB) in the Nest.

> ... have usable and rootable hardware on them to run custom LLMs

All the heavy-lifting is done on the server, hence the board replacement—no need to root. Install your own board with your own firmware which communicates with your own API/servers—where all heavy-lifting is done.

"smart assistants" are glorified iOT microphone/speaker combos which get all their magic from their connected microservices. A warrantless wiretap, if you will.