Got news for you, their not protecting us from Tik Tok either.

Not sure that's the kind of technology purchase to which the OP was referring. I thought you were going to say you purchased some kind of high tech sink and was excited to hear what it did to improve your life. I mean, I can see the point but....

LOL. That was an assumption on my part. Eat at your own risk, huh?

Like everyone else here, I say buy used. Pretty much all of them spy on you or require some kind of subscription to use all of the hardware you already paid for.

Was so excited to answer this only to find the top post hit virtually every one of my suggestions.

But there is one more. This year I plan to revisit an old classic:

The Lost Boys.

We used to. They were called Vendo-mats. They had sandwiches and cakes and all kinds of things. They weren't exactly vending machines in the sense that things would fall down. The food was behind a little door you'd open after paying. I'm too young to remember what the stuff tasted like, but it seemed pretty good because the food would always have to be put in the machines fresh every day.

You mean the worst? I don't know. I'm just hopeful that I'm not actually the worst. Fingers crossed.

Nope. I'm just that bad. I feel like I have a logical mind but it just seems like the command don't do what I think they will, won't operate on a certain type of variable or Holy crap I forgot a friggin space or semi-colon or something.

Languages in order of proficiency: C++ HTML/CSS Matlab Basic Fortran (1 class taken)

But when I say proficient I seriously mean looking stuff up on the internet for every single line. And I haven't used Basic in decades.

A one out of ten. I consider myself the world's second worst programmer.

Yes but it's very few.

Hmmm, I don't get this. Usually if you're in a flood area the mortgage company requires flood insurance. If you don't get it, they get it for you and send you the bill.

But as most are saying, it's a scam. They will tell you you have flood insurance without mentioning that there are three different kinds of flood damage. Rising water is the one most of us think of, but there is flood damage cause by plumbing issues and finally wind driven water. To a home owner, it's water damage. To an insurance company it's an opportunity to either charge you three times or deny your claim.

It's great!

I see.

You've got to be a real idiot if you think the government can control the weather...

It's the Dems and Jews that can do that. You know, using space lasers. Get with the program.

People in North Korea have golf clubs?

Ummm, is this how shitposting works? It's a serious question. I really don't know.

I'm no fan of Trump but I don't believe he said that. In fact, he was complaining about the Biden/Harris response to the hurricane. On the other hand, it wouldn't surprise me. So is there a source for this or we just don't care?

So the world needs more Raptors?

No. I'm angry at, I guess the Dems or Jews, for using their space lasers to create a hurricane to attack the poor, peaceful, MAGA people of Florida.

I'm sure they'll stop this practice post haste.

Noice!

Thank you very much kind sir or madame or whatever you identify as. Very helpful.