That is an insane decision made even worse by the part at the end about 2nd levels.

And on the topic of registrars, let me tell you about the bullshit I’m dealing with.

Fuck gandi.net. If you have domains registered there, MOVE THEM ASAP. If the rest of my message doesn’t convince you, maybe the fact that renewals cost $38 now will.

They got bought out in 2023. I just found that out on Monday when the domain I’ve had there for 25 years expired (despite being set to autorenew)

Just log in, right? Well my dumb ass uses that domain as a catch-all inbox. My gandi account email is [name]-gandi@[domain].com. And they use 2FA.

They don’t list a phone number and their live chat window is 8-11am Paris time. So every day this week I’ve been waking up at 4am to talk to them.

Monday: I tell them the situation. They tell me I can click the button to send the code to my phone. This button does not exist. They tell me they will email a form to fill to change the email address.

Tuesday: I concluded that if they sent it at all, it must have been to the old email. They say they will send it again. This time it works

Wednesday: having submitted the form, photos of my license, and a selfie holding my ID and the form, they respond saying I need to retake the photo because part of the form was cropped. The white space. Not the text. I provide.

Thursday: I sit in live chat queue for 30+ minutes until the time window closes. 15 minutes before it was supposed to

Today: Nothing.

Sorry to commandeer your post with a rant but I am so pissed about domains this week.

What, you don’t like dating someone who constantly talks about their ex?

doorbell camera next to a security camera photograph.

The psychological effect of a security camera (do I really need to clarify bullet and dome cameras?) is different than a doorbell camera.

There are downsides to consider…

1. Most people aren’t really phased by doorbell cameras…but everyone feels a security camera pointed at them
2. The angle is generally worse for this purpose
3. Unlike a doorbell, there is likely no existing data line or even power
4. No way to sugarcoat it, security cameras kind of looks like shit. The best you can hope for is one that doesn’t stick out too bad

There’s options for decent-looking doorbell cameras without all the fuss. I use Amcrest, I know a lot of others use Reolink

Maybe Spanish from Spain? I did years of AV networking in Chicago and Mexicans pronounce both the same lol

[Edit] I might be overthinking it but if that sounds racist, what I mean is I’ve run thousands of wires (and often traced them) when I worked on the field as an AV and networking installer. Chicago has a large Mexican population so many of my coworkers and fellow tradesmen were Hispanic. I’ve heard both words a lot

…now say “trace” with a Spanish accent. I wouldn’t call either “shitty,” though. That’s just what an accent is!

I like how the most prominent part of the screenshot is the person explaining the joke in an unfunny way

I’ve been listening to an artist who goes by [untitled] and I’m really hoping he changes that

Credit where credit’s due. That’s a good name.

Holy shit I had the same moment. Devil Like Me is what got me (and most people) into them and if you listen to the lyrics…

Did they…Cease to be?

This led to a long conversation about Naked Lunch with my friend who I’d a big Steely Dan fan

Had no idea!

Similarly, it was years before I learned where Arab Strap got their name.…

I’ve always loved the name Animals As Leaders. Humans ain’t cutting it so fuck it, the dogs are in charge now.

You know, I guess I don’t give them enough credit for that one

This is a post is about clever names.

Someone comes in and says “I looked up the band you mentioned and I don’t like it.” They don’t comment on the name nor provide any of their own.

And then you drop in with the same vague opinion and equal amount of clever names in tow.

So what have you done here besides give yourself a little hit or dopamine from saying something mean? You’ve added nothing but negatively to the post. Congratulations on saving music discourse.

Hilarious that you think “they suck ass” is taking it seriously. With takes like that, something tells me your music isn’t anything like Guthrie.

Good one, I knew it was a movie but not the Don Quixote context!

Funny how The [Name] is cyclical. Sum 41 had a music video where they jokingly changed their name to The Sums to ride the trend

Jerk is also a play on “clerk” as in Soda Jerk. Circle Jerk referring to group hog cranking is from the 60s I think

Don’t get me wrong, I was just noting the genre because it makes it even further from pornography.

I got Maroon when it came out, too, and that was the end of my interest in the band…except for singing If I Had A Million Dollars and adding my own lyrics

based on the fact that many buildings don’t have a “13th floor” because of superstition

Literally me right now on the “14th” floor