A three-ply layered joke. Well done!

Always assumed it was grape juice, specifically Welch’s which was a popular item in the 80s/90s.

With their “air conditioner fund” tip jar

lol I read somewhere that this is how you get an unfamiliar cat to befriend you. They want to smell up close. Try it out!

Here you go! https://lifehacker.com/befriend-a-cat-with-your-earwax-1529804717

Finger in your ear and then hold it out for him to smell.

Pretty sure I saw it on Tubi last year. It has a young Randy Quaid in there too.

Seems like it may have been the firmware after all. I updated it and it seems to maintain a consistent connection now.

Thanks for the tip. I think I just assumed the firmware was up-to-date when I dusted it off and connected it to the Deck last year.

But I looked into it, found the batch file script that’s out there now that Valve doesn’t support firmware updates directly anymore, and ran the last firmware on it.

I have been trying it out and so far so good. Thanks again!

I have mine still, dongle too, but it started constantly dropping the connection to the Steam Deck and I can’t figure out why.

Maybe this is how it dies, not with a bang but with a whimper.

Mean Streets and later, Rise of the Dragon.

No, it is not.

Yes! And I recommend Unread (iOS/macOS + Local/Cloud service)

Oh god, me too. Fixing that and how having it connected to my TV disrupts every other device connected to it for some reason (HDMI-CEC problems maybe).

They have them up in Canada still.

They used to have hot peppers too before COVID.

Just the concept of a plan?

https://github.com/Lakr233/ActivateMac

Came here for this!

Reminds me of an oldie:

“Roses are red, Violets are blue. Some poems rhyme, This one don’t.”

Susan Crawford wrote on and talked about this (mis)handling of telecoms in the US context years ago, the government letting the companies divide regions up and ensure a lack of competition.

My reading of the situation in Canada for internet and wireless is that it was a historical mix of:

• lacking political will/interest to govern from day one
• a policy of letting the free market run until it’s a major problem
• follow the US lead for anything new
• and support the (then) recently de-regulated incumbent (Bell) to dominate
• give competitive advantages to Canadian companies vs allowing foreign competition even if it means worse outcomes for Canadian consumers (better to protect the Canadian economy from foreign interests than to ensure consumer best interests).