As someone who recently built a new home (not with DR Horton because they are complete trash), the solution to this issue rests in the inspection process.

Especially with a builder well-known for shoddy workmanship, you have to have every single phase of the house inspected and you need to be onsite regularly to point out things to the builder. Also, while builders are giving such incredible incentives on spec homes with like 4.5% rates, sometimes, it isn’t worthwhile in the end because you miss out on the option of having the house inspected at every point.

DR Horton has a neighborhood a few streets from mine and I could have had a bigger home for possibly cheaper, but I refused to use them. I had an inspection at just pre-drywall and pre-close, but a DR Horton home requires inspections at the initial dig, pre-foundation pouring, post-pouring, framing, electrical and plumbing, pre-insulation, post-drywall, flooring installation, pre-close, and then an 11-month inspection, too. And, if the builder says things like “the inspector can’t go onto the roof” or “we don’t have to fix anything that the inspector finds” walk. Regardless of the incentives, the headache is not worth the offer.

Your printer looks a little bit furry.

If only interest rates could drop to the same levels…

Wow, look at the time! It’s 1984 already!

Introducing, Barb-GPT! You talk to Barbie and she talks back! If you tell Barbie your secrets, she can give you fun tips in return.

Tell Barbie that Mommy and Daddy have discussed not being able to afford another kid, and Barbie will have the government anti-abortion squad at your door tomorrow. Whisper to Barbie that Grandma’s legal status is not entirely clear and Barbie will have ICE take care of all Grandma’s problems. Share to Barbie that your big sister in college has expressed political views that don’t align with Dear Leader, and Barbie will ensure that you’ll never have to share a room with that mean sister ever again!

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Osmosis Jones.

A half-and-half cartoon and live action film with Chris Rock as the titular character from the late-90s/early-00s. The movie was a flop, but I think it had more to do with lousy marketing. It was actually pretty good and a fun way to look at how things affect the human body.

David Hyde Pierce as the enormous Pill was a great choice, and Bill Murray was hilarious.

They have almost no content library these days. I’m actually surprised that it is as high as it is.

Your Minecraft posts got me thinking about getting back into again on PC. What version are we on these days?

Naturally. Mom and Pops aren’t creating value for the shareholders, so they just got to go.

They don’t have to raise prices. They are choosing to raise prices, and let’s be honest here, I doubt that they really needed a reason to raise prices at all. These retailers were just waiting for the opportunity.

And…I’d love to see how quickly these same retailers drop their prices when these tariffs are lifted.

We’re only nerds if we come out of the Silicon Valley region of California. Otherwise, we are just sparkling geeks.

“It never…happened!”

Why do these people always have inane, yet insufferable sons?

Well, I and my 159 tabs are feeling entitled.

The Second Lady had planned to visit the Danish territory this week alongside other senior US government figures in a visit that had been described as a “provocation” by Greenland’s acting head of government Mute Egede.

It was later announced that JD Vance would be joining his wife on the visit, which was set to come after months of the Trump administration voicing their desire to take over the territory.

Usha Vance had been set to spend several days in Greenland on a “cultural visit.”

However, changes were subsequently made to the trip, which the White House confirmed on Tuesday would only involve the Vances visiting the US Pituffik Space Base, on the north-western coast.

Now, Danish broadcaster TV2 has reported that part of Mrs Vance’s visit to the capital of Nuuk was cancelled after US representatives failed to find any locals who wanted to greet the Second Lady.

Seriously though, why would anyone think this was a good idea in the first place? First off, I didn’t even know the “Second Lady” really did anything like this kind of stuff at all, and secondly, why would locals care about someone who is essential a random foreigner coming to pave the way for chaos?

She’s not Princess Diana. Five years ago, her husband was a certified nobody and now they want to drum up flowers and cheers from locals in another country for the wife of someone who is a half-step from being just some random NPC?

For Voyager, where is Year of Hell??

I’m with you on all the others, but Year of Hell is probably my favorite episode of all the Treks.

Like any Trek, it takes about 2-2.5 seasons for the show to find itself and reach excellence.

Take the good with the bad, and you’ll get to the amazing parts in short time.

The moment you mention the Terminal, it’s a wrap for most users.

That said, Ubuntu is at a point where you could almost entirely avoid the Terminal if you wanted. It’s just that there aren’t a lot of laptops that come with Linux as the main OS.

I’ve got a 12 and will be upgrading to a 15 Pro mainly due to my current phone having a scratch and I really want the USB-C charging option so that I can finally have a single charger type for everything.

Outside of the USB-C change, I don’t see much of a difference between my current 12 and the base 15, hence why I’m going for the 15 Pro. If not for the USB-C, I’d be sticking with my lightly-scratched 12.