Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

[Scribe]

Gas prices are ridiculous, but I'm still not interested in applying for a loan at the pump.

Walmart does this. Pushing credit cards on you at the till. Seems...suspect.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Lawyer, so never had to serve on a jury

Common belief, but absolutely mythical.

I was called for jury duty, and when I mentioned I was a lawyer in solo practice- meaning serving could screw up a lot of other court proceedings- both the defense and prosecution chuckled. I was ultimately selected, and the trial took a week.

I was fortunate I got the gun possession case, and not either of the cases selected before me or after- both got sequestered, and lasted over a month.

 

[overgeeked]

I really like courier, and other type-writer looking fonts..

Also fun fact.. If you google "Courier Font" it changes the page to the font type.

Courier Prime. It’s an open-source font that is a modern, updated, and expanded version. Absolutely fantastic.

One of the things I notice a lot these days (because I read a lot of PDFs and, well, am getting old) is that font/text color/background color combos that might be at least tolerable on a physical page can be next to unreadable in PDF. And people seem oblivious to it (my point-at example here is the non-print-friendly version of the Star Trek Adventures PDFs. Thank the gods they had a print-friendly version too).

White text on black background is the devil. I’ve had long, pointless arguments about this with other designers who love that look. They were about 10 years younger than me so can be forgiven for having better eyes.

 

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[Thomas Shey]

White text on black background is the devil. I’ve had long, pointless arguments about this with other designers who love that look. They were about 10 years younger than me so can be forgiven for having better eyes.

There are other equivalents that are just about as bad. Pale magenta on cyan comes to mind here. Or, gods help, someone thinking light grey on black is going to work. That's even worse than white.

 

[Ryujin]

That's a common belief, but not actually true!

It really depends on where you are at. Yes, it is true that generally, lawyers don't want lawyers on the jury. However, it's not some per se rule. So, whether it's because of the area (some places have trouble getting jurors, other places, like DC, have a lot of lawyers) or because the people trying the case don't really care, or other reasons ...

Lawyers can be on the jury. Sure, they are a lot more likely to get excluded, but being an attorney isn't a "get out of jury service free" card.


Note- It is super important that you (people in general) serve on juries! I know it seems like a hassle, and it can be a hassle. But it's how the system works. Please don't shirk your duty. First, because some places take it super serious, and you can get in a lot of trouble. Second, well, it's the right thing to do.

Got called up a few months back and was released. Don't have to worry about being called up again for 2.5 years or so.

 

[Ryujin]

Common belief, but absolutely mythical.

I was called for jury duty, and when I mentioned I was a lawyer in solo practice- meaning serving could screw up a lot of other court proceedings- both the defense and prosecution chuckled. I was ultimately selected, and the trial took a week.

I was fortunate I got the gun possession case, and not either of the cases selected before me or after- both got sequestered, and lasted over a month.

It's one of those things that's true in my jurisdiction and in any of the others in which I had bothered to look, over the years, so I had begun to assume it was general practice.

 

[trappedslider]

Got called up a few months back and was released. Don't have to worry about being called up again for 2.5 years or so.

I was willing to serve on a jury but since it was a 3 to 4 hour drive (one way) to the court house, I used notes from doctors not to serve.

 

[dragoner]

I like my fonts nice and readable for my 56 year old eyes, this is roboto 11pt 13 not perfect maybe but ok, pdf is the same except with bookmarks, and hyperlinks -

Nothing fancy, maybe a little heavy, and things like the picture has purpose so I can open the book and know exactly where I am. We play mostly at the table with no electronics.

 

[Scribe]

How much do I care...