Grant_us_eyes
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Grant_us_eyes
7mo ago
It makes perfect sense. I'm already paying thousands for said car - why does it not include the necessary software already?
new car
If I wanted to get a new car to replace the one I have(I don't), I couldn't even go with the latest make and model as they literally don't release them in America any more.
Nor am I skeptical that I could purchase one with similar performance and at a similar price. The MRSP for the model I own has gone up, not down. That's not normal.
Hopefully I won't have to find out any time soon.
Grant_us_eyes
2mo ago
appease their loud contingents of leftist female employees
You would think so, but apparently not. It has little to do with female appeasement, and has far more to do with trans appeasement.
Grant_us_eyes
2mo ago
he's going to act like the Harkonnens
I mean... if you've read the books, there's a very good reason for this.
Grant_us_eyes
6mo ago
My search and reference skills are clearly lacking at the moment, so I have to be the one to ask; 'The Hock'?
Grant_us_eyes
9mo ago
Female Dating Strategy.
Grant_us_eyes
9mo ago
I recall an article/blogpost from way back when about a woman doing exactly tit for tat, though if you ask me for specifics, I'm afraid it'll take a while for me to find it.
It did not work out the way she was expecting. Spoilers: The guys loved it.
Grant_us_eyes
1yr ago
Coolness only carries so far; You need an active initiative and local culture to really support it. (Which is why cajun-french lasted as long as it did, really.)
A friend of mine can understand both Cajun-french and German(due to his older relatives), but that doesn't mean he can speak it.
Well, beyond the swear words.
Contrasting that, while my grandfather could understand the language of the home country, he couldn't speak it - because his father and mother made a point not to have him speak it, and there was little benefit to knowing a second language when you were supposed to be American.
Still, recent changes in outlook has resulted in a rush to preserve the language, and Louisiana is one of the few places that has local governments having in-place bilingual laws and whatnot. But given how the older generation is slowly dying out... well. We'll see what happens.
(Though is is fun to see French tourists touring around the Acadian parishes.)
Grant_us_eyes
13d ago
There is value to be had in chilling the room and creating a false consensus in an overall community.
Grant_us_eyes
5mo ago
These quotes were supposedly attributed asides to no-name ambassadors outside of the great powers of the time.
If he was trying to intimidate people, he picked the wrong targets to do so.
Mao saw combat during WW2 in China. I imagine he had a very different view of death and permissive causalities. While per capita China's deaths were not the worst, they were certainly up there. I don't think it's wise to underestimate just how this shaped his outlook.
Grant_us_eyes
5mo ago
My experience with the DKE can basically be translated as 'I am knowledgeable and skilled at one thing, therefor, I am knowledgeable and skilled at everything.'
Often with lawyers.
Grant_us_eyes
6mo ago
And part of it is just that Southern primary education more or less lies to its own people about this part of history.
Ah, yes. This old canard.
Sorry, but I had to take 400-level history courses on Southern history before the notion that 'Well, the Civil War may have had other factors beyond slavery that caused it' even got brought up.
I'll believe my own eyes and experience, thanks.
Grant_us_eyes
1yr ago
The purpose of sports is to win. It is, at it's core, a competition. And the goal of competition is to be the victor.
There is no high-minded 'pushing the physical limitations' involved here. I assure you, the last thing you want is to have transhuman philosophy applied by people that, while not insane, are atleast slightly off kilter from the rest of humanity.
You have to be. Consider; These are the people that literally and metaphorically torture themselves just for... what, five minutes of glory? If that? You have the apex, the celebrities, yes, but that's some long odds to bet with chancy return on that investment.
And you don't find reasonable men at the top of mountains.
Sports and competition are the last places I'd be applying transhumanism.
Grant_us_eyes
1yr ago
You and everyone else answered this wonderfully, thank you.
I confess, a part of me can't help but be excited at the notion of this getting 'out to the masses', so to speak, and what weaponized autism will do with such a tool.
Fun times ahead, I think.
Grant_us_eyes
1yr ago
Not the OP, but as someone with a number of antiques, I wanted to chime in;
Managing antique guns is a very contentious topic among the gun community, and a few number of people claim that trying to 'restore' any antique will just ruin the value and/or historic provenance of the gun. If you've a number of older guns/rifles, you're probably looking to less 'restore' and more preserve and/or protect.
Thankfully, this is something you can likely do yourself! For wood, you can simply use raw linseed oil - this is period correct for many wooden rifle stocks, it's non-toxic(meaning you can apply this indoors with your hands if you so desire), and it's pretty much fool-proof in my experience.
Just make sure to use raw linseed oil. I'd suggest grabbing a bottle from Amazon, as it's cheaper than big-box stores and you're more likely to get what you want.
If you need to remove any rust-spots to keep the metal from corroding, buy a gallon of mineral oil and copper wool, and gently scrub the metal. Copper is soft, and will remove the active rust from metal before removing the present finish, and works surprisingly well. Don't use any power tools - hand power should be all you need.
If you want to move to the next step, you can use renaissance wax to protect both the metal and wood. I've not used it personally, but it's an option to consider.
As long as you're not trying to get said weapons back into fighting shape, getting them cleaned up and preserved isn't really that hard.
Oh, and for a Ares Predator, I'd honestly just use an H&K P30 with a compensator(the infamous 'Wick Stick', thanks to that movie) and call it a day. Trying to make an Auto 9 replica is admittedly a little complicated, from what I hear.
Grant_us_eyes
1yr ago
To quote 'A man for all seasons', 'Yes, I’d give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety’s sake!'
I feel like doing a minor victory lap, gruesome as it is, as I was one of those whom viewed euthanasia permissible, but the last thing I want is to have state-sponsored euthanasia in place. (And, yes, before you ask, I've yet to square that hole as to allow for such a thing. The world isn't perfect, sadly.)
Every time I see this advocated or hearing for Op's scenario, I can't help but envision myself at 75 going in for a minor medical procedure only to have the working professional suggest I commit state-sponsored self-die. I'd rather just skip that entire possibly, thanks.
Grant_us_eyes
1mo ago
There's a documentary I watched recently regarding Japanese longevity, and one of the people they interview remarks on how the introduction of western diet is having an effect on young Japanese people, making them more obese.
Genetics can play a part, but there's a point where we need to at least consider that there's something whonky going on, here.
Grant_us_eyes
2mo ago
That still boils down to diversity, hence my critique and criticism of the movie as a whole.
And yes, the Fremen should have been Arabic.
Grant_us_eyes
2mo ago
There was some bad casting in the first movie for characters that don't appear in this installment.
Their switch-over of Liet-Kynes to a random black woman for diversity points alone shows how badly the Director's understanding of the Dune universe works; a very wide but shallow puddle that completely misses the mark.
I didn't see the first one, won't see the second one. Don't even get me started on them showing off the Sardaukar homeworld.
Fun aside; None of the movies ever get the Padishah Emperor right. In the books he's described as a youthful, thirty-something redhead. Yet they always have him as an old man past his prime. Pity.
Grant_us_eyes
6mo ago
IVF
One element I feel gets ignored and/or glossed over is the cost. IVF procedures in America cost anywhere from 10k to 30k - there seems to be a wide gap involved, and IIRC, the cost a friend of mine paid was much, much more.
There's also no guarantee the procedure will take, and the longer a woman puts it off, the longer possible existing complications can remain undiscovered(again, this is what happened to the same friend.)
Thankfully, they were able to go oversees to have the procedure done again, but staying a month in Turkey is abit beyond the means of most people.
I wish people were taught better about this, but I worry we've moved to the point where the majority just assumes medical science is basically a magic wand that automatically fixes everything.
Grant_us_eyes
6mo ago
You're underestimating the national divide that existed post-Civil War.
Up until World War 1, there was an honest question among those that considered such on wether or not any of the Southern states would actually fight for America, period. (Instead, they turned out in droves that carried a consistent trend... up until very recently. Funny, that.) Most statues were put up as a meager act of concession, allowing pride to a defeated foe who nevertheless gave a good fight.
It's not as if the South had anything else in the aftermath.
Grant_us_eyes
1yr ago
Yeah. And if this had been in the main thread(or even it's own thread), I'd probably just minimize and go about my way.
Here, though? I don't mind pointing out how tone-deaf posting this comes across for where it's at.
Grant_us_eyes
1yr ago
Chickens are raging assholes that go everywhere they're not supposed to and refuse to die when their time is up.
Ducks are much easier to manage. The eggs are tastier, too.
Grant_us_eyes
1mo ago
Ah.
Cross that game off my list of things to look into, then.
Grant_us_eyes
6mo ago
Huh.
Given the men to women ratio in Alaska, that wouldn't have been my first choice. A better option would probably be the Pacific Trail, but what do I know.
Good god, it's been a while since I've cracked open my econ degree.
TLDR, M1 and M2 are basically how much free-flow, readily available cash is in the hands of the public(as opposed to Banks, the federal deposit, and other entities.)
Or, put another way, how much money do civilians and John Q Public have available at quick notice.
If it's been falling, well... that means they have less cash on-hand. Why that is could be due to... well, a long list of reasons.
Also, that redefinition of m1 annoys me to a horrendous degree for some odd reason.
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