They are so close to getting it, and then it goes off the rails.
Also, another post there said this absolute gem:
"So, as usual from Republicans, very little accomplished at our expense.
We need a real party that will fully oppose Democrats."
Like… what!!! It’s almost impressive the depth of insanity they could pack into 21 words.
The takes in there are wildly all over the place. Lots of in-fighting too.
My favorite is this exchange: *nu1stunnaConstitutionalist [score hidden] 3 hours ago **
Blah blah blah. All that matters is that the IRGC, the world leading state sponsor of terror — the organization that mass murders its own citizens in cold blood will have access to money. You know what happens when they have access to money? Well, they steal a ton of it for themselves and the rest of it goes towards funding terrorism. The Iranian people won’t see a dime of it. The last time they had access to cash, October 7th happened. Trump has the opportunity to do something incredible for all of mankind but is making the same mistake that every other world leader has made for 47 years. This is just fucking shameful. No deal with terrorists.
**According-Activity87Conservative Devil Dog [score hidden] 2 hours ago **
Most of the leadership of the IRGC responsible for all of that is dead, to include the ayatollah. We were having a hard time finding anyone left who would claim a position of leadership to negotiate with. No one has done more to hold them accountable in the last 47 years. “Trials” were carried about by bombing. They are already telling the talking heads in the control to shut up and get in line with peace. That’s a first, this definitely hasn’t been the same old same old.
Ok, this take by nu1stunna is rather reasonable… until he replied with this:
**nu1stunnaConstitutionalist [score hidden] 2 hours ago **
This is the exact mistake that I’m talking about. It doesn’t matter if you negotiate with Ali Khamenei (may he be burning in eternal hell) or 100 positions down from him. The terroristic nature is in their DNA. You cannot make a deal with these people. They are rotten to their core. The only reason you see some telling others to STFU is because they are reeling and need access to money. It’s a delay tactic. That’s it. Trump has allies in 90 million Iranians on the ground to help finish the job. He told them to stay at home and that he would tell them when the time comes to come out reclaim the country. Instead, he paused the war and started negotiating with these terrorists again.
There’s the white-power racism I was looking for from them.
Getting your timing source through fiber is definitely the best way to go, as long as you have a backup timing source OTA like GPS and other GNSS in case the fiber gets cut.
I have been hearing it a lot, but it is quieter and more serious. A lot more people are just doing it out of necessity or cost, too. No need to boycott something you can’t attend or aren’t allowed to attend.
My MLS club is sending out emails offering “discounted” tickets to the US v Paraguay team. It was hard to click the trash can icon while laughing so hard.
My extreme excitement for this WC turned into extreme desire for pure chaos and disaster. All the reasons I boycotted Russia and Qatar are being done by the US.
I’m a huge fan of the sport, living in the city where the game is held, with more than enough money to afford those tickets. I’m not even considering spending that.
I feel that pity for them regardless of these WC games.
Modern receivers SHOULD be using whatever GNSS is in view, including Galileo, QZSS, GPS, Beidou, and GLONASS. They SHOULD be internet connected to get authentication and trust certificates.
However, there are 10 billion pieces of GNSS receivers out there, so not all of them are modernized.
I mean, they have their own system: GLONASS. Their closest ally in China also has their system: Beidou. Many of their trading partners use Beidou or a mix of Galileo (EU’s system) and GPS and any other system in view. They are jamming GPS over a wide swath of territory already, so they know how to handle it within their borders. The world economy would crash, but it would be less of a crash in countries allied with China. Also, Russia’s economy is so fucked right now that a worldwide crash would just be a blip.
The thing is, China has their own GNSS called Beidou (pronounced like Play-Dough if I’ve been informed correctly). China has spent the last 10 years convincing non-aligned countries (Brazil and most of South America, many African nations, etc) to switch to using it instead of GPS. An attack by Russia would be “condemned” by China but would actually be a boon to them and their allies. Europe has their own GNSS, too, but it is much less widely used.
Most people don’t know how unbelievably fucked the world would be if Russia did this on a consistent basis. The entire stock market runs on GPS for nanosecond timing of trades. Shipping, trucking, trains, planes all use GPS. Sure, all of them CAN operate without GPS, but the delays would be enormous because of how efficient GPS is and how automated a lot of things are. Communications systems use GPS for timing to sync up. Farms use GPS for accurate planting and picking of vegetables.
What risk? There is way less risk than a traditional setup due to not having a differential. And it is being done literally all day every day by existing cars that have this setup. Rimac and Rivian both have 4 motor configs. BMW releases theirs this year. Audi and Tesla have versions with 3 instead of 4. Controlling things is software is so much easier than with hardware.
The ONLY ONLY reason more cars don’t do this is the cost. That’s it.
I lived for 3 years with a 100 mile range EV as my only car. Very rarely did I need more range than that. When I did I just rented a car for $40/day. When I upgraded to a 220 mile range car it felt like infinite range. I was able to charge at home, though, so it was much easier to deal with.
You are behind the times. This is a pretty well-studied and implemented thing. It is expensive, though, which is why you don’t see if more often. If a motor stops working, you can still drive the car with the other three motors. That’s SUPER simple with modern computing and software.
Now, the part where the motors are Ferrari-made… let’s see how that turns out.
Yeah, I’ve been wanting one of those since they were announced. Such a good looking car.
The opposite is happening in Los Angeles. They are scrapping laws that require builders to create off-street parking for apartments, but the parking spots are wanted and used. LA is nowhere close to a walkable city, and biking is putting your life in the hands of some very questionably talented drivers. So everyone here has a car. In the past there have been laws for minimum parking spots for a new building project, but the city has prioritized creating housing and is getting rid of those laws. The only issue is this isn’t NYC or London or Paris. We don’t have a comprehensive subway system, and our buses system takes a long time to get anywhere. Those renters are going to park on the streets or will be faced with streets putting up resident’s only parking that excludes their specific building.
It’s interesting that Australian cities have 40 percent of single-bedroom apartments with people who don’t have cars.
My highschool job was working at a sporting goods store. My closing duties each night were to clean the women’s restroom and occasionally cover for another department to clean the men’s room. I can tell you that the women’s restroom was always grosser. Yeah, there would be more pee on the seats and floor in the men’s room, but the rest of the place was far cleaner than the women’s.
The actual reason is because the church was protecting its assets from the priests. Back then, priests were very powerful members of local government and controlled a large percentage of the wealth in an area. If they could get married and had kids, their kids would inherit the wealth they accumulated instead of that wealth going to the church.
It’s right there in the blurb, you don’t even need to read the article:
““We have no chance against this,” Mibe said upon a visit to a Shanghai parts factory, commenting on its seamless automation across all levels of production. Logistics, procurement and all aspects of the process were so automated, in fact, that he did not spot a single human worker on the supplier’s floor.”
No, I don’t think they have no employees. But your five times the employees thing is misleading. BYD Corporation has 5 times the employees as Ford, but that is for the entire BYD corporation, including their batteries, cell phones, fork lifts, solar panels, semiconductors, and rail transit systems. BYD Automotive is closer to 2 times the size of Ford. BYD is also vertically integrated, meaning they build a lot of the parts/components that go into their cars. Ford outsources a lot of parts and components.
WTF kind of person would decide to go rope jumping without asking whether or not a rope should be attached to them?
Seriously! I get if you are a rookie bungee jumper and don’t know how to properly strap the harness to your body. But I can’t imagine a person not noticing that there is no rope/bungee attached to them before being picked up and thrown airplane-style by two people. I even get that there are two people working the thing and both expecting the other to have checked the rope. But how can the lady not know that a rope wasn’t connected to her?