[-] [email protected] 42 points 23 hours ago

Really good way to sell electric cars. Good job Elon.

[-] [email protected] 29 points 2 days ago

Republicans can endorse Harris all day long and I'm here for it.

Manchin endorsing Harris would have actually done her a disservice.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

The only honest answer in the whole thread

[-] [email protected] 39 points 2 days ago

"One man's trash is another man's treasure" exists exactly for this, I think.

[-] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago

I feel like a broken record lately: if these companies cannot keep this data secure (which for all intents and purposes, true security is difficult if not impossible) then they should not be allowed to process it. To put it another way, we should be changing the system such that this sensitive information does not need to be on the cloud, i.e. "someone else's computer".

And to expedite this understanding, we put execs in jail when their companies fail this egregiously and with such implications for so many. No fines. Just jail. Watch things change overnight when consequences are back in the formula.

[-] [email protected] 44 points 2 days ago

'final' offer

Ah, I see Boeing execs still have not realized that the skilled labor makes the company work. The 'final' offer will be Boeing falling further towards obscurity because the C-suite can't see that they are the problem.

In stark contrast, you can put any old exec into an exec spot and they'll be just as useless as any other exec.

For a company as large and influential as Boeing though -- this is why other countries have nationalized entire industries for less.

[-] [email protected] 39 points 2 days ago

This is how you get more teen pregnancies.

In case no one else noticed in Florida, people are going to have sex no matter what. Not telling them how to do it safely is kind of like telling all your pilots they can't have training, but knowing full well they will still fly the planes.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago

And it is why we are starting to see so much more unrest regardless of what country you're in.

Global communications are now such that it is impossible to hide a worldwide trend like this. It is also becoming easier to make direct comparisons between conditions country to country as a side effect of globalization.

The trend itself is not surprising, but it does highlight a need for action which is not limited to a single place.

[-] [email protected] 31 points 3 days ago

These days? Ronald Reagan was a decent actor. Maybe not as decent as Richard Nixon.

[-] [email protected] 50 points 3 days ago

Electoral College is biased towards Trump (or any candidate popular in red states which get more representation per capita). These polls mean nothing.

Vote vote vote.

[-] [email protected] 52 points 3 days ago

That dude ain't protecting anything but Trump's ego (and his own). Vote these clowns out.

[-] [email protected] 21 points 3 days ago

He'd be 82, and the implication is that the country would have just had 4 years of a relatively young, female President.

He doesn't sound like a viable candidate at all in that scenario. (Not that he's a viable candidate now and they still ran him, so I guess all bets are off anyway)

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(This post was intended for [email protected], but as it seems they don't allow text posts, I'm posting it here)

This post will likely not go over well with everyone and some people may not agree with the premise of the question. Mods please remove if not allowed.

I am curious if the MAGA-esque approach to politics is new for the US, or if there have been other examples of similar political movements which may be considered "cult-like". To better define what I mean, here are some examples:

  • Large amounts of signs bearing a candidate's name being shown by single individuals (e.g. big trucks covered in Trump signs everywhere)

  • Use of a candidate name over the US flag

  • Use of a kind of supporter uniform (e.g. the red MAGA hat)

  • The "alternative facts" of MAGA, where debate can be impossible because supporters believe anyone who is a detractor must be lying

  • In some cases, voter intimidation or coercion from staunch supporters

It seems to me that some of this is new but I'd love to hear other thoughts. I have heard and seen many relatively obvious parallels to German politics in the 20s-40s, but I'm specifically wondering if anything similar has ever been seen in the US before.

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I know a lot of people hate this kind of feature, but there are significant reasons why I think it would make Starfield better.

If I'm not wearing one and I leave my ship, I start taking damage if the planet is dangerous. The only way around that is to be in 3rd person while in the ship (aside from the workaround below). There isn't any indication anywhere as to whether or not you are in a spacesuit, besides your menu and 3rd person view. There is no way to know while maintaining immersion.

Bethesda's workaround is to auto-hide spacesuits and helmets in atmo. This sucks, because I personally like tailoring the look of my character to the environment. But more importantly, I want to know that I am wearing a pressure suit if I'm out in a dangerous environment. I don't want it to feel like I'm a freecam wandering around -- I want to feel like I'm slogging along in a freaking spacesuit.

What's really strange is: if you put on the broken Constellation helmet, you can see the tape piece from the inside. It has an overlay! Sadly this works for no other helmet. Did they just abandon making the textures?

A similar annoyance with a related system: the quick menu does not unequip items. This would make it super easy to change between a spacesuit and regular outfit and not deal with more menus.

I figure there will be a mod at least for helmet overlays eventually, but damn is it frustrating that they definitely thought about it and only implemented it for a piece of masking tape.

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