Rhaedas

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm one who does all the basic maintenance on my car, so if I had someone push a filter at me saying it needed replacing my response would be I didn't ask for them to remove it and I change my own filters. Then I'd demand they put it back in with me watching, because it's probably not out of my car and it's going to be very awkward when there's a filter still in there.

Got to always find a shop that you can trust, random ones will eventually screw you even in small ways. I've caught missing lugnuts and 50 psi on a tire, and from a dealership for recall work they forgot to reconnect something and it was running terribly. On the flip side the guy I know has called me on the phone and explained exactly what he found and a range of options and prices and recommendations. It's no wonder I return for his business when I need it, I don't have to worry about being ripped off. (I do still check behind, can't help the OCD when it comes to the car lol)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

When WordPerfect was great. Reveal Codes was incredible. That and a HP Laserjet 5P was a solid combo.

[–] [email protected] 69 points 1 week ago

Steve Rogers: Big man in a suit of armour. Take that off, what are you?

Tony Stark: Genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist.

Tony was being snarky, but he's not wrong about the suit being just an extension. Yes, it's important to his abilities, otherwise he wouldn't have needed it from the beginning in the cave. But it's also not a crutch, as Ironman 3 showed and taught him, and he's trying to show Peter that it begins with the person.

Also keep in mind what he said to Peter in this same scene - when Peter said he just wanted to be like Tony, Tony comes back and says yeah, and I wanted you to be better. Tony knows that Peter truly doesn't need the suit because he is that powerful, it's just once again an extension that enhances those abilities, and if Peter thought it was the suit that made him special he wouldn't grow.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

That'll get them. No one under 15 has any idea what a VPN is.

[–] [email protected] 100 points 2 weeks ago (41 children)

"Are you 15 or more years old? Y/N"

There, that fixed the problem.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Maybe it's not the right place for it, but the mentions of AI safety and safety in general don't pertain to the actual definition of AI safety as used in AI research. No mention of alignment parameters that are needed to be held to. This reads as a "we need to be careful who gets access to this" vs. any warning to AI companies on their direction and haste.

[–] [email protected] 59 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Make your own dystopia, Elon. Stop copying people.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This was in literal Georgia, USA. I don't see how claiming race relations are different around the world means much when this is where racism is very present, and in the case of voter intimidation with certain things at a voting poll area in an illegal manner, it's totally relevant.

I mean sure, it could be a totally innocent stupid decision given by some official. It sure hit all the trigger warnings for being something more than a mistake.

I just thought your combo of those two words was interesting, to say the least.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

woke-bigotry

That is a new one.

[–] [email protected] 67 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Even not dressed up in some Halloween stuff, I wouldn't be fond of the idea of people, county employee or not, taking pictures and video in a voting area. There is one reason to be there, and that's it. Someone higher up needs to answer for this if such a "ghost trend" video taking was ordered, and what the hell is that anyway?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yep, used that site for the local stuff to trace back candidate histories and how they answered questions. If you're ever a candidate for anything, be sure to make some effort to fill some of that stuff out, as people are looking for something to work with. A blank profile with no idea of who you are vs. someone who has at least a line or two makes a big difference. These non-political party positions are hard enough to make choices, we need more than a name to work with.

Also, a huge help on the amendment side. I had no clue which way to go until I got some decent background on what the point was, and who had pushed for it to be on the ballot. Follow the money.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I see the problem, but I doubt many would. No easy fix, but you could go two directions. Replace the one wrong shape and rearrange them, or just replace one of the open circles with a solid and rearrange them to represent an eclipse (with solid on the outside, hollow in the middle.

I get how an astronomy fan would get annoyed. I've gotten gifts before that have had a slight inaccuracy to it, so small I didn't even catch it the first time I saw it. And now I can't unsee it. I still appreciated them though. And yes, I had in a few instances considered if I could fix the issue, but sometimes it's better to just accept it as is. Nothing is perfect, after all.

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