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Cake day: January 16th, 2024

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  • How come I don’t see any high-speed balloon chases then?

    But my BIL had to get a license to fly his drone and needs to get approval from the FAA to go over like 100ft at my MILs house because it’s “so close” (like 3 miles in a straight line) to the airport.


  • The media itself is a fucking mess.

    Take this, for example:

    So a self-affirmed victim sends an email to a magazine. That email becomes a point of fact even though people involved either never confirmed it or straight up said it never happened.

    This happens constantly. “News” is getting reported before or without confirmation. Shoot first, ask questions later, maybe put a blurb at the bottom a couple weeks later when nobody will read it correcting everything that was wrong.

    Obviously the Clinton’s wouldn’t confirm it, but they’ve long since learned not to deny it either. Denying is nearly as bad as confirming, since it gives even a little more credibility to the claims, just by acknowledging its existence. Especially in this current political climate, commenting at all has nothing to gain and everything to lose.

    Highly recommend the book “Trust me, I’m Lying”. News consumers have to do their due diligence now and actually judge the sources of the news itself, even for sources previously thought to be reputable. The court of public opinion is all that matters, and it’s judged by old and new media alike. Spez and Musk and Zuck are all as powerful as Murdoch, and they’re the Supreme Court of Public Opinion.

    And then you have shit like the Internet Research Agency flooding the docket.








  • That’s cool and all…but hydrogen isn’t an energy source, not the way we use it…it’s more like a battery. And we have battery powered ovens now.

    The hard part of current tech is making recharging the battery economical given that there will be a significant loss.

    The even harder part of hydrogen, though, is storing and transport. Hydrogen atoms are real small. Anything you put it in will leak, and that impacts the recharge efficiency, as well.



  • I’m not saying it’s not necessary. It is.

    Modern Dems don’t shoot first. Something extreme has to happen but executing sitting justices is probably plan C or D. They are no doubt going to try to win and be right (as far as playing by the old rules will allow) first, and if they even try to toe the line of the dark side, it will be a Hail Mary at the last minute. Likely in the buyers remorse/lame duck period.

    Edit: Dems see it as the nuclear option that it is. Republicans see it as a bubble-hearth with no cooldown.




  • Because we know he won’t. He knows he’s unwelcome by the majority of the people. That just makes his worshippers praise him even more.

    What do you expect…Democrats ask him to step down because he’s a convicted felon? He’s gonna listen?

    Republicans to have him step down…why? Because he said lies(that they believe) and sounded good saying them?

    Biden we at least know is receptive. And he’s got an amazing career behind him. Losing the presidency, as an incumbent, to Trump (the incumbent he just barely defeated four years ago when he exuded much more confidence when he spoke against him) would be a terrible way to end it.

    There’s nothing in the world more powerful than a good story.