[–] 1 point 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (2 children)

I got 175, but oddly when I look at the final result it's off. If I had been asked to pick the dividing line when I can see all hues at once it would have been more to the right. My strategy was if I could see any hint of green, so by themselves some of the ones near 175 looked blue, but then pick up the green cast when they're near another green.

I tested again, slower, and still got 176.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 hours ago

    Plenty of people said both that murder is terrible and Kirk won't be missed. The two can co-exist. I seem to remember mods cracking down on humor about it. I guess that was a different instance... or something.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 hours ago

    They'll use the tools in place like they've been trying to do and deport the ones they can get away with. They don't want it going to a potential "woke" judge who throws it out, they want them out of the country, or just disappeared. Like I've said, this is one win, but everyone needs to stay alert and ready.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 hours ago

    Modern machinery is pretty incredible. I'm not sure how to go back to even steam power days to DIY. Hell, even some of that made back then was pretty precise. Those who do such craftsmanship are amazing.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

    I don't see it as "both sides" but more too many are willing to lean and protect their own interests, so they don't agree with a lot from the right, but give into them with lots of excuses. Seems like it's about the same results, but it's fixable, unlike if half the left was actually Fedderman clones.

    To your number - I hope in that viewpoint we have that 0.5, that would be promising for eventual change, as it wasn't too long ago that having just a few progressive in the House was news.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 hours ago (5 children)

    If it wasn't for Obama's roasting of Trump, we would have gotten a different version of MAGA. That was inevitable. I wonder if we got the better one? What if MAGA had put in place someone more competent, less history, and younger?

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  • [–] 6 points 10 hours ago (7 children)

    Right now it feels like 2012 energy, where they were sure they had systems in place to keep things in check, and now they're regrouping and lashing out at a few of their own on the way. So get ready and be alert. This didn't destroy MAGA, it just blindsided them.

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  • [–] 18 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

    are on pace for the biggest midterm landslide since Watergate

    That is an interesting comparison... what exactly was that about again? Hmmm.

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  • [–] 1 point 12 hours ago*

    That's evolution. If it works... The repeated area being used is probably because of the location. And it's not that they evolved it by choice, but rather:

    "Harry makes weird noises out his rear end."

    All the moths laugh at Harry.

    Later, Harry doesn't get eaten and finds a mate, all because bats find him more annoying to track.

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  • [–] 4 points 13 hours ago*

    And the thing is, it wouldn't have been hard to make a competitive truck that people who have trucks might want. It might have struggled and only gotten a percentage of the market, but at least it would have been an honest attempt that wasn't embarrassing.

    I remember reading discussion when the Cybertruck was first announced as coming, all the lists of "I hope it has..."

    Nope.

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  • [–] 3 points 13 hours ago

    I think they offer cloud, but no, once you buy the camera you can either have it on a local server to store video which they also sell, or just have it on the local network with smartphones able to use an app to monitor it from anywhere. Or, just have them not connected, and pull the storage card when you want to see captured history (a pain, but doable). I've only used the lower tier, and they're not too bad. Can't say if the higher priced ones are a lot better or not, but they do offer a lot more features.

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  • [–] 7 points 13 hours ago (1 child)

    Part of today's problems are because we don't muck with the Constitution enough. I used to think of myself as a Constitutionalist, but learned that those who go by that name see it both as a sacred document but one they can interpret however they feel. It was designed and planned to be changed with the times, and we haven't done a great job doing that.

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  • [–] 3 points 13 hours ago

    The plus is not destroying more viable land. Whether or not the power and communications infrastructure can handle what even a small data center requires isn't a given. There will be a drain on resources, nothing is for free. And when they're backing in the jet engine power additions with full approval from the bought city officials...

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  • [–] 10 points 16 hours ago (9 children)

    Historically it's fine. Technically it's not. The thing is, it's still a type of planet, it's not like it's now called something completely different. It's more specific to fall in line with the likely many, many neighbors that are out there.

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