Fermion

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[–] Fermion@mander.xyz 6 points 1 week ago

Rebooting old series never results in something that the fans like. Stop confusing nostalgia for viability.

[–] Fermion@mander.xyz 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I think that might actually send the US into a debt spiral that would require leaning into printing and inflation. Net interest for FY25 is $933 Billion putting servicing debt as the third largest federal expenditure. Any bailout will either be insignificantly small or will tank the dollar.

I'm not saying you're wrong, but it would be an incredibly stupid thing to do.

[–] Fermion@mander.xyz 10 points 1 week ago

Let them eat Argentinian beef

[–] Fermion@mander.xyz 1 points 1 week ago

The zone has been thoroughly flooded.

[–] Fermion@mander.xyz 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

https://www.mcmaster.com/product/8986T16

You could try something like that, then you would have to also pick some fittings to match whatever your dishwasher supply line uses. You would also need another short hose between the filter housing and your dishwasher. I think you could recharge the cartridge by soaking it in salt water occasionally, but otherwise they sell replacement cartridges.

[–] Fermion@mander.xyz 24 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Outrage is only useful if it leads to accountability and consequences for bad action.

Boebert and MTG have a very good sense of what their base likes and dislikes. They may frequently cross lines of decency, but they don't cross any of their base's lines. As such, outrage just gives them free publicity and makes them more popular with their people and nudges the perception of norms towards them. These people need to be starved of attention. Don't feed trolls!

[–] Fermion@mander.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago

The line connecting any two points on the surface of the earth would take about 42 minutes to transit in free fall, ignoring air resistance and assuming perfectly spherical planet with uniform density.

[–] Fermion@mander.xyz 4 points 2 weeks ago

The useful idiot will only be allowed to be removed when he is seen as no longer being needed. It will be tempting to celebrate that moment, but we will be far from out of danger.

[–] Fermion@mander.xyz 25 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I'll share my two favorite sources for hurricane info.

Tropical Tidbits for excellent parsing of meteorological data and models without much editorializing and essentially no fear mongering. Excellent videos and website tools for nerding out about the weather side of things.

https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/

And NOAA's National Hurricane Center for up to date guidance on rain, flooding, and wind probabilities and warnings. This coupled with a local emergency services communications is what most people should be using to track what impacts they should expect for upcoming storms.

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ click on the storm in the map graphic to view detailed warnings and info.

[–] Fermion@mander.xyz 128 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

Billionaires still don't get that their fear and outrage is a ringing endorsement for someone like Mamdani. Every dollar they spend implies many more dollars available to be collected by the city. Their best strategy would have been utter indifference. I guess now we know who has a terrible poker face.

[–] Fermion@mander.xyz 24 points 3 weeks ago

As long as a real primary happens, then sure go ahead.

[–] Fermion@mander.xyz 3 points 3 weeks ago

To your point, a number of large companies have scrubbed any direct support contact info from their pages and force you to go through their chatbots to attempt to get connected to someone who can actually do something. The destruction of traditional communications to force people through customer disservice machines is already happening.

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