CandleTiger

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

Headline says, “Flight 6 already tested” which is misleading until you read in the article it means static test.

only two flights, Flight 1 and Flight 4, have had engine outs on ascent. In fact, during all phases of flight for Flight 4, not a single Raptor shut down prematurely.

Contradiction, I think they mean flight 5 had no engine outs

I stopped reading here

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

Article seems to be full of typos that make the meaning unclear

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

What is the actual point of becoming a 1% co-owner of a rental house? Is this some kind of tax thing?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Now explain the passenger seat

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

That’s probably good advice but it’s about 15 years too late for me to use it :)

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The way I use those words:

A reason is a cause for an event or a thought process that caused a decision.

An excuse is one of:

  • a true reason why a person did a bad thing
  • an explanation (true or false) why the cause of events or decisions was somebody else’s actions, not the speaker’s actions
  • an explanation (true or false) pretending to be a reason, that isn’t actually the true cause of the event or decision

If I said, “don’t give me any of your excuses” to somebody, I would be meaning all of:

  • something bad happened and I think it’s your fault
  • I want you to agree with me that it’s your fault and accept blame
  • I think you have a pattern of not seeing (or not admitting) that your actions cause bad things, and that’s happening again now

This is a bunch of very negative stuff to be meaning. It could be whoever said that is an asshole, blind, or unfair. If they treat everybody with negative shit like this that’s likely and there’s just no winning with such a person.

I actually have said stuff like “don’t give me excuses” to my kids. I think I’m not an asshole. When I said it, I thought my kid was flailing about doing dumb shit without thinking. What I meant for my kid was, “I want for you to start thinking about how a chain of events fits together, and I want you to accept you have the ability and the responsibility to see a bad outcome forming, and to take actions to make a better outcome instead.”

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I bought my very own gas station squeegee at a car parts store . Life-changing events.

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

I’m very ignorant here — what kind of discrimination in health care are we talking about? What does that look like, like the doctor just doesn’t take you seriously?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago

Campaign money goes where the votes go. Then government spending goes where the votes are.

You mean to say, power will be more evenly distributed per person instead of per acre?

I’m ok with this.

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

It’s a miniature laundry machine. People use them sometimes on boats and RVs.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

That would be super awesome if navigation apps had profiles.

Like, when I’m driving my car I go the speed of traffic or maybe a little fast.

And when I’m driving my motorhome I go 65mph tops and really slow up hills.

But totally nobody does this. Even the RV Trip Wizard app (built around Here navigation) makes you choose between “I drive XXX speed on average” (ignoring actual speed limits and conditions, just assume constant speed) or just assume normal traffic.

Why can’t they recognize that different drivers drive differently???

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