Thrashy

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[–] Thrashy 15 points 1 day ago

FWIW there is a cottage industry for OnStar disable/delete mods for GM vehicles. It can be done, usually without breaking too much else of the car's electronic functionality.

[–] Thrashy 4 points 3 days ago

What's the harm in a little bit of Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking?

[–] Thrashy 3 points 3 days ago

Nah, as near as I can tell that group is vigorously in favor of suspending all human rights for capitalists, so regardless of their views on kink I think they'd be inclined to let the comment slide.

[–] Thrashy 45 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (8 children)

Worse, on her blog she conceived of herself as the chief consort in his harem in between sharing her thoughts on race science and Harry Potter house sorting quizzes.

[–] Thrashy 6 points 3 days ago

Mine is about the same for family coverage, and the shocking thing is that it's pretty good relative to the market -- my previous employer was about ~100/mo cheaper for an equivalent HDHP plan, but I've seen much, much worse.

Honestly, though, even more than the cost (having run the numbers, the tax I'd pay in a European country to cover similar services is about the same, all things considered) is the sheer level of friction that insurers inject into the healthcare system. You have to get a referral to a specialist even if you know you need to see one. You have to get insurance authorization for specialty treatments. You have to think about deductibles and out-of-pocket-maximums, and Lord help you if you start having complex medical problems around the end of the year and the maximums reset in the middle of your treatment!

We pay out of pocket for a direct primary care pediatrician for our kid (on top of his insurance, to cover any meds or emergencies) and the fact that there's no insurance to deal with means that it's vastly easier to get a hold of her to get a medical opinion whenever there's a bad bump or a strange rash that needs a professional opinion. It's shocking to see how things could be if insurance companies and PBMs and for-profit hospital networks hadn't inserted themselves in between patients and doctors, with a sole eye towards making sure they pay out at little as humanly possible while maybe keeping patients alive in the process.

[–] Thrashy 5 points 3 days ago

Terrible. Take your upvote and get the hell out of here.

[–] Thrashy 5 points 4 days ago

Nah, it's widely acknowledged that he'd mastered the art of metalbending.

[–] Thrashy 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I agree, this is a good use of the live service model to improve the gameplay experience. Previous entries in the Flight Simulator series did have people purchase and download static map data for selected regions, and it was a real pain in the butt -- and expensive, too. Even with FS2020 there is a burgeoning market for airport and scenery packs that have more detail and verisimilitude than Asobo's (admittedly still pretty good) approach of augmenting aerial and satellite imagery with AI can provide.

Bottom line, though, simulator hobbyists have a much different sense of what kind of costs are reasonable for their games. If you're already several grand deep on your sim rig, a couple hundred for more RAM or a few bucks a month for scenery updates isn't any big deal to you.

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[–] Thrashy 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

All I know is that targets[0] returns "FV107 Scimitar" for some reason, and anytime I try to purge that entry from the array it throws an error.

[–] Thrashy 34 points 1 week ago (4 children)

My wife is in the "they're false-flag psyops" camp, whereas my position is "the ourobouros is eating its own tail."

 

image caption: a screen capture of a Facebook post consisting of an AI-generated summary of the Wikipedia page about the A-10, and a bad AI image of a fllightline dominated by misproportioned A-10 being serviced exclusively by M4-weilding infantrymen -- including, notably, one that appears to be mounted to a Hoveround.

[–] Thrashy 0 points 2 weeks ago

Harris Campaign: Hey, Republican voters! Look at all these fellow Republicans who think your current candidate is a threat to democracy and the rule of law, and think that instead of throwing the country to fascists you should vote Democrat this cycle!

Terminally-online leftists: See how they support each other? Democrats are completely indistinguishable from Republicans!!

[–] Thrashy 3 points 2 weeks ago

You can be smart and evil, but at this point it's pretty hard to be a conscious human engaged in society and not have an opinion either way.

 
 

EDIT: Realized they're both technically French missiles and that made it even funnier

 

Hat tip to Kolanaki, I see I wasn't the only one with this idea.

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I know I shouldn't be wasting brain cells on this AI-generated boomer-bait, but I have so many questions:

  • How is the guy in the middle holding that comically-oversized Bible with such a limp-wristed grip? That much onion-skin paper and leather binding must weight like 80 pounds at least. At a minimum I think he'd be tearing the thing in half under its own weight.
  • This looks like it's supposed to be some kind of parade, but you'd think the honor guard would be in dress uniform instead of full tactical gear. Are they protecting the Bible-Bearer from some crazed terrorist hell-bent on a pointless gesture?
  • If so, why all the pomp and circumstance, and why doesn't Heavy Bible Guy get body armor too? Is this an Raiders of the Lost Ark scenario where the Bible has its own supernatural protective powers?
  • If the guy on the right is serving the USA, then what's the guy on the left's "USE" badge mean?
  • If May 2024 is my best year, what will July 2024 be?
 
 
 

For serious, though, I pointed out after Austin last year that cutting across the entire track at the first turn of the first lap is awful racecraft from Sainz, and got shouted down by Russell-haters.

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