caffinatedone

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[–] caffinatedone 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If Biden drops out of the race, the candidate would be Harris. He'd resign, endorse Harris, and it'd get confirmed at the convention. The only "fresh new, younger face" would be the VP pick.

I'm not saying that's a problem, but the idea that that an open floor battle at the convention would be a good idea is nuts, and just discarding the sitting VP like that would probably shatter the democratic coalition.

[–] caffinatedone 31 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Ahem, Bush v Gore... bit longer than a decade. They're certainly more shameless now that they have a larger margin, but republican justices have been pushing an agenda for awhile.

[–] caffinatedone 0 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Smart cars had to pass US crash test standards and have the appropriate safety equipment. The kei trucks that you can currently import and use are 25+ years old and wouldn't have even passed US standards back then. Your legs are the crumple zone in these things.

I assume that new ones would have a chance, but it'd be expensive for a manufacturer to modify and certify for the US market. Small cars haven't sold well here, and the profit margins are slim.

Maybe with the recent size and price increases in autos here, well see some movement. I'd love a modern Honda kei to go with my element.

[–] caffinatedone 51 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They're not silly at all, they're thugs. They want to influence the next one by showing the cost of going against them.

Now, we're lucky that they're mostly grifting, incompetent, blustery cowards, so the risk isn't what it could be.

[–] caffinatedone 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Gosh, you mean that he's playing by the rules that the republicans have put in place and not unilaterally disarming? How scandalous.

They should flush the entire "money is speech" concept, but until we can replace most of the SC with people who don't suck, we work with what we got.

Oddly, sort of related to some of these same complainers sitting out 2016. Weird how elections can have consequences.

[–] caffinatedone 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They aren't anywhere unless they're 20+ years old. For those, it depends on the state as to whether you can register them for road use, and on which roads (some forbid highway use) .

[–] caffinatedone 1 points 1 month ago

Unless it's changed, explicit sync is supposed to be in the nvidia v555 beta later this month.

https://github.com/NVIDIA/egl-wayland/pull/104#issuecomment-2010292221

[–] caffinatedone 7 points 2 months ago

Probably, but for other reasons. Neither of those are owned by the US, are they?

[–] caffinatedone 4 points 2 months ago

Come on, NYT, they're lies. There's no reason to soften it. Write it clearly.

[–] caffinatedone 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Except they're dead against any adversary with remotely modern air defenses... or 5th, 4th, and likely 3rd Gen fighters if they're around. They're amazing at fighting targets that can't shoot back though.

[–] caffinatedone 17 points 3 months ago

Not (re)building in areas prone to wildfires, mudslides, floods, and the like would be a good start. Otherwise, someone has to pay to rebuild when the ever more frequent disaster hits. State farm and other insurers suck in many ways, but this isn't unreasonable on their part.

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