chaogomu

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[–] chaogomu 15 points 2 weeks ago

Ethanol is incredibly inefficient as a fuel source.

If not for the massive subsidies it would not exist.

Still, ethanol is a better fuel additive than lead. (Both reduce knocking)

Still, the far better use is to grow food.

[–] chaogomu 2 points 2 weeks ago

Mindustry is much closer to the tower defense side of it.

Or maybe the RTS side.

There are even attack modes, where you build up an army to take on a fixed emplacement of enemy units.

[–] chaogomu 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Harris was the path of things slowly getting better. Wages finally overtaking inflation.

Given a couple years, we would all be in a better place.

Trump's tariffs will drive up the price of everything. The last few years of inflation and greed will pale in comparison.

[–] chaogomu 23 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

And egg prices will still go up.

Catastrophicly so.

[–] chaogomu 7 points 3 weeks ago

I support that guy's Hitler killing policy. Just wish he implemented it in 1920 rather than in 1945.

[–] chaogomu 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If you think Hitler was loyal to Eva Braun, we've been reading vastly different books.

No, Hitler was just as much a sex pest as any other dictator, and was pretty bad before gaining power. Like targeting 14 year olds, and his 14 year old niece.

But he also had uncontrollable flatulence that could clear a ballroom. Which goes to show that while time travelers couldn't kill him, they certainly could fuck with him.

[–] chaogomu 2 points 3 weeks ago

The true captains of industry do want this. chaos is how they transfer wealth from the poor to themselves.

In a depression, the money doesn't vanish, it goes into the pockets of the super rich.

[–] chaogomu 1 points 3 weeks ago

That's actually the plan.

Bankrupt the government and sell it off for parts.

[–] chaogomu 20 points 3 weeks ago

That attitude isn't helpful either.

Bipartisanship is possible, but only by convincing everyone to come further left.

Because actual left leaning policy is popular.

That's the true lesson that Democrats refuse to learn. Mostly because they've been paid not to.

We need a cardinal voting system.

[–] chaogomu 1 points 3 weeks ago

Technically it's the other way around. The size of the electoral college is determined by the size of the House plus the Senate.

Now, the House was meant to increase in size as the population increased.

Now, since the mechanism for that increase wasn't spelled out in the constitution, there were heated arguments every 10 years over the new maps, but it came to a head in 1921.

Long story short, the permanent apportionment act of 1929 set the size of the House at 435 members. We've added two states since then, and the US population has tripped. But still it's 435.

Repealing that one law would fix several problems.

[–] chaogomu 12 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Fun fact, there's a 2008 law that specifically forces the president to give Israel all the best military hardware.

It was passed by W on his way out the door, and due to the Democratic party being compromised as hell, there's never been enough votes to get rid of it, and any time the president might want to hold things back, they get sued under that law.

[–] chaogomu 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's used for very minor repairs, in this case, a more permanent repair is under the tape, but is likely curing, so they slap some speed tape on it.

Speed tape never holds anything down, it's just used to smooth over a surface, to allow better air flow.

Whatever is being covered by the speed tape will likely see more attention from maintenance later.

https://www.salon.com/2011/10/27/ryanair_duct_tape_controversy/

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