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Wow that article really doesn't explain what they are.

Red flag laws basically allow the government to temporarily seize weapons from someone if the person is believed to be dangerous. Exact implementations vary by state.

Essentially, if your family member is acting crazy again and you feel threatened, or they're threatening someone else with a weapon, you can petition a court to remove any weapons they have without having to convict that person of a crime.

While I disagree entirely with the concept of a non-compete, I can sort of understand the logic for employees who work with trade secrets and intellectual property. The only logic behind a non-compete for a hospital or any other service industry business is "fuck you".

I'm glad it kinda worked out for you tho.

For those who don't know, like me, the Aitken Bible was the first English edition of the Bible published in the US. It was approved by the Congress of the Confederation (the government before the Constitution was signed) in 1782.

I've played Stellaris for 12 hours straight, only stopping to go to the bathroom, from 7pm to 7am multiple times. I don't work nights.

It's a problem.

And then everyone asks you if it's natural, especially if you're a man... oh well.

Thanks for the fun fact!

Philips screws are awful. They strip if you look at them wrong. Flatheads should only be used on thumbscrews just in case you need a little extra torque from a screwdriver.

Torx and Hex are excellent.

Porsche measures their automatic gear changes in milliseconds. Smart measures them in geologic time scales.

I truly don't understand why they didn't put a CVT in those 2nd generation cars (the ones sold in North America). It's the perfect application! Small car, not a lot of power, efficiency minded.

My wife's old 2004 Honda Civic. It was the worst piece of shit I've ever had the displeasure of driving. And it was super unreliable to boot!

It was dangerously slow. Getting on the freeway always required full throttle to get up to speed in time, which was never enough. Some cars egg you on, "Go faster! Let me rev! I love revs! Speeeeeed! Power!" This thing was like Eeyore on Adavan, "Huh? Power? If I have to. Ththrhtbbt. That's the best I can do."

The "top rated" Goodyear tires we put on it were fucking awful as well. The tire compound was super hard, so despite the pitiful power, you could always spin the front tires in the dry. Despite the hard tire compound, they wore out 20,000 miles before their warranty was up. One time while exiting the freeway, the shit box decided it wanted to oversteer (the tail slid out) as I went around a corner at a very reasonable speed. Luckily, I was able to hold the slide and correct it (which was pretty cool). I like to push cars and to go fast, but I've never ever had a front wheel drive car oversteer on me before, especially at super low speeds. This isn't really the car's fault, but the shit tires come with the shit territory.

It had no safety features other than seatbelts and a couple airbags. No anti-lock brakes. No traction control. It had manual windows (fine, I guess), manual mirrors (eww), and manual door locks (gag me with a spoon!).

Despite all these omissions, it had alloy wheels and a spoiler from the factory! Oh, but it's ok, it's the fucking "value package" so all my friends won't know I cheaped out on a car until they have to wait for me to get in the car to unlock their doors!

In the 4 years she had it, the following broke:

• The thermostat got stuck closed, which caused it to overheat which required the head gasket to be replaced
• The alternator failed catastrophically. Forget not charging the battery, try shorting out, discharging the battery and killing the engine in seconds.
• The tie rod snapped, causing the front wheels to be pointed in opposite directions (luckily this was in a parking lot so we didn't die)
• The steering rack had to be replaced to fix the steering wheel that was 30 degrees off center to go straight.
• Something was wrong with the brake booster, it hissed when you held the pedal down in a certain position, which really inspired confidence.

What an awful car. Still, at least the previous owner left a new condom in the glove box when she bought it.

That looks like a Porsche Taycan with an Hyundai Ioniq 6 grafted onto its ass. Despite that it looks pretty good.

I'm on Vyvanse. The name brand stuff definitely reduces my anxiety and makes me less prone to depressive thoughts.

I'm still experimenting, but the generic (when I can get it) might give me anxiety. I'm not totally sure because it's pretty subtle.

Try a lower dose. Try different meds. You'll react to each med differently, and everyone reacts to meds differently. Don't be like me and be afraid to experiment with different meds. (When I say experiment, I mean have your prescriber give you different meds.) Stimulants are easy to gauge effectiveness compared to other drugs like antidepressants. Stimulants either work, or they don't, and their effects usually aren't that subtle.

Good luck.

I hate all peanut products. I'm not allergic, either. Whenever my wife has peanut butter, I stay in another room and open the window. For some reason it's absolutely revolting.

Here's how it works

The inverse vaccine takes advantage of a natural process in which the liver marks molecules from broken-down cells with “do not attack” flags to prevent autoimmune reactions to those cells as they die by natural processes. PME researchers coupled an antigen—a molecule being attacked by the immune system—with a molecule resembling a fragment of an aged cell that the liver would recognize as friend rather than foe.

A while ago I found this blog post about why there are different tow ratings in the US vs. Europe.

It basically boils down to American tow ratings being designed to allow for higher speeds (beyond 60 mph) than European ratings. And it's more of a question of vehicle stability than power.

hard way

That's a strange way to spell "fun way".

Cool! Let's sanction Israel then! HRW squares that circle because two people can be wrong at once. Shooting civilians is not sanctioning. The US doesn't sanction North Korea by blowing up South Korean shipping.

They've killed civilians on civilian vessels that are not Israeli flagged, going to, or coming from Israel.

Human Rights Watch says that recklessly attacking a civilian vessel is a war crime.

Hell yeah! War crimes are ok when my side does it!

That drives me up the wall. Last summer, I went on a vacation to a rental home that had this issue. After a couple of days of rubbing my hands on the back of the sink just to get them wet, I went to the store and bought a cheap funnel. I used my Swiss Army knife to cut off the base of the funnel, and I shoved it onto the sink. Problem solved!

If the water pressure was higher (or if the aerator was less restricted) it probably wouldn't have been an issue, given the angle of the faucet. It's still ridiculous that shit like this happens.

RedReader is a 3rd party Reddit app that has an exemption from the API bullshit because it has accessibility features that Reddit can't be bothered to implement themselves.