FuglyDuck @ FuglyDuck @lemmy.world

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Because a lot of actually-cool trolls signed up for the parade with no intention of actually attending

I dunno but I think he's got a panther in the background. that's a huge cat.

And remind him of it every time the cat wanted something.

Arrest everyone for corruption, too.

I agree. Making teenage sons look at your porn habits had to be some kind of child abuse.

And that’s before realizing he probably has some really weird porn habits.

They won’t be able to handle a MN winter.

Even the best gps isn’t accurate enough to know what lane you’re in (or on the shoulders,)

Remove lane markings (ie snow coverage) and bad visibility by both the LIDAR and daylight in any serious snowfall, and you have a recipe for cars going “weeee!” Into the ditch.

(Granted that first snow usually has a shocking number of cars going into the ditch anyway. Usually people learn their lesson, though.)

LA is the noob zone for self driving.

That’s not a reasonable suspicion of a crime.

Maybe being the guy that maybe did a crime isn’t good enough.

More to the point, being undocumented isn’t generally a crime- it’s a civil offense. The majority of people are either asylum seekers or people who’ve overstayed visas, rather than entering illegally.

Entering illegally is a misdemeanor, but over staying is not.

It’s impossible for the average American to be that well informed.

Let’s do a little exercise. List the legal status of abortion in every state. Weed? Gas leaf blowers? Healthcare.

I can’t. I doubt there’s many who can.

Further, “Switzerland does it” is * not* a very good argument. On the practicality side of it, the US is far, far more comparable to the entire EU in population and land area than we are to any given member state.

In the US, it would become a tool for special interests to advance unpopular agendas by bypassing normal representation, relying on the inability of normal Americans to actually read everything.

This is why we have representatives in the first place.

the R. Pi is kinda that. it's not really a phone, but Raspbian is a fork of debian. Plenty you can do with it if you want.

The problem is that "full desktop OSes" expect full desktop peripherals (key board and mouse) and get clunky if you try to have something like a touch screen instead. Which is a large part of why win 8 was as bad as it was- they wanted a "seamless" OS for their phones and what they found was... NOPE.

Sure laptops frequently now have touch-screen monitors, but you still have the KBM input too.

I kinda disagree. The biggest problem here is that there are far too many special interests that would submit shit nobody else agrees with, but might get passed because nobody has the time to keep up on all the potential things and look into what they actually mean.

Imagine if you will some evangelical group trying to ban apple pies because a bunch of their kids managed to get their hands on a copy of american pie. Give the referendum some bland name like "protecting our kids"... then lie about what's in the bill.

Okay, it's a silly premise, but imagine all the special interests groups suddenly crafting law, lying about what the laws would be, flooding the zone with their bullshit and seeing what sticks.

Stairway to heaven because the boss at the top is gonna push you back down when you get there.

oh. he was a total asshole. But even he respected the need for representation and to constrain the elites from doing shit. At least, he was later on. (See Discourse on Livy)

I'm just saying, assholes like trump being all Machiavellian seem to forget the whole "we know how behead" aspect of being an assholish monarch.

Is there even a legitimate reason to have plainclothes security to arrest people inside the LA FBI headquarters? Surely they have plenty of uniformed officers onsite.

Machiavelli had some useful points.

like the whole, "if you rule through fear to keep people in line, they'll take your head off the moment you're weak" observation.

I kinda wish it would happen to the president….

You know.

Like.

Impeach… convict… arrest…

I'm not sure if the sheep's face is one of "halp!" or "something wrong, human?"

Assuming you’re just using it for water or something and not actively cooking, a good bottle should be fine- the ceramic lining is basically sintered on at high heat and will improve the inertness of the pan.

Cheaper versions I’d stay away from (same as cheap aluminum or stainless bottles.)

… is there something wrong if your favorite movie is top gun….?

(Mine is 1950’s Day The Earth Stood Still, mind.)

if you're worried about microplastics, consider a stainless steel bottle. Clean Canteen is a solid brand that doesn't put plastic films on the inside.

but I've only had a 'problem' with rather old bottles cracking (crazing, technically,) from age. Bottle Bright might be more harsh and prematurely aging your bottle if you consistently have a problem. I just use warm water and a scrubby somewhat regularly.

this is probably more for things that people won't bother stealing. I certainly wouldn't be trusting my phone to it.

I'd also be worried about it getting covered and misplaced/lost. piles of sand look much like another.

Could be a fun geocaching thingamabob, though.

Edit: I'd also suggest sticking a silicone o-ring on the lid. you can make them pretty easily using fish tank air-hose tubing. Pump it full of calk. If you want a solid ring, let it cure, then blow it out with an air-blower nozzle on an air compressor. If you want a hollow ring, which for this would be best, I think; blow out the tubing before it sets. then blow it out again. cut the ends on a bias and then glue them with more calk.

For this, you'd never know when a kid comes running over with a giant pale of water.