nilloc

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[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 23 hours ago

Bozo and The Edgelord.

Founders of the concept that you too can make money by lying to a webcam.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Plastic clothes (polyesther) are basically inescapable now as well, and a huge source of microplastics.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 day ago

Aahhh, that makes sense.

There are still some major problems with the Semi trucks too though, but purely thermodynamically.

Probably going to take overhead charging on shorter routes to work. The Mid-west US is going to take swappable batteries or a huge leap in charging and capacity.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Have you seen the guy who was inspecting his new truck and sliced his wrist open in the exposed edge by the tail light?

Also the leading edge of the truck is absolutely a pedestrian murdering device.

Most modern trucks are also terrible and need to have pedestrian safety rules applied to them, but at least they aren’t made with “bullet proof” sheets of stainless steel with literally knife sharp leading and trailing edges.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

The uses/advantages of quantum computing is also such that if it does work, the 3 letter agencies will want to keep it to themselves and decrypt as much as possible before admitting it even exists.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Have you tried adding lemon juice to plain water?

I do it for the taste when our town water is over chlorinated (certain times of year), but I’ve heard that it helps prevent kidney stones as well.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

They assume they’ll be fine since they’re white. That’s all.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 day ago

I didn’t mind the last scene. Showing the slave labor behind the building of the empire’s mega weapons is kinda interesting and makes their struggle in the prison factory even more futile feeling.

That said, I’m also worried that the writers and directors of the first season are gonna have a harder time working without D+ meddling.

Crossing my fingers in the mean time.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Roadsters/sports cars are always about brand prestige, but that doesn’t necessarily help the bottom line, most often it the pet project of an auto exec. VW lost money on every Veyron it sold.

The cyber truck is an even dumber pet project, and really shouldn’t be legal as US such a danger to bystanders. It’s stubborn design is also much more expensive to produce, especially to achieve an acceptable fit and finish.

I was replying to a comment that was prescribing a post to financial success for Tesla.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 2 days ago

He said his brainwork was affecting his ability to make money to pay his x wife alimony.

I’d think that would make running the United States pretty difficult too, but maybe it’s easier than everyone thinks.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 64 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

The Trump team thought he was gonna pull more votes from the Dems. But it turns out he was mostly the same kind of crazy as the Trumpets and was at best splitting the votes evenly. Then Harris showed up and now that even vote split could doom Trump.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 days ago

Or Dead Brainworm & The Creeps.

 

Still not sure why it was right hand drive though.

Side rear view in comments.

 

“Testarossa” vent sticker detail in comments.

Never liked the 3 spoke wheels at the time, but kinda fun to see nowadays.

 

Had the perfect vanity plate too!

I’ll post a couple more pics in comments.

 

It’s a 1991 VW Multivan so it came with a poptop, and a cabinet in the back (so it has a weird L shaped downstairs bed), but no kitchen, just seating for 8 with two backwards facing jump seats.

It is very much 1980s technology (especially the convoluted ignition and injection system that still managed to act like a carburetor on cold starts). Everyone who approaches it at gas stations and parking lots always asks what year it is, then they look confused when it starts with a 9.

 

Both tapping to read and tapping the check box in the messages view fails to make unread messages as read.

Also unable to post, my instance signed in properly and I can post from Voyager with the same login just fine.

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