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by rpmisms 2y ago
Maybe. That would probably legally qualify as a knife.
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by rpmisms 2y ago
You joke, but the ATF museum has within it a shoelace that is registered as a machine gun.
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by rpmisms 2y ago
But it easily can. Break the end off and poke.
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by rpmisms 2y ago
An engineering forum may not be the place for creative prose, too.
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by rpmisms 2y ago
Well of course, movies are composited so heavily these days that you can simply toss another step in the pipeline and have a 3d conversion. It's amazingly easy now.
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by rpmisms 2y ago
EMTs are usually in it because they're adrenaline junkie masochists. I am married to one, there are few exceptions. Nurses are often there "for the money" but absolutely love their jobs. Surgeons are absolutely in it for the
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by rpmisms 2y ago
The false equivalence of a profits tax and redistributing wealth to the poor is quite funny.
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by rpmisms 2y ago
Don't let your dreams be dreams.
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by rpmisms 2y ago
My in-laws live in your county, and Starlink is the only Internet that actually works. Thankfully the TN side runs fiber on the power poles. Additionally, Starlink was a complete lifesaver during Helene.
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by rpmisms 2y ago
Simply be blunt about other topics to set the tone for interactions.
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by rpmisms 2y ago
Should probably go for an F-450 in that case.
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by rpmisms 2y ago
I expect good recommendations from DOGE, and some amount of implementation of those ideas that is non-zero, but also barely makes a dent.
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by rpmisms 2y ago
Elon runs an efficient and innovative business off of government contracts. He is probably the right person to define what those contracts should look like. Cost-plus is garbage.
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by rpmisms 2y ago
A staff engineer is Elon Musk. An engineering manager is Bezos.
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by rpmisms 2y ago
I will always prefer the "developer" title, because I build things, I don't necessarily design them. I think there's a distinction and we should use it.
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by rpmisms 2y ago
I would. Unfavored is single-axis. He is more moderate and more likeable, which does not show up on your graph.
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by rpmisms 2y ago
JD Vance is extremely likeable, and much less polarizing than Trump. The "weird" attack on him died the moment people heard him speak.
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by rpmisms 2y ago
Credit to them, it was a good move.
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by rpmisms 2y ago
You can view software as tools or art, it is arguably both.
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by rpmisms 2y ago
Stellaris is great on my M2
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by rpmisms 2y ago
Desktops are actually pickup trucks. Very powerful and capable, capable of everyday tasks, but less efficient at them. Unbeatable at their specialty, though.
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by rpmisms 2y ago
Eh whatever. I'm a senior engineer by actual job (solo dev everything for a large org), but have a mishmash of actual experience, so I just call myself a developer because it's accurate.
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by rpmisms 2y ago
Being vulnerable builds trauma, not resilience. You could say "open yourself to discomfort", but you're actually saying "open yourself up to damage", which is only correct when you intend to be very close with the o
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by rpmisms 2y ago
Be resilient. Be able to bounce back from pain or discomfort. Be interested. Be helpful. Be willing to be honest in a kind way.
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by rpmisms 2y ago
The perfect is the enemy of the good, and SpaceX lives by this. If they have time to spare, why not spend it improving nice-to-haves?
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by rpmisms 2y ago
Why? Tesla likes cool doors, and the model X starts at $80k already.
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by rpmisms 2y ago
I own a Tesla and a motorcycle. I'll often ride while my wife is driving the car, and FSD is far more respectful of me than most cars.
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by rpmisms 2y ago
An emergency joystick would be pretty cool. Actually, a joystick to give the driving AI input would be great too. "Maybe squeeze a little farther left here". "Slow it up, the road is sketchy here". "It's safe,
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by rpmisms 2y ago
Because it was a halo vehicle, and it worked out very well. The Model Y is literally a lifted and heightened model 3 because it's not a halo vehicle.
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by rpmisms 2y ago
I would counter and say that Musk's flaws are what allow his greatness. You don't get someone that effective without serious tradeoffs. Not many people could have created SpaceX. Even fewer could have made Tesla work. I don't

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