Arcka

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Respectfully, when you wrote

They've moved so far towards neoliberal policy positions that they no longer have an economic message to give their working-class base. In the absence of a coherent economic vision for the party, they keep doubling down on, "identity politics,"

It seems like you agree with

some Democratic National Committee members are concluding that the party is too “woke,” too focused on identity politics and too out of touch with broad stretches of America

I also think that if the Dems want to win, they need to simplify their platform and messaging to focus on what will help working-class people the most. I agree that abandoning people is not the answer, but the messaging and focus needs to be more universal.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Exactly how does it apply? It didn't come from a "King, Prince, or foreign State". I could declare that I grant you a title, but because it isn't coming from a monarch it's meaningless and that article doesn't apply.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I don't think the U.S. Constitution bans anyone from getting a title from some random French family, only from a "King, Prince, or foreign State".

Is this article intentionally misrepresenting? There's plenty of scummy things he's done without having to invent weird distractions.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Don't all modern browsers allow you to disable auto-playing of video, even per-site if desired?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

Like I get it, they don't want someone torrenting 100tb of data in a day. That bogs things down.

No, that isn't accurate and isn't getting it.

All the data caps today are for total cumulative quantity per billing cycle. That is not a reliable method for controlling what actually bogs things down, which is the bandwidth used at any moment (speed).

Limiting bandwidth is also done by most ISPs today, but that's not what this is asking to change. The data caps are exclusively a way to charge more.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

No misunderstanding - I get what you're saying and I disagree.

I also don't agree that expecting journalists to be accurate makes someone an asshole. If they were reporting on an automobile and wrote that the spark plugs make 500HP we could guess what they likely meant, but we'd also recognize the journalist's ignorance. They should educate themselves on their subject matter so they can do their job properly.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Sure they do. The gun clubs I've joined foster an environment that attracts people who demonstrate care and consideration in all aspects concerning firearms. If someone is lazy and imprecise in the manner in which they communicate about guns, that might also apply to their general demeaner. After speaking with some of these fellows during public range days, it's not surprising when later they're shooting holes in the shelter roof or bouncing ricochets off the top of the berm.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Or dummy rounds (aka snap caps), or blanks...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Aah, gotcha. I had thought that

Probably less these days

was in reference to this part at the end of the parent comment:

cars generally float around the 32 psi area

and I haven't seen anything to contradict all the previous literature on under-inflated automobile tires being worse for fuel economy.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Which type of performance? Surely not fuel economy/emissions?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

Shouldn't the pipeline have failed unless the functional tests passed?

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