And they STILL won't let immigrants get full citizanship rights. Guess the birth-rate hasn't gone low enough.
Had stinky tofu with curdled pig's blood in Taipei a while back. The people I was visiting had me try it at a night market. The smell was much worse than the texture or flavor. I could totally see someone who had grown up with it considering it comfort food.
Helped that we had all had a fair bit to drink already.
1000 charge cycles. If you charge twice a week, that's 500 weeks or a little less than 10 years. There's no mention of degradation over time.
But back-of-the-napkin, it means for this to be cost-effective, they may want to come up with some sort of replaceable or battery swap system. Not sure anyone will want to buy a vehicle that needs a massive battery retrofit every 8-10 years.
The Hydrilla and algal bloom mentioned in the article have been plaguing freshwater lakes near us for years. They effectively killed off several reservoirs heavily used by families and swimmers. The beaches are often roped off and people are warned to not let children wade in the water.
One of the reservoirs now has a permanent installation of an oxygenator pumping air to the bottom to let plant and animals not get choked off, but not sure it's working.
There's a divey bar 10m away where people have been watching results the last few years. Might head down there. Pretty sure it'll be packed.
Alternative is to crawl into bed and wait till January.
Edit: we have a lot of local races (Mayor, City Council, propositions) on the line. Might hit the bar just to watch those and just ignore the national stuff.
There's no real value to any of it.
Attach free beer to point levels and watch this thing explode.
People who have already early voted may not care so much about going to a rally. Just speculating. Still, not sure crowd size at this stage correlates to any meaningful outcome.
One of the prime rules of storytelling is that the hero has to have a flaw.
Superman is super. He can't lose. That's why the writers introduced Kryptonite. Captain America is a super-soldier, but is still mortal. Thor is a god, but can lose his hammer and his powers.
The problem with Superhero movies is that they all got so much power they became invincible, and boring.
Good, classic storytelling beats VFX 10/10.
How is crowd size at a rally a relevant data point for anything?
Yet again, grateful to live in California, where school breakfast and lunches are free to all students. Hands down, best use of my taxes (public libraries are a close #2).
If they show up. Have done phone-banking. Hard to beat apathy.
Fat old Hamburgler vs ripped, brook-no-shit woman.
Good luck with that.
In a previous post, somebody called it a name that will forever live in my head:
WankPanzer.
Losing the all-important male stripper customer base.
Obligatory:
It's a tough call. Last bit of independence for someone feeling their world getting smaller. Anecdotally, both my father and father-in-law damaged their cars (one hit the highway median after dozing off) and their wives told them they couldn't afford to replace the cars. Fortunately, nobody got hurt but it could have been a lot worse.
A man was spotted attempting to ride Muni Tuesday morning with a dead raccoon in tow.
A man was spotted attempting to ride Muni Tuesday morning with a dead raccoon in tow.
Trump's Project 2025 is a detailed plan to shut you up, and shut you out. Don’t let it do either. Read on, then vote.
Have I Got News For You S68 E2. Amol Rajan. 11 Oct 2024
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/21333621
> Q: "Melania Trump recalled her experience of her husband's first assassination attempt. Do we know what she did?" > > Paul: "Reloaded."
Have I Got News For You S68 E2. Amol Rajan. 11 Oct 2024
Q: "Melania Trump recalled her experience of her husband's first assassination attempt. Do we know what she did?"
Paul: "Reloaded."
Have I Got News For You S68 E1. Kevin Bridges.
Posting YT link for those outside UK. If not appropriate, please remove.
Dog poop drone cleans up the yard so you don't have to
Smart TVs collect viewing data. Here's what you need to know to reduce the data collection for all the major brands of smart TVs. These TV privacy settings limit what manufacturers learn about you.
Finally, a good use for drone and AI/ML technology!
From the maker of the poop-shooting laser turret and the AI/ML poop image detector.
Inside CNN's New Comedy Quiz Show. Yes, You Read That Right
Host Roy Wood Jr., panelists Michael Ian Black and Amber Ruffin, and the series' U.K. creator on bringing a late-night talk show to the news network.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20603742
> U.S. version of the venerable British news/comedy show, #HIGNFY.
Inside CNN's New Comedy Quiz Show. Yes, You Read That Right
Host Roy Wood Jr., panelists Michael Ian Black and Amber Ruffin, and the series' U.K. creator on bringing a late-night talk show to the news network.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20603742
> U.S. version of the venerable British news/comedy show, #HIGNFY.
Inside CNN's New Comedy Quiz Show. Yes, You Read That Right
Host Roy Wood Jr., panelists Michael Ian Black and Amber Ruffin, and the series' U.K. creator on bringing a late-night talk show to the news network.
U.S. version of the venerable British news/comedy show, #HIGNFY.
VariPay: Surge-based salary calculator for HR
From the makers of demand-priced car rides, concert tickets, and rents comes VariPay, a new Demand Based Salary calculator.
Instead of a fixed salary, employee income will be based on how much work there is to do, and when there is enough work, how efficient they were and how much effort they put into it.
The system is purely driven by AI, so nobody can accuse the vendor of favoritism. It runs continuously 24x7, making instant salary calculation updates no matter where in the world you live.
The service can automatically integrate with the previously announced AutoHR system, so firing and re-hiring replacement workers are handled with minimum friction. Efficiency levels can be charted in units of currency, aggregated worker heart-rate levels, or kilo-teardrops.
It comes with a management dashboard showing the amount of salary saved vs a traditional 'time-based' pay system. It also allows alarms to be set and parameters adjusted to accelerate cost-saving measures. Optional modules dynamically calculate management bonuses and maximize shareholder buybacks.
After years of feuding, the Giants have made peace with San Francisco’s seagulls
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/19787296
> Archive link: https://archive.ph/H0jBD > > > "As the ninth inning drew to a close at San Francisco’s Oracle Park on a recent afternoon, the mood in the stands was dour — the Giants were losing to the White Sox. But in the skies above the stadium, the real game was just getting started. > > California and Western gulls glided overhead, scouting the bleachers for garlic fries and ketchup-smeared hot dog buns. The gulls soared steadily by the dozens as the bleachers emptied. Soon, the birds were left alone to engulf any leftover food they could find."
After years of feuding, the Giants have made peace with San Francisco’s seagulls
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/19787296
> Archive link: https://archive.ph/H0jBD > > > "As the ninth inning drew to a close at San Francisco’s Oracle Park on a recent afternoon, the mood in the stands was dour — the Giants were losing to the White Sox. But in the skies above the stadium, the real game was just getting started. > > California and Western gulls glided overhead, scouting the bleachers for garlic fries and ketchup-smeared hot dog buns. The gulls soared steadily by the dozens as the bleachers emptied. Soon, the birds were left alone to engulf any leftover food they could find."
After years of feuding, the Giants have made peace with San Francisco’s seagulls
Archive link: https://archive.ph/H0jBD
"As the ninth inning drew to a close at San Francisco’s Oracle Park on a recent afternoon, the mood in the stands was dour — the Giants were losing to the White Sox. But in the skies above the stadium, the real game was just getting started.
California and Western gulls glided overhead, scouting the bleachers for garlic fries and ketchup-smeared hot dog buns. The gulls soared steadily by the dozens as the bleachers emptied. Soon, the birds were left alone to engulf any leftover food they could find."
Local News Is Dying, but Not in San Francisco
Archive: https://archive.ph/uvnwC
Apple, Google wallets to carry California driver's licenses
Not sure if true, but someone raised an issue when this was first announced. That you can no longer refuse to unlock your phone when stopped, since you'll have to unlock it to show your digital driver's license.
Hacker Samy Kamkar is debuting his own open source version of a laser microphone—a spy tool that can invisibly pick up the sounds inside your home through a window, and even the text you’re typing.
Samy Kamkar's latest at Defcon.
Archive link: https://archive.ph/UtTtp