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Politics / Re: To combat a "crisis in roadway deaths "
« Last post by Perd Hapley on April 30, 2024, 04:25:14 PM »
I may be mis-remembering, but I thought automobile-related deaths were on the decline. Isn't that (along with some tricknology) why they can now claim guns are the leading cause of death for children?
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The Roundtable / Re: "Fallout" on Amazon Prime
« Last post by zxcvbob on April 30, 2024, 04:13:57 PM »
I watched episode 1 last night.  I'm not familiar with the game.  Was "The Ghoul" introduced near the end of the episode the birthday party cowboy from the opening scene?  (I think it was)  I hope we get the rest of his backstory.  He gave too much of it already talking to the little girl in that first scene to be a throwaway character.
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Politics / Rigged Choice Voting
« Last post by Ben on April 30, 2024, 04:09:54 PM »
Apparently the commie pinko hippies in Boise got enough signatures to get Ranked Choice voting on our ballot this November. I doubt they will get enough votes for it to pass.

I have always thought of it as a tool for a minority party to use to try and dilute the candidates from the other side. I notice it doesn't seem to be a popular concept in California. It seems like it pops up more in purple states, and always benefits the dems.

I learned about it making it on our ballot from the Idaho 2nd Amendment Alliance, and something I was unaware of is that you MUST rank candidates. In other words, you have to assign a number to every candidate running for an office. If you only approve of one candidate and hate the rest, and you only rank that candidate and not the others, they throw away your ballot. So in essence, you are forced to vote for people who you may vehemently disagree with. There is nothing American about that.
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Politics / Re: Israel Under Attack
« Last post by WLJ on April 30, 2024, 04:02:01 PM »
Quote from: Ben on April 30, 2024, 03:51:44 PM
You've got to be *expletive deleted*ing kidding me.

https://twitchy.com/brettt/2024/04/30/northwestern-announces-full-ride-scholarships-for-palestinian-students-n2395737

Well I hope they learned their lesson*

*Throw a destructive temper tantrum and get what you want and more.
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Politics / Re: To combat a "crisis in roadway deaths "
« Last post by WLJ on April 30, 2024, 03:57:17 PM »
Quote from: MechAg94 on April 30, 2024, 03:10:42 PM
Great.  Because some people won't pay attention while driving, we will put in more automated systems that will encourage people not to pay attention while driving.

Then they'll issue another mandate for something to fix that crisis
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Politics / Re: To combat a "crisis in roadway deaths "
« Last post by WLJ on April 30, 2024, 03:55:50 PM »
Quote from: Ben on April 30, 2024, 03:43:50 PM
I am perhaps confused. Are there now two kinds of ABS? The anti-skid one that I'm familiar with and have, and another one that apparently uses sensors to spot pedestrians, etc.?

The article says "90% of vehicles have ABS". Are they confusing the two? I was completely unaware that the latter type was standard on new cars, and certainly not to a "90% level". I had thought "smart sensors" like that were part of self-driving cars and other prototypes. I may have seen commercials at one point for maybe Volvo or someone, where the car backs out of the driveway with a blindspot and autostops before it hits a kid. But again, I thought that it was a not common option.

Didn't even think about it at the time but the article may be confusing the two systems
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Politics / Re: Israel Under Attack
« Last post by Ben on April 30, 2024, 03:51:44 PM »
You've got to be *expletive deleted*ing kidding me.

https://twitchy.com/brettt/2024/04/30/northwestern-announces-full-ride-scholarships-for-palestinian-students-n2395737
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Politics / Re: To combat a "crisis in roadway deaths "
« Last post by Ben on April 30, 2024, 03:43:50 PM »
I am perhaps confused. Are there now two kinds of ABS? The anti-skid one that I'm familiar with and have, and another one that apparently uses sensors to spot pedestrians, etc.?

The article says "90% of vehicles have ABS". Are they confusing the two? I was completely unaware that the latter type was standard on new cars, and certainly not to a "90% level". I had thought "smart sensors" like that were part of self-driving cars and other prototypes. I may have seen commercials at one point for maybe Volvo or someone, where the car backs out of the driveway with a blindspot and autostops before it hits a kid. But again, I thought that it was a not common option.
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Politics / Re: To combat a "crisis in roadway deaths "
« Last post by AZRedhawk44 on April 30, 2024, 03:24:19 PM »
Who bought stock in Bosch and other ABS system manufacturers, and drafted this bill?
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The Roundtable / Re: Musk and Twitter
« Last post by cordex on April 30, 2024, 03:20:13 PM »
Breaking into the space requires establishing both audience and content.  That's really, really hard to jump-start.

Viewers don't show up if there isn't content to watch, and creators won't post content if there isn't a reason to do so.  Even if creators post to multiple platforms, most of the audience will tend to stick to the big platform so they can find just about everything they are interested in there.
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