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What to think about this.... A good first step I suppose. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/04/revolution-against-rich-parasites-at-utopian-burning-man-festiva/
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Sep 6, 2016 05:57
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Luckyellow posted:hold on, y'all are missing an important point with watch talk. You mean you don't?  Count me as a happy 200 meter water resistant watch owner.  It's got radioactive tritium tubes so it's actually useful in the dark! 
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Sep 6, 2016 06:04
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His Divine Shadow posted:What to think about this.... A good first step I suppose. If both sides of this conflict could destroy each other that would be swell.
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Sep 6, 2016 06:04
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Petr posted:Why are you being so reflexively anti-automated cars I'm not? Most of my recent posts was about how automated cars would be a net neutral to the job market.
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Sep 6, 2016 06:04
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:We are t-minus 9 weeks away from election day. Pivot tomorrow, trump bump narrative starts a week from now, wikileaks bombshell in four weeks, Trump overtakes Clinton in the popular vote in five weeks, ekes out electoral college superiority 8.5 weeks from now, and wins the presidency two days before being convicted of rape and fraud.
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Sep 6, 2016 06:05
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Solkanar512 posted:Build a bridge and get over it. Do you think fleet standards would be where they are today without a significant EV-only manufacturer as a proof of concept? If Euro fleet standards are the driving force for EVs why are the Nissan Leaf and Tesla models the leaders in sales? If Tesla is a boutique then why do you care what their customers are testing?
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Sep 6, 2016 06:15
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Petr posted:Pivot tomorrow, trump bump narrative starts a week from now, wikileaks bombshell in four weeks, Trump overtakes Clinton in the popular vote in five weeks, ekes out electoral college superiority 8.5 weeks from now, and wins the presidency two days before being convicted of rape and fraud. This is incredible. Poetry. Scary as gently caress
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Sep 6, 2016 06:20
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The death of a conservative icon is a good and commendable thing. Electric cars are good but still rely on outsourcing pollution to China, which is neither an optimal nor a long term solution. Self driving cars are an awesome idea but "car culture" and the human inability to understand risk will make it a long road for anything other than a novelty outside of specific applications like long haul trucking. However, the human inability to understand risk will mean that the first big self-driving truck accident will result in state regulations that basically make their existence financially impossible. Think Three Mile Island. The anti-technology wing of white voters (Union "Reagan" Democrats and neo-luddite Greens) as well as powerful groups like Teamsters will help push this legislation.
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Sep 6, 2016 06:21
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we can all agree Uber is probably hosed, because at this point their business model seems to rely on self-driving cars being viable within five years. 
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Sep 6, 2016 06:34
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DemeaninDemon posted:"What kind of handshake is that you pansy?" "Oh, they are kind of small"
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Sep 6, 2016 06:36
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zimboe posted:Horses do produce emissions- horseshit and lots of it. cars totally do crap everywhere except instead of contributing to the filth in local gutters they contribute to the overal modification of global climate
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Sep 6, 2016 06:39
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Petr posted:Pivot tomorrow, trump bump narrative starts a week from now, wikileaks bombshell in four weeks, Trump overtakes Clinton in the popular vote in five weeks, ekes out electoral college superiority 8.5 weeks from now, and wins the presidency two days before being convicted of rape and fraud.
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Sep 6, 2016 06:41
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:We are t-minus 9 weeks away from election day. Doesn't it kind of feel like nobody's paying attention anymore?
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Sep 6, 2016 06:45
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woke wedding drone posted:Doesn't it kind of feel like nobody's paying attention anymore? The US really needs to shorten election cycles like a lot of the other Big Democratic Nations do. I love following this poo poo and even I am starting to get burnt out by this cycle. Mostly due to the realization that I've been following it since late 2014.
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Sep 6, 2016 06:56
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I'm sorry I can't help myself that poo poo in the shower ain't steam, it's vapor. If your water resistant watch can't handle it, your watch is a knock off piece of poo poo. And don't wear a watch in the shower... gross.
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Sep 6, 2016 07:09
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KiteAuraan posted:The US really needs to shorten election cycles like a lot of the other Big Democratic Nations do. I love following this poo poo and even I am starting to get burnt out by this cycle. Mostly due to the realization that I've been following it since late 2014. I'd love that, but could it be done? Election season begins whenever somebody hints they're going to run.
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Sep 6, 2016 07:12
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BrandorKP posted:I'm sorry I can't help myself that poo poo in the shower ain't steam, it's vapor. If your water resistant watch can't handle it, your watch is a knock off piece of poo poo. And don't wear a watch in the shower... gross. When you are sitting around for a schvitz, there is only one way to tell the power of a man: his watch. When you are getting a rub-and-tug, there is only one way to ensure better service: a watch. A watch is an easy form of conspicuous consumption. There is a whole secret language of wealth to them.
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Sep 6, 2016 07:16
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BrandorKP posted:I'm sorry I can't help myself that poo poo in the shower ain't steam, it's vapor. If your water resistant watch can't handle it, your watch is a knock off piece of poo poo. And don't wear a watch in the shower... gross. i remember when i was real young i had a watch i wore all the time, and when the battery finally died so i had to take it off, i saw what my skin looked like and well, it's been like 15 to 20 years and i've never worn a watch since
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Sep 6, 2016 07:17
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i mean, for the last decade i haven't needed a watch since i have a cellphone, but there was at least a 5 year period where not wearing a watch was moderately an inconvenience
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Sep 6, 2016 07:19
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KiteAuraan posted:The US really needs to shorten election cycles like a lot of the other Big Democratic Nations do. I love following this poo poo and even I am starting to get burnt out by this cycle. Mostly due to the realization that I've been following it since late 2014. I think this year, more than others, the increased politicization has meant that as soon as the primaries were done, people were decided. On top of that, I don't think anyone is really able to pretend too well that Trump is not too far from Clinton. The stakes are too high, the demographics are worse, and Trump has been an awful candidate now that he's in the general. Like it's possible, but really unlikely. But yeah, the election is too long. But we'd have to really move to a non-preset election like the UK used to have to put that genie back in its bottle. The media drove the primary process out so far, and they have no reason to pull back.
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Sep 6, 2016 07:28
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KiteAuraan posted:The US really needs to shorten election cycles like a lot of the other Big Democratic Nations do. I love following this poo poo and even I am starting to get burnt out by this cycle. Mostly due to the realization that I've been following it since late 2014. Speaking as someone from a country with a 30-day campaign period, yes you do. Hell, our rules state that not only can you not campaign on election day, you have to have removed all of your billboards the previous night. Plus the election monitors of all parties are banned from talking to people coming in to cast their votes. None of which affects me, as I've always strolled in and voted a couple of weeks early. For no other reason except convenience.
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Sep 6, 2016 07:31
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ComradeCosmobot posted:You mean you don't? That watch is not also a dive computer so it's pretty worthless
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Sep 6, 2016 07:45
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QuarkJets posted:That watch is not also a dive computer so it's pretty worthless Suunto is a watch brand I would trust my life with
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Sep 6, 2016 08:10
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Eifert Posting posted:Do you think fleet standards would be where they are today without a significant EV-only manufacturer as a proof of concept? Before Tesla everyone thought it would be ok to have 20 years of Prius-like hybrids as stopgaps before a good electric car could be made and be widely adopted. Not to say that Tesla Motors doesn't have problems with their builds, but they could have gone the way of Fisker auto. Instead they made EV ownership a cool status symbol thing and built a decent brand. And I think that was one of the biggest hurdles for EVs in the U.S.
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Sep 6, 2016 08:36
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fool_of_sound posted:Because their real objection to Obama wasn't his inexperience... Totally. rear end in a top hat racists kept using the inexperience argument in the general to support their swap from Clinton to McCain. But that doesn't mean the rest of us were arguing in bad faith during the primary or that we stopped believing Obama was green when we voted for him the first time ( he'd wised up a lot by 2012 ). There just wasn't any point in talking about it then as what was done was done. Whinging might suppress voter turnout so focusing on the positives was the thing to do. I mean -- we are Hillary supporters. Working within the system to make incremental changes, not letting best be the enemy of good, and accepting that which we can't currently change while focusing on what we can change is kind of our thing. It is a set of values we apply to our personal lives and that we are excited to see in a politician on our team.
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Sep 6, 2016 08:42
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Distorted Kiwi posted:Speaking as someone from a country with a 30-day campaign period, yes you do. Ok, you made your loving point, you don't have to rub our faces in it.
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Sep 6, 2016 08:48
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KiteAuraan posted:The US really needs to shorten election cycles like a lot of the other Big Democratic Nations do. I love following this poo poo and even I am starting to get burnt out by this cycle. Mostly due to the realization that I've been following it since late 2014. Our last election up here in Canukistan was controversial because it was the longest in our history. It took place, in it's entirety, within about the first third or so of the Republican primary. e: it also covered the equivalent of your midterm elections for a good six years. e2: It's worth noting that your entire system was designed with the assumption that everyone who voted would essentially be the equivalent of an English lord, except with slaves instead of a peerage. At the time, "leisure" was still considered a good thing that allowed the "right people" to have lots of time to dedicate to politics. Hodgepodge fucked around with this message at 09:30 on Sep 6, 2016 |
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Sep 6, 2016 09:25
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Hodgepodge posted:Our last election up here in Canukistan was controversial because it was the longest in our history. My Canadian friend had his first experience with politics with that one, he was super excited for Trudeau because he hated the Harper government, and was convinced everything was going to be fine and dandy now and that he could just peace out once it was over. I was like oh dude, you get to experience what it was like to elect Obama! 
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Sep 6, 2016 09:27
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Lightning Knight posted:My Canadian friend had his first experience with politics with that one, he was super excited for Trudeau because he hated the Harper government, and was convinced everything was going to be fine and dandy now and that he could just peace out once it was over. On the upside, you now get to elect someone who shared your hatred of the right, instead of a nice young centrist who is mostly good in that he's a return to our pre-9/11 status-quo. e: also literally a dynast, since he's the son of a previous Prime Minister.
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Sep 6, 2016 09:33
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Hodgepodge posted:On the upside, you now get to elect someone who shared your hatred of the right, instead of a nice young centrist who is mostly good in that he's a return to our pre-9/11 status-quo. Yeah but the pre-9/11 status quo for Canada is probably a fair sight better than ours, for whatever that's worth. Hillary is also a dynasty representative. The more things change, the more things stay the same.
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Sep 6, 2016 09:35
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how did we get from self driving cars safety standards to watches?  oh, fishmech.  well in that case, i like bracelet watches because they're cute and they serve no function at all because my phone tells me the time
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Sep 6, 2016 09:58
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:We are t-minus 9 weeks away from election day. im more interested in the debate in 3 weeks
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Sep 6, 2016 10:00
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One day I was hanging out on the boardwalk in Atlantic City and I didn't have my phone or a watch so I asked some old lady for the time and she ignored me and walked over to a police officer who came over and asked me what I was doing and told me to leave. That is my watch story. I didn't connect the dots at the time but it is possible Trump was at one of his casinos at the time or knew the lady or maybe the cop worked for him.
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Sep 6, 2016 10:07
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Lastgirl posted:im more interested in the debate in 3 weeks I'm curious how hard the media will try to spin it as a match between equals if Trump fails to swallow his own microphone.
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Sep 6, 2016 10:13
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I think it will be interesting to see him back in front of crowds that don't a hoot and a holler at everything he says. I think he will spend at least 3 minutes of his total time per debate mugging to complete silence. Also apparently a GOP candidate for a councilman position around where I used to live is wishing rape via Syrian refugee upon Olivia Nuzzi. Wonderful. http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/S-Jersey-GOP-candidate-blames-hack-for-rape-comments.html ParliamentOfDogs fucked around with this message at 10:42 on Sep 6, 2016 |
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Sep 6, 2016 10:36
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Eifert Posting posted:Yup. It really is LF: the watch. Love it. Surely LF: the watch would be the Casio F-91W.
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Sep 6, 2016 10:42
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Polls are all over the place today - CNN has Trump +2 over LV, Clinton +3 over RV. NBC has Clinton +6 RV. E: This poll tho: "Is more honest and trustworthy" applies more to: Clinton 35% Trump 50% (CNN/ORC Poll, RV, 9/1-4) canepazzo fucked around with this message at 11:34 on Sep 6, 2016 |
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Sep 6, 2016 11:30
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Let me guess, this is a bad poll as well? https://twitter.com/cnn/status/773101065332002816
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Sep 6, 2016 11:31
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CelestialScribe posted:Let me guess, this is a bad poll as well? That's the Lv poll mentioned one post earlier. CNN's rv has Clinton up 3. Which means that CNN is either oversampling white men or under sampling minorities in what they consider likely voters. I guess we'll see if they are right.
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