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Fister Roboto posted:Any time a right winger claims to like RATM or similar groups, they actually are listening to the lyrics. But then they assume that "the machine" is like... politically correct liberals and minorities. I do feel a lot of folks just don't pay close attention to song lyrics. See also: Springsteen with Born in the USA.
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JazzFlight posted:After I saw this video, it kind of explained a lot about all the Tesla malfunction stories: It's stuff like that that put me off ever buying one. Some car vloggers (like SavageGeese) say that it should matter, but they believe it does not because our definition of "luxury" is now more about how technologically new things look as opposed to more boring things like physical fit and finish.
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the ad copy on tesla's website mentions that the dashboard panel/touchscreen is great for gaming, which to me seems like something you shouldn't be doing in a car.
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Srice posted:I do feel a lot of folks just don't pay close attention to song lyrics. See also: Springsteen with Born in the USA. There are people that complain about the "wokeness" of modern Star Trek... It's not just not listening to song lyrics, people will let their eyes glaze over and whatever media they are taking in gets boiled down to "oooo pretty picture" or "nice melody". Whatever message or theme is trying to smack them over the head, even if it is literally spelling it out, can just cruise on by. Then the thought goes as such "I liked this thing once, therefore it must support my personal beliefs"
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Nov 18, 2022 18:46
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lobster shirt posted:the ad copy on tesla's website mentions that the dashboard panel/touchscreen is great for gaming, which to me seems like something you shouldn't be doing in a car. You could do it in a level 4 self-driving car, which your Tesla will be any day now
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Nov 18, 2022 18:49
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lobster shirt posted:the ad copy on tesla's website mentions that the dashboard panel/touchscreen is great for gaming, which to me seems like something you shouldn't be doing in a car. At one point, trying to turn on gaming while the car was in drive would pop up a message that said "Warning: Gaming while driving is for passengers only." or something. I believe the NTSB or other US regulatory agency was looking into that, for obvious reasons.
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Eric Cantonese posted:https://dailyprogress.com/news/nati...3b392adebb.html
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Eric Cantonese posted:I've been wondering about their brand prestige. Are Teslas really seen as a baller vehicle now? I might be on the wrong parts of the internet, but the lackluster build quality and bad ergonomics seem close to common knowledge now.
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lobster shirt posted:the ad copy on tesla's website mentions that the dashboard panel/touchscreen is great for gaming, which to me seems like something you shouldn't be doing in a car. Some of the games use the steering wheel of your car when parked and when you play them your actual wheels move back and forth and gently caress up the rubber on them.
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Here in Tennessee of all places there are a gently caress ton of model S driving around. It's obnoxious.
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Orthanc6 posted:There are people that complain about the "wokeness" of modern Star Trek... I saw a guy on Twitter the other day go on a 100% serious rant about how all the woke SJWs have ruined Starship Troopers for him by constantly pointing out that it's actually the fascist humans who are the bad guys in the film and not the bugs. He bought into the propaganda whole hog, and could not deal with the fact that the movie was supposed to be ironic allegory.
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Eric Cantonese posted:This is probably a better topic in AI or something, but I've always wondered what the Tesla ownership experience was like. Are the dealers nice? Is customer service good? Somehow even more bullshit than the norm. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/03/elon-musk-blogger-tesla-motors-model-x https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/unauthorized-payments-and-auto-pay.244286/ https://www.newsweek.com/tesla-owners-report-app-being-down-locking-them-out-their-cars-1651495 Edit: say what you will of, Ford for example, but I don't think the CEO/dealership is gonna try and block your purchase of their vehicles if you make a "Fix or repair daily" joke. BadOptics fucked around with this message at 19:49 on Nov 18, 2022 |
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lobster shirt posted:the ad copy on tesla's website mentions that the dashboard panel/touchscreen is great for gaming, which to me seems like something you shouldn't be doing in a car. The NHTSA already opened an investigation into them for this and Tesla had to disable the ability to play games while driving. quote:Tesla disables gaming while driving feature quote:Initially the feature was only usable when the car was stationary, but this was changed in December 2020 to allow gameplay when the car was moving. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-59781310
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Garland will announce later today that he has appointed a special counsel to prosecute events related to January 6th and Donald Trump. No announcement on who it will be. https://twitter.com/cnnbrk/status/1593677924187734020 quote:DOJ to announce special counsel for Trump-related Mar-a-Lago and January 6 investigations
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:The NHTSA already opened an investigation into them for this and Tesla had to disable the ability to play games while driving.  Being in IT makes poo poo like that a "WTF were you thinking?" moment. Everyone has a phone, why do I need my car to play games (which probably have major vulnerabilities I wouldn't want my car to have).
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:Garland will announce later today that he has appointed a special counsel to prosecute events related to January 6th and Donald Trump. Why does this sound like Garland is passing the buck and when the special master doesn't prosecute he can say oh well that's their decision not mine? If nothing else it means that absolutely nothing is going to happen for at least several more months. Christ
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:Garland will announce later today that he has appointed a special counsel to prosecute events related to January 6th and Donald Trump. Special Council John Barron reporting for duty. For real though I've been promised charges and comeuppance for years, at this point I'll believe it when I see it. If they couldn't nail him when he was a disgraced loser who only didn't lead a coup because there wasn't a golf cart for him to drive, what're they going to do now that he's a candidate and has the "we can't do anything, it'd be political" shield he's so far been able to rely on?
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cr0y posted:What is the sound like Garland is passing the buck and when the special Messer doesn't prosecute he can say oh well that's their decision not mine? That could possibly be what happens. Special Counsels are for when the DOJ prosecuting someone may be a conflict of interest or seen as politically motivated. That's why Ken Starr prosecuted Clinton instead of the AG. Even if Trump never announced he was running for President again, they probably would have done it. But, once Trump announced he was running against Biden it was basically inevitable that they would appoint a special prosecutor.
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cr0y posted:Why does this sound like Garland is passing the buck and when the special Messer doesn't prosecute he can say oh well that's their decision not mine? I don't think its reasonable at all to assume that the special counsel won't decide he should be prosecuted when it is so overwhelmingly obvious that he should. This is Garland being afraid of being accused of acting on a petty grudge because the GOP denied him a supreme court seat.
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Sorry for the typos and very weird grammar I just noticed that my voice to text is totally not feeling me today.
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Make Hillary Clinton the special counsel. She advised the House Judiciary Committee during Watergate so she has experience and she's very familiar with procedures around classified documents 
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Youth Decay posted:Forget Barry O on SCOTUS. Make Hillary Clinton the special counsel. She advised the House Judiciary Committee during Watergate so she has experience and she's very familiar with procedures around classified documents That would defeat the purpose of a special counsel being someone not involved in the case, but would be a fitting continuation of the trend of "dumbest possible thing happens in U.S. politics" that has been nearly unbroken for the last 6 years or so.
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:Garland will announce later today that he has appointed a special counsel to prosecute events related to January 6th and Donald Trump. They announced that they will investigate. They’re appointed to investigate, prosecution is entirely optional. pic unrelated 
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Rigel posted:I don't think its reasonable at all to assume that the special counsel won't decide he should be prosecuted when it is so overwhelmingly obvious that he should. To which I say who cares if it is. If Republicans didn't want this happening maybe they shouldn't have held up his seat for petty reasons 
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Glass half full: if you are a partisan hack who only cares about Trump to the extent that you could exploit this for maximum gain for the Dems, you wouldn't want to start the prosecution too early anyway. Torture the GOP during the primaries.
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selec posted:They announced that they will investigate. They’re appointed to investigate, prosecution is entirely optional. pic unrelated Yes. When you appoint a special counsel, it means they become the prosecuting attorney on the case. The actual name for it used to literally be "special prosecutor on behalf of the United States of America." The DOJ withdraws from prosecution and effectively appoints a conflict attorney (instead of the judge who usually appoints conflicts). Being the prosecuting attorney doesn't mean that you are necessarily filing charges, it just means that a criminal case already exists. The prosecuting attorney can still decline to pursue charges or nolle pros the case even after charges are filed. Leon Trotsky 2012 fucked around with this message at 20:16 on Nov 18, 2022 |
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nine-gear crow posted:I saw a guy on Twitter the other day go on a 100% serious rant about how all the woke SJWs have ruined Starship Troopers for him by constantly pointing out that it's actually the fascist humans who are the bad guys in the film and not the bugs. He bought into the propaganda whole hog, and could not deal with the fact that the movie was supposed to be ironic allegory. I have never understood these people. Like, even if you don't get the deeply creepy vibes the general military grunts and vets are putting out, or question service guarantees citizenship, you've got to catch on by the end. The framing, architecture, and officer uniforms are all very 1930s Germany inspired. There's so many things, screaming, "Fascist Nazi Parallel". Then at the end, just to make sure you get it, Doogie Howser walks out in an SS uniform and uses psychic powers to confirm that the bugs fear them. BadOptics posted:
Look, if it's good enough for my phone to double check I'm not driving when moving too fast, it's good enough for my car when I use it's apps.
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Zotix posted:Here in Tennessee of all places there are a gently caress ton of model S driving around. It's obnoxious. West knoxville is ground zero for the kind of place that would consider a Tesla a status symbol 10 years after release. if it's something someone working a commercial insurance gig given to them by their father in law can get underwater on, they'll be all over it. This vid could be from Turkey creek and it wouldn't surprise me. https://twitter.com/EpsilonTheory/status/1563654605413703680?s=20&t=EgxuqlPWlVtXumjkcKCpkQ
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I remember being assured that the Jan 6th committee leaving prosecutorial discretion to the DOJ meant they would never take any action and just let it quietly die, so this is a welcome development regardlessGyges posted:I have never understood these people. Like, even if you don't get the deeply creepy vibes the general military grunts and vets are putting out, or question service guarantees citizenship, you've got to catch on by the end. The framing, architecture, and officer uniforms are all very 1930s Germany inspired. There's so many things, screaming, "Fascist Nazi Parallel". Then at the end, just to make sure you get it, Doogie Howser walks out in an SS uniform and uses psychic powers to confirm that the bugs fear them. I was one of those people, but in my defense I was a teenager
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FizFashizzle posted:West knoxville is ground zero for the kind of place that would consider a Tesla a status symbol 10 years after release. if it's something someone working a commercial insurance gig given to them by their father in law can get underwater on, they'll be all over it. This vid could be from Turkey creek and it wouldn't surprise me. Cedar Bluff rise up! I lived just off Kingston Pike for about 2 years and will endorse your sentiment. I even knew an insurance adjustor dating my boss that bought a tesla. lol. lmao.
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haveblue posted:I remember being assured that the Jan 6th committee leaving prosecutorial discretion to the DOJ meant they would never take any action and just let it quietly die, so this is a welcome development regardless It doesn't necessarily mean one thing or another. It was triggered by Trump announcing his campaign and not any specific evidence or desire to prosecute. Whether Garland desperately wanted to avoid prosecuting Trump or absolutely wanted to nail him at any cost, this would have happened anyway once Trump declared. It's "good" in the sense that it means that Garland doesn't want to just throw the whole case. But, it's not that significant on its own. If the likelihood of prosecution was a 50 on a 100-point scale before, then it is a 51 today.
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I have a feeling this special prosecutor announcement is also because the Dems are losing the House and it’s investigative powers in January and won’t be able to refer charges that way
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FlamingLiberal posted:I have a feeling this special prosecutor announcement is also because the Dems are losing the House and it’s investigative powers in January and won’t be able to refer charges that way Referring charges from the House has no binding effect on the DOJ. This was 100% triggered by Trump announcing that he is running for President against the person technically in charge of the DOJ.
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Gyges posted:I have never understood these people. Like, even if you don't get the deeply creepy vibes the general military grunts and vets are putting out, or question service guarantees citizenship, you've got to catch on by the end. The framing, architecture, and officer uniforms are all very 1930s Germany inspired. There's so many things, screaming, "Fascist Nazi Parallel". Then at the end, just to make sure you get it, Doogie Howser walks out in an SS uniform and uses psychic powers to confirm that the bugs fear them. For what it's worth, the guy in question I was talking about has a long history of being very fash-friendly and is famous for running a still-updating-in-November-loving-2022 Gamergate webcomic, so we're dealing with a spectacularly dim bulb who's incredibly proud of his profound dimness.
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Are they going to announce who the special Master is today or just that they are appointing.... Someone. Nm: https://twitter.com/jeremyherb/status/1593686545571119104?t=fBR5g9XtYe5F7FAEr_sTcA&s=19
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The DOJ is also opening an anti-trust investigation into TicketMaster and considering breaking them up - specifically undoing their recent merger and splitting up Live Nation from Ticketmaster. https://twitter.com/nytimesmusic/status/1593666705263394816 quote:WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has opened an antitrust investigation into the owner of Ticketmaster, whose sale of Taylor Swift concert tickets descended into chaos this week, said two people with knowledge of the matter. The investigation is focused on whether Live Nation Entertainment has abused its power over the multibillion-dollar live music industry.
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cr0y posted:Why does this sound like Garland is passing the buck and when the special master doesn't prosecute he can say oh well that's their decision not mine? This looks like he is trying to remove any appearance that a politically appointees person (eg. him) is determining if there should be a prosecution. This is a special counsel not the special master.
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cr0y posted:Are they going to announce who the special Master is today or just that they are appointing.... Someone. The Hague? Can we find an institution more suited for this guys work history short of some imagined “The Agency for Rules That Don’t Apply To Rich People”? Imagine being a US prosecutor working at The Hague knowing this exists: https://www.hrw.org/news/2002/08/03/us-hague-invasion-act-becomes-law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Service-Members'_Protection_Act?wprov=sfti1 This is parody, but whatever it is when it’s a thing parodying itself, without the remove of another person having to observe and react. Not a great endorsement for the rule of law and it’s universal application, IMO.
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