Captainant
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9 minutes ago, Wally Pryor said:
Watching Scheffler during the Anthem completed this entire Olympics.
Stoic. Robotic. An incredible performance today, for the ages.
And the idea of representing his country brought him to tears.
Damn good, Scottie. Damn good.
He's had one hell of a year between winning the Masters, having his first child, and bringing home a golf in Paris
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15 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:
But it made me realize that a lot of young people don’t really understand how serious of a situation the country faces. I don’t talk politics with my kids. I’ve always assumed they are smart enough to see through the bullshit, but now I’m not so sure. I’m going to have a conversation with them and send them a write up of my thoughts.
Another thing to consider is that all they've ever known their whole lives is voter suppression and antidemocratic (the system, not the party) propaganda. There's a whole lotta deprogramming that will be necessary, and it takes fucking years
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The US embassy in Beirut is advising citizens to leave Lebanon on "any ticket available"
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c80xxeqel5po
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16 minutes ago, fattyflattie said:
In that POS trucks defense, whistlin diesel has never had a single vehicle survive. Well, the Hilux…until it was dropped from space.
The F150 stood up better once they replaced the immediately bent drive shaft. The frame weakness is just fucking insane to me, I don't know how they got its towing capacity certified for 11k lbs. That frame was SO THIN, it was closer to an aircraft frame than a shitkickin truck frame
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41 minutes ago, Captain Ron said:
Don’t get me wrong, we didn’t see the F150’s hitch, bumper or frame snap. Nor the strap. And the CT did. So I think we found a weak link in there. But I think with better/safer technique, this could be prevented.
If a CT had to make an emergency move while pulling a trailer, it may snap it's own ass off. Did you see how THIN the aluminum frame is??
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h/t to RPM for the link;
https://futurism.com/the-byte/signs-boeing-starliner-completely-failed
QuoteAn unnamed "informed" source told Ars Technica that there's a greater than 50 percent probability that the stranded astronauts will end up leaving the International Space Station on a SpaceX Dragon capsule, with another unnamed person telling the news outlet that the scenario is highly likely.
NASA officials are more cagey about what's happening on the record, a marked contrast from previous weeks when they expressed confidence in the Starliner's ability to safely bring back the astronauts
Starliner is a lemon and astronauts may not be flying home on it
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Speaking of legal exposure for muskrat:
QuoteThe lawsuit claims the driver of the Model 3 was "tired" and "not in a condition to drive as an ordinarily prudent driver."The complaint said the Autopilot sensors such as cameras "should have identified the hazard posed by Decedent’s motorcycle in its presence.""A reasonably prudent driver, or adequate auto braking system, would have, and could have slowed or stopped without colliding with the motorcycle," the complaint said.Tesla was not immediately available for comment.The lawsuit adds to growing scrutiny of Tesla's driver assistant systems Autopilot and Full Self-Driving.A Tesla Model S car was in "Full Self-Driving" mode when it hit and killed a 28-year-old motorcyclist in the Seattle area in April this year, police said this week. -
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57 minutes ago, immamac said:
I'm not sold on anything on ARM just yet over the X86 instruction set, but for just fucking around and using web apps it's great. For more productivity focused workloads I think it's going to get trounced by the latest Gen X86 stuff from both AMD and Intel.
I disagree, ARM is so customizable that if customized to the right spec frequently beats x86 in raw throughput and processing capacity - not to mention the lower power consumption. That sort of thing probably is going to live more in the datacenter than in end-user devices, but every hyperscaler is releasing in-house designed ARM processors that are often a performance uplift (if your code is ARM compatible).
And in terms of client computing I think it's just a matter of time until Qualcomm and Apple build something that's good enough but cheaper than x86 that'll eat away at their base of sales. No doubt that HEDT will still be x86, but that's not really what ARM is meant for anyways
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15 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:
Wouldski!!!
Those poor kids. Their parents yanked them back to a shit hole country where they don’t speak the language, don’t own a tracksuit, and will get beat up by America hating classmates when they mention that they miss America.
I think the kids were raised thinking they were Argentinian, not American, considering that putin greeted them in Spanish.
But yeah wow I can't imagine how those kids have got to be feeling right now. It's like something out of a movie
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25 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:
Harris' background poses quite the conundrum for the GQP. On the one hand, she's black, so full demonization. On the other, Indian/Asian and what they would probably call a model minority despite the brownness.
I had wondered how they were going to handle this and if it could possibly work in their favor. Should have known the answer was badly.
Seeing the GOP completely short circuiting on the idea of someone with more than one ethnic background or identity was an incredible mass self-report
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5 minutes ago, QuarterJew said:
Because I come on here mentioning the hostage exchange when there is no discussion on the topic in other obvious and clearly set apart topics on this forum and then get attacked for it for no apparent reason other then being new?
Not sure if serious....
22 hours ago, InkaUtexas said:Americans released. In turkey.
21 hours ago, KYHorn said:26 prisoners (including 2 Russian minors) were released between 6 countries, with 10 returning to Russia, 4 returning to the US.
The Russian FSB prisoner in Germany was released, as was Vladimir Kara-Murza
Full list of prisoners on both sides, and pictures/descriptions:
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/01/world/who-are-detainees-russia-us-prisoner-swap-intl/index.html
21 hours ago, RPM said:In return, Russia will receive eight of its nationals, including three that were being held in U.S. prisons: Vadim Konoshchenok, Vladislav Klyushin and Roman Seleznyov.
Two Russians held in Slovenia, one in Poland and another in Norway are also headed home. All have known or suspected ties to Russian intelligence, according to U.S. officials.
Key among the prisoners returned to Russia, according to American officials familiar with the talks, was Vadim Krasikov, a convicted murderer who was sentenced to life in prison by a German court in 2021 for killing a Georgian asylee who had fought against Russians in Chechnya. German judges said the killing had been ordered by Russian federal authorities and called it "state terrorism."
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11 minutes ago, QuarterJew said:
So I'm supposed to just rollover and take it in the ass?
This is the most impactful thread ever on Surly, and is about a real war and conflict that's raging, that has ties to sensitive US domestic political issues, and has somehow remained a high quality thread thanks to all the self-policing.
You should probably not come into the thread being a goofball like that as a new user with a low post count, especially when that's the calling card of our new user creation page frequent flier trolls
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Lulz I guess they decided to cut into their billion dollar profit margin some instead of jacking up prices again after all the backlash. What a novel idea, companies using their existing operating margin to cover unexpected expenses instead of pushing onto their monopolized market!
Longhorns in the Olympics
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Lol I thought you were gonna mention his mugshot from Valhalla
I bet that cop is keeping his head a bit lower now lol