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  1. 4 minutes ago, NoName said:

    idk how many of those companies would be willing to touch FSD with a 10' pole today. especially with the fact Waymo is already out there with robotaxis in some markets and have a pretty nifty lead in the market

    Drive between Houston and Dallas on 45 any given day and theres a good chance you'll see one of their self driving semi's that's covered in cameras and spinning lidar lenses. I feel like I've been seeing them since 2022

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  2. Just now, SydneyCarton said:

    Theyve had Storm Shadows. And they haven't gone full out after the bridge yet. By this logic, either they didn't have enough storm shadows to do the job, or didn't want to waste them on the bridge etc. That means either the ATACMS they are getting now can/will be used on the bridge, or they don't deem the bridge valuable enough to waste on ATACMS. 

    I think it's that they need more than one angle of attack to take out such a heavily defended target as the Kerch bridge. ATACMS is a ballistic missile that comes in at mach 3 or 4 out of the stratosphere, Storm shadow/Scalp are stealthy sub/transonic coming in low, and the MALDS decoys can add even more chaos to the scope of an ivan air defense operator. 

    I'd bet a dollar that Kerch isn't standing by summer. If Ukraine can cut that lifeline it will completely change the complexion of russias impending offensive 

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  3. 10 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

    He can't help by lie, and about the most obvious, easily provable things.  It's not just natural for him, it's a requirement.  Like, I actually think he might die if he doesn't spout at least a dozen insanely outlandish and obvious lies a day.

    Also, he is an actual abject moron.  One of the dumbest people to walk this earth....and millions worship him.  This fucking timeline....

    One of the worst things about the trump presidency was the insistence by trump's band of useful idiots that it was unreasonable to call trump a liar, and the constant calls to meet in the middle between truth and lies. It always got especially bad during any period of civil unrest 

  4. 7 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

    Rob Lowe Yep GIF by SoFi

    But that's the problem with a lot of the discussion in this thread.  People continually conflate Tesla's Autopilot features with FSD.  Tesla's "Autopilot" feature is simply TACC + Lane-keeping.  Tesla's Enhanced Autopilot takes it a step further and adds in automatic lane changes based on traffic conditions and set speed.  There is a third level of Autopilot called "Navigate on Autopilot" which will navigate highway interchanges and take highway exits.  FSD (Supervised) - the current revised Tesla nomenclature - does all of the above plus navigation on city streets.

    The vehicle in the article above was in "Autopilot" = TACC + Lane-keeping. 

    That's a shitty and misleading name for a feature then. It should be actioned by the FTC because people are buying Tesla's thinking they can do autopilot, like the name would suggest. 

    And further, you're continuing to not address that your $10,000 paid beta software is just as poor at unsupervised driving as the current "norm"

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  5. 7 minutes ago, BeardIP said:

    And to the shifting tone of American culture, I've defintely seen it. I haven't worked in or around an organization in probably 5 years who doesn't do 6 months paternity leave, much less maternity leave, and 50-100% reimbursement of IVF, and nobody bats at an eye at people utilizing these benefits. 

    Something tells me there's a difference in those benefits depending on your pay scale. I do pretty good in bigtech but I only get 6 weeks paternity (in like, a week, holy shit holy shit!) and that's pretty standard. None of the other benefits you mention though, that would all just be insurance premiums for me.

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  6. 18 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

    Could this remedy not have been submitted along with the objection, instead of waiting for another hearing?  And maybe addressed by Trump co outside of court?

     

    12 minutes ago, The Dog said:

    it was Trump's attorneys who made the suggested remedy. I think it was on them to make it work. Also I think that the original bond was designed so that Trump could find a way to get out of paying it but it didn't work.

    Donald Trump GIF by Election 2016

    trumpco is doing all this to throw sand in the gears and delaydelaydelay. Of course trumpco could have handled this outside of court, but then it would have been neat and tidy and expedient and completely counterproductive to their desired outcomes. 

  7. 1 minute ago, Snake Diggity said:

    Studies show that the policies do in fact make it easier for women to have both family and a career; unfortunately, that does not translate into an increased birth rate.  So basically, even though it’s easier to have both in those places, those women are still choosing to have fewer children.

    I don't think it's as binary as you're framing it. It's that there's more uncertainty and risk in having a child now than ever, and costs are higher than ever with median pay remaining almost stagnant. Even if it's not as much of an impediment to career growth now, having a child is still a massive burden that with little to no safety net, many couples don't feel they have the breathing room or time to responsibly have kids. So you get fewer kids, born later in the parents life

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  8. 7 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:

    if this is accurate, this is a problem for trump.   When the prosecutor objects to you telling the jury it is not wrong to try to influence an election, and the judge sustain the objection, it is perceived by the jury has nothing less than Trump’s lawyer lied to me and the judge corrected him.

    I'd bet the Georgia prosecutors took note of that admission by trump's attorneys. It's not a question if trump was trying to influence the Georgia election, he thought he was just doing a democracy!

    That's more of a Managed Democracy thing, and we're not quite yet to Super Earth 

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  9. 4 minutes ago, Celery Man said:

    say more, i'd be interested to read whatever studies you're referring to. I work at a danish company, anecdotally it seems like having children (and taking extended maternity leaves) is much less of an impediment to career growth for our female danish counterparts than I've seen in my experience in the US. But, that's highly speculative and anecdotal.

    I'd say the European business culture is way more comfortable with people just going missing for a month or two at a time. Those fuckers do it every year for vacation, so absorbing an extra period of leave for a newborn is not that much extra load. Here in the States, we are 100% grindcore all the time for the shareholder and nobody takes vacation, so being gone for six weeks is a major disruption to the cultural norm.

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  10. Just now, YGIFS said:

    Never going to the inside of a cell, we've all known this for damn near two years now.  But a House Arrest situation does make more and more sense, I'll leave it to the criminal attorneys on here to weigh in on how that differs from just probation/parole officer visits.  He'd obviously claim that all of Mar-a-Lago is his "house", so we could still wander the grounds and play golf.  Or do you have to serve it out in the venue domicile, so one of his New York properties?  I'd prefer to let him have it served at Mar-a-Lago because while he'd walk/cart the perimeter of the vast property every day which would make it less punitive, he could receive adulation from the hundreds lined up around in adoration shifts 24/7 for a year.  And he'd go out there and golf and then talk then along each corridor from a distance.  And address camera crews and the like.  

    And then you start the disinformation campaign.  "Trump's jailers are visiting Mar-a-Lago's exterior posing as MAGA nation to taunt and gloat in Trump's unlawful house arrest!  You must defend America by carrying firearms to the support rallies outside Mar-a-Lago.  It's legal in Florida to do so, as long as you don't cross the property lines and it demonstrates your support of Trump's commitment to the 2nd Amendment and our condemnation of this Kangaroo Court.  Over the course of a year, somebody makes a mistake and adjusts their weapon or takes it out to show somebody else what they're running or actually draws it on somebody they suspect of being an ANTIFA/Deep State plant.  And they do it along the property line, that scenario is not that hard to arrange.  Secret Service sees it and rushes over, a shootout ensues.  Who knows what could happen next, MAGA on MAGA violence could be fun as shit to see unfold on TV.  It's a stretch.  But if the simulation has taught us anything...

    Historically speaking, fascists really do their best work while in a comfortable jail cell surrounded by their friends. Sounds like a great fucking idea. 

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  11. It's funny seeing all the business thread posters coming here and complaining that women aren't having enough children nowadays. I've got a secret for you: it's the economy, stupid!

    People aren't real keen to have children when they feel like they're struggling to survive and just tread water. It doesn't make sense for most people to have children when they're already working 2 or 3 jobs with unpredictable hours and scheduling and shit pay. 

    Sure the big economic line is going up on the chart in the sky, but most people aren't getting the benefit from it.

     

    And also - YIKES - from tkthunder soft arguing for a handmaiden's tale. Women don't have reproductive rights AND are too stupid to plan for themselves when they should have kids? They just keep slipping down the social ladder with y'all eh?

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  12. Can we update the thread to "Texas tap water laced with PFAS/PFOS"?

    https://www.texastribune.org/2024/04/16/texas-pfas-forever-chemicals-public-water-systems-epa-limit/

    In Texas, 49 public water utility systems have reported surpassing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s first-ever limits for five “forever chemicals” in drinking water, according to data submitted to the federal agency.

    Experts say there are likely more since not all water systems have submitted their data.

    ...

    Texas water utilities that have reported one or more PFAS chemical exceeding the new federal standard:

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    • Abilene Northeast and Grimes Water Treatment Plant
    • Town of Anthony
    • Arlington Pierce Burch Water Treatment Plant
    • Baytown Area Water Authority
    • Big Springs Water Plant
    • Clear Lake Water Authority
    • Childress Water Plant
    • Cockrell Hill Water Plant
    • Coupland: Manville Water Supply Corporation
    • Dallas Water Utility Eula Water Supply Cooperation in Clyde
    • Deer Park Surface Water Treatment Plant
    • Duncanville Water Treatment Plant
    • Edinburg Wastewater Plant
    • City of Farmers Branch
    • Town of Flower Mound Wastewater Treatment
    • Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 133
    • Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 41
    • Fort Worth North and South Holly Water Treatment Plant
    • Gastonia Scurry Special Utility District
    • Georgetown San Gabriel Park Water Treatment Plant
    • Grapevine Water Treatment Plant
    • Greenville Water Treatment Plant
    • Haltom City
    • Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 119
    • Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 8
    • Houston: Spencer Road Public Utility District
    • Hudson Oaks Lakeshore Plant
    • Huntsville Palm Street Water Plant
    • Irving MacArthur Pump Station
    • Katy: Big Oaks Municipal Utility District
    • Killeen: West Bell County Water Supply
    • La Feria Water Treatment Plant
    • City of Lake Worth
    • City of Livingston
    • Midland Water Purification Plant
    • Prosper Custer Pump Station
    • Port Lavaca Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority Water Treatment Plant
    • San Antonio Water System Castle Hills
    • City of Seagoville
    • Seguin: Springs Hill Water Supply Corporation
    • Temple Water Treatment Plant
    • Terrell North Texas Municipal Water District
    • City of Tye
    • Weatherford Water Treatment Plant
    • West University Place Plant 1 and 2

    Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, and a bunch of municipal districts hit

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  13. 4 minutes ago, MrBig said:

    We saw the videos of the Tesla hitting the child running in the crosswalk. Why didn’t it avoid hitting a stationary child in the middle of the street?

     

    Lolwtf it's beeping at the driver, so it knows there's something there(?), and then plows through the mannequin. Can't wait to hear the spin on this one from guad lol

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  14. 25 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:


    As a fan of vintage ships this makes me sad.

    As a fan of seeing invaders get killed and their shit blown to bits, it’s delicious.

    That's the vessel that russia uses to recover sunk ships, so this is a major reduction in naval capabilities for a very long time. Crazy that she was laid down by the Tsar's navy and presently is getting targeted by modern cruise missiles

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