But why pay all that money for a truck when you can

… Because of Modularity. If the rich don’t fuck it up for us, big if, then small time after market companies will flourish selling their mods.

I can’t remember the name of the principle. But my pal explained it to me. It’s almost impossible for small business to compete with production of scale. So one way to survive is to work find a way to add an extra 20% of hand done work machines can’t do to the product. Add a proverbial “cherry on the top” to your business. You let the mass producers do 80% of the work (Slate); Then you add your 20% custom made finish to make the final product.

I like the example of cheap drinking glasses and Podstakannik. But a more familiar example would be painting miniatures for money.

ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT HOW MUCH YOU DON’T LIKE SLATE EVs?! 😬

I am so excited for the Slate trucks. I wish I had the $300 for the preorder down payment oof. My uncle says that the Slate SUV would sell better because most people needing cars just go back and forth from work or the grocery story. 30-60 miles tops. The Slate says it has a 200 mile range so 160 miles should be a safe bet.

I wish Slate would pay me to advertise for Slate but here I am doing it for free like a chump. Free labor is the cornerstone of the american market though.

I am weary that a big investor for Slate is the gold hording dragon known has jeff bazos. But we’ll see what happens.

P.S Yeah Europeans, we drive 50-100km one way to work, five days a week. But it’s worth the FREEDOM. 🔫 🦅 🔫 Do ya’ll even have a gun rack in y’ur truck? I feel bad for ya’ll. What are y’uh gunna do when the Technomacers from Alpha Centuri V team up with the Underground Lizard People and invade us? How are ya’ll gunna protect y’urselves? With a bright torch and a stern talking too? 🤨

No you do not have to buy a wrap. That is literally false.

Well like, literally everything degrades with time. The sun is a giant microwave after all.

Furthermore, are we under the same understanding that Automotive Paint is like some real expensive shit since the paint has to survival literally every kind of environment in the world?

There’s a really cool “How It’s Made” episode on it. Though now that I think of it maybe it was propaganda to normalize expensive paint costs… 🤔

I am your worst nightmare… RevolutionOS! 😈

I will say I think the way this movie talks about communism is… a product of it’s time. 😬

I am your worst nightmare… RevolutionOS! 😈

I will say I think the way this movie talks about communism is… a product of it’s time. 😬

All the things you mentioned have people involved.

Slide goes behind the tree.

I don’t know but when I clicked the link you posted I get a server not found error.

To my understanding white isn’t really a race.

We kind of just like… pick and choose who ever we want to consider white.

I suspect if I went around saying Russians are white people like Americans like South Africans, and like French people. Many people would give me the: 🤨

Finally. These are some of my favorite kind of white girls.

I prefer dark hair but I am a sucker for pale skin.

I know there’s science somewhere in there

There is! It looks something like this…

😬

Okay I felt bad for everyone who was too lazy to search so here’s how it works.

it was in fact a pretty witch who convinced me not to do this, and as a result i spent the next 10 years learning how to be normal to people

Oh man story of my life. Woah. It often makes me think of the saying…

“As he received his trophy, the plucky quarterback unfolded the story of how he ‘came back’. He said ‘They say behind every great man there’s a woman. While I’m not a great man, there’s a great woman behind me.’”

From my perspective, the Witch in my story doesn’t want to talk to me anymore. None the less words cannot express my gratitude for her setting me on the path I am on now. I still feel like I owe her an apology letter. 🤔

tl:dr Males 13-25 stop “teasing” or “joking” rudely with girls and women. You will most likely regret it. Dearly.

This would be the most stupid and inefficient biological weapon. Again, we have the vaccine AND the cure.

Erm, Actually. It’s obvious they’re still researching the Suppression and Sympto-Statis gene tech so they can sneak the plague into other countries without panic.

You casuals wouldn’t understand. 😏 /s

I was contracted to work for a non-profit that helped teachers write and analyze student test scores for a few years. The non-profit ended when the CEO sold the company to another education company. The new education company has contracts with the department of defense in my country.

When I reflect upon the outcome. It would seem that the department of defense now has direct access to many more students who test scores are low. All lined up and analyzed. And I’m the one that automated the deployment of that system. I just quietly took my checks until my contract was no longer renewed.

From my point of view I did build a small part of the web. And I stood around and did nothing while the web/company/people around me were being consolidated. While the department of defense freely browsed some of the most vulnerable children/students in the country because they know poorer testing students are more likely to join the military for money.

A lot of people are going to die because of that analysis system in my opinion; And to me, that means I am responsible.

I accidentally stumbled upon the Wikipedia article about Sad Clowns when I was looking for that picture of the happy/sad face from theater.

I have mixed feelings about what I read today. :|

I grew up with the understanding that using blood for pudding was called Black Pudding and the Scottish ate it. With a side of Haggis! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

When I play Valheim the game says Black Soup tastes like: “A perfect balance of sweetness and acidity.”

Today I learned.

I liked using Matrix. I was lazy and didn’t fully set up the configuration. But it was really easy to replace discord with Element.

I’ve seen comments complaining that Element is the most used and if everyone uses Element it’ll be vulnerable to bad actors.

I like that I get to host the file and data myself. In my perfect world the local Internet Service Provider Co-op would host a matrix server so the town could still communicate/talk in case my town loses connection to the big city.

Collective ownership would likely be the solution there.

Why yes I do believe you are correct. In my opinion Collective Ownership of the means of production would be a great solution here. We could like… Build greenhouses around the data centers! Or even better; Build the greenhouses upwards over the data centers. Five story greenhouse heck yeah.

Or we could just you know… stop using the data centers. :|

p.s Why do we not capture the steam coming out of nuclear reactors cooling towers? I’m to lazy to look it up.

I am personally a fan of how well the fighting game community knows each other. I hear Sajam’s name come up al lot. I think the dude hosts fighting game tournaments?

Since this is a games thread. I heard fighting games explained like: “In fighting games there’s only you. No teammates to mess you up. No fancy maps to mess with you. Just you vs another person. No one to blame for your failure but yourself.”

Sounded like a neat perspective. Personally I just like play Mai

Sound really familiar to a Zero Knowledge Proof

Fortune favors the bold.

Also a fool and their head are easily parted.

But also fortune favors the bold…