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How does the World view America these days?
EdamAnchorman replied to Rubin Farr's topic in General Banter
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How does the World view America these days?
EdamAnchorman replied to Rubin Farr's topic in General Banter
Nah those types of people have always/will always exist. We are just more privy to their stupidity cuz they're prob orders of magnitude more likely to post their stupidity on stupid social media. -
How does the World view America these days?
EdamAnchorman replied to Rubin Farr's topic in General Banter
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How does the World view America these days?
EdamAnchorman replied to Rubin Farr's topic in General Banter
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I am now convinced that capitalism is evil
EdamAnchorman replied to gmanyo's topic in General Banter
I'm starting to think that capitalism is great for getting things going, but once a publicly-traded company grows to a certain size, capitalism will always dictate that they continue growing. For bigger companies, this almost always comes at the expense of the employees. Cutting benefits, "doing more with less", mergers, just-in-time supply chains, etc. When I started working for my employer (Johnson & Johnson) 11 years ago, my division (Consumer Products: slow-growing, steady) was seen as a ballast of sorts. When the pharma and med. device divisions were more volatile, we provided a ballast for the company. We still had a pension plan (lol) and great benefits. The most recent CEO took over and within a year, froze the pension plan, reduced health care benefits for retirees, and spun off my division to become a separate company (because they shopped us around and we were too big for someone to buy). Rumor is that he's going to do the same to med. device, just leaving J&J to be a pharma company, where the stock price can go up much faster (nevermind that J&J actually started as the Consumer business, gauze, Band-Aid, etc.). It's disgusting. Although I'm lol-ing hard that J&J has to keep the (multi-billion dollar) talc litigation liability, even though they shed us, and that their Texas two-step bankruptcy maneuver has just been shot down in appellate court. -
covfefe I'm no lawyer, but Georgia seems like it would be easier to prosecute compared to Jan. 6th. "We just need to find.... 18,000 votes." Oh okay fuckhead, brb gonna go check the lost and found at the polling stations across the state.
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Nice! I'm a small rain fan (not near a foamer), even built some tanker cars out of Lego (posted in the Lego thread here years ago). Plus, I'm a chemical engineer so rail cars are at the intersection on those two things. Always found them interesting.
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Is that a rail tanker car???
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If you haven't tried it yet, try the bowl of arugula with a splash of olive oil & vinegar, and some freshly-cracked black pepper and salt.
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It's all over the New York news that the NYC cops are bracing for demonstrations WHEN Trump is arrested. Of course he is complaining, but if you don't wanna be arrested, then:
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https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/american-company-accused-of-violating-sanctions-doing-business-with-russian-arms-industry Hey, gotta make that bank, tho.
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She's Finnished But honestly, who cares?
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Vesperi by Marco Baldini
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How does the World view America these days?
EdamAnchorman replied to Rubin Farr's topic in General Banter
Agree, but knowing how these big companies work, they've probably borrowed / mortgaged against their projected sales which included this $1b chunk so to them they might realize a loss greater than the production cost if they cannot sell them at what they projected (which makes me lol). -
Are you doing your part to tell people about Autechre?
EdamAnchorman replied to may be rude's topic in Autechre
no I haven't, mainly because I don't really like them (sorry). -
https://tobirarecords.com/collections/ambient 49 pages of ambient releases for you to browse through. Drone, too: https://tobirarecords.com/collections/drone
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Elon Musk's Starman - Is this shit real wtf
EdamAnchorman replied to YO303's topic in General Banter
Yep. Was backing you up. Most EVs in "one pedal mode" use regen only unless you use the brake pedal (which you shouldn't have to in that mode). The ones with better one-pedal implementations (surprisingly, Chevy) use blended braking (regen and friction) whenever you press the brake even in normal driving mode. Others use less or no regen when you press the brake or have one-pedal as the only option (BMW). I use one-pedal exclusively on my Chevy and expect the original rotors/brakes to pretty much last the life of the car. Can't imagine never changing brakes on my car. One of the many many things I love about this car. -
Elon Musk's Starman - Is this shit real wtf
EdamAnchorman replied to YO303's topic in General Banter
No, wouldn't work, there's no free lunch. And yes, the braking system on most EVs use regenerative braking which sends energy back to the battery as you brake. But because of the 2nd law of thermo., you can never get back more or even as much as you expended due to losses (heat, etc.). -
How does the World view America these days?
EdamAnchorman replied to Rubin Farr's topic in General Banter
OK, but when Fox News loses / settles this lawsuit, will they choose to do a mea culpa or use it as more ammunition for ratings/money a la "the woke left is persecuting us and look even the judicial system is rigged because we lost". Some followers will never believe the truth, but what happens after this lawsuit could have interesting ramifications on the future direction of the shit media in this country. -
Keep on coming back to this
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Everybody's freaking out about this one Chinese balloon spying on us... as they open up TikTok on their phones. -
True. I'm just wondering how far it will continue to escalate. Probably forever, these Rs have shown time and time again that they have no souls, I don't know why I'm expecting them to change.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/20/us/solomon-pena-new-mexico-shootings.html It's only a matter of time before one of these nutballs actually seriously hurts or kills a Democratic politician (or a family member of one). Will that be enough for the whackjob Rs, or those who at least have a little conscience left, to stop this "win at any cost" bullshit?
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